Re: studio audience

I'm cross-posting this to alt.tv.pol-incorrect as
they seem to like to dish the dirt on Miller over
there.

"steve" <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>...
> 
> Hello, DM fans.  I'm new here.
> 
> My $0.02:
> 
> IMO, DM is indeed funny in an empty room, but the show is not just about
> humor.  He also manages to make poignant observations from time to time.

He's a jingoistic jerk.  He was interviewing Dana
Priest of The Wa****ngton Post (if I'm not mistaken)
the other night.  He kept trying to bait her into
tra****ng Kerry and she seemed to be getting tired
of his xenophobic attitude.  DM questioned her on
whether it was possible for Kerry to visit with
foreign leaders if he hadn't been abroad in so
many months.  DP's sarcasm was dry but noticable
when she answered that it's possible for foreigners
to fly over here.  Miller sat there looking kinda
dumb.  DP correctly stated that this is hardly
startling anyway since it's no secret that Bush
is unpopular among at least a few world leaders -
and his sup****ters, like Miller, seem to love him
all the more because of it.


> But...
> 
> Enter studio audience and DM seems to be playing to the conservative
crowd,
> not for laughs but for cheap applause.   I am not offended by his
politics
> (any more than I am by the left) but I am offended by mindless pandering
and
> political cheerleading.  Having seen the show w/audience three or 4
times
> now, it seems he often throws up the applause lines instead of well
composed
> thoughts or jokes.  I think the show is heading downhill in content and
> humor, but may well head up in the ratings.

There are also a lot of cheap jokes aimed at
people's relative unattractiveness but he's
always done that.  Find a picture of someone
looking stupid and your halfway to a belly
laugh.  It's not surprising that Dennis K
is his favorite target.

> 
> Still like the chimp, though.
> 
> And anyone who thinks DM lost his humor after 9-11 (I've been hearing
that
> from many sources) needs to watch "The Raw Feed".

His humor is about as cruel as Howard Stern's.

> 
> steve