On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Back on point, the president's jokes were not only lame and > predictable, but a little bit sad, as well. For starters, he opened > with a prop gag (his use of the teleprompters)... what... is he Carrot > Top? Then he trotted out essentially the same jokes he used at the Al > Smith dinner (gentle jab at Fox News, casual reference to > Obama-as-messiah). Then there was the joke about Biden with a > punchline he telegraphed so far in advance, Helen Keller saw it > coming. (SNIP)
I agree that Obama's Biden joke was lame (and Sykes' Biden joke was pretty good). But I will still disagree with you about the rest of Obama's "set". I don't think we can really blame the President for not breaking new ground with his latest stand-up material - even Jerry Seinfeld mined the same areas for 20 years before burning his old jokes - and Obama does have a day job after all. The teleprompter joke was self-depreciating comments on what has been said about him since the innuguration, and the Messiah jokes were all rifs on what has happened since he took office. I really liked his interaction with Steele - who seemed to take it all in good humor (I did not see a reaction shot from him during Sykes Rush-bombs - that would have been interesting). I don't see what you liked about Sykes' kidney line (something like "he hopes the president fails - I hope his kidneys fail"). Really, is that the best she's got for him? I would much rather some kind of "Rush is a racist" joke than "Rush is fat" joke. It may be the difference here is that I generally like Sykes, and expect a lot more from her. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
