Producer of "Conservative Daily Show" Bares Balls
Meet Joel Surnow, seen here sporting a soul patch and defending the necessity of torture with Samwise Gamgee on Fox News. Joel is a successful producer of "24", the hit series starring Keifer Sutherland. He's such a huge proponent of violating the Geneva Conventions that the Dean of West Point paid a trip to tell the "24" team to tone it down a bit.
So what else is going in with Joel, other than harboring dreams of making a pro-Joseph McCarthy movie? Why, he's also producing "The 1/2 Hour News Hour," a show that's turning out to be a giant stinking turd of an excuse for political satire. Don't believe us? Check out this clip of Rush Limbaugh as the President and Ann Coulter as VP.
Why even undertake such a venture? We'll let Joel explain it in his own words to that arbiter of comedy, TVGuide:
TVGuide.com: Why do you think there needs to be a conservative version of The Daily Show?
Joel Surnow: One of the things you always look to in the TV-content business is what's not out there. One of the things that's definitely not out there is a satirical voice that skews to the right as opposed to the left. You can turn on any comedy satire show on TV and you're going to hear 10 Bush jokes, 10 Cheney jokes, but you'll never hear a Hillary Clinton joke or a global-warming send-up. It's just not out there.
To which we say, OH REALLY?:
(More after the jump)
Is this what you're looking for, Joel?
Still think you're the only sad little clown in the wilderness? Try ELEVEN PAGES of Letterman "Hillary Clinton" Top 10 Lists.
In a recent New Yorker article, Surnow paints himself into another corner:
"'Conservatives are the new oppressed class,' he joked in his office. 'Isn’t it bizarre that in Hollywood it’s easier to come out as gay than as conservative? Right now, they have to be nice to me . . . But if the show tanks I’m sure they’ll kill me.' He spoke of his new conservative comedy show as an even bigger risk than '24.' 'I’ll be front and center on the new show,' he said, then joked, 'I’m ruining my chances of ever working again in Hollywood.'
If only that were a promise.
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