My prediction - it will be short lived.

I have seen some of the sneak peaks, and the show may be funnier, but the peaks were just boring.

And the prognostication?  It will not have a reason or a theme in 18 months.  The price of parodying politics (just ask Vaughn Meader).

This is not a new thing, nor is it unique to America. In fact, I have found the Brits to be the true masters of satire. You may want to see if you can find any old episodes of "Spitting Image", a show from the 1980's, whose puppets even landed the starring role in the Genesis "Land of Consusion" video.

Well I'll tell you this much. While I thought it was funny I really probably won't watch it much, about as much as I watch South Park, The Simpson or American Dad. It a matter of channel surfing.



I look foward to finding them to see what they are like.

I've been watching this and found it very funny. Especially Jeb Bush. "Jeb be rock now". Also can't forget Lil Clinton and the Lewinsky twins.

It does seem pretty clear that it won't outlast the administration, but I'm happy to have it in the meantime. I love Lil Cheney sucking the guts out of birds after biting off their heads.

Did anyone watch That's my Bush when it was out. That one was quite entertaining too, though it did suffer from a laugh track. It got cancelled after 9/11 for obvious reasons.

the difference is the Brit. government allows it to happen.

the shows in Britain can be stopped by the government at any time


here in the USA they have to go to court to stop it

i dunno...i think the show is hilarious.





actually, i think the standard was set on SNL in the 70's for America and Monty Python for Britain.

Hence why I said it may be funnier. On Demand had some sneak peaks on the Comedy channel stuff. Maybe it was just the type of humor, but I found it boring.

maybe you would of found the bits on lil clinton and lil hillary (who works at the abortion clinic after school "just for fun") less "boring" eh?

or possibly the bit on lil barack last night where barack got george's cronies to help build homes with him for poor single mothers. the cronies can't comprehend why lil barack would do such a thing, except to make money. so they take the initiative, burn down the house and collect the insurance. they give a stunned lil barack his share of the loot as they drive off on the really cool scooters they bought with their shares.

If you think it started THERE you're mistaken. Political satire is as old as politics; television just spread it to a broader audience.

Yea, I'm sure this stuff goes way back. I can picture puppet shows making fun of Washington and Lincoln. I could probably also picture the stabbings and shots that followed the puppeteers.

Actually Political cartoons (a little after the time of those 2) were a lot more acerbic than what can pass the censors today.

i'm sorry gid, maybe you misunderstood me. i said that they "set the standard" not that they started everything. i think they raised the bar that was set for others who came after them to strive towards.
maybe that's just my age showing, lol...i actually wasn't that impressed with the british puppet troop, or their short lived show way back. i did like the genesis video tho, and it still looks good today. although i'm not a big "post gabriel" genesis fan past "and then there were 3" , i always did like that song and video.



oh sure...it goes back to real ancient times. just when i think of "classic presidential parodies" the 1st thing i think of is orig. cast SNL. but again, maybe i'm just showin my age, lol.