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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:00 AM Original message |
Stephen Colbert and the Death of "The Room" |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Colbert got loud laughs during the first half, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Colbert would have given the same performance |
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WhoWantsToBeOccupied (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Some Americans need a laugh track to tell them what's funny |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just like the WH press briefings.... |
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bookman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. He was a lot funnier... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. It was a tough room, as comics say. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Yup |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. He got a lot of big loud laughs in OUR FAMILY ROOM! |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah...."those WMD have got to be in here somewhere" is WAY funnier. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Bill Hicks one of America's greatest comics played tough rooms |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. It was a skewed crowd. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. I believe C-span altered the audio. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Kinda like the volume control in the skit n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Shame on c-span |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. the room, that's us |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not one single WORD he uttered was FUNNY. It was tragic & horrific that |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. My point exactly.. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. He never would have been able to do it without the guise of "comedy" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. ZING! |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. That’s why it’s one greatest American speeches of all time |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. radwriter0555 I couldnt agree more. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. I first realized this when Bush made his Iraq pitch to the UN... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Who knew terrorists would fly airplanes into the WTC towers? |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe some people are so used to watching TV with... |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. good perspective - the 'room' no longer matters |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. i didn't laugh so much at what he said as from happiness he was saying it |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Yeah, I was smiling from |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. why thank you! i lurk a lot |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. "The Room" wasn't the audience, but the target. We are the audience |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. He's the Buzz Here, Still. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. To me, he was fuckin' hilarious all the way through |
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librarycard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. I enjoyed the ridicule of Bush's insane policies |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. The room was filled with Bushbots. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well, the fool wasn't all that funny in King Lear |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's absurd that they could call it a flop |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. no kidding! |
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