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Conservative comedy

Posted at 4:05 PM on July 6, 2010 by Bob Collins (6 Comments)
Filed under: Politics

Are conservatives as funny as liberals? We're about to find out.

A new comedy and entertainment channel is scheduled to launch this summer, NPR reports today. It is being promoted as having "pro-America, pro-business and pro-military sensibilities." There's probably a smarmy joke there about three people who walk into a bar, but I'll be darned if I can come with it.

Executives for RightNetwork say the network will fill a gap caused by most comedy efforts on TV being dominated by "left wing comedians."

Comments (6)

I wonder if they will bring back "Win Ben Stein's Money?"

Posted by Bob Moffitt | July 6, 2010 4:31 PM

Nah, that sounds like redistribution of wealth.

Posted by Steve M. | July 6, 2010 5:59 PM

And this is for real? WOW.. right nothing

sorry totally spells if not right wing = wrong and humor or not... i still yearn for intelligent conversation, non-party politics, honest discussion, etc. ohh gee, seems like I am repeating myself. Then again that little video did the same thing.

Please, could someone just step up to the plate and say "Can we talk?" and no I do not mean Joan Rivers.. I mean can we actually talk? work it out? find a "happy mdium"? I am sick to death of "Bi-Polar politics".

Posted by Minn whaler | July 6, 2010 8:27 PM

I thought conservatives already had a comedy channel. Fox News.

Posted by Greg | July 6, 2010 11:37 PM

A Studebaker Lark stationwagon and a very cool song. Well, at least their marketing dept has taste. Unfortunately, righty humor is largely innuendo and subtlety free, and therefore funny only to their target audience.

Posted by Rich P | July 7, 2010 1:15 AM

A patriot, a CEO and a defense contractor walk into a bar fresh from a Tea Party protest against higher taxes.

Who's buying? the bartender asks.

"He is" the three scoundrels reply, pointing to the taxpayer at the other end of the bar.

No, I don't think this will be a very funny network.

Posted by Mark Gisleson | July 7, 2010 9:37 AM