Stupid is as stupid does
posted at 8:15 am on March 12, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
What does a night of insomnia offer? A chance to watch the worst on television in the vain hope that it puts you to sleep. Unfortunately, even HBO has its commercials (for itself), and one kept repeating all night long. Apparently, Will Farrell has a one-man stage show that HBO will air live on Saturday, which gasses on and on about how stupid George Bush is:
Ferrell, who poked fun at the president with his successful impersonations on “SNL,” told CNN he likes that Bush “never thinks he’s wrong.”
“He’s arrogant with a school-boy attitude, and combine that with the fact that he is commander in chief — and, unfortunately, it’s very funny.”
Wow, how original! Another entertainment-industry portrayal of George Bush as stupid. Perfect timing, too, as someone has to come up with a DVD that Barack Obama can offer Gordon Brown on his next visit to the US.
Will Farrell, Will Farrell … say, isn’t he the guy who did Stepbrothers, Superstar, Bewitched, Blades of Glory, Anchorman, and Elf?
A guy with a career like that is making fun of someone else’s intellect?
Fail.
Update: Kim Priestap says that the show has Bush exposing his penis at one point. Well, that’s about the intellectual level of Farrell’s entire ouevre. Only the arrested adolescents in HBO’s audience will find that entertaining — in other words, the same people that watch Bill Maher.
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Ferrell has been doing this show off-Broadway, I believe. And
I understand a big penis comes out onto the screen sometime near the end of the show. They have had some audience problems with that.
I am not kidding.
BigD on March 12, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Bush Derangement Syndrome is so passe.
OmahaConservative on March 12, 2009 at 8:19 AM
facts you cannot deny
1. This Financial crisis started under Bush’s watch
2. Iraq war was a blunder
nice343 on March 12, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Sorry but Will Farrell is about as funny as a wet fart in a packed elevator.
Dreadnought223 on March 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Nice to see that liberals still don’t know the difference between their ideological instructions and facts.
MarkTheGreat on March 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Hey, Anchorman was pretty good.
bongo on March 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM
but not as good as Talladaga Nights.
bongo on March 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM
George Bush has way more smarts than Obama..plus, more class, integrity and humility. Would HBO air a show on how stupid Obama is?
becki51758 on March 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
They just can’t let go.
WisCon on March 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
I like “ideological instructions.” It gives me the thought of liberal mass meetings where little notebooks with Obama’s picture on it are handed out with liberal talking points.
Sir Corky on March 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
You may be correct on some “technical” level, but as with all “blanket” theories, it misses an awful lot of ancillary events and circumstances.
Short-sighted selective re-hash of history is easy.
Tim Zank on March 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
becki51758 on March 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
They would have to air it early. He tires easily.
fluffy on March 12, 2009 at 8:26 AM
It;s annoying at all hell, but let them have it; it shows their desperation to clobber Bush, and Farrell’s fading ideas
thebrokenrattle on March 12, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Some more facts:
1. Bush released his Yale and Harvard transcripts, Obama did not. What is he hiding? You’d think Mr. Super Smart would be more than willing to show off his 4.0 GPA right?
2. Bush’s grades at Yale were better than John Kerry, another super duper smart Democrat.
3. Bush to my knowledge never used a teleprompter to introduce a member of his cabinet. Obama has yet to deliver a speech without a teleprompter.
4. When asked about a P/E ratio, Obama talked about the “profits and earnings” ratio. A ratio that does not exist.
5. Obama said that he visited 57 states.
angryed on March 12, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Meanwhile Dubya in in Texas living his life.
Anchorman and Elf are hilarious movies, but Will is getting annoying.
Dubn8tr on March 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Get down Ed.. Couldn’t have nailed this one any better! I worked around these types for a good 20 years, and I can tell you, what you see is the real deal. This is exactly why Hollywood and that entire industry is now viewed by millions of Americans in a very negative vibe. Clinton was a GOD to these people, while Reagan was the devil. The faces have changed, but the childish & disgusting behavior continues.
Keemo on March 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Have you heard of the “Community Re-investment Act”? You should look it up.
boomer on March 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Really, who cares about W anymore?
cadams on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
That statement is funnier than the entire movie.
Hell, funnier than Will Farrell’s career.
snickelfritz on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Didn’t they do that already after he won the election? I’m pretty sure I read somewhere someone was selling little pocket books of Obama quotes that people could read throughout their day to inspire themselves or some such nonsense.
Dreadnought223 on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Brought to you by Democrats and their “lend them stupid ones money or you’re a racist/sexist/bigot/homophobe” rules.
Tell that to a soldier or an Iraq War vet. Or their relatives. I dare for you to say that to their faces!
You will not come out of that encounter untouched… or even in one piece, with your teeth still there.
newton on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I could only cringe when he said that.
Oh, and don’t forget “give kids a breathalyzer, I mean, a inhalator.”
Dubn8tr on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
facts you cannot deny
1. This Financial crisis started under Bush’s watch
2. Iraq war was a blunder
nice343 on March 12, 2009 at 8:20 AM
I’ll bet you deny being stupid quite often; now why would people accuse you of that?
Can I at least say that ‘Old School’ was pretty funny?
Bishop on March 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Obama has been President for 57 days already…one day for each state he’s visited. At what point are these doofis’s (doofi?) going to realize that George W. Bush is now a private citizen?
When are they going to let go of the chew toy?
coldwarrior on March 12, 2009 at 8:30 AM
It’s true, I’m afraid.
kimpriestap on March 12, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Other facts you can’t deny:
1. Gov. is to blame
2. We have to quit blaming each other.
3. Capitalism works when left alone and allow for failure.
4. Bush did not govern as a conservitive, fiscally
5. Bush used up his political “Capital” trying to keep America safe instead of domestic policy making. Right or wrong about going into war.
6. Biggest TRUTH — you don’t see anything wrong with the direction our president has taken in just 50 days…wow!
Razorsully on March 12, 2009 at 8:31 AM
I gotta admit I like most Will Farrell movies. It’s some stupid fun. I haven’t been able to watch any Will Farrell since I saw previews for this though. It’s just sad. If a comedian resorts to Bush=stupid jokes then I think they are just comically bankrupt. There is a part of me that want to give Eastbound and Down a try… but I haven’t been able to do it so far…..
Ampersand on March 12, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Just another has been trying to remain relevant…
Will, ya peaked with Anchorman. Give it up, already.
ladyingray on March 12, 2009 at 8:31 AM
True, although most of the people most directly responsible are now either part of the Obama administration or have otherwise been greatly empowered by him.
Oh, please, please, don’t just leave it at that. Educate us reactionary tools as to exactly how and why. Please?
Cylor on March 12, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Yeah, and Saddam and his sons are still out there partying… and Al-Qaeda still doing damage there… Oh wait…
newton on March 12, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Borders
But I’m sure Barnes&Noble had them, too.
Disturb the Universe on March 12, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Soooo 2004
therightwinger on March 12, 2009 at 8:33 AM
wow.
you’re beyond hope.
we know you’ve failed.
bluelightbrigade on March 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
There’s just no other way to put it. Will Ferrell sucks!
TrickyDick on March 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Will Farrell would loose an intellectual debate with a slug. But oh dear god would it be funny to see Ann Coulter and Witless Will debate.
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Don’t forget Night at the Roxbury.
R.J. MacReady on March 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Been trying for years to forget Night at the Roxbury.
coldwarrior on March 12, 2009 at 8:35 AM
nice343 on March 12, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Stick around for the inevitable appearance of getalife (aka getaclue, getabrain, wasteoflife, etc.); you too are made for each other!
Disturb the Universe on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
LOL! You’re still reading the libtard talking points.
No. 1, that’s like saying WWII started under Churchill’s watch, so it’s his fault. The FACT that the CRA was forced onto banks by impeached president clinton, is one of the major causes of the financial meltdown.
No. 2, Of course the war was fought poorly. We lost hundreds of thousands in other wars. I suspect libs like you think you can fight a war that no one gets killed. Oh wait, libs don’t like wars. You’re probably right, we need Saddam back and the torturing and raping of his own people. Only non-thinking people like you can see moral equivalence between brutal murdering dictators, and trying to liberate a country from tyrannical rule. Fortunately, there are men and women far better than you who went into harms way, to make someone else’s life better.
rightside on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Hey,I think we just found the One Child Left Behind!
snickelfritz on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Will Ferrell, go home. He is obsessed with W. Jealousy makes a man do stupid things. His mockery of the man is getting old and passe. I’ve had enough really of his shtick.
jencab on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
As President, there are only so many times that you can admit that you screwed up before people get fed up with it. Obama has admitted it once with Daschle, but he certainly has screwed up many more times. So I guess he is the arrogant schoolboy now. I’m not holding my breath waiting for SNL to do a skit on Obama giving the PM of England a DVD box set that included ET and Star Wars. I bet it was the Star Wars version where Han shoots second, because shooting first is wrong.
BohicaTwentyTwo on March 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
dorian!
rightside on March 12, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Ouch.
BigD on March 12, 2009 at 8:39 AM
This guy, like most everyone else who was ever in the cast of SNL, has a very repetitive schtick. It was funny the first time back in 1996 or so, but it’s pretty tired now. Every movie character he’s ever played has been the same guy. Sad that a no-talent asshat like ferrell can’t do anything original, but that makes him just like all the other SNL movie “actors” from Chase through Fey — all basically one trick ponies (possible exception of Sandler – he started on this track, but has at least tried to expand his characters in recent films).
AnotherRightWingConspirator on March 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM
For starters: How many Cabinet positions had been filled/at LEAST a name in nomination by this time in
BushThat Idiot’s presidency as compared to The One’s incredibly organized and competent vetting process? (Holdovers like Gates don’t count as “new hopey change” nominations.)(God, that’s unfair, isn’t it?)(LIFE isn’t fair, Princess!)Whatever will the Will’s of the world do when time crawls inexorably forward and people finally tire of washed up, would-be movie stars cracking for years on a guy years out of office.
tree hugging sister on March 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Ferrel is as funny as his script and his direction. Sounds like Barry, I know.
Even his wife says he’s not a funny guy.
Patrick S on March 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM
I’m still waiting for Comedy Central to do L’il Obama…
That’s My Obama…
Or HBO to do a full indepth documentary of Obama’s fundraising on the campaign trail.
Skywise on March 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM
I find it hard to believe that anyone would want to go watch this live and even harder to believe that anyone would watch it on tv during the NCAA tournament.
Bush is gone and really, the only things worth doing at this point are writing books about his presidency.
The time for making fun of him was when he was actually president.
myrenovations on March 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Good morning rightside… ;)
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
I would disagree with some, Ferrell is not so funny.
BDS, I am getting pretty tired of it. I happen to have been in Iraq for 14 months, I would argue that the blunder was not having gone earlier. I just retired with over 30 years, been there, done that. But for the rest of my days, the pictures and feelings I have for the poor people south of Baghdad will always remain. Especially the children.
As for the current financial issues, nice343 should try reading the CRA of 1994. Course that would require honesty, something the liberals avoid at ALL Costs.
After the Rush brouhaha of the last few weeks, I’m moving to the Jeff Goldstein way of thought. No more trying to accommodate. No more trying to see both sides of the issue. I/We know they are wrong and arrogant, no since being nice to that anymore.
CSMBigBird on March 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Will Farrell has never made me laugh, must be missing something I guess…
OmahaConservative on March 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Ricky Bobby calling W stupid. LOLOLOL.
Hammerhead on March 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Ferrel is as funny as a bag of hammers…and the bag is smarter than he is…
sabbott on March 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Consider them denied.
BTW, WIll Ferrell does a bit in that broadway show where he actually gets the audience to start a minute of silence for the troops who’ve died and then makes a joke out of it.
Ferrell is just part of the growing list of entertainers not welcome in the Hawk home.
hawkdriver on March 12, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I read that that actually made a lot of the audience uncomfortable, even in liberal NYC.
Sir Corky on March 12, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Exactly. Before they transferred all the WMDs to Syria.
And thank you for your service to our country.
Disturb the Universe on March 12, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Now thats funny!
becki51758 on March 12, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Your thorazine dosage needs adjusting again?
AubieJon on March 12, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Great post Sergeant Major! I feel exactly the same way. For me it was more seeing the folks in the North finally free. We could go anywhere in Erbil, Sori Rash and other Kurd communities and the people were great.
hawkdriver on March 12, 2009 at 8:50 AM
post of the day…. easily
p.s. Thank you
Ampersand on March 12, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Blades of Glory, Old School, Talledega Nights, and Anchorman are all great movies. I think it’s a generational thing though. I doubt anyone over, say, 35 or 40 enjoys anything he’s done.
And he’s made tens of millions of dollars by acting in those movies.
strictnein on March 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Facts you cannot deny:
1. Jimmy Carter’s middle east policy led to the issues we have now
2. 9/11 was planned under Bill Clinton’s watch
3. the WTC was blown up the first time and nothing happened from the Clinton administration.
4. stupid economics designed to “improve” the inner cities wasted trillions and resulted in millions of poor kids with no future and crappy schools
Want more?
benrand on March 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Sad but true…
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Amen,
Thank You for your service.
CSMBigBird on March 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM
They are only great movies if you smoke a shit load of pot and have the IQ of a rotting grapefruit.
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Facts YOU can’t deny:
HUD requirements that borrowers prove they made low-income loans started under Clinton.
Democrats protected the Fannie/Freddie mishaps from being exposed and regulated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Democrats authorized force and also had PLENTY to say about Saddam’s WMDS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Ready to face reality?
DavidM on March 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM
What a bunch of utter swill. “It’s always the government’s fault, never the people’s!” No wonder the west’s being overrun by drooling retards.
Darth Executor on March 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Thank both or you…
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM
what’s with the big penis? what does that have to do with anything?
kelley in virginia on March 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Will Farrell reminds me how much I miss Phil Hartmann. Now, Hartmann was funny.
BuckeyeSam on March 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Thank you both (and all our brave military folks/families) for your service.
Blessings!
OmahaConservative on March 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Er, I ment to say, thanks to both of you…
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
They don’t have W to kick around anymore. BDS withdrawl. They need a fix. Keeps them from looking at reality now and what they have done.
Yaaaaaawwwnnn. Next.
swede7 on March 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Umm, which big penis?? The one doing the show or the one that comes out at the end of the show???
doriangrey on March 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Nobel acceptance speech for Physics or Medicine is usually funnier than Will Ferrel’s comedies.
hailsriram on March 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Talladega Nights is funny, I don’t care who you are!
BDS is all that the left has now that all of their people are in power and successfully destroying the USA. Its their dreams come true, the “tyrant” is gone and they have free reign to do as they wish.
News Flash to lefties: When the US collapses/falls, liberals will be the only ones getting the blame because it happened on their watch. What led up to the financial crisis will mean less historically than the fact that the PotUS and Democratically controlled Congress bankrupted the nation with pork/crap bills and enacting socialist policies guaranteed to fail.
Enjoy your BDS, maybe it will keep you warm at night when the power is out in the coming years.
Geministorm on March 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Once Will Ferrell’s movie career started, I wanted him to buzz off.
The schtick got old on SNL, let alone the big screen.
MadisonConservative on March 12, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Seems like our usually trolls have new handles.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on March 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM
HAHAHAHA!
surrounded on March 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM
CSMBigBird on March 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Well stated sir! Thanks for your service sir…
Ferrell knows what gets you work with the current kings of Hollywood. Take Alec Baldwin for example; the guy was fighting for work with the rest of them until he decided to become a mouth piece for the ultra Liberal. Bingo, struck payday and has millions in the bank as a result. Most likely, these people will see the day when they wish they could have inner peace rather than all that money. Selling your soul for a big payday; the money comes and goes, but the soul is irreplaceable.
Keemo on March 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM
the only time I thought he was funny is when he and Cheri Oteri did that cheerleader shit.
LtE126 on March 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Anyone know if there’s a special exemption from the ‘super-rich 5%’ taxes for the Hollywierd glitterati?
Pretty sure they’re above the $250k line…
CaveatEmpty on March 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
You too. “On Pegasus Wing”
Parting shot about Ferrell.
He was only in skit that I’d even consider funny. And he owes that to Christopher Walken. Anyone could have done Gene Frenkle. But only Walken could have done Bruce Dickinson.
hawkdriver on March 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
I’ll watch the show because his Bush impersonation is vocally spot on.
Also, the left has yet to let got of Nixon and it’s been a generation since he left office and a decade since he died. That they are going after the low-hanging fruit that is the Bush presidency is unsurprising.
Krydor on March 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Damn..
WIng”s”
hawkdriver on March 12, 2009 at 9:04 AM
If he really believes that about Bush, & if he loves the USA, he’d think it was very sad or infuriating, but I guess he doesn’t love his country, so it’s funny.
jgapinoy on March 12, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Looks like Chris Matthews has got himself a Hot Air account to voice his simplistic arguments.
UndertheBridge on March 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Did Will think that Barry giving the side-of-nose middle finger to Hillary was a bit school boy?
Or is it that Democrats automatically, but virtue of their little beliefs, are perfect?
He is an imbecile.
Funny in Wedding Crashers tho.
benrand on March 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Ferrell is by far the least talented, least funny guy to make it big off of SNL. It’s not even close.
The only thing he has going for him is that he’s not nearly as irritating as Jim Carey became (although he came from Second City, but he was every bit as overexposed).
Something for libs to chuckle at as the jackass they elected, does his daily bed crap on the national stage.
NoDonkey on March 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Dear Will F and the like:
1. George Bush isn’t President anymore.
2. Make a joke about Obama. here’s some suggestions: 57 states, Joe Biden, Breathalyzer, the stimulus package, “I won”, all of his failed appointees, Hillary Clinton
3. Do you blame FDR for WWII? After all that started on “his watch.”
4. Do you blame Lincoln for the Civil War?
Please keep your talking points up to date. As soon as you make a joke about Obama, I’ll listen to your tired and dated jokes about George Bush.
Kisses.
mjk on March 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM
I’d like to see a skit where the “teleprompter king” does a back and forth so fast that his ears fall off.
Rovin on March 12, 2009 at 9:15 AM
I’d like to see a skit where the “teleprompter king” does a back and forth so fast that his ears fall off.
Rovin on March 12, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Second thought: Title of skit—-EARMARK REFORM
Rovin on March 12, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Heard the fastest way to get fired in the Obama White House is when Obama walks into a meeting and says “I have this idea…” and a staffer answers, “I’m all ears.”
coldwarrior on March 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Now that is low. Even nice343′s comments are more thought out than Chrissy’s. I mean, they’re pretty bad… but Chrissy level? That’s badder than bad.
Ampersand on March 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM
While I agree that the show will likely suck, describing Farrel’s career as a ‘fail’ sounds pretty desperate.
DJ Tablesauce on March 12, 2009 at 9:21 AM
re: iraq was a blunder
I’m old school Marine Corps.. was in Vietnam but my son is in Iraq now….. I’d be hard pressed from refraining to lay a knock down on the purveyor of such a comment…. but, I consider the source and venue….. cerebral acuity is a non factor on that puke.
MNDavenotPC on March 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Firstly, Jim Belushi is the least talented former SNL dude to make it big. I was unaware there was a debate about that.
Jim Carrey didn’t do sketch comedy until “In Living Color”. He was never a part of Second City, as far as I’m aware. On top of that, Jim can actually act.
Loved Ancorman. I worked with people from that era of Television.
Krydor on March 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM
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