Don Surber
"Shamelessly stolen from Power Line, which likely swiped it from somewhere else.
"That is how the Internet works. Funny memes and humorous videos get passed along on Facebook and through emails. Aggregators and bloggers use them. Some are political. Most ain't. And all are topical.
"Which raises the question: Why can't late-night hosts pull off jokes anymore that are not socialist propaganda?
"Most of them used to be comedians. All of them now are on a mission to destroy President Donald John Trump. Kimmel and Colbert occasionally have serious monologues that drone on about the Orange Man. They are indistinguishable from their "jokes."
"It is not as if Donald Trump is above criticism or satire. He does self-effacing humor well. At the 2011 Emmys, he sang the theme to Green Acres with Megan Mullally. It was nice.
"And the Babylon Bee (the most important conservative site) gets in some funny digs. (Trump Unveils Much Simpler Stimulus Plan: GIANT MONEY CANNON!)
. . .
"But dang, the constant attacks got old in 2015.
"Get some new material.
"Humor is a pretty harsh mistress. A joke is either funny, or a candidate for Stephen Colbert's next monologue." . . .
"Shamelessly stolen from Power Line, which likely swiped it from somewhere else.
"That is how the Internet works. Funny memes and humorous videos get passed along on Facebook and through emails. Aggregators and bloggers use them. Some are political. Most ain't. And all are topical.
"Which raises the question: Why can't late-night hosts pull off jokes anymore that are not socialist propaganda?
"Most of them used to be comedians. All of them now are on a mission to destroy President Donald John Trump. Kimmel and Colbert occasionally have serious monologues that drone on about the Orange Man. They are indistinguishable from their "jokes."
"It is not as if Donald Trump is above criticism or satire. He does self-effacing humor well. At the 2011 Emmys, he sang the theme to Green Acres with Megan Mullally. It was nice.
"And the Babylon Bee (the most important conservative site) gets in some funny digs. (Trump Unveils Much Simpler Stimulus Plan: GIANT MONEY CANNON!)
. . . "But dang, the constant attacks got old in 2015.
"Get some new material.
"Humor is a pretty harsh mistress. A joke is either funny, or a candidate for Stephen Colbert's next monologue." . . .
The nightly TV shows are next.President Donald John Trump has driven their ratings but one way or another, after this election, Trump jokes will be passe and the late-night hosts will suffer.Maybe these shows will survive, but writing off the half of the nation that supports him was not a good business model.And not being funny is an even worse model.
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