Obama imitator is taken seriously

[Quinn]

You don't mock your audience.

In the span of about 15 minutes, Stephen Colbert elevated his status from "that guy with a show on after Jon Stewart" to a serious force to be reckoned with, specifically by mocking his audience. (Though this could be disputed based on one's view of who "his audience" really was.)

 

[marksman]

In the span of about 15 minutes, Stephen Colbert elevated his status from "that guy with a show on after Jon Stewart" to a serious force to be reckoned with, specifically by mocking his audience. (Though this could be disputed based on one's view of who "his audience" really was.)

I don't think right-wingers are Colbert's intended audience. I'd be surpried to find out they were.

 

[Number Six]

For some reason, the left seems to do smart ass political comedy (Stewart, Colbert, etc) way better than the right and the right seems to do strident talk radio (Limbaugh, Hannity) way better than the left. (And by "better" I mean more liked.) I've seen Fox News try to do their version of smart ass political comedy and it just falls flat. And while I don't personally like strident right wing talk radio, IMO strident left wing talk radio comes off even worse.

I thought the Obama impersonator was great. Even the jokes that weren't so funny were good because he is so spot on with his impersonation. I can't believe Obama has been President for 2.5 years and yet we haven't seen more of that impersonator.

I think I've heard the comparison of Michele Obama to Aunt Esther before...from Rush Limbaugh I think. That lets you know though how context affects perception. Everybody knows that Limbaugh main purpose is to tear down Obama and so it comes off at just plain mean (because it is). But when the impersonator made the joke it came off completely differently because he was poking fun at everybody. If the GOP caught heat for that I don't think it's for that impersonator per se but rather for being so strongly associated with the Limbaughs and Hannitys of the world.

 

[Piscivore]

For some reason, the left seems to do smart ass political comedy (Stewart, Colbert, etc) way better than the right and the right seems to do strident talk radio (Limbaugh, Hannity) way better than the left. (And by "better" I mean more liked.) I've seen Fox News try to do their version of smart ass political comedy and it just falls flat.

They do say humour is related to intelligence...

 

[Number Six]

They do say humour is related to intelligence...

I don't get it.

 

[Tricky]

He was clearly roasting the candidates, making fun of them. The Roast format has become popular in political circles. The Whitehouse Correspondents' dinner has essentially become a roast.

Yes, the White House Correspondents' Dinner is a comedy event. Everyone knows it. People get ribbed. It's not really a roast, though, unless the "roastee" is present and allowed to give a rebuttal roast of his roasters.

This was a serious event to discuss policy and the guy was hired to make fun of Obama. If Republicans had any sense of humor, the potential candidates themselves could have made their own jokes, but they had to hire somebody to do it. Then they couldn't take it when the jokes were turned on them. Yeah, the guy says it was because he was "running over his time limit". If you believe that was the reason that he was pulled offstage, then I have some death panels I want to sell you.

 

[A Laughing Baby]

Make miscegenation and "Obama is going to be a cranky old black man lol" jokes = big laughs.

Make the joke "Newt Gingrich's campaign is a mess lol" = get escorted off stage by staff.

 

[thaiboxerken]

I don't think right-wingers are Colbert's intended audience. I'd be surpried to find out they were.

They aren't, and yet many right-wingers enjoy Colbert's show for "making fun of liberals."

As for the OP. Reggie Brown didn't really make fun of the audience, not much anyway. He was being booed for making fun of GOP candidates for POTUS.

 

[BenBurch]

I don't think right-wingers are Colbert's intended audience. I'd be surpried to find out they were.

Many of them watch him regularly. While surveys of The Daily Show's viewers find twice as many Liberals as you find in the general population, that still leaves a lot of room as only 20% of all Americans are Liberals.

 

[TheNooch]

I can't believe Obama has been President for 2.5 years and yet we haven't seen more of that impersonator.

So true. The dude is very good, and must be working out on the 'b' list stages.

I saw him today on Cenk's MSNBC show and his natural voice is nothing like his Obama voice.

I would imagine that we will be seeing more of him now that he has gotten all this great attention for getting pulled off the Republican stage. SNL should hire this dude and get rid of their horrible Obama guy (whatever his name is, he sucks).

 

[Dorian Gray]

I couldn't watch it all the way. This guy kinda sucked. He packed 2 whole mildly humorous jokes into only a 3 minute segment. I mean, wow. The Bush impersonator blew this guy away. Fred Armison blows this guy away. Will Motherferrelling Ferrell blows this guy away.

 

[Ron_Tomkins]

I couldn't watch it all the way. This guy kinda sucked. He packed 2 whole mildly humorous jokes into only a 3 minute segment. I mean, wow. The Bush impersonator blew this guy away. Fred Armison blows this guy away. Will Motherferrelling Ferrell blows this guy away.

Why do you hate America?

 

[Tricky]

For good voice imitations and hilarious jokes, you really can't beat The Capitol Steps. However, I have no idea whether or not they look like the people they're imitating. They did a whole routine making fun of Obama's race (like Obama's insurance company that uses a duck mascot: Hafblack).

 

[Ron_Tomkins]

For good voice imitations and hilarious jokes, you really can't beat The Capitol Steps. However, I have no idea whether or not they look like the people they're imitating. They did a whole routine making fun of Obama's race (like Obama's insurance company that uses a duck mascot: Hafblack).

I think I prefer this instead: