Late Night Comics Having a Hard Time Joking About Obama |
| Published: July 15, 2008, 10:28 am |
| Tags: david letterman, jon stewart, stephen colbert, colbert report, daily show, humor |
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A New York Times article reveals that late night comics are having a hard time making jokes about Sen. Barack Obama. From the article: What's so funny about Barack Obama? Apparently not very much, at least not yet. On Monday, The New Yorker magazine tried dipping its toe into broad satire involving Senator Obama with a cover image depicting the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his wife, Michelle, as fist-bumping, flag-burning, bin Laden-loving terrorists in the Oval Office. The response from both Democrats and Republicans was explosive. Comedy has been no easier for the phalanx of late-night television hosts who depend on skewering political leaders for a healthy quotient of their nightly monologues. Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and others have delivered a nightly stream of joke about the Republican running for president each one a variant on the same theme: John McCain is old. Mr. Carter explains why so little jokes about Obama: Why? The reason [ Full article ] |
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