He wants to punch her moose
Sep. 13th, 2008 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99I was trying to come up with a punchline about this election - I'm mostly going for '2008 - Making 1908 look progressive' which I don't want to use because hello, there's a black person and a woman standing for election to powerful positions and insofar as I am aware, neither of those groups could even vote in 1908 but apparently that was the last time religion wasn't a huge issue in an election (thanks to nhw for that info).
The line above, which I might use instead, comes from Frankie Boyle on 'Mock the Week'. A lot of his schtick is very similar to Bill Hicks, but he gives it his own spin so they're different enough that it's not a blatant copy. This brings me round to why I don't watch the Daily Show, even on those infrequent occasions when I'm back home in time to watch it. Every time I turn it on John Oliver is on, and he's not funny. Worse than that, he's not funny while stealing someone else's schtick. Now the person he's stolen from is Jeremy Hardy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hardy) who would happen to be one of my favourite comedians. So he's stealing a schtick and doing it so badly that he's not even a poor man's version, he's a beggar's version of someone I like a lot, and being praised for it. I trust the italics convey my annoyance suitably.
BTW, I recommend clicking on that link about Jeremy Hardy, because it details his awesomeness.
On a secondary point, other than Ed Byrne slowly turning into a joyously bitter person in his later 30s, if even he can't carry off slightly too short suit and Converses, no wonder the Doctor can't.
The line above, which I might use instead, comes from Frankie Boyle on 'Mock the Week'. A lot of his schtick is very similar to Bill Hicks, but he gives it his own spin so they're different enough that it's not a blatant copy. This brings me round to why I don't watch the Daily Show, even on those infrequent occasions when I'm back home in time to watch it. Every time I turn it on John Oliver is on, and he's not funny. Worse than that, he's not funny while stealing someone else's schtick. Now the person he's stolen from is Jeremy Hardy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hardy) who would happen to be one of my favourite comedians. So he's stealing a schtick and doing it so badly that he's not even a poor man's version, he's a beggar's version of someone I like a lot, and being praised for it. I trust the italics convey my annoyance suitably.
BTW, I recommend clicking on that link about Jeremy Hardy, because it details his awesomeness.
On a secondary point, other than Ed Byrne slowly turning into a joyously bitter person in his later 30s, if even he can't carry off slightly too short suit and Converses, no wonder the Doctor can't.
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Date: 2008-09-13 05:53 pm (UTC)