Title: Paid Shills and Real Talent Source:
Me URL Source:[None] Published:May 6, 2016 Author:Me Post Date:2016-05-06 23:45:37 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:1339 Comments:1
OK, so I'm flipping thru the channels on my TV, checking out the late night shows. I stumble across Colbert who has got to be the least funny guy on the planet, almost as bad as Mahrer. Right out of the gate - it's on. Joking about the Kentucky Derby and sex with horses.Yep - that's right. What a class act, huh?
The Tonight Show, Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel...all of them are nothing more than forums for leftist talking points and utterly stupid jokes. There's no real comedy, just paid shills regurgitating the same unfunny "jokes". It's like watching a Democrat campaign ad. Praise for Hillary, hatred for Trump - you know the drill.
And Kimmel was not any better. The other guy, Seth Meyers - how the hell this stiff even has a TV show is beyond comprehension.
Then something miraculous happened - while scanning the tube, I came across a long-lost gem, someone I hadn't seen in ages.
It was Johnny Carson. Yep, that's right - Johnny Carson. I couldn't believe it. I felt like I had just gotten into a DeLorean and went back in time to a more civilized era. Just watching for a few minutes made me realize how far down the tubes we have gone since the sixties and seventies.
Johnny made jokes about politicians to be sure, but it was always in an even handed way, skewering both the Democrats and the Republicans equally. And he did it with class.
Oh sure, there were plenty of ribald jokes, double entendres, veiled references to sex, but they were clean - jokes you would not be embarrassed to tell your mom.
And who can forget the classic characters he portrayed in those classic skits. Art Fern, the "Tea Time Movie" announcer, Floyd R. Turbo, American, Aunt Blabby, "mentalist" El Mouldo, The Maharishi, a frizzy-haired "holy man" who spoke in a high-pitched, tranquil tone, greeted announcer McMahon with a flower, and answered philosophical questions.
And of course, the funniest of the lot - Carnac, The Magnificent.
