As BlatherWatch wings our way back across the Atlantic, here's this from Lori Day, one of our favorite voices via Huffington:
I know this may come off a tad polarizing, but I think liberal comedians are funny as hell and they have no equals on the other side of the aisle. I stand a greater chance of seeing Russia from my house than spotting a genuinely funny conservative comedian anywhere in the continental United States.
The list is endless.
But where oh where are the conservative political comedians? Rush? NO. Glenn Beck? GOD NO. Bill O'Reilly? SAME ANSWER. Fox News? YES -- but they aren't trying to be funny.
The current GOP candidates are drop-dead funny, but they also aren't trying to be. They're the manna from heaven that falls into the laps of left-wing talk show hosts who have the easiest job in the world these days. Read the rest.
Conservative comedians are always struggling to make sense of their own insignificance, which requires them to lash out at their critics, which make them not funny.
Posted by: Mike D | December 01, 2011 at 04:08 AM
Dennis Miller must pretty funny.
He always seems to be either laughing at his own material or explaining to us how smart his references are and why we're not bright enough to understand.
Posted by: Itchy | December 01, 2011 at 05:23 AM
You'll find the liberal comedians in the same place you'll find highly-rated left-wing talk show hosts.
Posted by: Twitchy | December 01, 2011 at 06:05 AM
errr...above should read:
You'll find the CONSERVATVE comedians in the same place you'll find highly-rated left-wing talk show hosts.
Arrgh. Too early.
Posted by: Twitchy | December 01, 2011 at 06:07 AM
Miller is funny and cerebral, but he jabs the left and lamestream media too much to be liked by the progressive elitist snobs because of his message - although he is talented. Adam Carolla is damn funny and throws out as many f-bombs as any liberal comedian and makes sense with political incorrectness, which the prissy left has a problem with.
Bill Maher is not really funny - entertaining at times when he provokes arguments with conservatives like on his old show "Politically Incorrect", but too cynical and intellectually dishonest. However, I like Colbert's schtick - he's good at pointing out irony and Stewart is good on occasion but exposes his own hypocrisy at times when he attempts to dive into political lampooning.
Posted by: KS | December 01, 2011 at 07:10 PM
What [O'Reilly] calls propaganda I call satire, and as good a position FOX is in to be anti-establishment and promote subversion--they still inspire the greatest satire themselves.
http://22oftheday.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-conservatives-arent-funny-with.html
Posted by: Russ | February 15, 2013 at 07:38 AM