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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Ythan]
    #5575711 - 04/30/06 10:43 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I read his routine. I thought it was hit and miss, but definitely funnier than anyone else on the podium that night.

To hell with a press corps that's gonna gasp and hiss whenever someone does something that they'd get fired for.

Every single person needs one day a year of uncensored roasting. If someone had done this in the midst of blowjobgate 8 years ago, the audience would have had the same reaction, but it would have gone down in history as one of the greatest things ever. Colbert's bits weren't that great, but he put in a solid effort.

It's amazing that he kept his cool.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: daimyo]
    #5575718 - 04/30/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

i love this man colbert. he really stuck it to america's worst president. i love all these funless republicans. part of the last 32% who actually like bush. waaaaaah sum1 made fun of our hero waaaah waaah waaahh :bitch: :bitch: :bitch: :bitch: :bitch:


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Phred]
    #5575978 - 05/01/06 12:19 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

he broke the unwritten rule, not because the room was full of Bush supporters. The tradition is that politicians get up and make fun OF THEMSELVES. Taking shots at others is a no-no.

Where have you been?

Invited speakers have been taking shots at the President and other politicians at this event for years now. I would certainly call that a "tradition". The event may have been more restrained decades ago, but lately it has taken on the tone of a roast. And that's a GOOD thing. The man is our President, not our King and SHOULD hear things he finds rude occasionly because that is what is being said outside of his bubble and it's GOOD for him to hear it.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zorbman]
    #5576358 - 05/01/06 04:52 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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hey, thats not fair, I didnt say that




im lazy... and I ALWAYS use the quick reply.. so ya,  :thumbup:


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Ythan]
    #5577640 - 05/01/06 03:23 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I was at a friends and he flipped to CSPAN just in time for us to catch where Colbert was playing the president or the press secretary, I'm not sure, and he was being berrated by the press and turning down the volume knob on them. Then he was being chased by this old lady. This was towards the end because then he was shaking hands with people after the presentation, it looked looked he shook hands with Bush but upon closer inspection, it looked like a guy dressed up in a bush costume. Was this from the same event you guys are talking about. And how was this Bush impersonator involved?


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: KingOftheThing]
    #5577758 - 05/01/06 03:59 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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KingOftheThing said:
i love this man colbert. he really stuck it to america's worst president. i love all these funless republicans. part of the last 32% who actually like bush. waaaaaah sum1 made fun of our hero waaaah waaah waaahh :bitch: :bitch: :bitch: :bitch: :bitch:




:thumbup:
The only thing funnier than watching Colbert simultaneously mock the president and the media is laughing at people who think it was another example of some sort of "trend" of Bush-bashing, as if it is unthinkable that hatred for him and his media protection from voices of dissent could be genuine. Some people have no clue  :rolleyes:


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Viveka]
    #5577763 - 05/01/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

yeah its the same event. basicly before colbert went on stage, Bush was on stage with an impersonater at the same time. they would alternate back and fourth with the impersonator speaking what george was thinking in his at at the time and then george actually saying something diffrent outloud. for example one time steve bridges(the impersonator) kept reminding himself on how to pronounce nuclear properly. of course when bush went to say the word he completly messed it up. it was actually rather funny.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Viveka]
    #5577769 - 05/01/06 04:02 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

You guys still just don't fucking get it. These guys are at each other's throats 24/7. This is supposed to be an occasion where that is all put aside and they laugh at themselves and each other. It's supposed to be a tension reducer. The press corps knows that, the politicians know that. That's why he bombed to THAT audience. If not for the tradition of light-hearted self deprecation this little soiree wouldn't even exist. It's supposed to be a night when they check their guns at the door and hoot an holler together a little. Colbert was inappropriate FOR THE OCCASION. The people there knew it. The people who don't know it are you guys. It's not your party. If I was them, and I mean ALL of them, I wouldn't stop having it but I would stop letting it be taped. Too many dopes don't understand what it is supposed to be. This party IS NOT FOR YOU.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zappaisgod]
    #5577806 - 05/01/06 04:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

This country still recognizes free speech doesn't it? If they didn't like what he was going to say they shouldn't have fucking invited him. Anyone who watches The Colbert Report would have known he wasn't going to be a complete pussy like most of the other reporters.

As someone above said. Bush isn't our King, if a majority of the populace believes he's doing a bad job then he should be reminded of that at all times.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: newuser1492]
    #5577886 - 05/01/06 04:28 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

You still don't fucking get it. Utterly hopeless. This is a PRIVATE PARTY. HIS BEHAVIOUR WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THOSE HAVING THE PARTY. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FREE SPEECH.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zappaisgod]
    #5577971 - 05/01/06 04:42 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

yes, well he was INVITED to SPEAK at the PRIVATE PARTY.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zappaisgod]
    #5577977 - 05/01/06 04:44 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

how do you propose he should have acted then? to be honest im pretty sure whoever booked him at that event probably was familiar with his style of comedy and should have known what they where getting themselves into.

yes what he said at times was probably hurtful to bush and what he said was probably not appropriate for the occasion, but i dont see him acting any other way


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zappaisgod]
    #5578068 - 05/01/06 05:01 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

You may be right that the event is supposed to have a theme but if it really was a PRIVATE PARTY then why was it BROADCAST ON TELEVISION for all of us "dopes" who aren't in the press to watch?


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Ythan]
    #5578128 - 05/01/06 05:15 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I sort of stopped reading after the fourth page.....I also didnt watch the video or see this on tv.....

But what exactly was the point of this broadcast? was it supposed to be some sort of feel good fucking show? or a fundraiser? what?

Anyone else not really think this sort of thing is something bush should be participating in? Here he is a wartime president, trying to crack jokes and such...har har..good times.......all the while HIS war is being fought far away.....

Maybe im missing something here? Just see this as kind of odd...


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Schwip]
    #5578143 - 05/01/06 05:19 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

You're not missing anything. Bush, and the media, are a bunch of pole smokers and Colbert "ruined" their good time, jack each other off party.

And in case you didn't know, Rove planned for all of this to happen to make lefties look even more distasteful than they already do.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: daimyo]
    #5578174 - 05/01/06 05:28 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

lol....a big PR thing then?


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: zappaisgod]
    #5578205 - 05/01/06 05:37 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

If that was a "private party" it has to be the only one I've ever heard of where millions of people were invited to tune in over the public airwaves. Puh-lease.

As for Colbert's routine being considered inappropriate by some, why did they invite him?? Anyone in the world can watch his show and see that he is not a fan of the President! I, for one, am assuming the event organizers, like most people, own a tv set and invited the man on purpose.

Let's face it, like it or not this event has taken on the tone of a celebrity roast over the years- and yes, politicians NEED to be reminded occasionly that they work for US, not the other way around! They need to have their bubbles popped and be taken to the woodshed now and then.

It's a GOOD thing.
(If a bit painful).

BTW, the level of pain perceived from this type of humor is in direct proportion to the size of the ego which explains a lot.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Schwip]
    #5578208 - 05/01/06 05:38 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

:yesnod:

He's pulling out all the stops before he gets arrested.


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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: newuser1492]
    #5578209 - 05/01/06 05:38 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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This country still recognizes free speech doesn't it? If they didn't like what he was going to say they shouldn't have fucking invited him.




And you still don't get it. They didn't like what he had to say, so they didn't laugh. That's the total extent of the "punishment" he'll receive for his "bravery" -- a lukewarm response from the audience.

Colbert wasn't criticized, or threatened, or given a dressing down afterwards, or anything even close to that. All that happened was that he got perfunctory applause. Bush and the impersonator got laughs (and Colbert didn't) because --

1) they respected the spirit the of the event and Colbert didn't

2) they were funny and Colbert wasn't

Now that the transcripts of the event are available, it's plain that the lack of applause for Colbert wasn't due just to audience discomfort at his crassness, but because his material and delivery weren't all that funny. Some of the stuff reads no differently than a standard rant at the Daily Kos or Democratic Underground. Most of the rest of it rises maybe to the level of Margaret Cho (which - for those who have never seen Margaret Cho perform - is no compliment). Yeah, there were a few chuckles in there, but for a professional comedian that was pretty lame stuff. Maybe he does better on the Daily Show (I have no TV so have never seen the Daily Show), but if what he delivered at that gig is representative of his usual work, he'd do well to hire better writers.



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Re: Stephen Colbert talking shit to GW [Re: Ythan]
    #5578221 - 05/01/06 05:42 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I've got a new idea on why Colbert didn't get laughs. Anyone wanna take a guess as to the average age of the audience?


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