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Jib-Jab Releases New Bush and Kerry Parody
AKAImBatman writes "Our friends over at JibJab have just released a new flash movie called, 'It's Good to be in D.C.'. As per 'This Land', this movie pokes fun at both Bush and Kerry, with some stop-overs for the Vice Presidents former, current, and hopeful. Check it out before they get sued off the 'net again!"
Although it will be nice to never again see John Ashcroft's scary face again without picturing a Pride shirt under his suit....
Seriously, though, none of JibJab's stuff this year as been as good as the couple they did in 2000 with the rapping Al Gore/Dubya or (my personal favorite) the monster-sized Hillary, Guiliani and Rick Lazio attacking New York. I can't find any of those online anyplace now -- does anyone know if they're out there someplace?
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
It's great.
The Republicans are in bed with Big Oil and the Democrats are in bed with everybody else.
Beautiful.
sigs, as if you care.
The last one seemed just a tiny bit right leaning, though enough of an equal opportunity offender to just be amusing... This one seems VERY Right leaning. There are shots of B&C with buckets of money but they have Bin Laden and Saddam holding a Pro Kerry banner, and portray Edwards and Kerry as Gay lovers. All politicians deserve a good mocking now and then - well often, but this seems mildly duplicious when one side gets a mild tease and the other gets a full blown character assasination... And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show. Wonder if that had anything to do with the increased slant?
"It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time."
The reason why you feel this way is simple.
You been doing Tech Support for too long, thus devoid of nay emotion what so ever.
It doesn't offend me.
It doesn't make me laugh.
It just wasted some of my time.
Your post made me feel the same way.
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
Hey, lighten up. It's Friday.
/., working on that third Nobel Prize?
It's not offensive, really.
If you didn't laugh, too bad.
As for wasting your time, what have you been doing on
"How did JibJab ever become so popular? It isn't entertaining. It is actually very derivative. I stopped the video about 45 seconds in."
[How did the parent ever get modded up? It isn't interesting. It's actually fairly predictable. I didn't even read it, really.]
There, see how easy it is to go negative? Not much fun, either.
sigs, as if you care.
It's a caricature. It's supposed to be derivative. It distills the accusations of both sides into two 60 seconds of comedy. At least do yourself the favor of watching the whole thing; the overall message of "go vote or let the supreme court decide" is not a bad one. If you don't get the references to the madness of this campaign that's fine, but a lot of people will.
[PowerPoint] is a tool for capitalist presentation
Bush: Halliburton reference in opening scene.
Bush/Cheney in money barrels.
Kerry: Showed with Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, and (I think) Ayatolah Khomeini;
Edwards says "I love to hug and kiss this guy" (gay reference #1),
Gay man asks "are they gay", Kerry/Edwards respond "we won't say" (gay ref #2),
Kerry/Edwards in bed in a pink room with a "Justin" poster on the wall (gay ref #3),
Daschle says he's gay (gay ref #4),
Clinton appears & is slapped twice by Hillary,
Dan Rather of CBS appears,
Teresa Heinz-Kerry burns a bra and bursts into flames,
and Kerry is shown holding Heinz ketchup (this last one is minor so I'm counting it 1/2).
The count of knocks is Bush 2, Kerry 8.5. I agree it was a funny parody, but the bias is obvious. Unless you saw 6 insults to Bush I missed, which I doubt, but please point them out to me if I did.
One last thing... good on you Squinky86 for disagreeing in a mature way instead of just flaming (as usually resort to.)
"A witty saying proves nothing." ~Voltaire
"d'Oh!" ~Homer
What's with all the gay jokes? Take them out, and there's not a whole lot left. Looks like the Jib Jab guys are out of ideas.
"And it was supposed to debut on the Tonight Show."
It DID debut on the Tonight Show, last night, 2004-10-08. The Tonight Show paid for it to be made.
Anyone smart enough and knowledgeable enough about current events to be a comedian is smart enough to understand a few of the facts about George W. Bush's lack of analytical ability. Both David Letterman and Jay Leno joke about that, perhaps 3 times a week.
Inside the U.S., it is possible to get fired from advertising-supported media for being too obvious about thinking negatively about George W. Bush. Outside the U.S., even government leaders call George W. Bush "moron", "idiot", and other words that are not so positive. The foreign leaders are wrong, of course. He is not a moron. George W. Bush's failings are entirely consistent with the characteristics of dry alcoholics: Angry, secretive, dishonest, insensitive to the feelings of others, and, at times, extremely likable.
Most people in the U.S. have very, very little understanding of the activities of their government. But there are people who are beginning to see the hints of corruption. The Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD sold 2 million copies the first day.
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15 of the 19 9/11 attackers were Saudis. Many don't like the U.S. Gov. influence on their country.
Jim McGreevey, governor of New Jersey. He came out, admitted having an affair, and then resigned.
Well, part of the problem was that he put his lover on the payroll. So, even of you're open minded and not bothered by his sexual orientation, you should be bothered by the corruption.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.