Did anyone see the Colbert piece on "alien hunting" last night? Yes, that's the segment that I was cut from, after giving their crew an entire day in our home? And now I can see why. It...was... awful!
Look, I am a BIG fan of the show and admire Stephen Colbert immensely. I understand the need to put humor first. It is - after all - Comedy Central. I even expected to be edited into an object of... well... some ribbing and poking. (All in a good cause!) When I was told that my portion of the bit was to be cut, I felt a bit of disappointment. But, I accept the needs of TV. When time is short, the sober-minded intellectual has gotta go.
But after viewing the segment, boy am I relieved I wasn't connected to it, in any way! Tediously repetitious, banal, unimaginative and dull, it wasn't even remotely funny! (Well the part about vaginal contractions, beamed into space. All right... but...)
Look... one of the choice things about the Stewart/Colbert shows is that they appeal to us on many levels.
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They have proved that hilarity and thought can blend. That we can use humor to shine light on topics that genuinely merit further attention. When their crew spent 7 hours in our home, I tried to point out lots of aspects about the very wide and deep concept of extraterrestrial life... the search, the possibilities, and some strange personalities and quirks in the field, that might draw both viewer fascination and terrific laughs.
It is the only scientific field without any known subject matter... isn't that funny? Heck, I had the crew in stitches, giving my routine about what I'd say to gray UFO types, if I ever confronted one. (Hint: they are putzes who don't react at all well to taunting!)
I mean, dang, there is SO MUCH regarding the real issue of plausible aliens that could be made funny! So why return to the tedious gray abductor nonsense... and do it badly, to boot?
Hey, I continue to consider myself a Friend of the Show. But I am glad not to have been on that segment. Sigh.
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Next time... the other kind of "aliens"... why both parties lie about their real agendas, when it comes to both legal and illegal immigration.