On Jost. We are so used to bombast and hilarity

[cachukis]

that the flatness of response is more our weariness than Jost's bite.
The silk purse is no longer there.
Totally unexpected, but the presentation will promote reflection about how humorless is our situation.

[Traildogbob]

1. Excellent observation

There is no humor with a room full of people fully supporting the hell we are racing towards and an equal portion willing to both sides it and pretend this shit is normal politics.
The silence after the comment about the next J6 coming this time was sickening .

[mitch96]

2. It's my first time watching the dinner. Jost was a solid "meh"...nt

[dchill]

3. I thought Jost KILLED!

[cachukis]

4. I laughed. He was in predicament and soldiered through.

[dchill]

5. I think there was a serious lack of microphones...

...in the venue. In fact I know there was.

[Journeyman]

6. A good comedian can make humor from the worst tragedy . . .

indeed, it's what distinguishes them from the rest of us.

The evening of the day JFK was murdered, Lenny Bruce took the stage with a quiet hush. He stood at the mike for awhile, tried to start, bit his finger, tried again but stifled a sob, looked long at the floor, then at the audience. After a moment, in a quiet voice, he intoned, "Poor Vaughn Meader."

Abbott Vaughn Meader (March 20, 1936 – October 29, 2004) was an American comedian, impersonator, musician, and film actor.

Meader began his career as a musician but later found fame in the early 1960s after the release of the 1962 comedy record The First Family, written and produced by Bob Booker and Earle Doud. The album spoofed President John F. Kennedy – who was played by Meader – and became the fastest selling "pre-Beatles" album in history[1] and went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1963. At the peak of his popularity, he performed his Kennedy impersonation on television variety shows and in nightclubs around the country and was profiled in several magazines and newspapers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Meader

I have not watched the event, so can't comment on Jost's performance. My observation is, rather, about comedians in general.

[dweller]

8. My dad bought his albums

I remember listening to them growing up , not even realizing it wasn’t JFK .
But I was 9 yrs old or even younger.

And I can understand Bruce’s lament.


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[cachukis]

9. I posted late last evening, but before I turned out the lights

I read your response.
No doubt, Bruce had chops like few others. I've only heard tapes posthumously, but I did read his autobiography in high school.
He led a tumultuous life and came on the scene with a bit of tawdriness unheard of except in less frequented establishments.
I don't think he would have been asked to do the WHPC roast.

I have read that Jost was flat. I laughed at his jokes and facial expressions and did not hear guffaws from the crowd.

I tried to analyze what was unfolding and then posted.
He did not have an SNL audience at hand. He had jaded journos tired of covering the same trump and were let down by jokes that required a second to digest.
The staccato jabs by Colbert are an epitome. Few could compare.
Jost, simply may not have been the best performer if one expected daggers.
He gets his laughs from the reparte with Che and his own self deprecation.

In my mind, we are beyond the laughs, and he drew on that with his criticisms.

Hopefully, that would inspire reflection among the journalists.

[dweller]

7. Journalists have a heavy toll

I agree , it’s as such we are teetering on the edge of midnight of this day breaking onto the daylight of what new story that hinges on the unbelievably happenstances that the media
attempts to regale us with … and I’m almost surprised they aren’t just
SCREAMING at us ‘do you see this ?’ and ‘ do you believe this ?’ instead of just reporting within the rules laid down by their overseers and owners.
It’s hard to watch the news anymore.

I just read DU




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