Slog - Comments on Wocka! Wocka! Wocka! Redux http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux Earlier this week I posted a clip from Fox News' new "satirical" news show, The 1/2 Hour News Hour. The reviews from Slog commenters were not kind. Here now is another clip, courtesy of Crooks & Liars. Warning: It made me want to punch a puppy in the face. You may have a similar reaction.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:22:37 -0800 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:40:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mardy Bum Canned laughter, fat drug addicts, annorexic she-men? Is this supposed to be funny?

]]> Mardy Bum http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635317 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:32:14 -0800 Comment by Baxter I had a nightmare like this once.

]]> Baxter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635324 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:36:49 -0800 Comment by golob They'd still be a better team than Bush and Cheney. Crazy and evil, but at least competently crazy and evil.

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635338 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:42:35 -0800 Comment by John I wonder if conservatives feel that way I do right now when they're done watching the Daily Show or the Colbert Report. Feels that that Fox show is anti-liberals, and I feel like the comedy central shows are anti politics, media, and insanity, no matter which side it comes from. Maybe that's just my viewpoint showing through?

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635346 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:52:55 -0800 Comment by I am who am Wow, I thought that punching-puppy stuff was hyperbole. I feel like I just watched the devil fuck my mother. Goddamn.

]]> I am who am http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635351 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:00:13 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale I'd rather eat barf boiled in pee.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635360 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:11:21 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Best comedic duo since Laurel and Hardy.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635383 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:21:21 -0800 Comment by Joey The Girl Okay, I'll admit, the first clip of this show (the one with the bad Barak Obama jokes) almost made me crack a smile once. Almost--it was still pretty bad. But this? This needs a new word, because "awful" just doesn't seem good enough.

]]> Joey The Girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635386 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:23:11 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Aren't Limbaugh and Coulter worried that by appearing on this mock-news program they will damage their journalistic credibility?

I kid, I kid.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635391 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:27:03 -0800 Comment by adrian! wow. i didn't even know i COULD barf out my ass.

the human race does not deserve to survive. it's official. please, do the universe a favor, and somebody, press the button.

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635401 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:38:39 -0800 Comment by golob Heh @9. Excellent flamingbanjo.

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635405 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:43:41 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie You gotta admit, her snappy punchline about "killing your children" is a laff riot.

They are both disgusting little sub-humans, and it's going to be fun to watch them fall into ignominy and disgrace over the next few years. If 26% of the public supports Bush, I bet half of that supports Limbaugh.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635408 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:48:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Does anyone still watch those lusers?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635435 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:19:41 -0800 Comment by Matthew Two of the ugliest human beings in the world promoting what is obviously going to be a steaming pile of failure...How should I react? Pity? Disgust? An explosive bowel movement?

Perhaps all three.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635436 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:20:34 -0800 Comment by Fritz I recognize the fat drug addict. But who's the skinny dude?

]]> Fritz http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635450 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635450 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:30:33 -0800 Comment by him I was hoping Rush would try to stick the cigar up Coulter's vagina, but find that Tim Hardaway was already hiding up in there. Cue laugh track.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635453 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:33:47 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Rush (in doped-up Anna Nicole voice) sloshily explains to Hardaway that Coulter "is reeeaaaallllly a duuuuuude". Cue drag racing noise as Hardaway scrambles out.

"That's one sweaty locker room"

They all look at the camera.

"Boing" sound effect.

Cue laugh track.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635464 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:52:17 -0800 Comment by Andrew Will someone explain why Right Wing humor always includes death? Cindy S going on a rampage? The other joke (talked about on Stephanie Miller today) about planning on Carter's funneral. Yeah, say what you will about Colbert and the Daily Show but their humor is based on wit, observation and a certian amount of respect. This sh*t Fox is pumping out is just the type of humor Hitler would have enjoyed.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635499 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635499 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:18:40 -0800 Comment by i was warned, but... why, dear lord, WHY did i watch this while eating lunch???

]]> i was warned, but... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635508 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:25:23 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie I don't know how many of us listen to right-wing radio, but I'll admit it's an occasional indulgence of mine. It's been really fascinating recently to listen to the unmistakable slide into desperation and madness as the country finally wakes up to what's been going on.

The most recent case-in-point has been the trotting out of arch-moron Dinesh DeSouza to all of the big shows. He goes on these incredible rants about how Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton caused 9/11, and then he goes off the rails about how 65% of the country- Democratic voters- support the taliban and want Americans to die. The conservative commentators just suck it up, but anyone can hear the bottomless desperation that's setting in as they cast about wildly for a toehold on popular opinion. It's great.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635521 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:33:20 -0800 Comment by Meagan The only solace I find here is that Ann Coulter will surely get lung cancer from all that cigar smoke.

I also had forgotten that Ann Coulter is the Queen of the Living Dead, so that's nice.

]]> Meagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635579 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:19:55 -0800 Comment by meryl For fuck's sake.

]]> meryl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635584 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:31:39 -0800 Comment by COMTE I think this show has the potential to create something previously unknown in the annals of political satire: anti-humor.

Perhaps FOX's true intent is to create large enough quantities of anti-humor in the hopes it will eventually collide with the humor of Colbert, Stewart, et al, thus effectively annihiliating both together in a blinding cataclysm.

Seriously, any other explanation just smacks of complete idiocy on their part.

Which, of course I wouldn't rule out, either...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635598 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:44:56 -0800 Comment by Yars I kept waiting for it to be funny...come on...any time now...and nothing. You know its bad when the high point is watching Ann make fun of HERSELF.

I hope that FOX pumps a LOT of money into it to watch it fail

]]> Yars http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635647 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:22:43 -0800 Comment by Andrew I have to ask, How many of us are going to watch this disaster just to say "WE SAW THAT SICK SHOW?" Honestly, since I am not a Neilson household, I am going to watch. And find out who is sponsoring it.....

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635662 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:41:15 -0800 Comment by golob Comte:

I could totally imagine a lab deep within the Discovery Institute working on anti-humor for just this purpose.

All praise the intelligent designer!

]]> golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635682 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:06:24 -0800 Comment by Brian In Canada we have a show called
"This hour has 22 minutes"
On CBC.
Hmmm similar title! But that is where the similarity ends our show is funny.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c635686 Media Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:09:31 -0800 Comment by FanGirlHater That was..pretty bad.

]]> FanGirlHater http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c636054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c636054 Media Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:50:14 -0800 Comment by wf so horrible that it seems to beg for the invention of new words to describe it.

but i also have to say that it is only slightly worse than air america on the issue of flagrant attempts to copy your opposition.

]]> wf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c636536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/wocka_wocka_wocka_redux#c636536 Media Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:08:00 -0800 Comment by Cate Mmmm, just how I like my satire--dated, irrelevant, and painfully unfunny.

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