Comments on: What Can One Say but … Awesome! http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7352 Mon, 01 May 2006 21:08:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7352 Bush's double at the Sat. night event would make a better President. He has a sense of humor! BIG PLUS is that his Mother is not Uncle Ben! Bush’s double at the Sat. night event would make a better President.

He has a sense of humor!

BIG PLUS is that his Mother is not Uncle Ben!

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7346 Mon, 01 May 2006 18:14:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7346 I agree with <a href="http://billmon.org/archives/002417.html" rel="nofollow">Billmon</a>. I agree with Billmon.

]]> by: Britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7344 Mon, 01 May 2006 17:23:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7344 Colbert got what it's about. The yearly event is intended to make fun of the President. It doesn't matter how big your balls are, what matters is what they are made of and how smart they are to "stay on task". I would have loved to see the comedian Robin Williams up there. He would have really nailed Bush. Colbert got what it’s about. The yearly event is intended to make fun of the President. It doesn’t matter how big your balls are, what matters is what they are made of and how smart they are to “stay on task”.

I would have loved to see the comedian Robin Williams up there. He would have really nailed Bush.

]]> by: el kanukistani http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7339 Mon, 01 May 2006 15:21:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7339 Does Colbert actually have such big balls, or are they just big in comparison to the balls on the rest of the media? Thought the bit was fantastic. To bad it's not yet a daily occurance the rest of the media. Maybe it will be, though, as long as Colbert doesn't die in a 'tragic' road accident or something in the next couple of weeks. Does Colbert actually have such big balls, or are they just big in comparison to the balls on the rest of the media?
Thought the bit was fantastic. To bad it’s not yet a daily occurance the rest of the media. Maybe it will be, though, as long as Colbert doesn’t die in a ‘tragic’ road accident or something in the next couple of weeks.

]]> by: Britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7338 Mon, 01 May 2006 14:32:56 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7338 Colbert-He was funny but not 100% which is difficult for any comedian to maintain. He started off cool and warmed up. He got his digs in and hit many good points. The Republicans were probably afraid to laugh in fear that they might be caught on camera. I watched the replay Sunday on CSPAN. Bush's double was funny. I read in The New York Times that that it takes Stephen two hours to get into Bush makeup. The only things real are his eyes and teeth. It was Momma Bush's idea. She also used Stephen to introduce her at some function. Colbert-He was funny but not 100% which is difficult for any comedian to maintain. He started off cool and warmed up. He got his digs in and hit many good points. The Republicans were probably afraid to laugh in fear that they might be caught on camera. I watched the replay Sunday on CSPAN.

Bush’s double was funny. I read in The New York Times that that it takes Stephen two hours to get into Bush makeup. The only things real are his eyes and teeth.

It was Momma Bush’s idea. She also used Stephen to introduce her at some function.

]]> by: Ick of the East http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7329 Mon, 01 May 2006 12:57:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7329 As I wached Colbert, I actually caught myself feeling sorry for W and his goons. Damn, they must have been uncomfortable. But then I remembered my brother over in Fallujah, away from his wife and five kids, and I though, "Fuck that!. He deserves every bit of discomfort there is and then some!" I was also trying to imagine a right-wing comic pulling off something like this against a liberal President. And I just couldn't do it. First of all, the liberal President would be unlikely to pose as big a target, and second, right wingers just can not be that funny. I don't know why that is true, but it surely is. And yeah, the Helen Thomas bit was a bit like watching King Kong. You had me at the Gannon button. The chase scene was unnecessary. As I wached Colbert, I actually caught myself feeling sorry for W and his goons. Damn, they must have been uncomfortable.
But then I remembered my brother over in Fallujah, away from his wife and five kids, and I though, “Fuck that!. He deserves every bit of discomfort there is and then some!”

I was also trying to imagine a right-wing comic pulling off something like this against a liberal President. And I just couldn’t do it. First of all, the liberal President would be unlikely to pose as big a target, and second, right wingers just can not be that funny. I don’t know why that is true, but it surely is.

And yeah, the Helen Thomas bit was a bit like watching King Kong. You had me at the Gannon button. The chase scene was unnecessary.

]]> by: Donnah http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7324 Mon, 01 May 2006 11:41:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7324 I saw Colbert; he was brilliant, the audience sat dumbstruck. While those of us who despise this Administration found Colbert's words to be hilariously "truthy", the Bushfolk simply didn't get it. "Today's" Katie Couric and Matt Lauer yukked it up with a clip of the lame Bush/double routine and made no mention whatsoever about Colbert. Hush, now! I saw Colbert; he was brilliant, the audience sat dumbstruck. While those of us who despise this Administration found Colbert’s words to be hilariously “truthy”, the Bushfolk simply didn’t get it.

“Today’s” Katie Couric and Matt Lauer yukked it up with a clip of the lame Bush/double routine and made no mention whatsoever about Colbert. Hush, now!

]]> by: paradoctor http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7321 Mon, 01 May 2006 09:50:25 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7321 Colbert, Stewart and Michael Moore have, on occasion, played better to the audience-beyond-the-audience than to the audience. It takes a brave comedian to make the venue part of the joke. I thought Colbert's performance was hysterical - and inspiring. Daniel in the lion's den comes to mind. Colbert, Stewart and Michael Moore have, on occasion, played better to the audience-beyond-the-audience than to the audience. It takes a brave comedian to make the venue part of the joke. I thought Colbert’s performance was hysterical - and inspiring. Daniel in the lion’s den comes to mind.

]]> by: Sam http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7313 Mon, 01 May 2006 01:04:23 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7313 alyosha - Good analogy. I appreciate what he does, but it's sort of like watching someone on a highwire. Most of the time he makes it across; sometimes he doesn't. One of the few comedians I've ever heard who was able to elicit an almost total, truthful "clarity" in his humor was Richard Pryor. I think it's because his painful perceptions of life were completely honest. Different species of comedy than what Colbert does, though, I know. alyosha -

Good analogy. I appreciate what he does, but it’s sort of like watching someone on a highwire. Most of the time he makes it across; sometimes he doesn’t.
One of the few comedians I’ve ever heard who was able to elicit an almost total, truthful “clarity” in his humor was Richard Pryor. I think it’s because his painful perceptions of life were completely honest. Different species of comedy than what Colbert does, though, I know.

]]> by: alyosha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7311 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:29:15 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/04/30/what-can-one-say-but-awesome/#comment-7311 <i>As long as Colbert spoke truth to power, I felt that big sense of “YES!” But if he sounded silly, or “off,” then I cringed with some embarrassment.</i> Sam, that is exactly how I felt. There's a fine balance between the schtick - which is the delivery vehicle - and the deadly accurate zinger, the truth bomb. The schtick is necessary, but it can get in the way. For me, it's like watching a distant TV channel, trying to put up with the lousy reception to see/hear a few good nuggets. As long as Colbert spoke truth to power, I felt that big sense of “YES!” But if he sounded silly, or “off,” then I cringed with some embarrassment.

Sam, that is exactly how I felt. There’s a fine balance between the schtick - which is the delivery vehicle - and the deadly accurate zinger, the truth bomb. The schtick is necessary, but it can get in the way. For me, it’s like watching a distant TV channel, trying to put up with the lousy reception to see/hear a few good nuggets.

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