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Title: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: agricola on February 19, 2008, 07:28:15 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Rt Hon William Hague, MP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Cj1b-rp1E&feature=related

Funniest political speech of the year? 
Title: Re: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: Brad Johnson on February 20, 2008, 08:30:23 AM
Heh.  smiley

I thought you were going to post something like a comedian trying to be a politician, but failing miserably on both counts.

Two examples...

I though Christopher Titus was great in Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding.  His most recent show, though, was awful.  He tried to be a political commentator instead of a comedian.  I tried to watch it, hoping it would get better.  It didn't.  I turned it off after twenty minutes.

George Lopez was a knee-slapper in Why You Crying?  But America's Mexican was an hour of high-volume Bush-bashing and anti-anyonebutmexicans, both of which were screamed at the viewer and liberally laced with Spanish invectives obviously and maliciously aimed straight at caucasians.

Sad.

Brad
Title: Re: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: agricola on June 28, 2009, 05:41:15 PM
Bumped because of this speech from a couple of weeks ago (in three parts, of which part 2 is the best).  This is from the Rt Hon William Hague again, his contribution to an Opposition motion (brought by the SNP and Plaid Cymru) that called for a dissolution of Parliament and a General Election:

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejDW2y3Aq4&feature=related
2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miwy2kWR2C8&NR=1
3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQPwf-0cIQ&feature=related

Sadly, the motion failed.  Great speech though, and worth comparing the reaction on the Government benches to mocking Brown in the EU speech and the mocking of Mandleson in this.
Title: Re: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: Iain on June 28, 2009, 05:57:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AO0GCPDtA&feature=fvw

Almost feel sorry for Harman here.
Title: Re: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: agricola on June 28, 2009, 08:25:41 PM
Quote from: Iain on June 28, 2009, 05:57:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AO0GCPDtA&feature=fvw

Almost feel sorry for Harman here.

Almost, and then you see the look on her face.

Title: Re: Standup Comedy as politics
Post by: agricola on June 28, 2009, 08:28:34 PM
Also, how is this for a blast from a past:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7KZueD_wM