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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:36 PM Apr 2012

Does this Correspondence Dinner suck or what?

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	Yes. The Jokes are strong but not funny.
	1 (13%)
	No. It's about time we kicked them in the balls.
	7 (88%)
	I don't know. I lost it all years ago.
	0 (0%)
	Osama is dead!
	0 (0%)
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Does this Correspondence Dinner suck or what? (Original Post) El Supremo Apr 2012 OP

Kimmel is brutalizing everyone. MrSlayer Apr 2012 #1

I laughed and especially at the president's jokes. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #5

Most of Kimme's jokes are dumb and not funny The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #2

Just not funny. He's trying hard but - doesn't make it for me. KaryninMiami Apr 2012 #3

Not funny at all. Pisces Apr 2012 #4

POTUS was a hard act to follow blaze Apr 2012 #6

I thought Kimmel was great... liberalmuse Apr 2012 #7

I am an Obama die hard cheerleader, but the pit bull joke was not good Pisces Apr 2012 #9

Did you think Michelle turned away from the crowd? blaze Apr 2012 #14

My gut was Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #20

I think she was surprised. Maybe it had been nixed and then put back in at the last minute. Pisces Apr 2012 #25

That was one of my favorites JonLP24 Apr 2012 #22

THAT was really bad Raine Apr 2012 #23

I thought so too high density Apr 2012 #10

The president killed it Jimmy K bombed in my never was humble opinion. demgrrrll Apr 2012 #8

Exactly. KIMMEL has a persona of Fairly Nice on his show, but here he was just ugly. n/t UTUSN Apr 2012 #11

Hahaha! "...in my never was humble opinion." babylonsister Apr 2012 #12

Crude juvenile fratboy humor Zorro Apr 2012 #15

I thought the same thing. NYC Liberal Apr 2012 #16

I did like the glinda Apr 2012 #13

Checked the mailbox; dinner has yet to arrive. sofa king Apr 2012 #17

No one is writing letters, now! MADem Apr 2012 #18

I thought it was fun. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #19

1%ers tossing a bone to the masses. n/t cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #21

It sucked bad, all the "jokes" were bad, I didn't find them funny. nt. Raine Apr 2012 #24

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)

1. Kimmel is brutalizing everyone.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:38 PM

Apr 2012

Good stuff.

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

5. I laughed and especially at the president's jokes.

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:42 PM

Apr 2012

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)

2. Most of Kimme's jokes are dumb and not funny

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:39 PM

Apr 2012

and occasionally offensive.

Obama was pretty funny, though.

KaryninMiami

(3,073 posts)

3. Just not funny. He's trying hard but - doesn't make it for me.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:40 PM

Apr 2012

Jon Stewart would be funny. Jimmy Kimmel not so much.

Pisces

(5,599 posts)

4. Not funny at all.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:40 PM

Apr 2012

blaze

(6,362 posts)

6. POTUS was a hard act to follow

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:42 PM

Apr 2012

Obama cracked me up.

I though Kimmel had a tough act to follow and didn't do too bad.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

7. I thought Kimmel was great...

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:43 PM

Apr 2012

And I love Obama. He did take make some well-deserved zings - especially on the medical marijuana issue.

Pisces

(5,599 posts)

9. I am an Obama die hard cheerleader, but the pit bull joke was not good

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:44 PM

Apr 2012

blaze

(6,362 posts)

14. Did you think Michelle turned away from the crowd?

Reply to Pisces (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:57 PM

Apr 2012

I thought she was kinda shocked by the joke and turned away to gather herself.

Even after she regained her composure, I thought she look a bit.... not sure of the accurate adjective.... I guess I thought she was saying to herself, "Did you really go there?"

But you know the far right has been having a field day with the whole "eating the dog" thing... so I kinda respect the prez for just dealing with it.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

20. My gut was

Reply to blaze (Reply #14)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:39 AM

Apr 2012

I thought we agreed not to do that one.

Who knows, but the camera wasn't shy with her reaction. She looked like she wanted to dissolve into her plate after he told it.

Pisces

(5,599 posts)

25. I think she was surprised. Maybe it had been nixed and then put back in at the last minute.

Reply to blaze (Reply #14)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 11:39 AM

Apr 2012

The problem with the joke is that it was a dirty joke if you take it that way.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)

22. That was one of my favorites

Reply to Pisces (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:50 AM

Apr 2012

I own an American Pit Bull Terrier w/ no desire to eat her but know he is not serious. The problem w/ the backlash Colbert and Sykes received is people taking them too seriously. It was a great joke that played on the Palin line difference between a hockey mom & pit bulls - lipstick. Which is what it made it funny to me.

Raine

(30,540 posts)

23. THAT was really bad

Reply to Pisces (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:52 AM

Apr 2012

as an animal lover ... I wasn't amused at all.

high density

(13,397 posts)

10. I thought so too

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:46 PM

Apr 2012

My favorite was the "some people say" joke.

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)

8. The president killed it Jimmy K bombed in my never was humble opinion.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:43 PM

Apr 2012

UTUSN

(70,700 posts)

11. Exactly. KIMMEL has a persona of Fairly Nice on his show, but here he was just ugly. n/t

Reply to demgrrrll (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:50 PM

Apr 2012

babylonsister

(171,066 posts)

12. Hahaha! "...in my never was humble opinion."

Reply to demgrrrll (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:51 PM

Apr 2012

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

15. Crude juvenile fratboy humor

Reply to demgrrrll (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:00 PM

Apr 2012

although he did have a couple of good zingers (the Marcus Bachmann line, for one).

Pretty mean overall when dissing the Republicans, not that I minded that too much.

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

16. I thought the same thing.

Reply to demgrrrll (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:18 PM

Apr 2012

I actually find Kimmel funny on occasion, but PBO was much better.

glinda

(14,807 posts)

13. I did like the

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 10:57 PM

Apr 2012

"if you are black like the President" or "if you are white like the President" lines though. There were a few subtle jabs at Republicans.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)

17. Checked the mailbox; dinner has yet to arrive.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:35 PM

Apr 2012

MADem

(135,425 posts)

18. No one is writing letters, now!

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:33 AM

Apr 2012

It's Correspondents' Dinner for reporters (and their guests) covering the WH...not a dinner about writing correspondence!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

19. I thought it was fun.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:37 AM

Apr 2012

Didn't like the Prez joke about pit bulls being tasty, but loved the one about SS having a curfew.

Jimmy Kimmel wasn't waiting on laugh lines (that weren't forthcoming anyway). I don't blame him for running through the lines so quick. With a studio audience, those would have rocked, but this was the moron media and clueless DC elite, so wouldn't expect them to see humor if it kicked them in the ass.

B+

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

21. 1%ers tossing a bone to the masses. n/t

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:45 AM

Apr 2012

Raine

(30,540 posts)

24. It sucked bad, all the "jokes" were bad, I didn't find them funny. nt.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:55 AM

Apr 2012

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