October 24 at 5:08PM
Pencils Down: An Evening with America's Funniest Writers – Video
I was inexplicably invited to participate in a panel discussion on comedy and politics, moderated by MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent Dan Abrams, alongside 23/6 editor Jason Reich, Daily Show writer Kevin Bleyer and The Onion's web editor Baratunde Thurston on Monday night the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in Manhattan.
We had a packed house, a warm and forgiving audience, a great moderator and free bottles of water. Overall, the night was a fantastic success.
Out of my depth alongside so many talented and accomplished people as I was, my personal goal was to not embarrass myself too, too badly. And I think I almost succeeded…
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A great comedian (whom you don't know, because he told jokes only to francophones) presented himself to the presidential elections.
After a few months, he gave up, saying that the problem was, getting serious about politics, he was not funny anymore.
(They just made a movie after his story, "Coluche, c'est l'histoire d'un mec")
Just to say that you all answered that question really well. And with jokes.
Can't watch it on the laptop either. It just loads, buffers, connects and then asks me if I want to watch it again without ever playing it.
I'll have to wait until I get back to not working at work.
BTW, my wife still won't let me shave my mustache off (remember the Lincoln look alike contest) for my Uncle Sam costume. She says I look too Amish.
"Reverend Wrongeth" is the most brilliant comedic touch I've seen today (no offense to the panel up top). Seriously, hire that guy.
Thank you for sticking up for fart jokes. I'm off to chop up some internet. Viva Le Gas.
*I took more away from that than squeezing fart jokes out of politics and vice-versa (there were two fart jokes, but who's counting). Creepy moments I enjoyed were the awkward 10 year old girl issue and the call for more cracks on education. More throwing chalk at teachers jokes or something please. There is so much to do with education, but, that would hurt liberal elitists.
bearness-
Sounds like a "pube moustache" to me. Ugh. You make me sick. No imagination. No sense of romance. No sensitivity towards women. No respect for privacy. Not to mention class.
My verdict: goyim.
This was really cool. And FYI: my 3 year old watches TDS with me every night.
Athena, I don’t remember you being around here in February during the grow your Lincoln beard contest. My ability to look Amish comes from my Scandinavian-Teutonic ancestry. My ability to look thugish comes from the Celtic side.
And, bearness, your ability to look funny comes from yo' mamma. BAM!!
p.s.,bearness, just so you don't get the wrong idea, you know I'm joshin' – we all luv ya.
I'd say the black guy second from the right was funniest, but that would be racist, right Rush?