Eddie Adams from Torrance: Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

I would like to introduce this bill that would give a tax cut to....anyone?...anyone?... The rich.

You, sir. My favorites list. Welcome to it.

SupremeLeader: Zafler: SupremeLeader

Was not aware of that, never paid much attention to either of them. Ben Stein I have ignored since I found out he's a creationist.

He's a Jew in the entertainment industry with degrees in economics and law.

To scam a bunch of gullible Christians out of their money by pretending to believe in creationism?

Hell, I'd sign up for that, even if I didn't get a penny out of the effort.

/For the lulz, y'all!

That would make my year if that turned out to be the case.

Morton_toes: Car_Ramrod: dittybopper: Tricky Chicken: The vast majority of Clinton jokes were that he was smart or having sex, or the always amusing film review of a movie he loved where the president's wife gets killed.

The earlier ones were about his eating habits.

That Phil Hartman sketch of him as Clinton stopping at a McDonalds was pure gold.

/there's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton

Now there's a fellow I miss very much. That dude was born to parody Clinton.

I also agree that Phill Hartman did a great Clinton, but the best ever is when Hammond came out after the impeachment vote in the senate failed and walked up to the mike in the rose garden and simply stated "I am bullet proof" and walked off.

To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Zafler: SupremeLeader: Zafler: SupremeLeader

Was not aware of that, never paid much attention to either of them. Ben Stein I have ignored since I found out he's a creationist.

He's a Jew in the entertainment industry with degrees in economics and law.

To scam a bunch of gullible Christians out of their money by pretending to believe in creationism?

Hell, I'd sign up for that, even if I didn't get a penny out of the effort.

/For the lulz, y'all!

That would make my year if that turned out to be the case.

I loved Ben & Jimmy Kimmel on 'Win Ben Stein's Money'. That was when Kimmel was still funny and I didn't know anything about Stein's religious leanings.

/it was a much more innocent time...

anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Car_Ramrod: I think it would be great if he came on and spoofed himself.

I think it would be better if he spoofed Coleman.

Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Jackpot777: tedbundee: keithgabryelski: tedbundee: Tricky Chicken:
...Tina Fey made a career out of coming up with a new way of saying Bush is dumb once a week for eight years. Don't get me wrong, I agree Bush is dumb, it is just that the same joke every week got old quick. looking like Sarah Palin.

Hey Mr. Short-term memory: Oh, HI! how are you!

Tina Fey had left SNL way before this Palin thing came out.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

She certainly nailed that character for the few weeks and guested back on SNL.

Oh, HI! how are you!?

But her career was running hot way before that.

oh, HI! how are you!?

SNL sucks and so do Tina Fey's movies. I guess I was doing her a favor by pretended she didn't exist until Palin came into play.

/shrug

Neocon? Wha...?

Jackson Herring: Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Are there people that care that people actually care whether other people on the internet know or care if that is a Photoshop?

Control_this: anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Not anti-Franken per se

BUT

Actually, he is kinda funny

how would we watch him? Is he on something recently? I seriously don't know.

SNL goes through cycles of awesome to crap usually within the same casts.

With an election that close who knows who should have won. He ended up with the most votes, so he did.

I predict he will get more face time than most freshman senators because of built-in name recognition. If he does well his face time will go up. If he goes batshiate crazy, his face time will go up. If he is boring he will fade into the woodwork.

The condition of my buttocks is satisfactory.

WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

Morton_toes: Jackson Herring: Bocanegra: Linux_Yes: get your bottle today!

speaking of bottles:

Are there still people on the internet who don't know or care that that is a Photoshop?

Are there people that care that people actually care whether other people on the internet know or care if that is a Photoshop?

Why yes, I... wait, I mean I don't... I'm confused.

Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

AnotherDisillusionedCollegeStudent:

[Al Franken Riff]

:ovation:

Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Care to explain why he is an assclown? I mean your own personal reasons and not something somebody on TV told you.
Jeff73: All of you are incorrect. Al Franken is neither a pundit, a partisan hack nor a genius. He is in fact our country's most obvious member of the Reptilian ruling class, rendered so by the shoddiness of his disguise.

Wake up, people! No human skull could possess this geometry.

Hence the vote for Lizard People. Duh.

Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Deucednuisance: Just want to note here that the Franken haters have yet to put up a single example of his alleged bad behavior.

Despite repeated calls from a number of people that they do so.

What are we to make of that?

You mean he doesn't smoke pot, drink, fark, etc? What an asshat.

Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

How about getting off your lazy ass, define the words "partisan hack" and present evidence Al Franken fits the definition.

Oh, btw, you can get credit if you simply pick any position Franken has (his website is a good reference) on a political subject and present any evidence the solution is spurious or any sort of "fake solution" (or even a fake problem).

Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

hopefully he won't be a partisan asshat, but odds are he will be. maybe he'll be funny enough to help CSPAN's ratings.

Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Dahnch: Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

SO MUCH THIS.

I mean, can anyone think of a lamer way to try to fix our problems than becoming a politician and getting elected to the US Senate?

If Franken really loved America, he'd sit in his mom's basement and complain about politicians on fark.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Dahnch: Car_Ramrod: Xenomech: WTF? Al Franken is going to be a senator? Are you guys trying to fix your country by screwing it up so bad that it wraps around the end of the spectrum and ends up on the "good" end?

For the love of God, stop voting for partisan hacks and start voting for people with real solutions to your nation's (and, by extension, the world's) problems!

What has Franken said or done in the past that makes you think he'll be a bad Senator? Specifics would be helpful.

Joined one of the two parties responsible for farking the country up and became a politician.

SO MUCH THIS.

I mean, can anyone think of a lamer way to try to fix our problems than becoming a politician and getting elected to the US Senate?

If Franken really loved America, he'd sit in his mom's basement and complain about politicians on fark.

Hey, she lives with me!

Also, RON PAUL!

Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

I've been looking for some video -- can't find it. I remember it different, A LOT different. Remember the time and SNL being in "New York". The cast was pretty supportive because of what they had witnessed first hand.

If they played bush as a college beer drinking kid, that doesn't say "dumb" to me (as I recall Ferrel would do). I saw it as man-boy antics.

and i can't see how "messed with texas" associates with calling Bush dumb -- the whole "texas is bigger than everything else" is just "a thing".

The "i'm waiting for cheney to decide" is a dig, but i seriously don't remember ANYTHING like that directly after 9/11.
But since SNL video from back then is not available, I can't present my best evidence.

Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.

In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

Tricky Chicken: If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner.

Did you hurt yourself making that stretch?

This thread has sold me. I'm voting Franken-Stein in '12, even if I have to write them in.

Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

Though here's a nice bit from Weekend Update (starring the wonderful Tina Fey):

A man who owns a Middle-Eastern restaurant named Osama's Place says he won't change the name since it was named for the original owner, not Osama Bin Laden. Though, he a had harder time explaining why his other restaurant is named "Hitler's Chicken".

Car_Ramrod: Codyl: AntiNerd: Name a republican ideologue that could last 5 minutes against Jon Stewart? Okay... How about all of them?

Seriously. Tucker Carlson PWNED Jon Stewart on Crossfire. Tucker got fired from CNN because he was too harsh in destroying Stewart. CNN doesn't like when fellow liberals get embarrassed on national TV.

Amazing how two people can see the same video and come to different conclusions. Stewart was ragging on both for being party shills and adding nothing to political discourse.

I think it would be interesting to watch Stewart do some serious interviews of both sides. He seems to be one of the few that expects actual answers instead of canned responses.

tweekster: Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Oh, you mean the BushI Dukakis debates when the moderator asked a question and BushI answered (with a short answer) and the moderator said you still have 30 seconds Mr Vice President. and BushI filled the time with a nonsensical stream of stay the course, thousand points of light, and no new takes, and John Lovitz as Dukakis replied I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.

Tricky Chicken: tweekster: Tricky Chicken: Spitzer and Patterson are lampooned, but are still portrayed as smart. Dumb is reserved for republicans.

I noticed you left off Bush Sr.

Oh, you mean the BushI Dukakis debates when the moderator asked a question and BushI answered (with a short answer) and the moderator said you still have 30 seconds Mr Vice President. and BushI filled the time with a nonsensical stream of stay the course, thousand points of light, and no new takes, and John Lovitz as Dukakis replied I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.

So he played an accurate portrayal of bush.
Your complaint is that the parodies of republicans show them as stupid. Maybe they should stop acting stupid in real life.

Codyl: FrankenColeman would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) people pushing the "straight dem ticket" button blindly voting for the incumbent.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. incumbents always do and all the advantages they have. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken bucked the system and kicked out a very well-funded incumbent in a race that the Republicans funnelled millions into.

Cody

Christian

Tricky Chicken: In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

Good point. Care to remind us what Dubyah, that great orator, said after September 11?

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.


gosh, who gets to pick the line that goes in Tricky's profile? Car_Ramrod or me?

Car, let's come up with a few lines and maybe we can agree on something?

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

Perhaps you meant this opening (new window) from the next week.

The closest thing to being portrayed as being stupid is saying "Where's Waldo" is frustrating. And to be fair, it really is.

keithgabryelski: Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: To those saying that everybody laid off of Bush right after 9/11 just watch the first episode after they came back and see Will Farrel addressing the nation as Bush about the attacks. It was admittedly some of their most supportive material, but is was still packed with Bush is dumb jokes (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.


gosh, who gets to pick the line that goes in Tricky's profile? Car_Ramrod or me?

Car, let's come up with a few lines and maybe we can agree on something?

Heh. I'd be ok with "I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously."

keithgabryelski: PJ_the_Barbarian: Impudent Domain: Quite apart from any considerations of left wing or right wing politics, this guy is an ass clown and it's a sad day that he is a senator. Nice going Minnesota.

Agreed. I would be equally disappointed if some district sent Hannity to congress.

So you see some comparison between Hannity and Franken? Please explain.

they are both farking clowns, and not very funny

Car_Ramrod: "I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously."

you win.

tweekster: So he played an accurate portrayal of bush.
Your complaint is that the parodies of republicans show them as stupid. Maybe they should stop acting stupid in real life.

I didn't say he wasn't dumb. I was trying to say that all the SNL jokes about republicans being dumb were tiresome and worn out. If I told you a variation of the same joke once a week for years, you would get tired of it.

bottsicus:
Good point. Care to remind us what Dubyah, that great orator, said after September 11?

W was never even a passable orator, and I DO think he was dumb. I agree with the premise of the Bush is dumb jokes, I just got tired of them. I also think Obama is cool, it just doesn't lend itself to as much humor.

Car_Ramrod: Didn't happen. Here's the transcript (new window) to the first episode back.

.

I must be remembering a somewhat later episode.

judges checking transcript

It seems we have a winner! Car_Ramrod has submitted an example of a SNL episode without an obvious 'Bush is Dumb' joke during the Bush presidency and it was during Fey's reign as head writer.

Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Tricky Chicken: Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

It is indeed. Kudos on actually backing up what you said. If I was wearing a hat, it would be off to you right now.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Well, aside from being spectacularly wrong on the "straight ticket" thing, you've also failed to consider the possibility that Obama outpolled Franken in Minnesota because the McCain/Palin ticket scared the crap out of reasonable people that would normally vote Republican...thus the disparity. Not that you'll consider it now, of course.

Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

No matter how many times you repeat lies they don't become the truth.

Is that like dividing by zero?

zeio: I also enjoy seeing the useful idiots sanction THE BOOT, the crushing boot of authoritarianism, autocracy and totalitarianism to create a new government which is more overbearing, centrally controlling everything from food production to health-care-rationing, and is fare more tyrannical and despotic than the one just 6 months ago, with massive arbitrary expansion in executive powers and a nearly vestigial congress rubber stamping the most radical legislation in US history.

Y'all certainly didn't care when Bush consolidated power and bankrupted our kids and grandkids by paying minimum-wage losers to confiscate toenail clippers, water bottles, and order business travelers to remove their shoes, and used money stolen from the productive Unites States citizens to build bridges in Afghanistan and run electrical lines in Baghdad. But that was peachykeen, because your generation doesn't have to pay for it.

But doing stuff with American tax dollars, for America instead of Afghanistan? Unthinkable!

205 comments and nobody's called out one of my biggest pet peeves in this headline.

it's "used to", moran.

mattymo
now... I RTFA and the posts, and still never saw the "senator" he spoofed mentioned!

wasn't it Paul Simon? so disappointed!

I remember Al Franken doing Paul Simon, slowly droning lines like "I really hope they like the bow tie." I wish I could find a clip of this. I was a kid at the time and not into politics at all but the Paul Simon impression made me laugh a lot.

Well actually, it seems like whenever SNL does a "large field of early Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination" or "choosing a VP" skit, it's usually pretty funny.

\like Al Gore as the "Bachelor" to his VP noms, giving a rose to Joe Lieberman