Neo-comic Bill Kristol Exits New York Times for National Lampoon
In what the media is calling “wacky, but long anticipated,” conservative pundit, William Kristol, has moved his New York Times column over to the National Lampoon, which won a fierce bidding war with The Onion for the writing services of Kristol.
Kristol had intimated to close friends that he would be leaving the Times to spend more time at home with his mistakes until the offer came down.
“I was just treading water at the Times,” said Kristol. “They just didn’t get the subtleties of well-written irony. And when the right opportunity came along where I could do what I do best: satire, I grabbed it.”
“I always felt that Bill’s column was more apropos for the Lampoon than the Times,” said National Lampoon creative director, Scott Read more
Frost/Nixon/Bush
Having one popularity-challenged president exit last week, seeing Ron Howard’s Academy Award nominated film, Frost/Nixon, seemed apropos. As I watched an outstanding perfomance by Frank Langella as Richard Nixon. I remembered just how much I hated Nixon; how important it was to me when the press stood up to him (thank you, Dan). He had stretched the Vietnam war over far more American bodies than needed to die. It hit me that as much as I despised Bush 43, I did not despise him anywhere near as I did Nixon. But the film brought up another perspective for me.
Langellla’s dour and thoughtful dramatics actually made me feel sad for Nixon, something I thought I was incapable Read more
Obama Signs Order Expunging Bush Administration
With the stroke of his pen, President Obama today purged the previous eight years of Bush Administration policies, including the previous president’s lack of intellectual curiosity. The order, retroactively dated to the beginning George Bush’s first term, effectively annuls the events occurring under the 43rd president’s administration.
“This in no way negates the Bush administration,” said the President. “Only the devastation it caused.”
Some of the now rescinded incidents include 9-11, invasion of Iraq, the Read more
Steve In Ink - New York Times (1/17/09) Surviving the Obama Comedy Crisis
There’s a rather insightful piece in this past Saturday’s New York Times about the challenge facing comedy writers dealing with the with loss of laugh-a-minute Bush and gaining the laugh-a-year Obama.
It’s pretty interesting, even if they did feel necessary to quote me.
Steve
Confessions of a Bush Hater
Many in the right wing have called it Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS), believed to be originally coined by Read more
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