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  • Shmoos mired in self-pity

    From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 22 07:00:33 2023
    Now our pair of dolts are complaining about one of the many
    temporary hosts on the venerable Daily Show. Al Franken, not
    many people's idea of a pioneering or edgy comedian, has
    attracted the Shmoos' fear-mongering and grievance-airing.

    I would like to point out that since the show switched over to
    temporary hosting gigs, most of the hosts (all comedians) have
    been overtly political. And since they're all progressives and
    liberals (like the show's audiences), they've all been making fun
    of republigoons.

    Franken's performance is muted and low-key compared with
    Chelsea Handler's and Kal Penn's. Not only that, but Franken's
    first guest was Lindsey Graham, a hard-right republigoon and
    Trumpy acolyte.

    So why do Shmoos react strongly to Franken and not at all
    to the more vocal reality-based hosts?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Fascist Flea on Wed Mar 22 10:29:53 2023
    On 3/22/23 9:00 AM, Fascist Flea wrote:
    Now our pair of dolts are complaining about one of the many
    temporary hosts on the venerable Daily Show. Al Franken, not
    many people's idea of a pioneering or edgy comedian, has
    attracted the Shmoos' fear-mongering and grievance-airing.

    I would like to point out that since the show switched over to
    temporary hosting gigs, most of the hosts (all comedians) have
    been overtly political. And since they're all progressives and
    liberals (like the show's audiences), they've all been making fun
    of republigoons.

    Franken's performance is muted and low-key compared with
    Chelsea Handler's and Kal Penn's. Not only that, but Franken's
    first guest was Lindsey Graham, a hard-right republigoon and
    Trumpy acolyte.

    So why do Shmoos react strongly to Franken and not at all
    to the more vocal reality-based hosts?

    They've heard of him. And they can repeat their old material, ie "Stuart Smalley" references.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/al-franken-spends-his-first-night-as-daily-show-host-making-nice-with-lindsey-graham/ar-AA18UAQF

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