Comedy don’t work outside . Nobody remember the Milton Berle / Jackie Gleason March of 1949 ?

http://www.slate.com/id/2271658/

I thought the Left had their ‘Messiah Figure’ in 2008?

- HOW’D THAT WORK OUT FOR YA’?!!

lol!

Time Critic On Jon Stewart Rally: He’s Risking Being Seen As A ‘Messiah Figure’

Only to stupid libs who can’t think for themselves.

Hold on to your “lower the expectations” hat! – msnbc is now referring to it as a ‘MOCK RALLY’ rally – to Cover, no doubt, for the inevitable dearth of attendance compared, once again, to Beck’s Rally!!

Big Eddie said:
Comedy don’t work outside . Nobody remember the Milton Berle / Jackie Gleason March of 1949 ?

http://www.slate.com/id/2271658/

True, but what of Totie Field’s “runway” smash, “Tuesday With Totie At Teterboro”?

NORBIT said:
Hold on to your “lower the expectations” hat! – msnbc is now referring to it as a ‘MOCK RALLY’ rally – to Cover, no doubt, for the inevitable dearth of attendance compared, once again, to Beck’s Rally!!

Well, Niblet, I seriously doubt Stewart wants to be compared to the Beckerhead. To do so is rather like comparing strawberries to fossiliferous limestone.

“Buy Freeze-Dried Survival Lasagna While Supplies Last.”

Worse– I think Jon Stewart is in less danger of being seen as a “messiah figure”, than as just another insipid comedian doing the young urbanite equivalent of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

The Real Royal King said:
True, but what of Totie Field’s “runway” smash, “Tuesday With Totie At Teterboro”?

Unfortunately , poor Totie did not have a leg to stand on . ….Big Eddie is ashamed of that …Big Eddie apologizes to everybody …

The Real Royal King said:
Well, Niblet, I seriously doubt Stewart wants to be compared to the Beckerhead. To do so is rather like comparing strawberries to fossiliferous limestone.

OF COURSE, Stewart wants such comparisons made. That’s why he’s parodying Beck’s rally with his own.

He wants comparisons drawn between the cool kids and the dweebs.

This is about money – nothing more and nothing less.

Big Eddie said:
Big Eddie apologizes to everybody …

Big Eddie, I think I love you more than etouffee.

(But not as much a baby back ribs.)

Cecelia said:
Worse– I think Jon Stewart is in less danger of being seen as a “messiah figure”, than as just another insipid comedian doing the young urbanite equivalent of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

It would be a mistake to take this rally too seriously, and I think the only ones who do are the usual gaggle or humourless rightists here. You know, the ones who seem to believe wit died with Will Rogers. This is all more about perspective than anything else.

WE HAVE SANITY!
YOU HAVE HANNITY!

WE’VE GOT ZEN!
YOU’VE GOT GLEN(N)!

Big Eddie said:
poor Totie did not have a leg to stand on

I absolutely knew that was coming.

I suspect that CNN fears that Jon Stewart will choose to ridicule them, again.

Cecelia said:
OF COURSE, Stewart wants such comparisons made. That’s why he’s parodying Beck’s rally with his own.

He wants comparisons drawn between the cool kids and the dweebs.

What a terrible thing to say about dweebs.

Cecelia said:
Big Eddie, I think I love you more than etouffee. (But not as much a baby back ribs.)

Gracias . Big Eddie had to look that up . Thought it was candy . But it ain’t . …Bam !

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/crawfish-etouffee-recipe3/index.html

More Liberty said:
This is about money – nothing more and nothing less.

No, it’s about fun. A sophisticated, nuanced sort of fun. A chance to show America and the World that we have not all been turned into bitter, humourless, intolerant dimwits.

The media may be speaking about these rallies, but no one else cares. Literally, no one else cares. Ditto with Obama being on the Daily Show before the election. It’s all very unpresidential, but it’s so common in this administration that it’s no longer suprising.

Stewart will never be a messiah figure, what a strange metaphor. He risks nothing. He’s a comedian, just like Colbert. They’re supposed to make us laugh. CNN is not, the Congress is not. They’re supposed to do their jobs. Congress looked like fools when Colbert testified, not Colbert. He’s supposed to be a fool..

Big Eddie said:
Gracias . Big Eddie had to look that up . Thought it was candy . But it ain’t . …Bam !

You’re inching up on the ribs….

Wait, I thought Obama was the Messiah?

“Sometimes you have to remind people that, ‘Hey, Jesus Christ couldn’t do anything more than President Obama has on the agenda we supported two years ago without the United States Senate having the votes for cloture to overcome a filibuster” by Republicans,

Herb Johnson, secretary-treasurer of the Missouri AFL-CIO.

The Real Royal King said:
A sophisticated, nuanced sort of fun.

Ha!

The Real Royal King said:
Well, Niblet, I seriously doubt Stewart wants to be compared to the Beckerhead. To do so is rather like comparing strawberries to fossiliferous limestone. “Buy Freeze-Dried Survival Lasagna While Supplies Last.”

That ‘Niblet’ is pretty funny king…but there’s 8-Days before the country takes a turn for the better!

How’s that “Enthusiasm” Gap going for the left??
loll!!

“Presumably the Juan Williams mania will die down enough this week that everyone can return to obsessing over Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity this Saturday.”

Is that presumably or HOPEFULLY Glynnis?

Given the fact Jon Stewart is the primary news source for those under 30, it is an ego boost for a guy within spitting distance of 50 years of age.

Seeing November From My Window said:
Time Critic On Jon Stewart Rally: He’s Risking Being Seen As A ‘Messiah Figure’ Only to stupid libs who can’t think for themselves.

Yeah, them thar conservs reeally thunk for themselves when they laud Mrs. Palin. She shure is one bright gal, ya betcha! Right Wingers shure is brite!

VRWC Destruction Machine said:
Given the fact Jon Stewart is the primary news source for those under 30, it is an ego boost for a guy within spitting distance of 50 years of age.

That’s why it’s more dangerous for him to be seen as a goofball than as someone with some gravitas.

I’d take Palin any day of the week and twice on Saturday if my choice were her or BO.

The Real Royal King said:
No, it’s about fun. A sophisticated, nuanced sort of fun. A chance to show America and the World that we have not all been turned into bitter, humourless, intolerant dimwits.

Comedy Central is not going to do this if it does not create money. News flash dude – people don’t get paid in “fun,” and advertisers don’t pay Comedy Central in “Fun.”

The Real Royal King said:
intolerant dimwits.

Like NPR?

Glynnis,

Your headline is completely inappropriate and misguided. He didn’t say that Jon Stewart is risking being seen as a ‘Messiah Figure’. Nor as you stated in the body of text did he say that “Stewart is running with this rally is that it may make him appear as though…”

The danger for a comedian is not being funny. The danger in it is if it appears he is taking himself too seriously or becoming a partisan figure….

That is what he stated. Context is important, and what he stated was much more a if then statement then just a declaration. He never flat out stated he is risking being seen as a messiah figure. If you take context into play—it should have been interpreted as, “If Stewart isn’t funny, then the danger is being seen as a “messiah figure”.

Uh, you CANNOT do satire without a HUGE amount of research or it isn’t relevant. Jon Stewart is only pointing out the absurdities in America and that’s not the same as preaching tolerance and peace. I wish that it was. Any religious comparisons to satire are INSANE.

Seeing November From My Window said:
I’d take Palin any day of the week and twice on Saturday if my choice were her or BO.

Ya see??? you shure is smart, damn betcha!! I is so happy you’all is a thinkin’ purson!

They came for Helen!
They came for Rick!
They came for Juan!

Watch out Moderate Democrats!! – The Progressives are coming for YOU!!

Think “Rinoceros”!

Beck is a parody of a narcissistic, megalomaniac with Messianic delusions of grandeur.
How can Stewart threaten Beck’s legacy of lunacy?

Stewart only has to bring a few people together for a small, political Woodstock to accomplish his purposes.
The folks who laugh at Beck will also have a good laugh at Stewart. And that is okay.

Obama reads from a teleprompter and Stewart has a huge staff of writers. Stewart even had to shut his show down during the writer’s strike – remember that? He needs a staff of writers for a little one hour show, half of which is taking up by him making the same old silly faces for the camera. Rush does 3 hours a day unscripted on radio, Beck does 3 on radio and 1 on TV. Obama and Stewart are Messianic figures?

Comparisons between Stewart and Beck are, of course, ridiculous. Stewart and Colbert are two of the greatest political satirists of our time, Beck is well, Beck, a clever psycopathic guy who accidently fell into something with the backing of a small number of very powerful kleptomaniacs, who I know don’t have my interests at heart. Clips of Stewart and Colbert will be played years from now as accurate pictures of what journalism and political life was like in the early 21st century. Clips of Beck will be shown as an indication of how depraved, chaotic and reactionary conservative forces were in 2010. Naturally, I will be going to Washington this weekend and I’m sure there won’t be anywhere near the number of people who attended the Beck rally! I know that you RW’s are into numbers. I was at MLK’s event in 1963 and the Mall was packed out from end to end and the official number is somewhere between 250,000-300,000. I don’t think there will be more than 25,000 at the Stewart/Colbert event and they’ll mostly be old leftwing codgers like myself. Seriously, there will probably be a huge youthful crowd celebrating our wonderful country and trying to help bring it back to center after the wild RW fling we’ve been on recently.

ganymede said:
Comparisons between Stewart and Beck are, of course, ridiculous. Stewart and Colbert are two of the greatest political satirists of our time

Repeat after me . . . Stewart and Colbert have large writing staffs that do nothing legal all day and night but write funny things for Stewart and Colbert to say. I’m not saying the two are stupid, and it does take talent to make the jokes work, but someone else is writing the words that come out of their mouths on their shows. How does that make them the “greatest satirists of our time”? It’s like giving Howdy Doody the credit for all of Buffalo Bob’s work.

Cecelia said:
OF COURSE, Stewart wants such comparisons made. That’s why he’s parodying Beck’s rally with his own.

He wants comparisons drawn between the cool kids and the dweebs.

This meme keeps getting repeated. Beck hardly invented having a rally in Washington and Jon’s is not a Parody of Becks. It’s basically the same format as the show, political satire comedy and entertainment in rally form. The thing that is so appealing in these times of political extremes and hateful bickering, is Jon and Steven pointing out how ridiculous politics and the media can be and calling the BS what it is. I think it cathartic for a lot of people who are sick of the ridiculous extremes constantly pushed to the front.

Right now there’s well over 200,000 scheduled to attend in DC with smaller rallies in major cities all over the country and a few rallies even scheduled in other countries.

disenlightened said:
Repeat after me . . . Stewart and Colbert have large writing staffs that do nothing legal all day and night but write funny things for Stewart and Colbert to say. I’m not saying the two are stupid, and it does take talent to make the jokes work, but someone else is writing the words that come out of their mouths on their shows. How does that make them the “greatest satirists of our time”? It’s like giving Howdy Doody the credit for all of Buffalo Bob’s work.

Do you have any realistic knowledge of how much or how little Jon and Steven are involved in the actual creation of the show, the choice of material, the writing and rewriting of ideas?

CosmosDan said:
Do you have any realistic knowledge of how much or how little Jon and Steven are involved in the actual creation of the show, the choice of material, the writing and rewriting of ideas?

I do know they both have large writing staffs, and I do know that Stewart had to stop the show while his writers were out during the writer’s strike (and don’t pretend he was showing solidarity). I didn’t say they have no input, but just the fact that they each have a large staff of writers diminishes their own value and calls into question their level of talent and knowledge. I mean, why would you have such a large staff of writers if you were doing it all? Beck has no such staff of writers. Limbaugh has no such staff of writers. O’Reilly and Hannity have no such staff of writers. Johnny Carson didn’t even have such large a large staff of writers. That’s all pretty realistic.