Comments on: Bashing Bush = Boffo Broadway Business!

By: tattoo-man

tattoo-man — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:38:08 +0000

Great blog! Most blogs on this topic are not even close in detail as yours is. If you keep posting I’ll definatly be comming back.

By: The Naked Homestar Spur

The Naked Homestar Spur — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:50:19 +0000

I hate most of Will Farrell’s films and I have seen many of them. I hated Night at the Roxbury and Anchorman. That dig at Bush in Anchorman, while a reference possibly to Animal House’s dig at Nixon, made a very stupid film unfunnier. It is of course the PC, “mainstream”, thing to cast digs at Bush including a claim that he is stupid. It requires no thinking, and no critical thought at all.

Will they be making fun of Obama with the same zest and gusto. Well probably not, because he is too smart remember? It was so hard to write comedy about him according to the Liberal writers of the late nite shows. I would like to make fun of them. I wonder why we don’t see something like a Clinton Broadway show where “he” is held accountable? Oh yeah, Phil Hartman died and nobody had the guts or the courage.

Talk about preaching to the choir also since he is going to do this on Broadway. Will Ferrell, President Bush isn’t going to care when he leaves office because that is what he is. All of you fools he shrugs off as somebody exercising their first amendment rights yet he has his own rights to disagree with you.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:44:18 +0000

If they make fun of the prophet Mohammed, call me because I want to see it.

By: Under Cover Conservative

Under Cover Conservative — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:22:14 +0000

There’s something about Will Ferrell that just makes my skin crawl. There’s also something about immature leftists who blame their miserable existence on George Bush that makes my skin crawl.

So, I guess I’ll take a pass on the supposed comedy hour.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:38:11 +0000

“…instead of the opening sketch that always grabs you and pulls you in to watch through “Update”, I expect it’ll be like one of those sketches thrown in after the second song from the musical guest. And it will feel like they never quite figured out how to end it… you know, those excruciating sketches which force you to say “Why am I still up watching this?””

Get out of my head!

By: Burbank

Burbank — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:15:18 +0000

“…you know, those excruciating sketches which force you to say “Why am I still up watching this?”

Yep, I know what you mean. “…van down by the river – van down by the river – van down by the river” and “…geg OFF the SHED – get OFF the SHED – get OFF the SHED” Repetition is no substitiute for comedy, doesn’t make an amusing moment funnier, and only becomes repetitive. I tuned SNL out a long time ago. This new show may have been funnier a couple of years ago, but, much like Oliver Stone’s “W,” seems ill-timed at least and pointless at worst. Who’s it aimed at? Good lluck.

By: EdSki

EdSki — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:39:45 +0000

As an amateur comedian, this kind of crap infuriates me! Any two bit slacker off the street can walk into a room full of liberals, say “Hey, Bush is really stupid” and get a standing ovation. That’s not comedy, its idiots having their preconceived bias’ validated.

I judge good political comedy based upon how easily the joke’s basic premise could be moved to another politician, political party, or issue.

For example, several weeks ago James Taranto on his blog at WSJ had a great joke about Bush being the most traveled President in history, suggesting one possible reason was he weirded out over the prospect of sleeping in the same bed his parents did it in.

I bet that joke would have worked with John Quincy Adams.

The basic joke itself is funny. If you can’t separate the humor from the target, the joke itself isn’t funny. It’s using a crutch. And I’m tired of the last eight years watching and listening to hacks think they’re the funniest guy since Steve Martin, just because they rattle off a joke about Bush’s public speaking.

CAN WE FINALLY GET SOME DECENT POLITICAL HUMOR!

By: pandax

pandax — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:02:11 +0000

8 years of BDS put into a nice 90 minute package. Where’s my wallet! I’m guessing you could go in there with a checklist and mark off every liberal smear against Bush made by the left. I saw Step Brothers and realized I’m sick of Will Ferrell’s movies which come in only two flavors,he either plays a naive but well meaning nitwit or a mean spirited nitwit.

I’ve asked liberals if any of them thought the attacks on Bush went to far. Their irony free response is that the attacks were justified because of what he did but it’s wrong and mean to do it against Obama. The truely funny stuff will watch the left come unglued if Obama gets even half of what Bush did yet not realize they set the bar this low.

By: John McClain

John McClain — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:39:38 +0000

Dicebucket

Good points, also a certain president said this “Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction and we have to go in there and get them” in 1998.

By: Des

Des — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:21:00 +0000

Well, since Ferrell has never made me laugh (maybe a couple of times in Anchoman), this looks like it’ll be more of the same. Will Ferrell is the Jerry Lewis of our time….except without any trace of the funny.