I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do! I do!

[Sharuuk]

Oh absolutely, ol' Nikita banging his shoe on the table

But do you know where that reference actually came from?


Shaaruuk

[Labrusca]

Refers to an incident in which Kruschev took his shoe off and pounded it on the table at the U.N. during a speech, in which he used his famous "We will bury you!" line.

[Squeaky Bunny]

That was the problem with Nikita. They wouldn't let him go to Disneyland, so he threw a tantrum.

David Frye's "Radio Free Nixon" was also funny, but Orson Well's "The Begatting of the President" is truly priceless.

[Archae45]

Fortunately nowadays we have Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" to make up for the lack of any real political humor like there was decades ago.

And Stewart nails EVERYBODY.

[Sharuuk]

Refers to an incident in which Kruschev took his shoe off and pounded it on the table at the U.N. during a speech, in which he used his famous "We will bury you!" line.

Excellent.....you know your history......I'm impressed!


Shaaruuk

[Squeaky Bunny]

I'll argue the fact, though I don't watch Stewart much.

As Limbaugh once stated about political humor: "For something to be funny, there has to be a grain of truth to it."

This is something the Air ameriKa crowd hasn't figured out yet.

And, FWIW, Most talking heads are a$$holes.

[Sharuuk]

David Frye's "Radio Free Nixon" was also funny, but Orson Well's "The Begatting of the President" is truly priceless.

David Frye's another VERY funny person and a great impressionist. I've got his 'Radio Free Nixon' and 'I Am The President', but I never realized Orson Wells did a comedy record. He's obviously famous for "The War of The Worlds", but I didn't know he did comedy. The only "comedy" I can remember was some wine commercial he'd narrate that ended with the tag line: "We will sell no wine...before you pay for it". It was a real wine, not bad as I recall and the commercials made satire of other brands and there mottos'. Anybody remember the name?

Shaaruuk

[Sharuuk]

As Limbaugh once stated about political humor: "For something to be funny, there has to be a grain of truth to it."

This is something the Air ameriKa crowd hasn't figured out yet.

And, FWIW, Most talking heads are a$$holes.

Which is why Air ameriKa is on terminal life support and circling the drain. Talk about "Hate Radio".....there was the flagship station.

As to the talking airheads....right on!!! Most of them do nothing but read copy they're handed with little or no background verification, and absolutely NO research. I've heard some of the most atrotious grammar and sentence structure come out of these people, and the pablum they regurgitate has sometimes been verbatim from other networks.

Shaaruuk

[Archae45]

I'll argue the fact, though I don't watch Stewart much.

As Limbaugh once stated about political humor: "For something to be funny, there has to be a grain of truth to it."

This is something the Air ameriKa crowd hasn't figured out yet.

And, FWIW, Most talking heads are a$$holes.

Air America I avoid, since I never could stand Al Franken.

As to Limbaugh, he's a has-been now, just coasting.
His third marriage fell apart, and you can't tell me that a guy who took enough oxycontin to kill a moose is "clean and sober" after less than a month at some touchy-feely "treatment camp."
His comment about the "Miss Plastic Surgery" pageant in China sounds like something a person still stoned would make.

I do agree about the "talking heads" on news networks, I don't care which one, almost all of them are jerks with big mouths.

[Archae45]

As Limbaugh once stated about political humor: "For something to be funny, there has to be a grain of truth to it."

This is something the Air ameriKa crowd hasn't figured out yet.

And, FWIW, Most talking heads are a$$holes.

Which is why Air ameriKa is on terminal life support and circling the drain. Talk about "Hate Radio".....there was the flagship station.

Shaaruuk

Here in Sheboygan, we have a local conservative on WHBL named Nick Reed, it's too bad he only has an hour or two, he is reasonable and not the "knee-jerk liberals all bad, conservatives all good" like so many of the national conservative radio hosts.

The worst when it comes to national hate radio WHBL unfortunately carries, Michael Savage.
Cripes, is he a racist pig.

[Sharuuk]

The worst when it comes to national hate radio WHBL unfortunately carries, Michael Savage.
Cripes, is he a racist pig.

I used to listen to Michael Savage....for a while he wasn't too bad, his rants were rooted in some reasonably grounded facts and he made fairly good sense.......then as of, say the last couple of years or so he's gone WAAAAAAYYY off to the fringe and I can't take more than about 15 min or so.

Shaaruuk

[Kerry Skydancer]

David Frye's "Radio Free Nixon" was also funny, but Orson Well's "The Begatting of the President" is truly priceless.

David Frye's another VERY funny person and a great impressionist. I've got his 'Radio Free Nixon' and 'I Am The President', but I never realized Orson Wells did a comedy record. He's obviously famous for "The War of The Worlds", but I didn't know he did comedy. The only "comedy" I can remember was some wine commercial he'd narrate that ended with the tag line: "We will sell no wine...before you pay for it". It was a real wine, not bad as I recall and the commercials made satire of other brands and there mottos'. Anybody remember the name?

Shaaruuk

Had to replay the commercial in my head. "Here at Keller-Geister, we will sell no wine - before you pay for it."

[Kerry Skydancer]

Refers to an incident in which Kruschev took his shoe off and pounded it on the table at the U.N. during a speech, in which he used his famous "We will bury you!" line.

Excellent.....you know your history......I'm impressed!


Shaaruuk

History? History?? That was current events to me, once upon a time! It's not history if you remember it personally, y'know.

[Sharuuk]

Had to replay the commercial in my head. "Here at Keller-Geister, we will sell no wine - before you pay for it."

KELLER-GEISTER!! THANK YOU....!!! Drives me nuts when something like that slips the <memory> chips. I knew everything about the commercials except the product name!!! And they were some hilarious commercials too. Some of the tongue-in-cheek stabs at Gallo, ("Earnie, Julie...so nice of you to come") had to have been suggested if not written by Wells himself. And he played it to the hilt.

Wasn't it Gallo's motto "We will sell no wine before it's time"?

Shaaruuk

[Squeaky Bunny]

The worst when it comes to national hate radio WHBL unfortunately carries, Michael Savage.
Cripes, is he a racist pig.

I used to listen to Michael Savage....for a while he wasn't too bad, his rants were rooted in some reasonably grounded facts and he made fairly good sense.......then as of, say the last couple of years or so he's gone WAAAAAAYYY off to the fringe and I can't take more than about 15 min or so.

Shaaruuk

I listen to Savage for about half a minute before I change stations. He is an a$$clown who really should be looking for a daytime job. I wish the local station would air Jerry Doyle. He has an interesting show. "Mr. Garabaldi" has some interesting thoughts.


As for a decent listen . . . Two words: Neal Boortz.

You can listen to him on the net from 8:30-1:00PM on WSB's website. http://www.streamaudio.com/listen/cox.a ... ion=WSB_AM

[Sharuuk]

History? History?? That was current events to me, once upon a time! It's not history if you remember it personally, y'know.

O-Kaaaay....NOW I know about how old ya are... ...it was current events for me as well....which is why I find some of these old political comedy albums so funny.

Heck....go back to some of the 60's era James Bond movies.....who was it that S.P.E.C.T.R.E. was always trying to start a nuclear exchange between? There's just SO much cold war humor in some of the older shows both TV and movie that thanks to the abysmal curriculum of schools today, kids have no idea what it means.

And I seriously doubt if todays kids have any idea just how close to nuclear war we came to on several occasions back then. Let me re-phrase that...the REAL, TRUE, UN-SANITIZED, POLITICALLY INCORRECT version of who the real enemy of freedon was.


Shaaruuk

[Sharuuk]

Two words: Neal Boortz

Love 'im......catch him every M-F 0900-1200. Ever check out his website?

Shaaruuk

[Sharuuk]

I wish the local station would air Jerry Doyle. He has an interesting show. "Mr. Garabaldi" has some interesting thoughts.

I've met Jerry Doyle in the past. I ran security at a con here in Orlando where he and Walter Koenig (Bester) were the guests. Jerry's a really nice and fun guy.....frikkin' HUGE too....6'4". I was bringing some gear in thru the front door to the hotel and I backed into someone. I turned around to excuse myself, saw Jerry and for the first time realized just how BIG he was. My immediate and FIRST word was: "Jesus"....he looked down at me and said: "No...'Jerry'"

And he DOES have a good show. I really enjoy when he subs for Savage. I sometimes have a hard time finding his show here though.


Shaaruuk

[Squeaky Bunny]

Old? Lessee.

I remember:

Watching Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doodie, and Soupy Sales when they were aired live.

When Ronald McDonald was really Willard Scott in makeup and everything on the menu was 15 cents each.

Hearing Golden oldies when they were Top 40's.

I'm so old I fart dust.

[Sharuuk]

Old? Lessee.

I remember:

Watching Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doodie, and Soupy Sales when they were aired live.

When Ronald McDonald was really Willard Scott in makeup and everything on the menu was 15 cents each.

Hearing Golden oldies when they were Top 40's.

I'm so old I fart dust.

Pleased ta meecha brother Methusela!

(just make sure that dust wasn't somethin' vital)


Shaaruuk