there has been little humor about Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race.
“We’re doing jokes about people in his orbit, not really about him,” said Mike Sweeney, the head writer for O’Brien on “Late Night.” The jokes will come, representatives of all the late-night shows said, as soon as Obama does or says something that defines him – in comedy terms.
“We’re carrion birds,” said Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show” on the Comedy Central channel. “We’re sitting up there saying ‘Does he seem weak? Is he dehydrated yet? Let’s attack.”‘
But so far, no true punch lines have landed.
Why? The reason cited by most of those involved in the shows is that a fundamental factor is so far missing in Obama: There is no comedic “take” on him, nothing easy to turn to for an easy laugh, like allegations of Bill Clinton’s womanizing, or President George W. Bush’s goofy bumbling or Al Gore’s robotic persona.
“The thing is, he’s not buffoonish in any way,” said Mike Barry, who started writing political jokes for Johnny Carson’s monologues in the waning days of the Johnson administration and has lambasted every presidential candidate since, most recently for Letterman. “He’s not a comical figure,” Barry said.
Bring on the ‘toons!
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
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‘This Week’: George Stephanopoulos interviews Obama
Barky…the stuttering machine…Does not have a clue…
Oh no… The Obamessiah is not buffoonish? Oh no… he doesn’t say things that make you scratch your head.
“I see many of our fallen war heroes in the audience today” — (Memorial Day, New Mexico) So, the dead have come back to life?!
“The Nittaly Lions.” What he recently called the Penn State sports team.
“I’ve campaigned in all fifty-seven states.” (in Oregon) Seven more states! I must not have paid attention in Social Studies class in High School.
“Throughout our history, America’s confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation.” The bomb? The one bomb?
“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” The actual death toll from Kansas tornado was 12.
“There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born.” (when in Alabama) Obama was born in 1961. The Selma March took place in 1965.
“We only have a certain number of them [translators] and if they are all in Iraq, then it’s harder for us to use them in Afghanistan.” (while in Missouri) Iraqis speak Arabic or Kurdish. The Afghanis speak Pashto, Farsi, or other non-Arabic languages.
Obama writes of a story in Life magazine that influenced him — about a black man trying to bleach his skin white (in his memoir, Dreams of My Father) No such article could be found in Life or Ebony.
“My grandfather helped liberate Auschwitz.” Ummm… actually no he didn’t, the Russians did.
Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn’t “pose a serious threat to us”–cluelessly arguing that “tiny countries” with small defense budgets can’t do us harm– and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, “I’ve made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.” ???flip???flop???
Responding to an Israeli reporter’s question Wednesday on his commitment to protect the Jewish state, Barack Obama pointed to a bill “we passed” in the U.S. Senate Banking Committee that tightens sanctions and authorizes divestment from Iran. “My committee,” he called it. Obama isn’t a member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Hussein O has the Media on a string. He accuses repub’s of ‘makin stuff up’ while his entire life exist of stuff he’s been ‘makin up’. I guess as president if Russia/China or terrorist attack the U.S. Hussein O will vote ‘here’. He still doesn’t believe 9-11 happened, Holy-wood made the whole thing up on a back lot. The 3,000 people and the twin towers were simply relocated to a deserted island in never never land.
Again I have to thank you for doing these every Sunday, Word, da Man! I always know that on Sunday, Flopping Aces will give me a big grin and evoke some laughter… all thanks to you!
I sent my mommy this link too! Should have been doing it for ages. DOH
Rumors for humor:
Obama and Biden have pressed the U.S. military to send troops to the city of Atlanta to blunt another Russian attack.
Economists believe that the U.S. will have a housing turn around in late 2009-2010. That also happens to be the due date for his speech writer, Jimmy Carter, to finish the speech for Obama to claim credit for the recovery.
Hedging in case of an Obama win, South Korean Generals have dumped contact with the U.S. military in South Korea in favor of constant contact with the Alaskan National Guard. Their belief is the Alaskan National Guard will respond as quick as possible, while Obama has any reponse tied up in various meetings.
Scientists have found the cause of the mysterious behavior of the Bermuda Triangle. It seems that ships and planes were running into one of the missing eight states that Obama has talked about.
Will I. Am, which both backs Barack Obama and frequently misspells words in songs has come out with a new song which spells Obama’s last name “L-O-S-E-R.”
In a strange turn of events, NOW members has been called female chauvinist pigs in their response to the attacks on Palin. Their response was to slug down a beer, burp and scratch their butt.
The Alaskan police are on a massive search for PETA members that tried to tie themselves to a bear. The Alaska police reminded reporters Alaska has a strict policy not to feed wild animals.
U.S. diplomatic translators have objected to working with Obama. From Obama’s mumbling to his flip flops in mid sentence, translators say there can not only be no true translations. Also from Obama’s history of throwing people under the bus, any mess up will get them fired. In response, they will be secretly in communication with John McCain or either George Bush at all times and were told to ignore Obama.
The foreign press has a bit of a scandal on its hands. Reporters sent to Chuck Palin’s, Sarah Palin’s father, house have refused to leave Alaska for new assignements. The reporters are said to be suffering from an addiction to fresh air and mooseburgers.
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