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Preview of FOX News' Half Hour News Hour - VIDEO

by Adam Finley, posted Feb 15th 2007 7:00AM

fox newsI'm neither liberal nor conservative: I belong to a small political party that believes every election should be decided by having the candidates wrestle a kangaroo, and that schools should teach neither creationism nor evolution, but rather a theory that states all of existence is resting on a giant Eggo waffle and that the end will come when we pop out of the toaster and are eaten by a family of pan-dimensional goats.

I ask you: where's my political comedy series?

In an apparent attempt to duplicate the success of the Daily Show, FOX News has created a show titled The Half Hour News Hour (previously mentioned here). A clip from the new series has been "leaked" online, and I've placed it below. Finally, conservatives have their satirical news program, and the liberals have their own, as well. Now everyone go to your separate rooms and don't let your mother and I hear any more bickering. One more peep and I'll give all y'all a taste of the back of my hand. Honestly, I don't spend all day handing out my Waffle Goat Theory pamphlets to people outside the Costco so I can come home listening to "Bush is a jerk!" and "No, Bush is awesome!" all night. Some of us have to get up early to train the kangaroo, you rotten kids.

Anyway, watch the clip and share your thoughts:

[via Huffington Post]

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Power of Bauer

Dear Surnow and Coto,
I love 24 more than anything in the world, stick to that type of work. This half-hour crap going ruining your reputation. Ohh and go back and make 24 and Company man better. Stop comedys

May 15 2007 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Fernao de Magalhaes

I am not a conservative or a liberal, I am a Libertarian thus I see humor in both liberals and conservatives. From reading the comments, I have noticed a hatred and the normal, "racist, bigot, homophobe, etc., ad nauseum", comments that you would expect from liberals. This is quite intriguing since the comedy is 180 degree diametrically opposed from the liberal slant of the daily show. Fox has two issues, they should have put this on FX or Fox, which means that they would have to put American Idol on one less night. Two, Fox did not do enough to promote this show in the way that American Idol, Jon Stewart's program, CSI and other programs are promoted. This is quite an interesting comment board.

March 05 2007 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rod Fraser

They left out the main ingredient for a comedy show. COMEDY!. This show sucks in so many ways ridiculous. From the fake laughs to the neonazi slurs of the constitution and civil rights. Its more typically right wing crap that the FOX news network is famous for.

March 05 2007 at 1:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Daniel Ruwe

I'm conservative, but this has got to be the least funny thing i've ever watched. only a few funny jokes, plus the host are awful. you could pull someone off the streets, give them a teleprompter, and they could do better. IMHO, it's not racist or offensive or anything, it's just painfully unfunny. I hope it gets better, but for now, I can't see ANYONE laughing.

February 25 2007 at 12:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Smitty187

Breathlessly brutal. Please advise the writers to NOT list this gig on their resumes if they want to work in comedy or journalism. What is up with the laugh track? Was that the cue that something was supposed to be funny?

February 21 2007 at 12:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BoSoxInDaygo

God that clip was painful. The jokes were fairly generic and played out. But the worst part was the laugh track. I didn't realize conservatives cackled like that. They should have just taped a Daily Show episode and used their audience as the laugh track.

February 20 2007 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robartfly

I missed the show, darn it, but to get under the skin of so many socialists it's got to be great. For those that think Obama is black...he's a chocolate muslim...that would be acoording to New Orleans mayor...at least the chocolate part. And for those "republicans" that can't laugh, they're just one step away from the socialist trap. Where's the "great one" when you need him?

February 19 2007 at 8:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
skip

The show was funny.. people need to get back to laughing at themselves.

February 19 2007 at 6:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

Pretty Sad, I can just feel the "I hate Bush" venum ozzing out of some of the postings.

I seem to remember The Daily Show pilot sucked as well. Most pilots do. They get done on a shoestring budget and have such a poor production quality that its amazing anything ever lasts on the air.

It's a wait and see but I suspect the liberal spinmiesters will do everything they can to get show off the air.

February 19 2007 at 1:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Darryl G. Maddox

Unfortunately, I must agree that the show was not funny. I still have high hopes, but it seems that we conservatives are only good for the grown-up stuff. One positive thing is that the Liberals are upset....that always makes me happy.

Also, race-baiters & hypocrites please go away. You can dish it out (TDS) so, you better learn how to take it.

February 19 2007 at 1:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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