The subject of Ed Anger came up in another thread, so I went searching for some of his columns.
Some of his classic opening lines:
- I’m madder than a leprechaun with a crooked shillelagh
- I’m madder than a zombie with a mouth full of Biden’s brain
- I’m madder than a Arab with a three-legged camel
I didn’t remember that the WWN had a running gag where they blamed Biden for everything. (Example) I have never blamed Joe. It is my belief that one can always blame the Bossa Nova (the dance of love). On those rare occasions when the Bossa Nova is innocent, I blame the Oprah Book Club.
Here’s something scary. I’m pretty sure the WWN was satirizing right-wing anger, ala The Colbert Report, but they genuinely attracted a right-wing audience who took it seriously. I took a quiz from their pop-up, just to see the results, and I found that 80% of the people who answered were in favor of a border wall.
I wonder how many fans of the old Colbert Report were right-wingers who must have been shocked to hear his vitriolic anti-Trump monologues on the CBS show.
“I wonder how many fans of the old Colbert Report were right-wingers who must have been shocked to hear his vitriolic anti-Trump monologues on the CBS show.”
Hell, the Bush administration couldn’t figure out parody when they brought him on at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner where he roast Bush right in front of his face. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.