Oh yeah, bidness be bangin’, Torn Slatterns and Nugget Ranchers
Dizzy Dean
Did you see that wild speech by Howard Dean after Iowa? He ranted, he raved, and then, at the end, he grabbed Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer and tossed him to the ground.
*That Howard Dean turns out to have quite the temper. There hasn’t been a presidential candidate that agitated since Paula Jones ditched Bill Clinton with his pants down.
Today a disgruntled postal worker snapped and went Howard Dean.
After his over-the-top speech, Howard Dean is sliding in the polls. One can only assume that voters don’t want a president who acts crazier than Michael Jackson after a court appearance.
Did you hear Howard Dean talk today? He’s lost his voice. This is a big improvement over Tuesday when Dean lost his mind.
Kinda like that
*In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced we have; “Optimism with caution.” Optimism with caution is like when Hugh Hefner goes to his Grotto with more condoms than Viagra.
Desperate
*The Oakland Raiders are having a tough time finding someone to accept their head coaching position. Today the Raiders were even turned down by Dennis Kucinich.
Really like that
NASA is reporting no signal from the Mars rover. It has suddenly stopped working and it isn’t communicating to anyone. Kind of like Howard Dean’s campaign.
Since you asked:
Lucky for my joke writing - frail though it may be - I am a genuine, born and bred Independent, the product of a bleeding heart liberal mother and a staunchly conservative father. This is great for comedy because I can happily skewer both sides of the isle with a clear conscience.
That’s why I am proud to say that, from the beginning, I said that, traditionally, all the Republicans have to do is sit back and enjoy watching the Democrats, one by one, shoot themselves in the foot. Howard Dean just blew his leg off with a howitzer.
As a sometimes stand up comedian, I know only too rarely how a great crowd can send you over-the-top. But we – American audiences - demand that professional speakers, political or comedic, be able to check themselves way before they get all the way to frickin’ silly. That crazy frantic crap may have worked for Hitler and Jerry Lewis (How many times have those two names appeared together?) but not for everyone else. The fact that Dean couldn’t check himself in the throes of excitement is a huge embarrassment as well as a question mark on his leadership. We don’t want a president who might lose it when he gets carried away.
But as a comedy writer, I loved it. A month ago, who would have imagined "The Three Stooges" Moe Howard would be considered less goofy than Howard Dean?
Dizzy Dean
Did you see that wild speech by Howard Dean after Iowa? He ranted, he raved, and then, at the end, he grabbed Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer and tossed him to the ground.
*That Howard Dean turns out to have quite the temper. There hasn’t been a presidential candidate that agitated since Paula Jones ditched Bill Clinton with his pants down.
Today a disgruntled postal worker snapped and went Howard Dean.
After his over-the-top speech, Howard Dean is sliding in the polls. One can only assume that voters don’t want a president who acts crazier than Michael Jackson after a court appearance.
Did you hear Howard Dean talk today? He’s lost his voice. This is a big improvement over Tuesday when Dean lost his mind.
Kinda like that
*In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced we have; “Optimism with caution.” Optimism with caution is like when Hugh Hefner goes to his Grotto with more condoms than Viagra.
Desperate
*The Oakland Raiders are having a tough time finding someone to accept their head coaching position. Today the Raiders were even turned down by Dennis Kucinich.
Really like that
NASA is reporting no signal from the Mars rover. It has suddenly stopped working and it isn’t communicating to anyone. Kind of like Howard Dean’s campaign.
Since you asked:
Lucky for my joke writing - frail though it may be - I am a genuine, born and bred Independent, the product of a bleeding heart liberal mother and a staunchly conservative father. This is great for comedy because I can happily skewer both sides of the isle with a clear conscience.
That’s why I am proud to say that, from the beginning, I said that, traditionally, all the Republicans have to do is sit back and enjoy watching the Democrats, one by one, shoot themselves in the foot. Howard Dean just blew his leg off with a howitzer.
As a sometimes stand up comedian, I know only too rarely how a great crowd can send you over-the-top. But we – American audiences - demand that professional speakers, political or comedic, be able to check themselves way before they get all the way to frickin’ silly. That crazy frantic crap may have worked for Hitler and Jerry Lewis (How many times have those two names appeared together?) but not for everyone else. The fact that Dean couldn’t check himself in the throes of excitement is a huge embarrassment as well as a question mark on his leadership. We don’t want a president who might lose it when he gets carried away.
But as a comedy writer, I loved it. A month ago, who would have imagined "The Three Stooges" Moe Howard would be considered less goofy than Howard Dean?
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