Why aren't there any successful conservative stand up comedians?

Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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You ever notice that?

Why do you think there aren't guys out there as famous as Bill Burr or Louis CK doing stand up comedy with a politically conservative perspective?
 
TBoneJack

TBoneJack

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Padawanbater2 said:
You ever notice that?

Why do you think there aren't guys out there as famous as Bill Burr or Louis CK doing stand up comedy with a politically conservative perspective?
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Do they target age groups that are more liberal?

I can imagine a comedian targeting the senior-citizen audience could do fine with a conservative slant to his jokes. While the same comedian would flounder trying to do the same routine with a young adult audience. And vice versa.
 
see4

see4

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nitro harley said:
Dennis Miller. is pretty funny. Kelsey Grammar is funny also. I believe they are conservatives so whats your point Pada?
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True, Dennis Miller is paid to tell jokes. But he is as far from funny as the we are in distance to the next galaxy. Kelsey Grammar plaid a "funny guy" on a situation comedy. He's not really that funny. I believe Penn from Penn and Teller is also a Republican't. He is not even remotely funny, though he tries very hard to be.

The point that Pada is trying to make is that conservatives in general take life too seriously, are incapable of self reflection and therefore are doomed to repeat the same stupid mistakes over and over. That, and they aren't funny.
 
see4

see4

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Foxworthy endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, explaining, "I avoided politics for 53 years of my life. I have been doing stand-up comedy for almost 30 and never wanted to be political. Selfishly, I wanted to make everyone laugh..."

Heh.
 
TBoneJack

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abandonconflict said:
Nope.

The question is: Why aren't there any successful conservative stand up comedians?

Just because you enlarged prostates can't answer it doesn't mean that it is better to ask some stupid question you think you can answer.
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Keep my prostate out of your thoughts, Felicia, unless you mean business. Don't tease me or lead me on.

But seriously, I don't know why there are no successful conservative comedians. It's an interesting question, but it's akin to trivia. There's nothing revealing there.

Edited to add the following:

There may be something revealing there after all (I woke & baked this AM):

Comedians are part of the entertainment industry. And the entertainment industry is overwhelmingly liberal. And it takes favorable contacts and recommendations to move up in that industry. The young people in that industry see that and act accordingly.

Not that it's overwhelmingly revealing, but I think it does hold some merit.
 
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abandonconflict

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see4 said:
Foxworthy endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, explaining, "I avoided politics for 53 years of my life. I have been doing stand-up comedy for almost 30 and never wanted to be political. Selfishly, I wanted to make everyone laugh..."

Heh.
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That's about as funny as a heart attack.
 
nitro harley

nitro harley

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see4 said:
True, Dennis Miller is paid to tell jokes. But he is as far from funny as the we are in distance to the next galaxy. Kelsey Grammar plaid a "funny guy" on a situation comedy. He's not really that funny. I believe Penn from Penn and Teller is also a Republican't. He is not even remotely funny, though he tries very hard to be.

The point that Pada is trying to make is that conservatives in general take life too seriously, are incapable of self reflection and therefore are doomed to repeat the same stupid mistakes over and over. That, and they aren't funny.
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Did you just Dummy Down so the democratic base could reflect on taking life too seriously as a joke?
 
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