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Newscasters who act in sitcoms (wat is het probleem?)
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:20 pm
by Pluto
What does it mean?
It appears to me as some kind of major breakdown. It is warped gone pear shaped in its canned laughter alone. Yet, interestingly and sadly, the comic writer, (creator) does not seem to forsee the big pic/impact/process, of his creation. He - focussed in his art - marches an audience further into an abyss - while doing what he loves and,
is good at.
Example at 12:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZzOV9MF20
Re: Newscasters who act in sitcoms (wat is het probleem?)
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:39 pm
by bus2bondi
last night i just wanted something to read, just wanted something to read. i've read everything in my house over and over and just wanted something to read. i about gave up and then found the Readers Digest. there's a section in it titled 'All I Really Need To Know I Learned...' and then various people give their personal anectdotes from life. one of them was this..
'...from cable news. There's a fine line between real and fake (by Beth Littleford)
My first big gig was as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. My job was to parody TV reporters and political pundits. As a result, I was often invited onto cable news shows as comic relief. But somewhere along the way, the lines blurred.
On the day the House voted on President Clinton's impeachment, one show had me alongside some real political heavyweights. I thought I was there to make Monica Lewinsky jokes, but instead I was at the center of a heated debate about the constitutional grounds for impeachment.
After being browbeaten by the host and the other guests regarding the finer points of 'obstruction of justice,' I finally had to stop everything and say--on air--'you do know i'm not a real reporter.' There was an uncomfortable silence before the host threw to commercial. I was never asked back again.'