Ian Faith: The Boston gig has been cancelled…
David St. Hubbins: What?
Ian Faith: Yeah. I wouldn’t worry about it though, it’s not a big college town.
While people are clamoring for Obama tickets in Denver, things are going "not-so-well" for the National Review’s Wingnut Welfare Comedy Tour stop in Colorado Springs. The early signs were not good:
Right In The Rockies [Jonah Goldberg]
Okay, I have an idea for our big fund raiser-comedy extravaganza during the Democratic Convention. I think I will bring a camera and ask the audience to stand as one and offer the Obama salute so I can take a picture. At minimum, this will offer some exculpatory evidence that we were loyal to The One during the Democratic Convention should things take an ugly turn after the election. If the picture comes out well, we can make it available to everyone attending. Oh, and if you don’t want your face to show, you can wear your dinner napkin like a handkerchief-mask in the Westerns.Meanwhile, if any of you folks in the area ever thought of coming to an NR fundraiser, it seems to me this is the one to go to. By the time of the Democratic Convention, there will be so much to laugh at but so few people to laugh with, you’ll be craving for a drink and some like-minded souls to talk to and with whom you’ll be able to share survivalist strategies. You’ll be helping the cause, helping yourselves and having a grand time in the process. And for those of you who think you can’t afford it, just think of it this way: Nancy Pelosi and/or Obama are going to take that money from you regardless come the new year. At least this way you get the write-off and a good memory.
Or maybe not:
Colorado Springs Postponed [Kate O'Beirne]
Regrettably, we just learned that an unavoidable conflict will prevent one of our terrific panelists from participating in National Review Institute’s Right in the Rockies event next week. With the comic chemistry of our trio disrupted, the event will be postponed until a time when we can deliver the much-anticipated program as promised. We will be in touch with those who bought tickets to arrange for refunds. We are sorry for our disappointed guests who are left to imagine the liberal laughs they can look forward to when we make it out west. Springtime in the Rockies?
You know, Colorado Springs is prime wingnut territory so ticket sales must have blown like Larry Craig in a men’s room. Hopefully the National Review can get their deposit back and the Broadmoor Hotel can still rent out the room for a purity ball or something. That way Kathryn Jean Lopez can still get a trip out of the whole thing.




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I have sympathy for Baby Huey aka Doughy Pantload, winguts are dumb. Real dumb, but they’re not stupid. Tickets at say ten cents including beer had a chance.
The idea that anyone would actually pay to be in the same room with any of those people makes me throw up a little in my mouth.
Maybe they could boost ticket sales by inviting the 2.5-million-strong PUMA horde…or maybe not.
“…if any of you folks in the area ever thought of coming to an NR fundraiser…”
Sure, right after considering elective brain surgery.
“We will be in touch with those who bought tickets to arrange for refunds.”
Both of them. Seriously, when one _postpones_ an event, don’t you usually offer people tickets to the rescheduled event before refunding? I think she should have used the word canceled instead.
Also, $500 a ticket to see those clowns? Conservatives sure are funny.
Doughy Pantload wrote: At minimum, this will offer some exculpatory evidence that we were loyal to The One…
Jebus, these people really have no self awareness, do they?
“…Nancy Pelosi and/or Obama are going to take that money from you regardless come the new year.”
Did the Pantload just have a moment of clarity and admit to his readers that McCain ain’t got a chance?
Brave little toaster.
I’m calling shenanigans on this one – Republicans have no “comic chemistry”.
So… which one was it that couldn’t have their trial for public indecency postponed?
Giving money to idiots at NRO is tax deductible? That’s something Nancy Pelosi should change.
Thanks for this one, Tbogg. A good laugh always clears my sinuses on days when the pollen is high.
There’s an Obama salute? Why was I not informed of this? Where do I learn this?
And no, JR, they have no self-awareness and a stunted historical memory.
Well, they are hopelessly delusional. And there is the fact that leaving a copy of National Review on the seat of your car allows you to park in the handicapped zone in most jurisdictions.
I’m still trying to get someone to show me the secret handshake…..
Kate,
Your teeth would be ample comedy.
Hey pantload, check the appraisal on your house if you want to know who took your money.
The upside of all this is, at the rate William F. Buckley is now spinning in his grave he is about to horizontally drill into a massive new oil deposit, which will make offshore drilling unnecessary.
Crap.
What fun it would be to see the panty hordes giving a black power salute.
Oh, well. Springtime for Hitler is just around the corner.
Dammit, I was looking forward to more photos of neocon wannabees with the other guy’s tie in their mouths.
So, will Pantload be able to get his money back for the seltzer bottle and the baggy pants?
Is there a laugh in three stooges, seltzer bottles and funny clothes? Sounds promising
That NRI fundraising flyer/’website’ was possibly the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen.
Here’s a hint hotshots, when trying to sell a “funny” show don’t use terminally unfunny fake quotes touting how funny it will be (”Funny as a crippled kid getting cancer!” — Ronald R.).
And the sheer nerve of asking anyone, even heedless corporations, for $25,000 to attend that shitfest has to be a crime somewhere.
As a liberal, I felt sorry for the preening douchebags after reading that appeal.
Also, since Chris “Moe” Buckley is the only one of those twats who has actual talent and has succeeded more or less on the merits of his abilities (who the fuck is “Rob Long”? Should I know, or is he the “Curley Joe” of the Running Dog Stooges?), my guess is that he suddenly felt a twinge of shame and begged his agent to double book him somewhere else.
OT but cool: Rachel Maddow gets 9:00PM slot on MSNBC.
Straight Outta Newburgh: Jonah G., Mark Steyn and Rob Long waterboard the funny bone.
On the other hand, I finally understand why one should build a shit moat.
JayBrida,
I, too, was unfamiliar with the oeuvre of this comic genius. A little use of the Google reveals that he was a writer/producer on “Cheers” back in the day, wrote some stuff on HuffPo a few years ago, and contributes to the comedy stylings of Dennis Miller. You will not be surprised to hear that he is a (fanfare, please) contributing editor of National Review. Eminently qualified in every way to be a top banana of Konservative Komedy.
The reference is here: Big-O which actually had nothing to do with the Obama campaign, but was “developed” by a PR company, trying to sell themselves.
They could give passports and visas to the Iraqi citizens who have been assisting us Over There.
The Chucky Cheese function room in Portsmouth, NH has a 2 hour slot open next Wednesday from 11-1. If Jonah can get another conservative pundit-comedian replacement (anyone check with gun counter Gomer?), I’m betting they can sell this out at $2.50/head. Of course, they have to spring for lunch.
But wait. Isn’t Springtime for Hitler, and isn’t he on the liberal side?
It’s so hard to keep up these days.
Feckin’ Kate O’Beirne’s face scared them away. Her Irish surname should be recalled.
Comic chemistry NOT disrupted — I’m still laughing.