Except for lowbrow humor (e.g. slapstick), in order to be funny, a joke usually needs to reveal a hidden (or not-so-hidden) truth.
For example, you can easily make a funny joke about Trump, by making fun of his bravado, and how everything is "huge" or "the best." We do it all the time.
But Colbert and Baldwin tell lies about Trump, and want us to believe that it's funny.
And Norm's take on it is exactly that. He goes on to explain how it's not funny when you impersonate someone you don't respect. It always comes across as insecure anger, which is never funny - alec baldwin as trump was his example.
And when they speak with the raspy voice that everyone has adopted for some reason. I never watch those comedy shows and can never figure out how they think it sounds anything like our President.
CBC interviewed him (I think it was his sister-in-law) and she was basically trying to get him to talk shit about Trump, and he said lots of good things about how Trump got the Central Park Hockey Rink fixed with his own money when nobody else would do it.
Having fallen into utter disrepair during the New York City fiscal crisis, unable to make ice, the city’s Parks Department embarked on a total refurbishment of the facility in 1980, estimating it would take two years to complete. After six years and having flushed $13 million down the drain, the city announced they would have to start all over again and it would another two years to complete. Wollman Rink had quite visibly failed. The Wollman Rink fiasco amplified the public perception of the general incompetence of government and their inability to complete even the simplest projects.
I can't tell if he's making a joke at our expense or pointing out how retarded the narrative is. A lot of his jokes are like that.
Norm is semi-based. He has been asked about Trump before and said good things about him.
I remember him saying he doesn't make a lot of Trump jokes because it's too easy and "comedians" like Alec Baldwin use him as a crutch.
Except for lowbrow humor (e.g. slapstick), in order to be funny, a joke usually needs to reveal a hidden (or not-so-hidden) truth.
For example, you can easily make a funny joke about Trump, by making fun of his bravado, and how everything is "huge" or "the best." We do it all the time.
But Colbert and Baldwin tell lies about Trump, and want us to believe that it's funny.
And Norm's take on it is exactly that. He goes on to explain how it's not funny when you impersonate someone you don't respect. It always comes across as insecure anger, which is never funny - alec baldwin as trump was his example.
I made the mistake of having my TV on when Fallin came on. His opening bit was like the first late night shows to air after 9/11.
Then, feeling like abusing myself for research purposes, I switched to Colbert. Fucking pathetic and sad.
And when they speak with the raspy voice that everyone has adopted for some reason. I never watch those comedy shows and can never figure out how they think it sounds anything like our President.
Trump has said the same thing. He just recently tweeted that Darrell Hammond does a good Trump impression.
Norm pointed out that Trump is actually funny. I think a lot of comedians are threatened by that.
Explosions of bullshit!
CBC interviewed him (I think it was his sister-in-law) and she was basically trying to get him to talk shit about Trump, and he said lots of good things about how Trump got the Central Park Hockey Rink fixed with his own money when nobody else would do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olkgPzlh5A8&ab_channel=CTVNews
Fixed it quickly, for less money, after years of gov't waste and mismanagement.
That respect is why roasts work.
He said the clintons murdered people on the view, so he is based!
For example, the Trump accordian video is a fucking riot.
I dont have any sacred cows, other than calling propaganda "comedy."
That’s called being a good comedian.