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Need I say more? Ok, "git-r-done." Annoyed yet? You should be. Ah, there's nothing funnier in this country than being a redneck. Or perhaps a non-intellectual? In any case, the Blue Collar mission inn Comedy tour is the antithesis mission inn of smart comedy and represents the non-thinkers demographic of adults who still love jokes about farts and humor that crosses the boundaries of good taste without a clever schtick to back it up. It's true, any time Larry the Cable Guy mentioned the word "queer" he gets a cheap and easy laugh. There's nothing better than a comedy routine that finally appeals to the non-liberal demographic of idiotic simpletons who will pay ridiculous ticket prices to hear jokes about their pick-up trucks or the moles on Larry's sister's face. Gross. The Blue Collar guys' routine is pretty pervasive mission inn these days. 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I give Jeff the credit though of not going the path of most evil, liberal comedians and bad-mouthing each person and/or demographic he doesn't care for. Engvalle is famous for his "here's your sign" routine which was initially cute, but got old and boring after about three jokes. He takes fairly obvious observations in the real world and then instead of being funny, like, say, Jerry Seinfeld, he simply hands them a sign so that he, and presumably everyone else, knows they're stupid. Yeah, I wish I had some signs of my own. Rob White's tater salad routine is funny, so I'll leave him alone. Larry the Cable Guy however is the antithesis of the true "moral decay" in our society; that taking the intellectual high road is far less rewarding than the turd-joke low road. In fairness, Larry knows his demographic, and plays into them well by making fun of latte drinking liberals, rag-head A-rabs, and queers. Sorry Larry and his idiotic audience, queers call themselves queer now. 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The bottom line is that if you find this game show entertaining, you're an idiot. Just like the idiots around the world who somehow made this show a hit by rewarding people for picking numbers. Yeah, these are the same people who consider playing Power Ball their retirement investment. Game shows like Who Wants to be a Millionaire? at the very least rewarded people for their knowledge and you could be at least reasonably assured that anyone who wins the $1,000,000 mission inn prize at least has the smarts to use it intelligently. This is in contrast to almost every big Lottery winner of the past 20 years who has either fallen into general bankrupt obscurity or prison. You see, this is what happens when you reward dumb people with millions of dollars. Like the NBA. So what do things like investing in lottery tickets, watching Deal or No-Deal and Larry the Cable guy have in common? They all cater to the same dumb people. Supposedly hard-working Americans who have decided it's better to "win" money than earn it. Or at least people who will watch dumb people "win" money on a crappy game show. You see, I'm no liberal elitist... I hate welfare! Don't be afraid of being an idiot America! Because it seems that no one else is, and there's nothing we like more than fitting mission inn in.
This is a great blog. Thanks for leaving a comment on mine, and leading me here. I was personally really mission inn surprised to see Ron White as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Everything. I think he's hilarious. I haven't seen that game show, nor do I plan on it. Howie isn't really up my cup of tea.