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April 24, 2007
Tomorrow: A Punchline Referencing Imelda Marcos
Today's strip is brought to you by a comedian that's more topical than Scott Stantis.
Wow. Just...wow.
Let me start off by saying that I'm one of the biggest critics of our current media. Their brand of journalism is either celebrity gossip or "the Republicans said this, and this is the silly Democrats' response." There might be a few real journalists out there asking questions instead of transcribing whatever the White House tells them to say, but for the most part we're surrounded by Judy Millers and whatever the hell Fox News is supposed to be (and CNN is heading down that same propaganda path very quickly).
So this topic is packed full of comedic potential, and I'm all for Stantis finally taking our media news corporations to task. And what do we get for a punchline?
Don Imus knocked up the "diaper astronaut."
What, did you steal that bit from Rich Little's horrifyingly unfunny routine at the White House Correspondents Dinner?
Hopefully Stantis will bounce back and offer real insight along with a decent joke or two. The unfortunate passing of real journalist David Halberstam has allowed blogger Glenn Greenwald to opine about how horrible our modern media has become, in addition to the great criticism he's been providing for the past few months.
You're on the right track, Stantis. Going after the Nancy Graces and Bill O'Reillys is prime comedic real estate. But dear lord, maybe you should start consulting a real comedian for your jokes.
Really, Don Imus and the astronaut? You were the only person still making a joke about Anna Nicole yesterday, and now referencing the astronaut story nobody's cared about for a month? Dude, get some help.
Comments
Silly! Stantis won't have a strip about the correspondent's dinner for another two weeks! He;s still back on last week's news cycle.
But isn't that to be expected? Don't conservatives generally prefer the past to the present or the future?
Posted by: Annie at April 24, 2007 09:47 AM
