The point is it is political....how many times can someone tell you no politics here. It never ever stays civil. It's too personal for most people now and it's clear we don't agree on politics. It's not worth the fights. What you may think others feel is very likely not to be so. It's not that i'm not sick of the political talk, it's just what Carrie said....there's not a lot of humor in what's going on now, people do feel they need to speak up when they have the platform to do so. But that's not the point, the point is you post political posts and then try to act innocent about it. Almost everyone here has told you already that you do that and i guess the entire group is wrong and you are right. So be right. Just not here. Sorry. I truly tried.
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From: C G ceegee2006@yahoo.com [FunBBGroup] <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: FunBBGroup <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 4, 2017 2:21 pm
Subject: Re: [FunBBGroup] Comedians hate Trump so much they can't be funny anymore
so now WTH is the problem? There has been decent civil discussion tot his . This is about the late night hosts . Only ONE -person who you stick up for even when she is wrong, When right I have no problem with . But she is the one that posted a long draw3n out diatribe that really didn't need said.
I would think you all wonld be in agreement that this political crap that is on these tv shows and late night shows need to just stop. They are interfering with decent shows. .
But I am not going to feed the bears . 'Thank you to those that posted civilly and your thoughts It was much appreciated. Most can just have a civil conversation. Some cant and that is sad.I did not post many of the articles I sent to other groups to this one. This one I thought might been of interest. Stupid me.
It gets pointed at me as well...even though I as a group owner has addressed this problem multiple times. But i'm tired of trying so it is what it is and i won't stop anyone from responding to it since it gets posted no matter what.
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Even in email groups where, repeatedly, someone has been told and asked to stop sending in political articles, yet the person insists, then acts all uppity indignant when others dare to reply, though usually the passive aggressive anger and indignation is pointed at only me, Carrie.
As long as there is NO refuge from politics, well, then yes, it is everywhere.
Carrie Courter
On October 4, 2017, at 12:34 PM, "C G
ceegee2006@yahoo.com [FunBBGroup]" <
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I agree. its getting to be everywhere .
I pretty much switch the channel when things get political. I'm so sick of it. I was ready to welcome back Will & Grace and they went and started Trump bashing, and it wasn't at all humorous. I just wish we could go back to entertainment to forget the stresses of the day!
Joya
None of the Presidents during the Johnny Carson and David Letterman eras were so clearly racist. All those Presidents? They issued aid to disaster areas immediately. They didn't, as trump has done repeatedly, suggest an area hit by disaster shouldn't get federal aid because the state or territory has debt. The president sure didn't say that of Texas or Florida, where there are a lot of white people. But Puerto Rico, a United States territory, filled with US citizens just like us, happen to be Hispanic, and in our racist "presidents" mind, that apparently means they don't deserve the same response as the white US citizens in Texas and Florida.
The Carson/Letterman Presidents never claimed White Supremacists were good guys. Unlike trump, who has said it. Several times.
Carson/Letterman era Presidents.....all Presidents through President Obama in fact, they never lied to support their own egos like trump repeatedly does.
That's why trump isn't a laughing matter. Because his actions are so dangerous for anyone not born as a white rich make. And his need to have his ego stroked every second? Utterly ridiculous for a person in that position. How many previous Presidents had a team of people, paid for by taxpayers, whose sole job was to compile, daily, printouts and screenshots of things Saud favorably about him? Only trump. The taxpayers of this country are paying a group of people to watch Fox news, read Breitbart and Infowars, not for news, but to note and screenshot anytime something positive about a single person is on the screen or put in an article.
Nothing funny about any of it. And the difference between competent Preside, like President Obama, President Bush, President Clinton, etc, and trump? Complete night and day. Nothing funny about having been led by competent leaders for at least the last 40-45 years, and then.....trump . Nothing humorous about a nation filled with people of all races, sexual orientations, religions, being terrified because they aren't a rich white Christian male.
Carrie Courter
On October 4, 2017, at 11:46 AM, "C G
ceegee2006@yahoo.com [FunBBGroup]" <
FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I guess I didn't remember Johnny Carson be so nasty .Maybe he did it different. This now just seems CRUEL.
But anyway. its their shows to run as they want. We have choices in life- To listen and watch or change the channel .Seems like many things are political anymore. We just roll with the punches and move on. heck we cant even watch a ball game anymore with out it being political. .Well anyway. I have heard they all still have good guests on and some just prefer to pay attention to that part. .
There is no getting around it . It is what it is.
So do any of you watch the late night shows? Who is your favorite? Least favorite?
Gosh I haven't watched a late night show for years. Once in awhile I would watch Jay Leno and David Letterman
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Comedians hate Trump so much they can't be funny anymore
By
Joseph Curl - The Washington Times - Tuesday, May 9, 2017
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Man, comedy is taking a beating lately.
With a polarized America, late-night talk show hosts have decided to go hyperpolitical — and to skew uber-liberal. It's a big change from the way it used to be.
When Johnny Carson was host of "The Tonight Show" from 1962 to 1992, he did thousands of political jokes. His target: Politicians — every one of them — presidents, lawmakers, Democrats, Republicans, it didn't matter.
Why? Because politics is funny. Simple. And politicians are hilarious. From both parties! So, you think Rep. Nancy Pelosi is funny, but Sen. John McCain isn't? You think Rep. Maxine Waters is ridiculous, but not Gov. Chris Christie? Politicians all are so full of themselves, clearly unaware of the meaning of "hubris," convinced that they — and they alone — can save the nation. And that's just funny.
But nowadays, late-night comedians have decided to mock half of its potential audience by bashing only Republicans. No one really knows why networks don't say "Hey, you're costing us viewers — which means you're costing us money, so stop it." But they don't. They're just fine with talk show hosts ripping half of America.
Look at today's hosts. Jimmy Kimmel goes on a rant about how good Obamacare is — and how awful people are if they don't think so. Stephen Colbert goes on a profanity-laced tirade targeting conservatives. Only Jimmy Fallon, the highly unworthy heir to Mr. Carson's "Tonight Show" has steered clear of divisive nightly rants, although he's being urged to be "more political" to catch up with Mr. Colbert's ratings.
There are others, including Samantha Bee, host of "Full Frontal," and Trevor Noah, host of "The Daily Show." And there's Jon Oliver, the very unfunny Brit on HBO's "Last Week Tonight." Target audience: Young liberals. Anyone else can, as Mr. Colbert might say, just @#&* off!
Over the weekend, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker (and a really funny guy when you get to know him), said something's gone terribly wrong with today's entertainers.
"The problem you have with humor in America today is that Hollywood is so enraged at Donald Trump that they can't be funny," Mr. Gingrich said on "Fox News Sunday."
"All they've got is pure anger. And that's what's coming out in this stuff," he said.
Mr. Gingrich was spurred to comment after the profane rant Mr. Colbert delivered on Monday. "You're not the POTUS, you're the 'gloat-us,'" Mr. Colbert said in a joke perhaps targeted at 12-year-olds.
But then he went after the adults. "Sir, you attract more skinheads than free Rogaine. You have more people marching against you than cancer You're a real p–k-tator. The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's c—kholster," Mr. Colbert said.
Mr. Gingrich said the new crop of hosts "think it must be funny because they're called comedians."
"So they exhibit their anger as almost a pathology on late-night television and you're supposed to laugh because, after all, they're comedians," he said.
Regarding Mr. Kimmel, the speaker said the very sad story of his newborn son needing heart surgery — which the host claimed was only possible because of Obamacare — is "part of the left's mythology" that doctors will not treat uninsured or under-insured people.
"You show up at a hospital with a brand-new baby and the brand-new baby has a heart problem, the doctors of that hospital do everything they can to save the baby," he said, regardless of whether a patient has insurance.
Mr. Gingrich's diagnosis of what ails today's late-night hosts: "They ain't funny 'cause they're too angry to be funny."
• Joseph Curl has covered politics for 25 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent at The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter via@josephcurl.
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