Yes, it's a semi-amusing re-make of the very smooth Hall & Oates hit "She's Gone."
One might have wished that they had rehearsed it a little more. Or once, even.
In any event, today, Hannity had a response. Now, I don't usually post about the Hannitys and Coulters of this world, because, well, it's what they want. You know, the ole' "never wrestle a pig" rule. But I absolutely LOVE this response:
"I was actually thinking of Jon [Stewart] as a co-host but I needed someone who could be smart and funny without 50 writers and two has-been rockers who are badly in need of Botox."Oh, sn-- wait a minute. Huh?
Dude, that's your put down? Seriously?
Because, okay, well, shit. There's so much.
First of all, you're making fun of Hall and Oates for NOT having their faces injected with vanity-fueled neurotoxin? I mean, they actually look pretty good for their ages. They're not bloated, their skin isn't stretched tighter than their underwear, and aside from Oates being in full black shoe polish mode, they have full heads of what appears to be their own hair. There's suprisingly little fuel for ridicule. Kudos to the H&O.
And secondly, the thesis of your Jon Stewart joke is that he's not FUNNY?
Sean, baby, let me explain how jokes work. See, what you do is, when you want to put someone down, is you pinpoint a weakness of theirs, and you make fun of it in some way. Like, if I were to make fun of you, I might say something about how your hairline appears to be advancing down your forehead in a suspiciously Shatnerian manner. See? Like that. Or that your full, rounded neck and jowls suggest that you might be storing nuts there until the next Republican administration. Or, hell, that you don't seem capable of grasping the idea that when you say something on a news program, it's better if it's true.
How you don't make a joke, see, is by taking an attribute that someone clearly has, and just say that they don't have it. I mean, what are you, in the 3rd grade? You're going to go at one of the most popular and topical and intelligent and finger-on-the-pulsey comedians of this or any generation with the comedic equivalent of "I know you are but what am I?"
Well, okay. But guess what? Stewart's going to come back at you, and when he does, it's going to be funny.
4 comments:
Set phasers to kill, set TiVo to record. This should be wonderful to watch.
Aw man, don't dis the Shat man.
GKL's right. Shat's sooo much cooler than this ass-crack.
I haven't seen Stewart since last week, so I don't know if there's been a rebuttal, but really -- does Hannity deserve a minute of The Daily Show?
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