Does someone who still says "thinking outside the box" understand humor?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

So Not Funny

By Richard Cohen
Thursday, May 4, 2006; Page A25

First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy. This is well known in certain circles, which is why, even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to "say something funny" -- as if the deed could be done on demand. This, anyway, is my standing for stating that Stephen Colbert was not funny at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. All the rest is commentary.

The commentary, though, is also what I do, and it will make the point that Colbert was not just a failure as a comedian but rude. Rude is not the same as brash. It is not the same as brassy. It is not the same as gutsy or thinking outside the box. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Rudeness means taking advantage of the other person's sense of decorum or tradition or civility that keeps that other person from striking back or, worse, rising in a huff and leaving. The other night, that person was George W. Bush.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302202.html

[valerief]

1. What a total drip. My farts are funnier than Ricky. n/t

[niallmac]

2. Cohens credentials.

"I am a funny guy."
OK. Lets read your article and see how funn y you ah my eyelids are so heavy... :boring:

[Mythsaje]

3. I just sent him this e-mail...

Wonder if he'll think it's brash, brassy or rude...

Like I care.

Most of the time I don't find Colbert particularly funny. His pretend Republican shtick doesn't work for me. Usually. But standing in front of Bush himself and delivering the same message? Well, that's a different story.

Sorry, Mr. Cohen. It was damn funny. Uncomfortable at times, especially for those in the audience who didn't want to draw attention to themselves, but still funny. Scalia laughed loudly enough while Colbert openly mocked him. Takes a certain kind of guy to do that.

Guess Bush isn't that kind of guy. Now there's a surprise.

You don't get the joke? The joke is that this man and his administration insulate themselves from criticism at every opportunity. The press is walking on eggshells as if afraid they'll be dragged into a dark room and beaten with a stick for pointing out not only their foibles, but their outright deceptions.

As long as one American soldier, or one Iraqi child, is held captive to his imperial ambitions, Mr. Bush should be forced to suffer the indignity of public mockery on a regular basis. In person.

It's only fair.

Don't get it? Too bad for you. We certainly do.

[donco6]

4. I got it.

And your letter is great.

Colbert should get a medal.

[tomp]

5. bush is rude by any definition.

"Rudeness means taking advantage of the other person's sense of decorum or tradition or civility that keeps that other person from striking back or, worse, rising in a huff and leaving. The other night, that person was George W. Bush."

every other day and night for the past 6 years it was bush & co being rude the us, to everyone else, the entire world. what world does this asshole richard cohen live in that he hasn't noticed the championship rudeness that, by his own definition, defines bush & co? the irony is deafening.

plus, it's not a really good definition of "rude", anyway. i can be fully and intentionally rude while fully expecting a like response. only a coward would be rude only if he thought he could "get away with it". and bush is a coward.

and, as usual, the criterion of truth is simply never considered. i think it could be argued that one cannot be rude and truthful at the same time.