One of the challenges being on the new CNN show Have I Got News For You is that we’re supposed to be an equal opportunity offending show, but the Republicans are making it so goddamned hard.
Just so you know Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990. It is now running series 67 or 68..I’ve lost count but it is still fresh, funny and biting.
Here in Minneapolis, to counter the smart, funny, reasonableness of Gov. Waltz, we’ve also got ludicrous people on the far left in our city council who are almost (but nobody really could be) the left equivalent of DJT. But they don’t have a national platform so we just have to do a Minnesotan shrug
It’s amazing that people are even entertaining the idea of Trump’s rendition of the Republican Party let alone endorse its rhetoric. November’s election seems like the edge of a cliff. Looking beyond the next 6 months, I imagine cautious optimism or consistent disappointment with humanity. Ending on a high note and somewhat ironically, autumn in the northeast has been more beautiful than I can ever remember.
We’ve enjoyed the first few episodes of the show which we are calling “Hignify”. We also have been noting whether a breaking news story is “Hignificant” enough to make the next episode
We are being deeply failed by most media (MSM). Cowards. If they simply and clearly explained how eroded Trump’s mind actually is rather than ignoring his truly unsuitability for any office more complicated than a broom closet, things would be very different. The fact that all his previous national security professionals have said he’s a danger to the nation should be the top of every news story. It’s the largest dereliction of duty in history.
Your show gets better every week, and I hope it lasts. We need it. Intelligent humor gives us perspective on life, and reveals so much.
I looked into the saying "he who laughs" and found a 1917 humor magazine poem by W.E. Nesom called “Perverted Proverbs” that plays on old adages. It ends with:
Pulled quote “A proper country wouldn’t be on the precipice of profound civil unrest because one of its political leaders can’t accept that he got fired from a job he never wanted in the first place.
this is right on: "Sure, the Democrats have a few fools of their own but nothing like the rogue’s gallery that MAGA has elevated to positions of power and prominence. There is no Democratic Marjorie Taylor Green, no Democratic Lauren Boebert or Matt Gaetz. The closest we had to a George Santos was Robert Menendez keeping gold bars in his fridge. We’ve also got New York mayor Eric Adams, but, again, he’s going to get tossed out on his ear instead of being pardoned and promoted, as Trump’s wiseguy associates tend to be."
The USA could use a South African style Truth and Reconciliation Commission to confront our history of slavery. Instead we have a white South African born man-child working with Trump to make apartheid happen here.
I'm looking forward to the new episode, which I have to watch Sundays on Max. Btw my son (now 13) has started stomping around and glowering a bit more than usual, so I finally bought "A Better Man". So good. I agree the show will be just fine and the country will be better off if Trump can be sent to Mar A Lago for good, to stomp around and glower.
“The longer I live, the more I worry that the sickness at the heart of the Trump campaign speaks to a deep sickness in the American heart.” 🥹
Great piece.
Btw, I thought that you made a very good gay demon.
Just so you know Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990. It is now running series 67 or 68..I’ve lost count but it is still fresh, funny and biting.
Brilliant and terrifying
Here in Minneapolis, to counter the smart, funny, reasonableness of Gov. Waltz, we’ve also got ludicrous people on the far left in our city council who are almost (but nobody really could be) the left equivalent of DJT. But they don’t have a national platform so we just have to do a Minnesotan shrug
It’s amazing that people are even entertaining the idea of Trump’s rendition of the Republican Party let alone endorse its rhetoric. November’s election seems like the edge of a cliff. Looking beyond the next 6 months, I imagine cautious optimism or consistent disappointment with humanity. Ending on a high note and somewhat ironically, autumn in the northeast has been more beautiful than I can ever remember.
We’ve enjoyed the first few episodes of the show which we are calling “Hignify”. We also have been noting whether a breaking news story is “Hignificant” enough to make the next episode
We are being deeply failed by most media (MSM). Cowards. If they simply and clearly explained how eroded Trump’s mind actually is rather than ignoring his truly unsuitability for any office more complicated than a broom closet, things would be very different. The fact that all his previous national security professionals have said he’s a danger to the nation should be the top of every news story. It’s the largest dereliction of duty in history.
Your show gets better every week, and I hope it lasts. We need it. Intelligent humor gives us perspective on life, and reveals so much.
I looked into the saying "he who laughs" and found a 1917 humor magazine poem by W.E. Nesom called “Perverted Proverbs” that plays on old adages. It ends with:
"If laughter be an aid to health,
Then logic of the strongest
Impels us to the cheerful thought
That he who laughs lasts longest."
Pulled quote “A proper country wouldn’t be on the precipice of profound civil unrest because one of its political leaders can’t accept that he got fired from a job he never wanted in the first place.
Nailed it.
dear michael,
fun and thoughtful piece as always!
this is right on: "Sure, the Democrats have a few fools of their own but nothing like the rogue’s gallery that MAGA has elevated to positions of power and prominence. There is no Democratic Marjorie Taylor Green, no Democratic Lauren Boebert or Matt Gaetz. The closest we had to a George Santos was Robert Menendez keeping gold bars in his fridge. We’ve also got New York mayor Eric Adams, but, again, he’s going to get tossed out on his ear instead of being pardoned and promoted, as Trump’s wiseguy associates tend to be."
thanks for sharing!
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The USA could use a South African style Truth and Reconciliation Commission to confront our history of slavery. Instead we have a white South African born man-child working with Trump to make apartheid happen here.
I'm looking forward to the new episode, which I have to watch Sundays on Max. Btw my son (now 13) has started stomping around and glowering a bit more than usual, so I finally bought "A Better Man". So good. I agree the show will be just fine and the country will be better off if Trump can be sent to Mar A Lago for good, to stomp around and glower.
How it happened, Mike, is through one simple route.
He talks like they do.
That’s it. :(
But fortunately Tim Walz talks like the best of them.
True that. :)