Libertarian-ish dudes-rock conservative comedy is fine. Its typically some kind of Marine-Todd-esque tall tail that is funny precisely because its so overblown. Bert Kreischer’s “The Machine” bit about accidentally joining the Russian Mob because he was too cool for school gets plenty of laughs. Ben Stein doing the dry nasal bow-tie conservative routine is funny because you view the incessant whiny annoyance as an act. Ron Swanson as the Epic Frontiersman stuck rebelling against a lame bureaucratic do-nothing job is funny because of the absurd contradictions. Funnier still when his best friend ends up being Aubrey Plaza, the caricature of a lazy shiftless millennial do-nothing who embodies all the things conservatives say they hate.
And Donald Trump’s catty mean-girl tweets and quips are hilarious when they’re aimed at puffed up liberal phonies, cliquish newsies, and other incompetent empty-suit conservative cronies. Funnier still when he goes off to our eternal mortal enemy North Korea and starts fawning all over Kim Jung Un, because Kim actually appears to have the kind of public adoration that Donald craves back home.
When conservative comedy abandons the fascist fear-mongering and embraces anarchist/primitivist roots, or loses sight of itself and engages in a bit of much-needed self-crit, its genuinely pretty good. But when its just Dennis Miller whining about how Kids Today Don’t Respect Their Elders or Joe Rogan and Jon Lovitt start whining about too much “diversity” in modern media, it fucking sucks. Just washed up has-beens crying about how other comedians are too mean to them. Awful.
These days I pretty much only listen to lesbians talk about their incomprehensibly bizarre dating life in NYC. It’s like staring in to an alternate dimension of wonder and horror in equal measure.
Watching conservative stand up “comedy” is self harm.
Libertarian-ish dudes-rock conservative comedy is fine. Its typically some kind of Marine-Todd-esque tall tail that is funny precisely because its so overblown. Bert Kreischer’s “The Machine” bit about accidentally joining the Russian Mob because he was too cool for school gets plenty of laughs. Ben Stein doing the dry nasal bow-tie conservative routine is funny because you view the incessant whiny annoyance as an act. Ron Swanson as the Epic Frontiersman stuck rebelling against a lame bureaucratic do-nothing job is funny because of the absurd contradictions. Funnier still when his best friend ends up being Aubrey Plaza, the caricature of a lazy shiftless millennial do-nothing who embodies all the things conservatives say they hate.
And Donald Trump’s catty mean-girl tweets and quips are hilarious when they’re aimed at puffed up liberal phonies, cliquish newsies, and other incompetent empty-suit conservative cronies. Funnier still when he goes off to our eternal mortal enemy North Korea and starts fawning all over Kim Jung Un, because Kim actually appears to have the kind of public adoration that Donald craves back home.
When conservative comedy abandons the fascist fear-mongering and embraces anarchist/primitivist roots, or loses sight of itself and engages in a bit of much-needed self-crit, its genuinely pretty good. But when its just Dennis Miller whining about how Kids Today Don’t Respect Their Elders or Joe Rogan and Jon Lovitt start whining about too much “diversity” in modern media, it fucking sucks. Just washed up has-beens crying about how other comedians are too mean to them. Awful.
I was thinking more of stuff like this where the guy does “Iran bad” and “wife bad” jokes within one minute.
You know you’re a good comedian when you have convinced yourself that you’re the first guy to think of a joke.
That comedian just sounds whiny.
These days I pretty much only listen to lesbians talk about their incomprehensibly bizarre dating life in NYC. It’s like staring in to an alternate dimension of wonder and horror in equal measure.