Monday, December 09, 2013

Hey do you remember that time that Fox News tried to launch a conservative version of The Daily Show? Don't worry neither does anybody else.

Jesus! Can you believe that somebody thought that was a good idea?

This short lived show was called the 1/2 News hour, and it was picked up by Roger Ailes and Fox News after the Fox Broadcasting Company.  (Smart move Fox Broadcasting Network.)

I swear that canned laughter is left over from the fifties, which means they are only hearing laughter from mostly long dead people. Which is not that far off from their usual demographic over at Fox News.

Here is what Wikipedia says about the recurring bits from the show, which started in February 2007 and was mercifully pulled off the air in September of 2007: 

  • Conspiracy Corner - segments where a guest presents generally-accepted information about a topic, and that information is treated as far-fetched by the host, who holds stereotypical left-wing views. 
  • Guy White: Closet Conservative — a cartoon featuring a conservative man working in an office in which everyone else is a liberal caricature. 
  • Hollywood Helping Humanity — satirical public service announcements featuring actors endorsing dubious causes, such as recycling breast implants. Actors appearing in this sketch include Leyla Milani, Ken Davitian, Ian Ziering, and Lorenzo Lamas. 
  • I'm the ACLU — satirical advertisements "boasting" of controversial causes supported by the ACLU. Presidential Addresses — Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh had a recurring cameo role as the President, with conservative pundit Ann Coulter as his Vice President.

Seriously, WHO would find any of that entertaining?

You know they say that conservatives have no sense of humor, but apparently they felt the need to  go out in prove just in case there was anybody who not positive it was true.

34 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:11 AM

    I had TOTALLY forgotten about that, but anyone with a semi-functioning brain knows FAUX is a laughing stock.

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  2. That sounds painful enough to make my teeth hurt.

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  3. Anonymous6:23 AM

    Sea of Pee has a good thread about the minimum wage http://conservatives4palin.com/2013/12/governor-palins-message-to-fast-food-workers-and-seiu-demanding-15-an-hour.html

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    1. Anonymous6:35 AM

      BWAHAHAHA....Trevor takes on MaMcGriz.

      "Please tell me you're a defender of trickle-down economics...because then I could just rest on my laurels knowing you are just a world-class idiot."

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  4. Dinty6:41 AM

    OT: Interesting blind on CDAN today:

    http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2013/12/blind-item-1_9.html

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    1. Anonymous8:11 AM

      Probably snorting Adderall. Coke is soooo 80's! And meth makes your teeth rot.

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    2. Anonymous8:44 AM

      lots of trolling on all blogs now we know why...the family that snorts together....!

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    3. Anonymous8:51 AM

      Snorting? Looking at her one would think she is shooting up now.

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    4. Anonymous9:25 AM

      Speedball? http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/32373-What-does-a-Speedball-feel-like

      Check out Todd. That dog is where the action is.

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  5. Scratching my head here, but I don’t think I’ve known a creative conservative. Their whole shtick is trying to bring others down, through exaggeration and outright lies. They also play the victim, of course, but that’s not creative. The clever twists of Stewart and Silverman don’t happen to them. They could never have been part of Monty Python. I’ve seen conservatives do one-liners, but it’s rare and probably stolen.

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    1. And then there's the problem of being humor-challenged...

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  6. Balzafiar6:55 AM

    Well, actually it is funny; funnier than SNL has been for years. Perhaps Rushbo has missed his calling: as replacement for SNL.

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    1. Leland7:01 AM

      You have GOT to be kidding me! Who could stomach looking at that POS!

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    2. Anonymous7:58 AM

      funnier than SNL, you haven't watched the skit about the Toronto Mayor.

      not sure how you thought the above video was anything other than two idiots publicly displaying their deep seated narcissism....

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  7. Anonymous6:59 AM

    Blind Item #1

    This former A list politician/reality star could barely sit still at a recent book signing. So much twitching and that runny nose was out of control. What the world would love is a photo of her using coke. I dare say it would be worth millions.

    http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2013/12/blind-item-1_9.html

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    1. Anonymous8:11 AM

      Say it isn't so...

      POSTED BY ENT LAWYER AT 7:15 AM

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  8. Anonymous7:08 AM

    Hey, G. Say this isn't so.

    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/12/09/arts/ap-us-tv-sportsman-channel-palin.html?hp&_r=0

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    1. Anonymous7:54 AM

      it is true, from the sportsman channel website

      "Sarah Palin Joins Sportsman Channel as Host of Original Series “Amazing America with Sarah Palin”

      UGH, wouldn't you have to know how to shoot a gun in order to hunt??? No worries she can bait animals just like her buddy Ted "i shit myself" Nugent, who also had a show on that network....

      http://www.thesportsmanchannel.com/newsandevents/pressroom/news.php?ID=932

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    2. Anonymous8:19 AM

      Seems like a great fit -- Palin, Nugent & feral pigs.

      Besides the upcoming Palin series, Sportsman airs a series with conservative activist and rock musician Ted Nugent. Sportsman also airs a TV version of the National Rifle Association-sponsored radio show, "NRA News, Cam & Co.," each weekday and "NRA Guns & Gold," a show about guns styled after "Antiques Roadshow."

      Harvey said The Sportsman Channel has no interest in being politically polarizing.

      "It's not our intention at Sportsman to take any political position," he said. "This lifestyle, coast to coast, crosses every type of political spectrum."

      Another high profile show on Sportsman that ran this summer, "Aporkalypse: 2013," was about the growth in the feral pig population.

      http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/09/3078890/sarah-palin-to-host-outdoors-show.html

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    3. Anonymous8:47 AM

      What sport can she have any relevance to while looking like a skeleton? They are just going to ignore the obvious? Have they spent any time with her? Can't they notice any quirks?

      Weird that a deathly look like hers will sell sports product? Lance Armstrong at least did look good.

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    4. Anonymous8:49 AM

      "This lifestyle... " They can only be talking about drugs and fatal diseases if they are using Sarah Palin.

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    5. Anonymous8:58 AM

      The cool reception the Robertsons gave Palin makes even more sense now.
      They will be competitors on cable for similar audiences , although while women
      will watch Duck Dynasty , not that many will find blood and guts and
      dying animals that entertaining.

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    6. Anonymous9:29 AM

      Are the Robertsons also drug addicts?

      Are they just naive?

      If you've been around an addict at her stage of demise you can't miss what is going on. Only if you are really out of it yourself.

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  9. Anonymous7:18 AM

    Ted Cruz coloring book for children says Obamacare ‘worse than any war’

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/09/ted-cruz-coloring-book-for-children-says-obamacare-worse-than-any-war/

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  10. Anonymous8:00 AM


    Satire?....Sarah Palin to Host New Outdoor Show ‘Amazing America’ on The Sportsman Network
    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-to-host-new-outdoor-show-amazing-america-on-the-sportsman-network/

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    1. Talk about ill-gotten gains!

      SOMEONE keeps propping her up. Oh well, more comedy for us, I suppose.

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    2. Anonymous8:53 AM

      Yep, this will be worth a new bag of popcorn! And, now people will come out of the woodwork to out her lack of “sportsmen” creds in Wasilla! And, remember, Alaska gives big tax credits for work here. The company employing her is looking to up their pathetic viewership numbers. Go figure. Nw we knwo why the Duck Dynasty blanket went to Willow! LOL! The grifting family grifts on!

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    3. Anonymous9:41 AM

      It is more difficult to laugh at her or the media that uses this bull for our children to watch some addict "win". She is selling herself as a success. Drugs must be cool kids, see how good it works for the Palins?

      You can't be too rich or too skinny kids...

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  11. Anonymous8:06 AM

    Snarly show. And so mean. But then putting Ann Coulter-ite and Rush Limbaugh-ite in the same container, produces lots of gasses.

    No wonder this show was ratcheted.

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  12. Anonymous8:45 AM

    OT... Palin is heading back to reality TV.

    Fools at C4P see this as a 2016 prep run.

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  13. This will make your day. From Minneapolis Tribune, Sarah Palin to host Sportsman Show http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/235068781.html

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  14. AJ Billings8:53 AM

    O/T, but not much.

    I swear, it's every day that new lunacy, insanity, and outright war on "somebody" rears its head anew. Last week we had rape insurance.

    Now this!

    http://churchandstate.org.uk/2013/09/catholic-website-says-colleges-arent-for-women-learn-to-be-a-wife-and-mother/

    Catholic website says colleges aren’t for women: ‘Learn to be a wife and mother:

    “Is a degree worth the loss of your daughter’s purity, dignity, and soul?” he asks. “[A] woman is naturally very observant of a man’s faults as long as she is in a platonic relationship with him. Once she becomes sexually active with him, she releases hormones that mask his faults, and she remains in a dreamy state about him. We can see why God would arrange things in such a way so that when in a proper state of holy matrimony, she would be less sensitive to his faults and thereby less tempted to be critical of him.”

    Alleman adds that daughters should “learn to be a wife and mother” instead of pursuing higher education.

    SHE RELEASES HORMONES that mask his faults?

    WTF!!!!??

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  15. Anonymous1:54 PM

    I used to follow Dennis Miller, (as I now do Bill Maher) as he was bitingly funny...and avoided much about politics.

    Suddenly he turned into a total right wing puke, and his schtick now goes like:

    Hey, what about that Obama, huh?

    (audience shits themselves with uncontrolled laughter and snorting)

    What a shame, to see a brilliant comedian turn into an asshole, appealing only to racists and bigots--not with humor but with unabashed hatred.

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  16. Anonymous3:06 PM

    Ian Ziering? The guy from Beverly Hills 90210 was on a sketch for this stupid show?! Wow, just wow.

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