tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post1418171335502946148..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Unfunny ConservativesBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-25442989201079433372009-07-10T05:12:44.462-07:002009-07-10T05:12:44.462-07:00Michael, your reference to Chris Rock is a good on...Michael, your reference to Chris Rock is a good one. I forgot he can rip well on anyone. Didn't Carlin also like to rip on some liberal politics like Global Warming?<br /><br />Plus, when Stewart or Colbert feel the urge, they can pull the trigger on liberals, democrats, etc... <br /><br />Part of me thinks it boils down to talent. But, as TL points out, the material is more abundantly found in the conservative politics. Easy to make fun of adulterous family value upholders than people who want to spend too much on welfare.<br /><br />Easy to make fun of those up high compared to the downtrodden or humble.DaveBuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706422151515174611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-91728904558253970742009-07-09T10:34:26.158-07:002009-07-09T10:34:26.158-07:00One of the South Park boys is, I believe, a regist...One of the South Park boys is, I believe, a registered Republican and the other is LP. But in general they occupy a sort of middle ground. I think most "liberal" comics do as well. Chris Rock gets some of his biggest laughs at lefty sacred cows. <br /><br />I'd note that Al Franken who was fitfully amusing before he got a political radio show was utterly unfunny after. Even when he was trying to be funny. <br /><br />Extremists are never funny, left or right.<br /><br />More to the point I suspect is that conservatives don't want to live the comedy lifestyle. What conservative wants to spend 7 nights a week in front of a brick wall earning the price of drinks? That's where Leno and Seinfeld and Attell and Louis C.K. learned their craft. It's an uncomfortable lifestyle, to say the least. Conservatives take risks with money, liberals take risks with life.<br /><br />One other factor to consider: while there are plenty of great white comedians (Letterman, Steve Martin) blacks and Jews have dominated comedy for a long time. There aren't a lot of conservative blacks or Jews.Michael Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217493579132625169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-47778087584722598322009-07-08T23:21:21.506-07:002009-07-08T23:21:21.506-07:00Dennis Miller is a good example. Very funny befor...Dennis Miller is a good example. Very funny before 9/11. Decided that 9/11 changed everything. Now trying entirely too hard to be On Message, not funny.<br /><br />I disagree about O'Rourke, though. I'm currently reading "Driving Like Crazy" -- his collection of 30 years of automotive writing -- and his riff on that very driving-with-the-hot-chick story is actually very funny, because it's not about getting conservative (though there are some cultural elements about that), it's about the arrogance of youth and cowardice of age. Also, some of his other recent stuff has been funny -- book reviews and years in review.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459435007672107327noreply@blogger.com