Sarcasm and Wit: Stephen Colbert - Page 2

Pangloss62 · 05-05-2006, 11:48 AM

I've found that a lot of people, especially on the Right, truly don't "get" Colbert's humor at all, regardless of the venue. For example, when Colbert does that self-aggrandizing trot to the interview desk on "The Report," he's making fun of the "real" pundits on Fox etc. It's a symbolic gesture. I bet some people are confused by that move and just turn off the tube.

richlevy · 05-05-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

I thought the video was not up to the standards of his speech, however.

I agree. The video was up to the standards of what normally gets viewed at those dinners (remember the Bush "looking for WMD's" video).

I think the speech was well and truly something noone expected.

Happy Monkey · 05-05-2006, 08:19 PM

The video probably had to be prescreened...

richlevy · 05-06-2006, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The video probably had to be prescreened...

There was no way that speech would have passed a presrcreening, though.

Ibby · 05-08-2006, 09:23 AM

Man, I just saw this about ten minutes ago, my parents were watching it and I stopped my pop-tart quest to watch too.

A-fuckin-mazing.

It gets me more that he said it TO BUSH, right there not twenty feet from him, than anything else.

Pangloss62 · 05-08-2006, 12:52 PM

The line about the photo-ops alone had me floored.

Happy Monkey · 05-25-2006, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

I've found that a lot of people, especially on the Right, truly don't "get" Colbert's humor at all, regardless of the venue.

That's an understatement. (If they wise up and remove it, this is a support-DeLay site that put up a link to a Colbert interview, not realizing that Colbert is a satirist)

richlevy · 05-27-2006, 09:26 AM

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That's an understatement. (If they wise up and remove it, this is a support-DeLay site that put up a link to a Colbert interview, not realizing that Colbert is a satirist)

I see they also have a donation link. How much does it cost to process a transaction? If I were to donate a dollar, would it cost them more than a dollar to process it?

Happy Monkey · 05-27-2006, 10:55 AM

They have a $5 minimum, unfortunately. Though if you sent checks for less, they might cash them - and it would cost them more.

BigV · 05-27-2006, 06:55 PM

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I see they also have a donation link. How much does it cost to process a transaction? If I were to donate a dollar, would it cost them more than a dollar to process it?

Donate $0.01 anyway. That will definitely cost them more to process than the value of the donation.

05-05-2006, 11:48 AM	#16
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	On Not Getting It I've found that a lot of people, especially on the Right, truly don't "get" Colbert's humor at all, regardless of the venue. For example, when Colbert does that self-aggrandizing trot to the interview desk on "The Report," he's making fun of the "real" pundits on Fox etc. It's a symbolic gesture. I bet some people are confused by that move and just turn off the tube.

05-05-2006, 08:19 PM	#18
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The video probably had to be prescreened... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-08-2006, 12:52 PM	#21
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	The line about the photo-ops alone had me floored. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

05-27-2006, 10:55 AM	#24
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They have a $5 minimum, unfortunately. Though if you sent checks for less, they might cash them - and it would cost them more. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-08-2006, 09:23 AM	#20
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Man, I just saw this about ten minutes ago, my parents were watching it and I stopped my pop-tart quest to watch too. A-fuckin-mazing. It gets me more that he said it TO BUSH, right there not twenty feet from him, than anything else.

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