On Wednesday night, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon had a karaoke competition again.
Here are a few of the past karaoke segments:
Rush Limbaugh Karaoke, June 18, 2009
Mark Sanford Karaoke, June 26, 2009
Rush Limbaugh Karaoke, July 31, 2009
John Madden Karaoke, September 1, 2009
Rush Limbaugh Karaoke, November 9, 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon features the bit relatively frequently. It's among the regular spots.
Other than the John Madden edition, I have never seen the bit done without the Right being mocked. Not once. If someone can point to a time that the Left was the target, I'd love to hear it. As far as I know, it never has happened.
Wednesday night's karaoke theme was "Health Care Hits."
"Audience members set the words of conservative talk show hosts opposed to the health care bill to beautiful music."
The actual words of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh were sung by three contestants.
Video.
Health Care Hits Karaoke, Part 1 (3-24-10)
Health Care Hits Karaoke, Part 2 (3-24-10)
I don't have a problem at all with the words of conservatives being mocked in this karaoke bit. It's comedy.
However, what I'd like to see, after over a year of Fallon's show being on the air, is a karaoke bit that makes fun of the idiotic things said by liberals.
There was a Mark Sanford segment. It was really funny. So why wasn't there an Eric Massa segment? That would have been hilarious.
Jimmy Fallon did play Massa in a mock interview with Larry King. He didn't give the guy a pass.
In fact, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, more than any other show, doesn't shy away from doing jokes about Obama. Quite unusual.
I give the writers credit for not considering Obama untouchable in terms of comedy, but the karaoke segment remains a liberal-free zone.
Rush Limbaugh is frequently the subject of ridicule in these karaoke competitions. Why not highlight the ramblings of Ed Schultz or Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews?
I assume that's because those liberal extremists are on MSNBC, NBC's exceedingly liberal propaganda outlet on cable.
It's too bad that the Late Night writers apparently consider them off limits.
But there are other libs. Why not use Nancy Pelosi's gibberish? Joe Biden's words would make for some great karaoke.
The beauty of Biden's words lends itself to song.
4 comments:
Me thinks you have a very selective ear. On this very same show (March 24) Jimmy Fallon makes a joke about Nancy Pelosi (democratic speaker of the house) in the opening monologue, and then the very first thing he does when he sits at his desk is make a joke about Joe Biden's cursing and lampoons him with the "This is a Bill" School Rock video.
Concerning the karaoke, I submit to you that perhaps the reason that Ed Schultz, Chris Mathews, or Kieth Olbermann are not used for Karaoke is that there words simply would no achieve a humorous effect. The reason it works with Limbaugh or Beck is that their words are often extreme, heavily biased, inflammatory, likely incorrect, if not outright irrational. In other words, there is a large quantity of material to draw from as compared to others. Besides that, I have not heard such extreme commentary coming from Mathews/Schultz/Olbermann. If there has been any, it doesn't happen on such a regular basis.
It should also be remembered that both Limbaugh and Beck are "entertainers" and not really journalists or commentators even. Their single job is to get conservatives riled up and disgusted enough that you will tune in the next day. It seems to me that they have succeeded quite well.
I would suggest that you do not become so defensive of Glenn Beck or Limbaugh, as it is very questionable as to the accuracy of what they say. You should investigate mediamatters.org for more about this.
As such, Fallon setting Glenn Beck's and Limbaugh's extremist vitriolic "end of America if health care reform passes" words to karaoke music both enlightening, humorous and funny - if not brilliant comedy.
So perhaps it's not Fallon's videos that are wrong, but your perspective?? BTW, I am a conservative, but I refuse to buy into extreme vitriolic rhetoric that they present on Fox News.
Selective?
Please reread my post. I think you missed this:
"Jimmy Fallon did play Massa in a mock interview with Larry King. He didn't give the guy a pass.
"In fact, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, more than any other show, doesn't shy away from doing jokes about Obama. Quite unusual.
"I give the writers credit for not considering Obama untouchable in terms of comedy, but the karaoke segment remains a liberal-free zone."
I'm specifically talking about the karaoke and having some fun with the Dems and the Leftists.
I totally disagree with you that using the words of Olbermann, Schultz, and Matthews wouldn't have a humorous effect. You haven't been listening to them if you think their words aren't "often extreme, heavily biased, inflammatory, likely incorrect, if not outright irrational."
I'm not defensive about Beck or Limbaugh. The only time I see or hear Beck is from clips I come across on the Internet or literally the 10 or 20 seconds I sometimes catch before Red Eye comes on. I think of Limbaugh as an entertainer and commentator, not a journalist. Olbermann certainly isn't a journalist. He's a bad sportscaster. And Matthews has zero credibility as a journalist. In my opinion, they aren't entertaining so I can't refer to them as entertainers.
You really should research the vitriol spewed by Schultz, Olbermann, and Matthews. It couldn't be more inflammatory. Search my blog. You'll find plenty of instances documented.
I think Fallon should do a Leftist karaoke. That's what I'd put in the suggestion box. (Did you get that reference?)
By the way, I don't believe you're a conservative. You couldn't possibly hold the opinions you do of the MSNBC crew if you were.
I agree with this. Me thinks you have a very selective ear. On this very same show (March 24) Jimmy Fallon makes a joke about Nancy Pelosi (democratic speaker of the house) in the opening monologue, and then the very first thing he does when he sits at his desk is make a joke about Joe Biden's cursing and lampoons him with the "This is a Bill" School Rock video.
Concerning the karaoke, I submit to you that perhaps the reason that Ed Schultz, Chris Mathews, or Kieth Olbermann are not used for Karaoke is that there words simply would no achieve a humorous effect. The reason it works with Limbaugh or Beck is that their words are often extreme, heavily biased, inflammatory, likely incorrect, if not outright irrational. In other words, there is a large quantity of material to draw from as compared to others. Besides that, I have not heard such extreme commentary coming from Mathews/Schultz/Olbermann. If there has been any, it doesn't happen on such a regular basis.
Me thinks that "eclectro" and "Tripz" share a brain.
Very sloppy, Utah. Very sloppy.
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