Posted on 01/20/2009 6:06:19 AM PST by LottieDah
Chris Rock has branded Barack Obama a stand-up comedian's worst nightmare - because the President-elect is too awe-inspiring to make fun of.
Rock lampoons various public figures in his new comedy DVD special Kill the Messenger - including former White House contender John McCain and his vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin.
But the comic insists he struggled to write jokes about the successful and charismatic Democrat Obama.
He explains, "He's just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith. There's no Will Smith jokes. There's no Brad Pitt jokes. You know, what are you going to say? 'You used to have sex with Jennifer Aniston. Now you have sex with Angelina Jolie. You're such a loser.' What do you say? 'Ooh, your movies are big. You make $20 million.' There's nothing to say about Brad Pitt.
"(With Obama) it's like, 'Ooh, you're young and virile and you've got a beautiful wife and kids. You're the first African-American president.' You know, what do you say?" And Rock, who supported Obama in his campaign for the presidency, is disappointed he won't be able to witness the 44th president as he is sworn into office: "I have to go to Sundance (Film Festival). I've got a movie premiering at Sundance. So I have to go to the whitest place in America - Utah."
Awe inspiring? The guy is a jumped-up community organizer....
....and I don't even know what that job entails....
Alternate headline;
Chris Rock Suffers Epic Comedic Fail.
Fancy name for "rabble-rouser".
Have some more Kool-Aid, Chris. It’s doing a great job of keeping your brain from functioning.
yes, awe inspiring - as in "awe $hit, this guy's actually been elected?"
What has he done to inspire any awe?
Coward. Pure and simple.
Real comics are not awe inspired by anything to the point where they cant lampoon it.
Not even God and Christ.
There’s that, and the legions of ‘enforcers’ the new President does not even need to dispatch to enforce compliance with perfect and unalloyed respect and even veneration on all points.
Chris Rock needs to get out more.
Chris Rock has branded Barack Obama a stand-up comedian’s worst nightmare - because the President-elect is too awe-inspiring to make fun of.....
Code-—Chris Rock is afraid of the backlash he’ll get from the black community for mocking Obama at this time....wait 6 months ............
Oh Chris c’mon, the guy’s Mother-in-Law is moving in and she’s in charge of keeping him emasculated. What about conflicts between National Security emergencies and “Date Night”?
Sacred cows make the best hamburger.
Someone should tell Chris about FR. Plenty of hilarious obama jokes around here.
Here, try this: "The joke is in the suit."
See how easy that was?
If Rock had any comedic talent (and I've never observed any from him) HE could find plenty of awesome fodder for comedy routines.
You know I think these No talent hacks are just quoted in the DBM so we can make comments about how stupid they really are!
Good sir,
I imagine that you would have some advice for Mr. Rock.
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