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By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Making America Respected Again

ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Making America Respected Again — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 00:56:44 +0000

[...] Dave’s Not Here [...]

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:25:51 +0000

*smh*

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:49:44 +0000

geez.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:27:36 +0000

Ha!

By: MtnCaddy

MtnCaddy — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:54:35 +0000

[1]

Naw, Dude... you gotta light(en) up

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:17:47 +0000

Chris,

I'll be laughing about that one for some time to come.

:-)

It's all your fault, too ... well, you and my favourite Canadian drummer. Ahem.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:58:13 +0000

Russ,

Hoping you’ve been hacked and this was published after you refused to pay the ransom…

Okay, now THAT was funny!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:57:05 +0000

Russ [1],

Guess I'll have to go and read the rest of the article, now ... :)

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:55:39 +0000

I'd rather have the pre-rolled cones and then fill it up after a bit of grinding. You know, now that I know how to smoke it properly. Thanks to my Caddy! :)

By: andygaus

andygaus — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:34:04 +0000

I have to concur with Listen...
Not funny, and as up-to-date as carbon paper.
That's all right, everybody makes a mistake sometimes.

By: BashiBazouk

BashiBazouk — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:30:37 +0000

Fat Freddy's Cat was my favorite of the era. The cat's perspective of the Freak Brothers was better then the original comics IMO.

By: John M from Ct.

John M from Ct. — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:09:47 +0000

Listen [1]

I hate to say it, but I found Chris' piece witty and clever, if a bit labored in the middle. As he notes at the end, the entire thing is a light-hearted lift from Cheech and Chong's classic stoner comedy albums from the 70s. Even at the time, they had fun exaggerating the legendary aspects of recreational drug culture.

Possibly this is a generational thing. Are you by any chance a fan of Zap Comix? R. Crumb and Mr. Natural and - wait for it - the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers? If not - if the Demon in Checkered Pants leaves you with a straight, even a puzzled, face - then I can begin to imagine how you might impose the weird (to me) 'minstrel show' overlay on this piece.

It's me, Dave!

[pause, stoned out of his gourd] ... Dave's not here.

Definitely aughing with, not at, the characters.

And I've never smoked marijuana in my life.

By: ListenWhenYouHear

ListenWhenYouHear — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:08:40 +0000

No “e” in ransom, I know

By: ListenWhenYouHear

ListenWhenYouHear — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:07:03 +0000

CW…

Gotta say I am really surprised by this article… and not in the good way. For someone who is so supportive of the legalization of bud, this reads like a modern day minstrel show seeking to keep it a controlled substance. It uses the worst stereotypes for what “stoners” are supposedly like.

I get that you were attempting to use comedy to get your message out there, but you failed to ask yourself one of the most important questions when it comes to writing comedy: Is the audience laughing at or laughing with the characters in my story?

Hoping you’ve been hacked and this was published after you refused to pay the ransome…

Russ