Calling it Nerd Prom is an insult to nerds. It’s a Sycophant Dinner. The best thing they can possibly do is to invite a comedian who will tell the truth about them, as happened with Stephen Colbert in 2006:
I wish that they were nerds.
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Colbert’s monologue at the Correspondent’s dinner is a Classic example of a crown too stupid to get satire.
Colbert’s monologue at the Correspondent’s dinner is a Classic example of a crowd too stupid to get satire.
Colbert was AWESOME and 95% of the room didn’t get it….that’s what added to its awesomeness.
This was an amazing moment. I remember watching this and finding it incredible. Everyone I talked to was talking about Colbert’s performance. Truth to power and everything. What was even more incredible was seeing reporter’s like Dana Milbank pan Colbert the next day: “He just wasn’t funny!”
Oh, my, thanks for posting that. I never managed to watch it before, for one reason and another, and it’s especially relevant today not because of the upcoming dinner but because of the library hoohah, GWB being out in the world, public, “rehabilitated” and all. Colbert communicates so precisely what these ceremonies are, and with such art.
Did you see the look on Dubya’s face before Colbert even got to the podium? He was already bored out of his mind. He wasn’t even faking it.
But he jumps when Stephen mentions his 30% approval – imo no one had told him, he had no clue
followup hilarious moment, iirc – the next day some morning news show interviewed two pseudo [satirical] red state guys about it – don’t recall their name, two guys with lots of beer bottles. the interviewer also didn’t realize they were satire
As with all the best revolutionary acts, Colbert was brilliant, but even better was the reaction to him, which proved exactly his general point about the rot in our system. Our media elites were all atwitter about how unfunny he was and what poor taste he displayed, and just about everyone else – including some (sane) conservatives I know, who can at least laugh at themselves – thought it was freakin’ hilarious.
Meanwhile:
A Sycophant Dinner! Cool! How are they cooked? (I’ll bet the kitchen quality control is excellent – they all come out exactly the same…)
This came way before the ’06 election blowout, when the Dems took back control of the House, so my morale was in the basement, and this one performance lifted my spirits no end. It was the high point of my spring.
Thank you Stephen, for all you and Jon did back then, to preserve a modicum of sanity in an Orwellian world.
Is it time for the Washington Sychphant Club to have their annual gala again? Are they raising money for poor homeless sycophants?
I remember watching this with my older boys live on c-span and we kept looking at each other not really believing that Colbert had the guts to go after them so mercilessly.
One of my summer jobs was working at the Inn that served as the press headquarters in Kennebunkport. After spending a couple summers with the White House Press Corps I will tell you that they are the most self-absorbed, socially aspirant, and humorless jerks you can imagine. Not surprised they didn’t find Colbert funny.