The "Simpsons" show itself responded, I'm reading in "Marge Simpson claps back at Trump adviser Jenna Ellis for Kamala Harris dig: I 'feel a little disrespected'" (Fox News).
Here's the show's tweet:
Marge Simpson has something to say. pic.twitter.com/viux96bAPf— TheSimpsons (@TheSimpsons) August 14, 2020
I guess I should congratulate the show for drawing attention to itself. It's so weird that it's still on the air. Not only is it the longest running scripted prime-time TV show, it has 10 more seasons that the show that's in second place.
I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris. No one unmockable should be given access to great power. By the way, she herself is always laughing, laughing when nothing is even funny. We're supposed to put up with a person laughing at nothing and also to be banned from laughing at something?! That's not my idea of America. Trump says he'll "make America great again." What's the counteroffer? Make America grim again?
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>>What's the counteroffer? Make America grim again?
I believe the counter is: America was never great. See the 1619 Project for the details.
Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a c*nt.
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Shirts were printed saying “Sarah Palin is a c*nt”.
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The Left never obeys the rules they set.
"Marge Simpson claps back at Trump adviser Jenna Ellis for Kamala Harris dig: I 'feel a little disrespected'" (Fox News).
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does this make Biden into Mr.Simpson ?
Marge has more character pluses points than Kamala -
that is the distinction people will be forced to come to but show creators are woke (red pill is on tongue but not swallowed) and need to be faux outraged
"I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris."
With you on that one. Ditto on making fun of anything else as well. And that includes Islam. Not only is Islam the "mother lode of bad ideas" (as Sam Harris put it), it's also a mother lode of comedy.
My way of thinking has it that there is nothing under the Sun (and on the other side of it too) that is above criticism. Most especially those things which are self-professed "betters" declare off-limits.
Come on, you didn't expect anything different for the female Obama did you? It's just a continuation of the Obama years.
Never thought I’d live long enough to see The Simpson become establishment liberal scolds, other than Lisa, who was supposed to be a parody. I hate pop culture and it’s monolithic hatred of normalcy.
Marge Simpson made fun of Mr. Burn's genitalia.
"I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris. No one unmockable should be given access to great power."
-- I remember when Obama was president. Having a president who can't and won't be mocked is a really weird thing in America, and can you imagine Harris or Biden being allowed to be mocked, or will rodeo clowns lose their jobs?
Kamala is the Black Virgin Mary to Obama's Black Jesus.
“What's the counteroffer? Make America grim again?”
Oh, I’d say that’s a demand, not an offer.
"I believe the counter is: America was never great. See the 1619 Project for the details."
That's not offering anything. What happens in the future? If it's just feel bad about what happened in the past, you should agree that "grim again" is their idea.
It’s already clear than all the media attention will be on Harris. That Harris will be the face, the mouthpiece, the Great White Hope, of the Democrats. Joe who?
I remember very well when Palin was first announced his vice president, everything the liberals did to try to attack or rebounded upon them. finally I read one post by liberal commentator who simply pointed out that all the establishment had to do was to ignore her, and the background mockers would take care of her. That's pretty much what happened. They're so hypersensitive about not mocking her because they know just how effective it is. Am I going to let liberal establishment characters tell me who I can and cannot mock?
"Come on, you didn't expect anything different for the female Obama did you? It's just a continuation of the Obama years."
I said the same thing about Obama (before he was elected): We need to be able to make fun of him.
Here's an old post discussing the problem of mocking Obama.
"That's not offering anything. What happens in the future?"
-- I think the counter is the "Obama will make you care." It's that "America was never great, so don't vote for people who want to go back to that. WE'LL make America the Right Kind of Great." Basically just another flavor of "Republicans are evil racists with evil racist intent, as they have been since forever, so why would you want that when you could have THE REAL GREATNESS, US, that you've never had before?"
Early in his presidency, Barack Obama told us it was okay to make fun of his ears. Wasn’t that generous of him?
It's illegal to mock anyone on the left.
Just as it's illegal to ask about leftwing crime. That's why Hunter and Joe get a pass. Hillary too!
But don's worry - as soon as these leftists regain power, just ignore the shrinking middle class and the downward spiral of a once great nation. Free crappy wait-in line health care!
Big money for the insider oligarch "green" tech industry! Don't count on results for mother earth. She is tossed aside like all of Bill Clinton's victims.
"I 'feel a little disrespected'"
I don't get it. Isn't any association with the first Black Woman VP candidate an honor? And isn't Kamala's association with a cool show cool?
"I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris."
Too bad. Real feminists and their prog allies do not care about your bourgeois sensibilities. Feminism being the theory that women are special, it follows logically that female candidates deserve special treatment. Except GOP women, but they are traitors to the sisterhood so they don't count, not even as an exception.
What's wrong with Marge? She's the sensible one.
The counter is:
Let people who hate you, your way of life, your individuality, and your freedoms rule over you with absolute power.
Behead those who laugh at Kamala Harris.
Althouse: "I said the same thing about Obama (before he was elected): We need to be able to make fun of him."
To this day that is not allowed, for any reason, according to the dem/left/LLR-left.
I'm still pre-missing Obama.
The counter-offer is, "Do as you're told"
Why does Marge feel disrespected? Does she hate to be compared to the great Senator Kamala Harris? I don't get it.
Actually, all of that does sounds like something Marge would say and do. Especially her bewildered and angry "Lisa told me that wasn't a compliment!" Yet because the writers were mostly in diapers back when the show was funny, they'd realize that this too is something the Simpsons have already "did."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfUEb_neu3U
Take that, you dumb squirrel.
It sounds like Althouse considers Trump the best President ever.
Come on, Simpson writers. Is that the best you could do - slither over to the humorless bullies and claim victim-hood for the poor helpless women folk?
There is nothing as lame after four years of this same old crap. Professional comedy writers must be some of the least funny and creative people in our culture right now. They literally have just one joke that they tell over and over as they giggle to each other.
I, for one, am quite OK with only the policies of the Democrats as a reason to loathe their existence. But if we are going personal, women who whored their way into office aren't good bets for ethical behavior.
At first, I though Marge meant comparing her to Harris was the disrespect, which is also not very funny, but is funnier than the real joke, which is just finger waving by people who make a living name calling and ridiculing people, which is usually funny. Next time get your children to write the jokes.
"I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris. No one unmockable should be given access to great power."
Yes indeed. SNL got lots of mileage out of making fun of President Ford.
Personally I have great respect and appreciation for people in powerful positions being able to make fun of themselves, and enjoy when others do (see: Dana Carvey and President HW Bush).
Why is Marge disrespected, is it an unflattering comparison? Does she think that being likened to Comma-Lah is a dis?
We went from a President that could not be mocked, to one who must be mocked or else, and now heading back to one who cannot be. The left is seriously schizophrenic about politics, the press, humor, the law, standards, well just everything. They be nuts.
The current people running "The Simpsons" can have Marge saying that, but there will always be the counterpoint of Sideshow Bob talking about the Democrats from way back during the Bush 41 time period -- long enough ago to be before the mid-1990s police reforms and urban area revivals, due to the lower crime rates. Based on the situations around the country over the past several months, the quote fits as well with 2020 as it did back in 1991....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AENEedWy_kU
shes more like lisa simpson, if any other character,
I find it hilarious that the Democrat Left-wing Millionaires who produce The Simpsons feel they had to attack an obscure Tweet and defend Harris. By doing so, they just helped Trump. "Marge Simpson = Kamala harris" is now in everyone's head.
Thanks Millionaire Cartoonists!
Of course, the Democrats are going to play the "You can't criticize our Candidate. That's racist/sexist/antisemitic/etc. They've been doing it for 20 years.
I especially love the alternating Democrat/MSM memes of:
-She's a strong, bold woman - hear her roar!
-You can't criticize her, she's just a girl!
I'm too am amazed that the Simpsons is still on. Especially since it stopped being good after Season 10.
Its hard to imagine a certain LLR adoring and worshipping at Kamala's feet more than he did at the feet of his beloved "magnificent, obama, but I'm guessing he's going to give it his best shot.
I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris. No one unmockable should be given access to great power
I love it when Ann is very very right- and yes, she's been quite consistent on this point.
I hate it when bleach bit and rhhardin are very very right. Unfortunately they always are...
Note the disrespect is totally assumed, unless the shows creators have always considered Marge Simpson to be negative stereotype of ordinary suburban housewives.
It was a bizarre, inaccurate insult from a Trump spokesperson mocked by folks at the Simpsons with wit. AA is misusing a great term, the Steisand effect.
The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Wokeness.
If I recall, no one ever made fun of or mocked Obama.
Never thought I’d live long enough to see The Simpson become establishment liberal scolds
I thought the Marge response was tongue-in-cheek, typical Simpsons, not actually taking itself too seriously. But maybe I'm reading too much (or too little) into it.
Marge Simpson is a likeable charter. GOp often too nerdy to understand where a good knock or joke sits. That was a miss.
When CNN introduced this clip yesterday, they called it a "sexist" attack by a Trump campaign official.
Sexist.
Thou shalt not mock mortal gods. Let us bray.
Kamala Harris is a statist bitch. Is that "ridiculing" her, or just identifying a leopard by her spots?
This could be a big breakthrough for Julie Kavner, who voices Marge Simpson. They might get her to dub Kamala's speeches.
One reason why the left is so sensitive about mocking Harris is that everybody, and I do mean everybody, knows how she got her career in politics going. At least Hillary was married to Bill, even if Chelsea looks like Webb Hubbell.
The other thing that I see no one mentioning is how badly Harris did in the primaries. She had the big money and the Clintons behind her and she flopped. The Democrat primaries !
>>"I believe the counter is: America was never great. See the 1619 Project for the details."
>>>That's not offering anything. What happens in the future? If it's just feel bad about what >>>happened in the past, you should agree that "grim again" is their idea.
OK, I'll try again. How about "Make America 100% safe for people like us."
>>I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris.
Sadly, this is not an "idea". It's a rule and you will be expected to comply.
For those who disagree, tell a Kamala joke at work, and see how long it is before you get hauled in to HR.
we've insulted a cartoon character. For shame!
...are Animated-Americans the new protected class?
"does this make Biden into Mr.Simpson ?"
Yes, but not Homer. It makes him Abe.
Trump says he'll "make America great again." What's the counteroffer?
To remake America.
And to do it without concern for half the people living here.
I hate the idea that we're not supposed to make fun of Kamala Harris.
Don’t hate the idea, reject it.
Go ahead and make fun of her.
I'm afraid that I don't understand. How is it that comparing the voice of Kamala Harris to that of Marge Simpson disparaging to either character?
I mean it's not like comparing Trump's opponents to Wile E. Coyote and him to the Road Runner.
If I recall, no one ever made fun of or mocked Obama
Fed Armisen did a music video as Obama what kind of mocked Obama as 'cool'.
It didn't go over well and was never heard from again...
stevew @ 11:31am,
Actually Bill Clinton was not at all lacking in that department.
Kevin @ 1:43pm,
You underestimate. In reality, these folks don't actually have genuine concern for their supporters, either.
No one unmockable should be given access to great power.
Then stop voting Democrat.
Yes sir, Kirk Parker, you are correct. I didn't vote for Clinton but as a political figure and President had respect for him. In the rest of his life he was, as is well documented, a complete sleazebag. GW also had a good sense of humor. Carter was way too serious and pedantic. Obama was insufferable and untouchable, and still is.
"Professional comedy writers must be some of the least funny and creative people in our culture right now. They literally have just one joke that they tell over and over as they giggle to each other."
Yeah, the joke is TRUMP SUX...HAHAHA.
Mocking Kamala will be seen as White racism and a fireable offense.
Like that truck driver making the OK sign, or the woman claiming All Lives Matter. You're outta here.
The other thing that I see no one mentioning is how badly Harris did in the primaries. She had the big money and the Clintons behind her and she flopped. The Democrat primaries !
Biden didn't do well either. He lost California to Sanders and other big primary contests -- Iowa -- were sabotaged.
I am so old I still remember when SNL could make fun of democrats and get away with it. One particular sketch was the Clarence Thomas Hearings and instead of mocking Clarence Thomas it mocked the senators for their years of sexual harassment. Phil Hartman did a hilarious imitation of Ted Kennedy giving pointers on how you need to take your intended victim out on a boat so they have no choice but to sleep with you. Followed by a southern senator saying you really needed to use "historical porn, which allows women to be transported to another time and place, that will always get their juices flowing" etc.
I still remember Nina Totenberg writing a pissy article about "That's not funny!". It boiled down to the democrats are always the good guys and we missed an opporunity to bash republicans. This awoke me to the fact liberals could never take what they dish out on an hourly basis.
When you get facial plastic surgery, do they tell you you might end up looking like you're smiling all the time?
Joke heard on the Joe Rogan show with Michael Malice back when Kamala was still running for POTUS, about her kerfuffle with Tulsi Gabbard:
"If there's one thing Hawaiians know, it's how to roast a pig."
Kamala Harris' funnier moments! But this video will not endear her to the 18 - 24 year old voters. The below video shows how bad a decision Harris was, and it's early yet.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1293548662405177347
BTW, I agree about the youth, that's why voting by 18 year olds make little sense. However, a politician who was tapped as “VP” to help freshen up a tired old campaign, probably shouldn’t say it out loud.
Jeezus. The Simpsons people should be embarrassed. WTF? A comedy comic feels the need to scold people for making extremely mild jokes about political opponents ? Really?
I was under the apparently mistaken impression that the Simpsons was famously popular for its irreverent humor. Irreverent.
I guess it’s a good thing “Seinfeld “ isn’t still running. Imagine George going woke.
DanTheMan said...
>>"I believe the counter is: America was never great. See the 1619 Project for the details."
>>>That's not offering anything. What happens in the future? If it's just feel bad about what >>>happened in the past, you should agree that "grim again" is their idea
What they're offering is: we're going to hurt you, and you'll take it and like it, because you deserve it, because you are bad, and America is bad. Vote for us!
Blair said...
"does this make Biden into Mr.Simpson ?"
Yes, but not Homer. It makes him Abe.
8/16/20, 1:43 PM
Given their sure-footed rake-stepping at every juncture, the best analogy might be that Sideshow Bob bit, but in the political aspect, it's as if they were corporately C. Montgomery Burns.
At least their not claiming that she is not eligible for the job.
The Democrat primaries !
Did they ever release the results from Iowa?.....or did Biden just win?
James K said...
Never thought I’d live long enough to see The Simpson become establishment liberal scolds
I thought the Marge response was tongue-in-cheek, typical Simpsons, not actually taking itself too seriously. But maybe I'm reading too much (or too little) into it.
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imagine a world where Marge does not respond : silence is violence
good survival move by Simpson creators
I wonder if Tulsi Gabbard would be willing to make a series political ads attacking Kamala.
A dramatic opening would go something like this: "Kamala, what I am about to say is directed to you personally ... . If Kamala and her people are really pissed and she replies to the ad, game on.
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