From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Drew  writes:   
      
   >On 2008-09-05 12:19 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
   >> 4 September 2008 - Dr Phil, Kevin Connolly, Adele, Triumph.   
   >> 	Conologue.   
      
   >You missed the vicious wisecrack about Sarah Palin's daughter. It went   
   >something like this:   
      
   >"Last night was a huge night in the news. Sarah Palin introduced herself   
   >to the country at the Republican convention.... And during her speech...   
   >Sarah Palin spoke proudly about being a hockey mom.... It's unknown what   
   >positions her kids play, but one of them isn't very good at protecting the   
   >crease."   
      
   	You're right, I did miss it.  I was watching in the living   
   room again and keeping the volume down since the only thing my father   
   does hear is my watching the TV after 11 pm.  I couldn't hear enough   
   of the joke to make sense of it.   
      
      
   >For me this was the laugh-out-loud joke of the night, but at the same time   
   >I felt moral qualms about it. I think Bristol Palin (Sarah's 17-year-old   
   >daughter, the subject of the joke) is different from celebrity performers   
   >such as Jamie-Lynn Spears who willingly put themselves under the media   
   >spotlight, thus becoming fair game for public criticism of their missteps.   
   >Although Bristol Palin presumably gave her mother the go-ahead to run for   
   >vice president, I doubt that she was ready for the national media firestorm   
   >that was to come, and I don't think she, at age 17, deserves to have her   
   >private life picked through and savaged. Conan softened the delivery of the   
   >joke somewhat by not mentioning the daughter by name, but I still think   
   >this one went over the line.   
      
   >Nevertheless, I like it when Late Night pushes the boundaries of decorum.   
   >The occasional shot of piquancy makes the show worth watching.   
      
   	Yeah, that's the thing.  It's clearly fair game to make fun of   
   Sarah Palin; that's part of the price for choosing to become a national   
   if temporary figure.  Her family, though, that's got to have some more   
   respect for privacy.  If people want to make spectacles of themselves   
   that's one thing, but just being a pregnant teen isn't by itself a   
   spectacle.  How it intersects with Sarah Palin's prescriptions for how   
   everyone should raise their children is, though ...   
      
   	I don't know.  I'd feel wary about making a joke about Bristol   
   Palin if she hasn't chosen to put herself up for public ridicule (and   
   I'd be skeptical she's old enough to make that choice deliberately), but   
   I laughed anyway.  I can't claim to be perfect.   
      
      
   >> 	Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the Republican National   
   >> Convention.   
      
   >Triumph is the epitome of the risque, boundary-pushing humor I was talking   
   >about. Political conventions are ideal targets for satire, and Triumph   
   >(i.e., Smigel) was really in his element here. But who'd have thought he'd   
   >go gaga for Sarah Palin?   
      
   	I still don't get the thing about Sarah Palin being supposedly   
   all that attractive.  She's consistently looked to me like she was the   
   guest of honor at Take Your Hostage To Work Day.   
      
      
   >...(snipped)...   
   >> Kevin Connolly:   
   >> 	Couldn't watch his show with his parents; too much racy stuff.   
   >> 'Entourage' great location.  Social awkwardness when woman he met at the   
   >> bar calls him 'Harry'.  Never a good date when it ends with you showing   
   >> your driver's license.  Tivo freezes up.   
      
   >They played a 1980s commercial starring Connolly and Seth Green for the   
   >Matchbox Super Spin Car Wash. I actually had one of these which I used to   
   >clean and polish my collection of die-cast metal cars, one after another,   
   >over and over, until they were not only immaculate, but they even had a   
   >thick coat of wax on them. I guess it was the ideal gadget for a boy with a   
   >neat streak.   
      
   	Oh, wow.  I did miss the Super Spin Car Wash, although actually   
   I kind of missed all car stuff after the bitter disappointment of   
   Clyde's Car Crusher.  I'm still big on washing, though.   
      
      
   >I recognized Connolly as the son from the show "Unhappily Ever After,"   
   >which was sort of a "Married with Children" with a dog puppet.   
      
   	Oh yeah, I remember that show.  It was back when ... was it   
   UPN? ... was trying to pretend they could be the desperately poor man's   
   version of Fox.   
      
      
   >> Adele:   
   >> 	19: Crazy for You.   
      
   >She has the pipes, but that song was a bit outre for me.   
      
   	I was doing well enough to get the refrain down.  The hot water   
   in-sink-erator was running water through its pipes for no obvious reason.   
      
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   								Joseph Nebus   
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