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Thursday, May 04, 2006

Colbert

Two things need to be said about Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correpondents Dinner:

1. It was Capital-F Funny. That's a term of art and admiration used by comics the world over, and always said just-so. In fact, when comics are evaluating other comics, it's preferable in a way to actual laughter, and I guarantee you if there'd been comics hanging out by the bar at the Correspondents' dinner, they would have been whispering to each other, "Dude, that is Funny."

2. I've discovered that there may not be anything in this world more likely to make me want to blow my head off than having to read analysis of comedy written by the kind of dry, pedantic dipshits who write or comment on political blogs of any stripe. Listening to these unfunny shut-ins, who would never be caught dead in any place so pedestrian as a comedy club, try to dissect, critique, and figure out Colbert's routine in the same condescedning tones they normally reserve for their re-hashed political analysis seriously makes me want to blow up the internet. Some basement dweller with a laptop feels qualified to discuss whether Colbert's timing was off? Or whether he should have "broken character?" Fuck you, tubby, and fuck the toaster streudel crumbs on your bathrobe, too.

EDIT: This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Seriously. Can we make a deal? I won't write any columns about general political jackoffery, and you guys will stop trying to talk comedy shop, okay?

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SCATTERBRAIN (2006) - Selected Tracks

POOR IMPULSE CONTROL(2001) - Whole Damn Thing!

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