Tuesday, August 4, 2009

People too pleased with themselves



I'm sure most people have already encountered this embarassment. I really have no idea why anyone would create such a thing. Do they honestly believe they're funny? Surely a wife, parent, cousin, or old friend from the neighborhood could tap one of these goofballs on the shoulder and explain that their smug, self-pleased production could be reproduced by randomly pulling a couple of coke-abusing prep-school pricks from their summer homes and demand they produce an immitation of the Colbert Report to get their next fix.

I assume they were trying to be tongue-in-cheek, but the failure couldn't be more impressive. It isn't funny, says nothing insightful, and displayed an amazingly pathetic approach to comedic writing.

They basically found a list of names of beers on the internet, scoured through them, and attached them to the name of a politician EVERY time there was a remotely noticeable connection. And then they just ran through them one after the other. It was like observing a really unfunny brainstorming session. And if they did actually leave material out, can you imagine what hit the cutting room floor? I assume it was another HILARIOUS riff on the fact that some beers have colors and people's skin also has color. Just think what they could do with Red Dog!

Of course everyone has focused on the "mad bitch" comment. It's hardly worth getting upset about, but it does make Dana Milbank alpha-douche. I'm sure the spaz that resembles Greg Maddux (if you subtract the athleticism, the skill, the intelligence, and all of the things that make Greg Maddux someone you want to watch)
will take it as a challenge and ferment some potent double-proof douche for their next debacle, but for now the crown rests with Milbank.

1 comment:

  1. "I'm sure the spaz that resembles Greg Maddux...will take it as a challenge and ferment some potent double-proof douche for their next debacle."

    It turns out that Mouthpiece Theater was canned (http://trueslant.com/billbarol/2009/08/05/the-post-draws-the-curtain-on-mouthpiece-theater/) shortly after this segment hit the web. I guess some times things are so egregiously attrocious that better judgement wins out. Sadly it probably had more to do with the "Mad Bitch comment" than the low quality of the production in general.

    In other news, the Washington Post continues its steady descent into madness.

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