Why Is Conservative Comedy So… Not Very Good?

[Some Schmo]

Why Is Conservative Comedy So… Not Very Good?

This was an interesting analysis. I think there's truth to the idea that conservative "comics" aren't funny because cruelty is only funny to bullies, but I think the main reason is another one he covered: it's not funny if it doesn't contain any truth. Nobody will laugh at something they can't relate to.

Anyways, it's pretty long. Check it out if you're interested.

[Atlanticmike]

White Liberals are racist and less funny
https://youtu.be/y8_KuPyv1eI

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That's why Toe Rogan quit comedy to start doing the Alex Jones pandering to braindead conservatives gig. Much easier than putting in the work to be funny.

[Some Schmo]

That's why Toe Rogan quit comedy to start doing the Alex Jones pandering to braindead conservatives gig. Much easier than putting in the work to be funny.

He totally is pandering. He acts all open-minded while listening to nonsense, will consider any lunatic's point of view and respond to it as though a cogent point was made. I'm not sure how he really feels about things, but he strikes me as full of crap.

So yeah, I agree with you. He went where the easy money was: to the easily conned.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

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It's entirely possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrAdwuxIxM

[honorentheos]

Why Is Conservative Comedy So… Not Very Good?

This was an interesting analysis. I think there's truth to the idea that conservative "comics" aren't funny because cruelty is only funny to bullies, but I think the main reason is another one he covered: it's not funny if it doesn't contain any truth. Nobody will laugh at something they can't relate to.

Anyways, it's pretty long. Check it out if you're interested.

Cody from the old Cracked...memories.

I listened to it rather than watched it while working on a project. Insightful and I appreciated the recurring joke about breaking for ads. I wonder how many Omaha steaks and gold coins get sold in a year? Funny how one nevers hears ads for most of the things sold on conservative venues except on conservative venues. Is it because the folks selling Omaha steak or gold coins are getting all the business they can handle selling to the same folks who are buying the stories being sold on conservative venues? Makes one think that's pretty genius, really.

[MeDotOrg]

Interesting topic, something I've idly wondered about. Certainly there are elements of woke culture that are ripe for satire. Portlandia, anyone? Portlandia was pretty much a direct broadside on the woke culture, but I would bet the demographics of the viewership are not very Conservative.

I love Kathleen Madigan. She's kind of a redneck who knows she's a redneck. By the way, she has a very funny bit about doing a Temple Tour in Salt Lake.

Anyway, I think the left is ripe for satire. I think WOKE and SAVED are 2 sides of the same coin.

[honorentheos]

Cody gets into that using The Onion as an example of humor that takes shots at both sides politically. He also mocks comedians whose schtick was mocking Trump tropes since they aren't funny as jokes so much as an agreed upon sneer. That being one of the main issues he calls out with right-wing comedians who aren't being funny.

He doesn't get into what I think are better parallels which are propaganda "comedy" from a left-facing comedian. Blanking on names (ouch) but Netflix had a run of bad specials pre-pandemic that included a couple of unfunny folks basically blabbering about tropes the left side holds regarding conservatives. Not to say most of the bad specials were due to that. Most were due to Netflix paying too much for well known comedians to put out specials that weren't fully formed. Comedy routines require refining through tours and regular club appearances. Used to be, a comedy special was how a great set was bronzed and set on the mantle after which the comedian was supposed to be working on a new one. But for a while there comedians were putting out specials almost every year. Ain't nobody that good. The first obviously unbaked special I remember seeing was Amy Schumer's Leather Special. It was obvious she was still working the jokes out and it wasn't ready for headlines let alone a recorded special. But then everyone seemed to have repeat bad specials.

Anyway, propaganda makes for bad art. Doesn't matter whose propaganda is being sold.

[honorentheos]

One aspect of the video I found interesting that hasn't been touched on is the exploitation of the idea people don't find jokes funny that are about them but otherwise would if they weren't taking it personal.

It's an interesting breakdown of how bad joke telling and this sneering response of, "You just can't take a joke" work in tandem to enforce a political view of the other side. But what it can't do is make a bad joke funny.

Example? The board here is littered with examples of Atlanticmike making grade school level mockery of someone's screen name. Clearly the idea is they are supposed to be a thumb in the eye of the poster being mocked. But ask yourself if anyone could genuinely find that funny who is older than 10 years old? A bad joke is a bad joke. Yet some people think there's a market for that.