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Posted on Feb 16, 2007
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Here’s another clip of Fox’s right-wing answer to “The Daily Show.” As the clip’s YouTube poster wrote of the show’s creators: “Conservatives again prove they are adept at torture.”

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By August West, February 19, 2007 at 2:47 pm #
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I caught the show last night on Faux and it was such a trainwreck that I just couldn’t avert my eyes. 

Maybe they should test the material on a studio audience or even a focus group.  How about some sound effects—like a rim shot every time the punch line fails to deliver.

Obviously the writers on this show do not comprehend the difference between humor and anger.

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By wren760, February 19, 2007 at 9:44 am #
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If you think this is painful to watch, check out StopHerNow.com.  The animated sections appear to have been created by the same wizard - but with even more brilliance and comic understanding…[insert laugh track here].

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By Mark, February 18, 2007 at 11:32 pm #
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I thought the funniest part was the title: it says “news”...

They take themselves too seriously even when they try and act decent.

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By Bert, February 18, 2007 at 10:39 pm #
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No, no, you don’t understand…fox IS the joke…

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By TheEnd, February 18, 2007 at 7:22 pm #
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I think this new Fox show is great.  Here’s why:
The Daily Show and Colbert Report are comedy shows that satire mainstream news television.  This new Fox show is a satirical response to that.  So what we’re all basically looking at is “The 1/2 Hour News Hour” as a parody of a parody of mainstream television news.  Or, depending on your picture of the media in this country, “The 1/2 Hour News Hour” is a parody of a parody of a parody (Fox News) of mainstream television news.  I know, it’s so post-modern I want to vomit in my soup.  Simply put, how does Fox expect to have a good comedy program that is two-to-three generations removed from the original idea?  Now is the time, more than ever, to throw away your TV. - TheEnd

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By velma, February 18, 2007 at 3:58 pm #
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Funny? You want funny? Just imagine Hilary Rotten Clinton and Osama Obama on the same tickey. If that doesn’t tickle your funny bone, you are truly humor deprived. Go see Al Bore’s cinematic debut for a few belly laughs. The hyperbole is truly comical, but it’s Hollyweird’s favorite bull, so tune in for the Academy Awards, coming to your neighborhood soon. It’ll be a hoot.

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By glen, February 18, 2007 at 3:42 pm #
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BAD SHOW.. FUX SUCK and keep the LIES coming

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By Richard, February 18, 2007 at 2:53 pm #
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Nice laugh track!  This show brings up the important question “How do people with no sense of humor expect to be funny?”  If this show bombs (if?) it will be the fault of the liberal media.  I have undergone root canal surgery more amusing than this.

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By Frank Delgado, February 18, 2007 at 12:25 pm #
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This new fox program is a sham.
Well, if imitation is the highest form of flattery than it appears that the Daily show has started to pierces the Christian Iron curtain and gain converts. And the right who is really the wrong are trying to hold on to the faithful who are really the fooled.

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By Eric K, February 17, 2007 at 3:38 pm #
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Not even remotely funny; it’s going to bomb big-time.

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By TwoSticks, February 17, 2007 at 2:00 pm #
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Can’t remember the last time I saw such drivel trying to be funny. We aren’t far from Idiocracy’s Ow, My Balls ‘humor.’

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By T.B., February 17, 2007 at 12:31 pm #
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Was that supposed to be funny? An answer to the Daily Show? I think not. FNC should just stick to what it does worst.

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By wren760, February 17, 2007 at 9:54 am #
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The worst part is the laugh track.

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By moe thompson, February 17, 2007 at 12:48 am #
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SO WE HAVE COME TO THIS, PILL POPPING BI-SEXUAL WHITE HOUSE WITH SNOT NOSED CRY BABY HANNITY STILL KISSING ASS HUH ?????  FAUX T/V NEEDS TO GO ON A MISSION, FAR FAR AWAY, AND HAPPY MOTORING..

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By menot, February 16, 2007 at 5:18 pm #
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I cannot figure out how Fox managed to get one of my worst nightmares.

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