A comedy & NeoCons
You are directing a comedy about Neoconservatism, and prominent neoconservatives. Who do you cast to play:
George W. Bush?
Dick Cheney?
Donald Rumseld?
Condoleezza Rice?
Karl Rove?
Scooter Libby?
Bill O'Reilly?
Ann Coulter?
Rush Limbaugh?
Sean Hannity?
Ted Haggaard?
Fred Phelps?
Australiasiaville
13-08-2007, 15:34
This reminds me of a sketch they do on Late Night sometimes.
Why would you need actors? I'd just recruit the real people. :p
Yaltabaoth
13-08-2007, 15:58
The first two have already been cast in a sitcom: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268077/
Upper Botswavia
13-08-2007, 16:12
George W. Bush - as himself (no better comic casting possible)
Dick Cheney - played by the Pope
Donald Rumseld - played by Homer Simpson
Condoleezza Rice - played by Hallie Berry
Karl Rove - played by Beelzebub
Scooter Libby - played by Beaver Cleaver
Bill O'Reilly - played by Andy Rooney
Ann Coulter - played by Whoopie Goldberg
Rush Limbaugh - played by the Hungry Hungry Hippo
Sean Hannity - played by Bill Maher
Ted Haggaard - played (like a flute) by the Village People
Fred Phelps - played by :upyours:
Some of the casting is counterintuitive, but I think it could work!
Darknovae
13-08-2007, 16:18
Ted Haggaard - played (like a flute) by the Village People
Never, ever, mention flutes, the Village People, and Ted Haggard in the same instance, ever again. :mad:
Fleckenstein
13-08-2007, 16:21
Never, ever, mention flutes, the Village People, and Ted Haggard in the same instance, ever again. :mad:
One time, I saw the Village People in concert and there was a flute player there and his name was Ted Haggard, but he wasn't that prick.
Darknovae
13-08-2007, 16:55
One time, I saw the Village People in concert and there was a flute player there and his name was Ted Haggard, but he wasn't that prick.
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Oh, you son of a-
:sniper:
PsychoticDan
13-08-2007, 17:17
You are directing a comedy about Neoconservatism, and prominent neoconservatives. Who do you cast to play:
George W. Bush?
Dick Cheney?
Donald Rumseld?
Condoleezza Rice?
Karl Rove?
Scooter Libby?
Bill O'Reilly?
Ann Coulter?
Rush Limbaugh?
Sean Hannity?
Ted Haggaard?
Fred Phelps?
Fred Phelps, Bill O'reilly, Ted Haggard and Ann Coulter are not neocons. Rush and Hannity are only neocons because they are whatever the RNC tells them to be in their morning mailers.
Fred Phelps, Bill O'reilly. Ted Haggard and Ann Coulter are not neocons. Rush and Hannity are only neocons because they are whatever the RNC tells them to be in their morning mailers.
Okay, so the terminology is a bit off.
Can we just call it the "Scum of the Earth Comedy Hour" instead then?
PsychoticDan
13-08-2007, 17:24
Okay, so the terminology is a bit off.
Can we just call it the "Scum of the Earth Comedy Hour" instead then?
Sure. I said they weren't neocons. I didn't say I wouldn't like them all to die from cancer. :)
CanuckHeaven
13-08-2007, 17:24
You are directing a comedy about Neoconservatism, and prominent neoconservatives. Who do you cast to play:
George W. Bush?
Dick Cheney?
Donald Rumseld?
Condoleezza Rice?
Karl Rove?
Scooter Libby?
Bill O'Reilly?
Ann Coulter?
Rush Limbaugh?
Sean Hannity?
Ted Haggaard?
Fred Phelps?
I believe that this group would be better suited as examples of real life tragedies rather then dumb ass clowns?
Intangelon
13-08-2007, 17:42
You are directing a comedy about Neoconservatism, and prominent neoconservatives. Who do you cast to play:
George W. Bush?
(Not a neocon, but a neocon figurehead.)
William H. Macy.
Dick Cheney?
Charles Durning, or Brendon Gleeson if he can manage the accent.
Donald Rumseld?
In a perfect world, he'd be played by Phil Hartman. Barring that miracle, go with Val Kilmer.
Condoleezza Rice?
Angela Bassett has the range, but not the look. Maybe Beyonce Knowles if you ugged her up some (which the Oscar people seem to like to reward, so there's a double incentive). You'd proabaly have to go with Central Casting on this one.
Karl Rove?
Philip Seymour Hoffman. If he can play Truman Capote, he can play Rove.
Scooter Libby?
William Hurt.
Bill O'Reilly?
Tom Hanks. He has a near-enough look, and is certainly capable of making bombast seem sincere.
Ann Coulter?
Tracy Pollan for the look, Ellen Barkin for the over-the-top-ness.
Rush Limbaugh?
In his prime, David Ogden Stiers: both cherubic and vitriolic.
Sean Hannity?
George Clooney. If anyone who looks like Hannity could nail his smarmy inaccuracy, it'd be George.
Ted Haggard?
(Not a neocon. A religious right wing-nut.)
Bill Paxton or Thomas Haden Church.
Fred Phelps?
(Not a neocon. A bigger nut than Haggard with a huge God complex.)
Bruce Dern.
How'd I do?
Splintered Yootopia
13-08-2007, 19:09
George W. Bush?
Dick Cheney?
Donald Rumseld?
Condoleezza Rice?
Karl Rove?
Scooter Libby?
Bill O'Reilly?
Ann Coulter?
Rush Limbaugh?
Sean Hannity?
Ted Haggaard?
Fred Phelps?
All are played by George Bush Sr., just to see what the end result would be. I could bet it'd be hilarious.
Upper Botswavia
13-08-2007, 19:20
Never, ever, mention flutes, the Village People, and Ted Haggard in the same instance, ever again. :mad:
Darn, I thought that was the funniest of my choices, too.
Oh well.
:p
United Chicken Kleptos
13-08-2007, 20:04
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Oh, you son of a-
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I like the Village People and flutes, but Ted Haggard is just some asshole of whom I've never heard.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
13-08-2007, 20:31
You are directing a comedy about Neoconservatism, and prominent neoconservatives.
I'd kill myself, the last thing the world needs is more repition of the same tired "Bush is an idiot" punchline.
I'd kill myself, the last thing the world needs is more repition of the same tired "Bush is an idiot" punchline.
Hey, what can you do. The truth is funny.
Copiosa Scotia
14-08-2007, 00:01
Scooter Libby?
James Morrison is a dead ringer.
Bill O'Reilly?
Stephen Colbert. He's already been playing O'Reilly forever.
Ann Coulter?
If we could get Kari Matchett to look ten years older, it wouldn't be a bad pick.
Sean Hannity?
Alec Baldwin is perfect for this role, and I'm sure he'd thoroughly enjoy it.
More later.