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The Liberal Redneck May Be Getting A TV Show
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That would be cool. He's pretty funny.
Cool! I love that guy.
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I like the guy, but why is everyone treating him like a novelty?
Surely people remember Jimmy Carter, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Steve Earle, etc.
Surely people remember Jimmy Carter, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Steve Earle, etc.
How many of those are comedians?
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I'd watch it.
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If they bleep him for general audiences, his thirty-minute show will run for twelve minutes.
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There's two other liberal redneck comedians that tour with him.
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I'll try it, but I don't know if his ranting mode of comic delivery can be migrated to a sitcom.
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True. Jeff Foxworthy got a sitcom at the height of his popularity, and it was a disaster. Jerry Seinfeld is the only one who's been able to meld Standup with Sitcom, and even he dropped the Standup portion after the first season.
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The humor of columnist Dave Barry didn't translate well into sitcom either.
Jeff Foxworthy is not a liberal.
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I think he was offering Jeff Foxworthy as an example of stage comedy not translating well to the sitcom format, at least that's how I read it.
Honestly, with Dave Barry (the example I offered), I'm not even sure how liberal or conservative he is.
Honestly, with Dave Barry (the example I offered), I'm not even sure how liberal or conservative he is.
Ah, OK. I was still on the other thing. Not a lot of liberals who also identify as a redneck and also are funny and also hilariously bitch out conservatives.
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Yes, I was comparing entertaining an audience by looking directly into a camera and delivering a monologue with assuming a role on a stage in front of a live studio audience. Someone who's good at one is not necessarily good at the other.
And Dave Barry is a self-confessed Libertarian, or at least he was several years ago.
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True. Good point.
I was thinking that if they could make it viable, I'd watch it. I do have reservations about them being able to do this. Foxworthy didn't have the benefit of the quality writers which Seinfeld did. It's not bad to take one bit of a comedian and use it as a one time thing in film: Denis Leary in Demolition Man was still being Denis Leary. Though, this whole discussion makes me wonder: would you really classify Crowder as a comedian?
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He tours with other "liberal rednecks" doing stand-up.
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Ah, OK then. I didn't know that. It could possibly work then. It's just hard to build a successful show around what are essentially just rants. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Did I mention Molly Ivins? She was an op-ed writer not a comedian, but damn she was funny. Kind of like the Texas version of Mike Royko.