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Olbermann Doesn’t Understand Humor

Okay, I have me some serious love for Keith Olbermann.  That’s not news to anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis, but I thought I would just make that clear because I think his #1 story on last night’s Countdown was absurd.  Comparing Stewart’s joke about Obama’s name and a Hitler-reference with Ann Coulter doing the same was absurd.  When Coulter does it, she’s actively trying to denigrate Obama.  When Stewart did it, he was actively trying to denigrate Ann Coulter (and those like her).  You can deny it all you want, but he does have an unusual name and Obama was the first to acknowledge it.  The joke, for those that don’t understand humor, is that in a voting populace as vapid as this one, names matter because they can make for easy punchlines.  The rhymes and references of Obama’s name have nothing to do with who he is as a politician or his policies, but they will undoubtedly be used to smear him.  That was the point, Keith.  (Also his saying that Balls of Fury was tragically ignored was either him being incredibly polite or more proof that his understanding of humor is somewhat lacking).  Patton Oswalt, who does understand humor, backs me up on this.  And since Oswalt released one of the funniest comedy albums I’ve ever heard, I yield to his similar opinion.

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