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Fox News Channel To Feature Comedy, Parody In New ‘Greg Gutfeld Show’

Fox News Channel To Feature Comedy, Parody In New ‘Greg Gutfeld Show’

Fox News Channel is often the subject of critique by hosts of satirical programs like “The Daily Show.” Now, the network will launch a program that features monologues and parodies all its own.

The 21st Century Fox-owned outlet said it would launch a “comedic news hour” on Sunday nights hosted by Greg Gutfeld. “The Greg Gutfeld Show” will debut on May 31st at 10 p.m.,and will feature “parodies on current events, conversation on key issues and signature monologues showcasing Gutfeld’s eclectic humor,” the network said Thursday. Gutfeld is also expected to interview newsmakers, culture critics, and media personalities on major headlines of the week. Joanne Nosuchinsky, a Fox News contributor, will provide offbeat reports and commentary on the program.

Gutfeld, a former editor of Men’s Health and Stuff magazines, is expected to continue as co-host of the Monday-to-Friday talk show “The Five” and to make appearances on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor.”

The anchor had been hosting a wee-hours program on Fox News called “Red Eye,” that ran between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. from 2007 until late February. Fox News said a rotating group of correspondents would continue to lead that program for the time being.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/fox-news-channel-feature-comedy-parody-greg-gutfeld-180002959.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. I want to punch that twit right in the face every time he opens his smarmy little mouth.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. My experience is that

conservatives suck at satire, since it is indistinguishable from their reality.

[Human101948]

26. They make fun of cripples, mentally disabled people, the poor, etc.

They just aren't funny.

[MADem]

3. Didn't they try this before? That attempt was really unfunny. Awful.

Sunday at ten is The Golden Hour, where people without DVRs panic and wonder what show they'll watch, assuming they have "On Demand" and can get the shows they miss later. Will it be Masterpiece? The latest gem from AMC? HBO, Showtime, Starz? The Good Wife? So many choices, so little time!!!

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. That was Redeye, I think. And Gutfeld was in on that, too.

[MADem]

7. No--worse, I think!! This show:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1/2_Hour_News_Hour


I have never seen that show or the Redeye one, so I can't speak compellingly, but I do remember a thread on Old DU about that 12 Hour News Hour show, and it was nothing short of an evisceration!

[DawgHouse]

24. I remember this.

[Daniel537]

29. First thing i thought of when i read this thread.

I caught the first few episodes just to see how bad it would be, and it sure didn't "disappoint". Conservatives just aren't funny. And conservative humor is even worse.

[arcane1]

33. I saw the first episode of that. The criticisms were too kind. It sucked.

Conservatives don't get humor, and especially satire. It's a pitiful sight to see.

[bvf]

14. Once or twice.

Humor seems to be completely lost on Republicans.

I've never understood why. c.f. Dennis Miller and Victoria Jackson (although I'm willing to give the latter some slack, thinking it's just performance art).

P.J. O'Rourke is the only exception that comes to mind.

[MADem]

15. O'Rourke at least acknowledges disgust where disgust is unquestionably deserved!

I don't mind seeing him when he pops up on Maher, but he is a rare exception.

[bvf]

17. I really enjoyed reading "Republican Party Animal"

and his turns on NPR game shows.

He's literate, which might work to his detriment.

[MADem]

20. I haven't gotten into him enough to read his work, but I do think he's indeed

quite literate--it's obvious that he has gotten a good education. I can only suppose his leanings were learned in childhood, and are reflexive and maybe even inherited--kind of like Linc Chaffee before he woke up and smelled the coffee.

[jen63]

38. His articles for Rolling Stone

were pretty good. That was ages ago though.

[sufrommich]

5. I hate Greg Gutfeld,I mean I have a blinding,inexplicable

hatred for him. I grind my teeth whenever I'm exposed to that smarmy little asshole.

[Contrary1]

6. Let's start a pool on how long this one will last...

I'll take June 14th. That gives it a week to fail miserably, and another week for Fox to admit it.

[randome]

9. Add another week to decide if liberals, women, blacks or Muslims are to blame for the failure.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[KamaAina]

13. I'll go with August 2nd.

So Jon can go out in his last week in a blaze of glory.

[Avalux]

8. Well, it's a known fact that uptight right wingers just aren't funny.

For the audience that frequents that network, I'm sure they'll love him. The rest of us? Blah.

[DawgHouse]

25. They can't parody the left without looking like the

self-righteous, racists assholes they are. So no, it's not funny!

[Oneironaut]

10. Be unoriginal. Fine. But, Gutfeld?

Seriously. That's like stealing an award-winning recipe and adding horse maneur to it.

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Well that's redundant.

Fox "News" is, in its entirety, a parody of current events.

[themaguffin]

12. They tried this before and it did terrible.

[trumad]

16. Problem with Right Wing comedy is that it is mean.

Yeah..making fun of the poor is so funny.

[Gothmog]

18. Fox tried to duplicate The Daily Show several years ago

Fox put a show called the Half Hour NewsHour that was horrible.

[spanone]

19. there's not much humor in hate & bigotry....

[IcyPeas]

21. the Daily Show is actually fact-based

they compile facts and put them in a satirical/comedic format.

Fox news is just lies. It's just not the same. Lies aren't as funny.

The Daily Show is funny because it's (usually) true.

[UTUSN]

22. He's repulsive. n/t

[lpbk2713]

23. Dennis Miller wasn't available?

Oh maybe he has a scheduling conflict with emceeing a car wash grand opening.

[Buzz Clik]

27. He already failed.

[olddots]

28. Murdoch has enough pocket change to keep any of his garbage afloat for years

We face an enemy of gigantic proportions .

[truebluegreen]

30. Parody and satire require elements of actual truth.

That is why conservatives suck at it.

[emsimon33]

31. I thought that Fox was farce already

[Nevernose]

32. For comedy to work

There has to be some sort of underlying truth. That's why conservative comedians aren't funny when they're doing conservative stuff, and why their conservative political stuff always fails so awfully: There's no truth to it.

[annabanana]

34. Parody and Satire are NEVER the handmaidens of the powerful.

They only work for the underdog.

[Johonny]

35. But FOX news is already a Parody of news. The show is essentially redundant

For FOX to get the young crowd and be interesting it would need to lampoon itself. It won't. It will "work" only in attracting the same self hating bigots FOX news calls its main demographic.

[Dawson Leery]

36. There is no humor to me made of poor children dying from starvation.

This show will flop just as the "Half Hour News Hour".

[Bjorn Against]

37. I think this will be the most serious show on Fox.

Let's face it; we have all laughed our asses off at Fox on many occassions. Many of Comedy Central's funniest moments have come when they did nothing more than replay a clip from Fox News. The network is comedy gold, but somehow I don't think this guy will bring nearly as many laughs as the other Fox News hosts do.

[Chathamization]

39. Well, The 1/2 Hour News Hour was pretty impressively terrible

Here's a skit about how it's silly that men complain about sexual harassment because men like to get sexually harassed (and the audience cheers when the guy tries to get his female co-anchor sexually harassed):

And a skit about how atheists are stupid because once God starts smiting them they'll admit they were making everything up (again, notice how the audience cheers when God kills one woman with a blow to the head):

It's always amusing to see right-wingers fumbling around trying to figure out what this humor thing is. Reminds me of Data or something:

[CrawlingChaos]

40. One of the most loathsome pieces of human filth I've ever laid eyes on

I wouldn't even know who this fucker is if it weren't for my SO entertaining himself by exposing me to this crap, just to get a rise out of me.

He is so staggeringly NOT funny, it boggles the mind. The only people who would laugh at the diarrhea that comes out of his mouth are overgrown bullies who find other people's misery to be a source of humor. Sick, sick, sick assholes.... a.k.a. Fox viewers.