He was a prophet disguised as a comedian.

love bill hicks. His brand of comedy/ editorializing would be golden during these times.

a lot of modern political comedy is very carlinesque.

samantha bee definitely, john oliver sometimes, etc.


in a way it's like saying i wish the beatles could make more music.
sure, that'd be cool, but every band since is quite influenced by them.

Mort Sahl, Bill Hicks.

He lives in Mill Valley, CA.

A new biopic about him came out last year called "Last Man Standing"

In terms of journalists, Molly Ivins would be having a field day.

The one, the only, George Carlin!

Groucho

SO much material - so many more great books!

What an absolute feast she'd make of trump.

Molly!

or, with Carlin on his show!

...................

He seemed like a nice person.

I can just imagine....

"He may look like an idiot and sound like an idiot, but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot."

I'm at work and just LAUGHED OUT LOUD HUGELY!!!!!



Thank you for that quote!!

Love Groucho

...and I do, probably the greatest in our history. He would have had the time of his life with Trump. It's an odd fact that Mencken is probably the greatest critic of *today's* America than anyone alive...and he wrote a century ago...

but no longer performing

Mark Russell - retired in 2010, and again in 2016
Tom Lehrer - retired in disgust when Henry Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize (okay, not really, but it was rumored)

Of course, Molly Ivins. It's hard to get through these times without her.

Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Byrd

Of course, he'd go after them because they were both --ugh -- "women." Mysogynist scum.

and John Lennon.

So, I don't know about Zappa - he could have been a Fox bot.

And Peter Jennings. I grew up watching them, all gone too soon. Also Robin Williams.

Lots of softball ?. You can Google for examples, however, the 911 truthers will come up first. When Russert was good, he was good.

to watch MTP with my grandparents almost every week, I've loved politics since middle school (Operation Desert Storm).

And somebody gets a visit from the Secret Service in 3...2...

Lots of good names above. A resurrected Lincoln could salvage the Republican Party. Eisenhower would at least make it examine itself. Say what you will about an opposition party, healthy democracies need them and they need them healthy. Jefferson, Adams, Madison and a few of their companions could accomplish unparalleled things with a call for a Constitutional Convention to solve problems beyond the reach of our contemporaries.

As previously mentioned, George Carlin would have feasted on this bullshit.
I still miss Phil Ochs as well. He would have had us all singing an ode to the IPOTUS.

Even though he infuriated me on a regular basis, I miss him every single damn day.

I'd like to think they could do some stuff not only with the Trumps but also with America's social set ups these days.

BTW - wanna bet which stooge would play the"stable genius?" woo-woo-wooo

Hunter S. Thompson
Molly Ivins
Lenny Bruce
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Groucho Marx

was Groucho. Bob Hope would make lame jokes about 45 but hold patriotic benefits for him.

And Flip Wilson... One of his lines " The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down." So applicable to our times.

And one says to the other...

"I smell hair burnin'"

The other says...

"Maybe we're walkin' too fast""

~ Moms Mabley

Moms sure was one of the funniest people ever. And she would say anything and her delivery was hysterical!

Even was a "contestant" on The Apprentice.

who did such a funny impersonation of Reagan screwing up calls to the Kremlin.

Wellstone

...in the title.

I also wish Senator Wellstone was around now.

He would have beaten Trump.

So much promise.

the World's Foremost Authority.

Actually, he did live until February 6, 2017. Corey was a lifelong socialist and progressive, and -- although he was 102 at the time of his death -- I imagine seeing "The" Donald Drumpf named president didn't do much for his well being.

Come to think of it, in a way I'm kind of glad a lot of my heroes and heroines didn't live long enough to see this dark day dawn, although I could use their company and caustic wit about now.

not wanting them to witness "this" America, but I would still love to hear Carlin and Frank give their opinions.

Edward R Murrow

n/t

Editorial cartoonist. Always funny until you had that - "Oh CRAP! - that's REALLY TRUE!" moment and reality hit. It was still funny, just not quite as funny then.

Of a werewolf attack. Blood and guts all over the place.

I don't want to flatter myself into thinking this generation would listen to him-but his intellect, passion and activism is sorely needed and missed.

Sam would have had a lot to say! Trump is President! Oh Oh Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

would be Molly Ivans

Redd Foxx and Bernie Mac would definitely have something to say about 45!

They would be incensed and hilarious.