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People, Personas, and Politics 39 – Trump 98 Scott Douglas Jacobsen & Rick Rosner June 15, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The tragedy and comedy of Trump. Rick Rosner: Okay, this is day 98 of his presidency. The weirdness and awfulness of how he got elected and the awfulness with how he's being president and racism and sexism that has been brought out of the closet by people who have been empowered by this president. They are all so awful that they thoroughly dominate people's comedy thoughts, at least as I've experienced or as I have experienced them in Twitter. Before, he was the comedy of gripes or of small complaints. For me, it would be about people not getting off the equipment at the gym because they are using the phone while they don't fully use the machine they are on. Also, people joking about the annoyances of going through airport security lines. Joking about their personal weakness with regard to food. Just little comedy topics, that in a different era would be expressed in front of a brick wall at the comedy club. Often, with the preface, "What is it with?" One cliche [End of recorded material] Authors[1] Rick Rosner American Television Writer [email protected] Rick Rosner Scott Douglas Jacobsen Editor-in-Chief, In-Sight Publishing [email protected] In-Sight Publishing Endnotes [1] Four format points for the session article:
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AuthorAccording to semi-reputable sources, Rick Rosner has the world’s second-highest IQ. He earned 12 years of college credit in less than a year and graduated with the equivalent of 8 majors. He has received 8 Writer’s Guild Award and Emmy nominations, and was named 2013 North American Genius of the Year by The World Genius Registry. He has written for Remote Control, Crank Yankers, The Man Show, The Emmy Awards, The Grammy Awards, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He has also worked as a stripper, a bouncer, a roller-skating waiter, and a nude model. In a TV commercial, Domino’s Pizza named him the World’s Smartest Man.He was also named Best Bouncer in the Denver Area by Westwood Magazine. He spent the disco era as an undercover high school student. 25 years as a bar bouncer, American fake ID-catcher, 25+ years as a stripper, and nude art model, and nearly 30 years as a writer for more than 2,500 hours of network television. He lost on Jeopardy!, sued Who Wants to Be a Millionaire over a bad question, and lost the lawsuit. He spent 35+ years on a modified version of Big Bang Theory. Now, he mostly sits around tweeting in a towel. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and daughter. You can send an email or a direct message via Twitter, or find him on LinkedIn. ArchivesCategories |