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Robert — 9/9/2005 11:48:45 PM (archived)

Yeah, just like Howard Stern, Jay Leno & David Letterman

Exactly. The most successful comedians exhibit an ability to sense prevailing moods and the currents of public opinion to a degree that seems uncannily telepathic. They don't lead public opinion, they give it voice. And that's why they get laughs. In just that one clip from The Daily Show, note which lines provoke the strongest laughter and applause. The audience loves it when Stewart calls Chernoff and Brown "f[bleep]ers" because they wish they had his bully pulpit to say it themselves. The laughter is cathartic, and that reveals a deep truth.

You ignore the comedians at your peril. They're the Vox Populi of the age of mass media.

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Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - Robert - 9/9/2005 3:47:30 AM
- Chertoff didn't think it "possible" - Lindy - 9/13/2005 4:09:40 AM
- re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - gbaikie - 9/9/2005 9:32:08 PM
  - re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - Robert - 9/10/2005 12:25:39 AM
    - re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - gbaikie - 9/10/2005 2:02:05 AM
      - "the buck stops here" - Robert - 9/11/2005 8:11:55 PM
        
        re: "the buck stops here" - Scott Evil - 9/13/2005 3:05:14 PM
        
        re: "the buck stops here" - gbaikie - 9/13/2005 9:35:01 PM
        
        re: "the buck stops here" - gbaikie - 9/12/2005 1:41:27 AM
        
        re: "the buck stops here" - Robert - 9/12/2005 3:36:13 PM
        
        Safety - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2005 1:47:11 AM
        
        re: "the buck stops here" - gbaikie - 9/12/2005 10:15:07 PM
- "the blame game"? C'mon that's your, Bowser's & Don's theme song! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/9/2005 7:45:43 AM
  - Blame blame bo blame, banana fanna foe flame, fee fi mo maim (n/t) - Fox - 9/14/2005 2:05:41 PM
    - Hate trait, bu bu but bait too late, oh well, hate satiate. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 5:25:03 AM
      - Pass the Buck, buck, bo buck...oops. Never mind. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 6:22:33 AM
        
        I don't think the left award points for coherency. We're down by -2 ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 7:57:22 AM
        
        It helps to know the original song -- Tom did. (Score: one all) (n/t) - Fox - 9/15/2005 3:41:22 PM
        
        You mean it's a geezer thing? Dang! I hate it when I miss a temporal joke! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 8:43:35 PM
        
        Yeah, it's a geezer thing (1965) - Fox - 9/15/2005 11:59:07 PM
        
        Oh Chr--t! It's from Daily KOS! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 10:16:08 PM
        
        Noooooo..... - Mary Anne - 9/16/2005 11:50:48 AM
        
        Oh, yeah, Kos. Most likely "Patient Zero" for Bush Derangement Syndrome. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 11:23:02 PM
- BTW, I just figured something out... - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2005 4:44:33 AM
  - re: BTW, I just figured something out... - Robert - 9/9/2005 3:48:43 PM
- re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2005 4:22:24 AM
  - calling attention to a f***-up is not "getting political"... - alcaray - 9/9/2005 5:06:14 PM
  - re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - Robert - 9/9/2005 3:44:43 PM
    - LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/9/2005 11:17:28 PM
      - re: LOL! - Robert - 9/9/2005 11:48:45 PM
        
        You confuse disdain with ignoring - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/10/2005 12:15:23 AM
        
        No, I understand that you disdain the voice of the people - Robert - 9/10/2005 1:07:37 AM
        
        One other tiny point: - Mary Anne - 9/10/2005 4:31:54 AM
        
        Where to begin? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/10/2005 2:15:59 AM
        
        I guess that you're then willing to stipulate that the far left is the reading public? - Mary Anne - 9/10/2005 4:53:51 AM
        
        The left has more readers, statistically. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/10/2005 9:11:21 AM
        
        How fascinating! - Mary Anne - 9/10/2005 10:57:17 AM
        
        I know! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2005 12:31:24 AM
        
        This makes no sense. - Mary Anne - 9/11/2005 12:56:12 AM
        
        Publishing - Tom Brosz - 9/10/2005 5:00:59 PM
        
        So true! - Mary Anne - 9/10/2005 5:17:03 PM
        
        Or, to put it simply, remember that "chagrin" contains a grin (n/t) - Robert - 9/10/2005 1:18:38 AM
    - re: Synchronized rhetoric: "the blame game" - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2005 5:11:33 PM
      - One down... - Robert - 9/9/2005 6:41:19 PM
        
        re: One down... - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2005 7:05:45 PM

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