Slog - Comments on It Was a Joke, People http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people Welcome to the stupidest Slog post I've ever had to write. During last night's Oscar ceremony, Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio appeared together onstage to announce something or other. At the start of their spiel, Leo asked Gore if there might be some sort of "huge announcement" he'd like to make in front of the millions of people watching internationally. Leo revisited this point at the end of their time onstage, once again inviting Gore to make any sort of announcement he might feel like making. This time, Gore took the bait, intoning, "My fellow Americans, I'd like to take... Copyright 2008 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:37:11 -0800 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:03:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew Yeah, it was a joke but a cruel cruel joke.....

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649293 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649293 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:42:53 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon "the 'murkin pepul" don't deserve al gore as president. pray for the day the EU invades, occupies, and brings democracy to 'murka.

that was a good joke.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649306 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:11:22 -0800 Comment by phenics As they say... it isn't a funny joke if you have to explain why it should be funny.

]]> phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649310 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:23:14 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Jebus, could the AFP be any more lame?

I thought it was so obviously timed and staged, the joke all but fell flat. I hugely admire Gore's dedication to environmental issues, and I think Leo is a much better actor than a lot of people credit him for, but neither of them are particularly skilled comedians.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649313 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:29:05 -0800 Comment by MoTown David, AFP stands for "Agence France-Presse".


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_France-Presse

]]> MoTown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649315 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:29:35 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Um, the AFP story says in the first sentence "mock attempt".

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649319 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:31:37 -0800 Comment by lyle people on the right side of the coveted 'better half' of this country's population, intelligence-wise, probably don't realize the depths to which some of our stupider fellow citizens are capable of going.

i guarantee probably more than 20% of the people who watched that 'joke' actually thought he was being interrupted from saying something important by the orchestra... and his and dicaprio's laughter immediately after had no effect on this impression, i'm sure of it.

only, they didn't have much time to get disturbed by it, because they had that letter to write to Meryl Streep telling her they saw 'the devil wears prada' and that she's a real bitch.

]]> lyle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649321 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:34:50 -0800 Comment by winky

When will the AFP report on this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LParSBVorRI

]]> winky http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649323 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:37:39 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver That joke was about as funny as Gore's concession speech ("so I gotta go!") was cute.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649326 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:44:04 -0800 Comment by Fnarf This is how rumors get started, isn't it? AFP DID NOT think the joke was real; they said "mock attempt" right there at the beginning of the article.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649328 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:53:27 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop dave, all i know is what's on second.

i hope that helps clear things up.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649332 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649332 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:59:58 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Fnarf: Yes, and the AFP put quotation marks around "announcement" in the headline. But nowhere in the piece do they acknowledge that the orchestra's "cutting off" of Gore was part of the joke, or that Gore was in on his "yanking" from the stage.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649338 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:12:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle We all know, now that he's got the Oscars, that he's raring to be drafted as Pres. Gore/Obama 08 ... that's what is going to happen.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649422 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:02:56 -0800 Comment by COMTE No, seriously Will, what he really wants to do now is direct...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649440 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:20:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Trust me, directing isn't as fun as you think.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/it_was_a_joke_people#c649511 Media Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:03:11 -0800