May The Fourth Be With You
Today is my brother Matt's birthday. I couldn't find anything on Google about him personally (he tends to fly under the radar), so this Matthew Thornton will have to do. Today also marks probably the 25th year in a row I've made the same joke (May The Fourth Be With You) on his birthday card.
In other news, faithful readers, you'll be pleased to know that Mississauga has today survived a small earthquake - and I'm not talking about Stephen Harper's budget.
A bad joke, admittedly, but how do they get away with jokes that bad on Air Farce or 22 Minutes or Rick Mercer? And rest assured they do. Take Mercer for example. His show started out strong, borrowing from the very successful Daily Show format. But somewhere along the way it deteriorated into a travelogue. Mercer's funny, whatever he's doing, but certainly there must be enough fodder for a once-a-week intelligently funny political commentary. Granted, Canada doesn't have the same kind of 24-7 cable news coverage the U.S. does to provide the raw footage, and presumably the CBC wouldn't have the resources to wade through all that material even if it did exist. But nevertheless, if you're only doing it once a week...
It's not that Canadian political comedy shows fall short. Rather I get the sense that they are holding back, and I don't know why. But, since it's the current fashion, I'll blame Alberta.
In other news, faithful readers, you'll be pleased to know that Mississauga has today survived a small earthquake - and I'm not talking about Stephen Harper's budget.
A bad joke, admittedly, but how do they get away with jokes that bad on Air Farce or 22 Minutes or Rick Mercer? And rest assured they do. Take Mercer for example. His show started out strong, borrowing from the very successful Daily Show format. But somewhere along the way it deteriorated into a travelogue. Mercer's funny, whatever he's doing, but certainly there must be enough fodder for a once-a-week intelligently funny political commentary. Granted, Canada doesn't have the same kind of 24-7 cable news coverage the U.S. does to provide the raw footage, and presumably the CBC wouldn't have the resources to wade through all that material even if it did exist. But nevertheless, if you're only doing it once a week...
It's not that Canadian political comedy shows fall short. Rather I get the sense that they are holding back, and I don't know why. But, since it's the current fashion, I'll blame Alberta.
posted by Benjamin Thornton at 1:57 p.m.
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