Posted on 02/14/2007 4:13:19 AM PST by PJ-Comix
This is the other “info-tainment” show Fox is developing, “Red Eye” being the first. It’s supposed to be a right-wing alternative to the Daily Show, although I don’t recall the last time Jon Stewart did two and a half minutes of Marion Barry jokes and body odor puns.
Maybe the producers leaked this to lower expectations, thereby ensuring our surprise at the quality of the pilot will be that much more pleasant. Maybe?
Bring in Gutfeld’s mom to anchor, boys. It’s your best chance.
I know this is going to sound completely arrogant and unhumble but I have to say this. If FNC wants a well written comedy show they need to hire YOURS TRULY pronto. I have a track record including hundreds of newspaper humor columns on file. Krokodil, the Russian humor magazine, had me as their American correspondent.
In any case, based on this clip, the FNC "comedy" show is DREADFUL. Sorry, FNC, you have a good idea but this show is just plain DREADFUL.
I saw the clip and it was flat, not bitingly funny like The Daily Show.
I knew something was wrong but I have no expertise in this. Your analysis is spot-on and I hope they take your advice.
Ping for later.
I always felt that conservatives could put together a better show than the libs if given the chance. This news is troubling.
Here's the deal. When you TRY to send a message via comedy, you usually fail because you unconciously emphasize the message at the expense of comedy. Now, I don't know the backgrounds of these FNC writers but to me they seem to be writing for what they THINK conservatives will like without necessarily being conservatives themselves. The fact is, the writers of this or any comedy show should eliminate the "message" from their minds and concentrate STRICTLY on the comedy. If they are truly conservative, the "message" will come out in the material. Of course, this can't work if the writers aren't authentic as mentioned above.
I want a subscription to BO magazine......I need to know what Osama Obama is up to!
My guess here is that the writers were hired and then told to emphasize a conservative message. If the writers aren't really conservative then they will TRY to write (pander) to what they think conservatives will laugh at. The result is this dreck.
The advantage of someone like me (shameless self promo here) is that I come at it from a "conservative" (although I don't like to label myself since a lot of my lifestyle wouldn't be considered conservative) perspective so it enables me to just concentrate on the humor. BTW, the few times I actually did try to send a "message" via humor, it failed miserably. Better to just concentrate STRICTLY on the comedy/humor.
This is why Charles Henrickson writes such great song parodies. He concentrates STRICTLY on the humor and the message just comes naturally from his authentic POV.
Was it "The Chevy Chase Show" bad?
Conservatives seem to be able to raise A LOT of money for elections, etc. Why not get together and raise the money to start up a network devoted to the conservative side of things? Many FReepers could be comedy writers and do much more than what this show was attempting to do. And conservatives could then boycott the other networks as they don't want to report the other side of things to begin with. Just seems that it is time for conservatives to fight back againt the entertainment industry and DNC propaganda known as the media. FoxNews, though it actually gives the other side of things, is not a conservative network.
That whole "BO" joke was already old weeks ago. The FNC writers must have been monitoring the FR for material.
I posted the video clip above. Watch it and yawn.
They better call in Dennis Miller STAT! What I saw was some sort of lame version of Saturday Night Live.
FOX NEWS; AKA: Anna Nicole Smith Channel
The writers of this FNC "comedy" show seem to have a low opinion of conservatives. Their attitude seems to be, "Lets toss some unsubtle yuks that pander to their POV and they are so stupid that they are sure to laugh."
FOX needs to dump it and cut losses.
I'll tell you what would be FUnnie. A leftwing couple are in their home watching all the coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith death. You know they are liberal because their walls are covered with all sorts of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) posters. They watch the news reports for about a minute. Then one turns to the other and says, "Bush's fault!"
How about if I send him several dozen clippings of my published newspaper humor columns? BTW, these weren't columns in throwaway freebie newspapers. My stuff has gotten published in the Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Vancouver Sun, St. Pete Times, and a lot of other periodicals including Krokodil in Russia which had MILLIONS of readers. The only problem is that all that means nothing to the few TV types I've shown the published material to.
I think the whole Daily Show concept is overused and unoriginal. Better to base a current events type comedy show on the SCTV concept. My idea (call it "Media Circus") is to base a TV show on a failing cable news station. The characters would be talkative blowhards, failing yuppies, RINOs so desperate to keep their shows that they are willing to pander to the liberal POV (does this station sound familiar?). There is a WEALTH of great material in such a concept and it can keep current to whatever is going on in both the news and the media world. I've had this idea for several years now and it is very detailed. I've only presented a very brief description of my concept here.
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