Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Skewers PC
[guest post by JVW]
I am ridiculously tired of everything to do with the New Hampshire, which, if history is any indication, will do very little to help us move any further towards a GOP nominee beyond convincing some of the also-rans to give up the ghost and end their campaigns. That said, I saw this video in a post on Powerline in which Triumph the Insult Comic Dog speaks to a group of freshmen — uh, “first year students” — at the University of New Hampshire. Not to lapse into silly cliché, but this really did have tears rolling from my eyes. Warning: video contains copious profanities in case you are at work.
I find it interesting that this video is produced in conjunction with Funny or Die, which mostly produces comedy ideologically aligned with the beliefs of its left-wing co-founder Will Farrell. Funny or Die has in the past shilled for ObamaCare and they are generally relentlessly hostile towards conservative public figures while largely delivering sloppy wet kisses to their allies on the left. So for that particular collection of smug progressives who still laugh at Farrell’s scenery-chewing and continuing buffoonery to be willing to lampoon the lunacy of one of the key pillars of modern leftism should give great pause to crybullies everywhere.
– JVW
You mean the fat guy with the Quaker beard, plaid lumberjack shirt & wears a stocking cap indoors was a brainwashed college liberal!??
CrustyB (69f730) — 2/9/2016 @ 12:48 pmI thought the little girl in the front row was gonna scream and run away. More than once.
Rev. Hoagie™ (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:04 pmI thought the little girl in the front row was gonna scream and run away. More than once.
But didn’t you also get the sense at times that she kind of appreciated the humor? I had a tough time figuring that one out.
The name tags was the best part, maybe. “Swipe left.”
JVW (d60453) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:23 pmYep, put this in the p***y thread earlier today… funny stuff.
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:28 pmAmazing that those students stayed for the abuse. This is by leaps and bounds the funniest stuff that enterprise has issued. The Left needs to have this PC crap chained to ’em.
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:33 pmSpeaking of funny, David Brooks belongs on the funny farm… http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/opinion/i-miss-barack-obama.html?partner=IFTTT&_r=1
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:37 pmSaltiness New England humor.
mg (31009b) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:46 pmThanks, JVW
Yep, put this in the p***y thread earlier today… funny stuff.
Ah, I didn’t have a chance to read that thread, but I have the feeling this is going to be posted on a lot of right-leaning blogs.
It would be interesting to find out how they got that group of students. I assume they posted something like “Seeking students to be interviewed and filmed for politically-themed event in conjunction with the primary,” but I wonder if they knew it would be Funny or Die or Triumph. I’m also wondering if they asked for a bunch of — not so much social justice warriors because these kids didn’t go storming out of the room once Triumph let loose — kids who were at least amenable to the propaganda of the crybullies and their enablers in education. Was this a random sample, or were they sure to weed out any potential right-of-center kids?
JVW (d60453) — 2/9/2016 @ 1:49 pmUgh, Colonel. From the Brooks column you linked:
Yeah, if I wanted an earnest lefty to be empathetic and to make pompous pronouncements on how your charity exists because people are selfish and they don’t want to pay the taxes necessary for the benevolent government bureaucracy to take care of your needs, then I would want Barack Obama on the board of my charity (and isn’t it so telling how to an urban blowhard media insider like Brooks, charitable service involves holding a board of directors seat, not ladling out soup in a kitchen). But if I wanted to move beyond just talking the problem to death, I would probably be more interested in getting an actual doer involved. Maybe that’s Cruz, maybe that’s Rubio — hell, maybe it’s even Sanders (though probably not) — but it sure ain’t Obama.
JVW (d60453) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:00 pmMatthews had his leg tingle, but Brooks has his G-spot, JVW. Unbelievably clueless!
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:05 pmBrooks has literally jumped the shark, just as Fonzie did in that episode of ‘Happy Days.’
When he’s not talking about the crease of Barack’s Savile Row trousers, he’s salivating about wanting the Obamas to be on the Board of Directors of our local charity!
How about if we do a fundraiser to attempt to save David Brooks from his insanity?
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:17 pmBrought tears of joy to my eyes. Thank you.
JD (f36f05) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:17 pmDavid Brooks is the embodiment of an insufferable Baby Boomer. And to think, I knew him when he was actually conservative.
JVW (d60453) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:22 pmThanks for raising my blood pressure, Col.
mg (31009b) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:30 pmInsufferable doesn’t begin to do justice to the drivel spewed by Brooks. What an asshat.
JD (f36f05) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:31 pmMaybe David Brooks is employing the old Cold War spy tactic of pretending to be on ‘their’ team. Maybe he’s ingratiating himself to all of these left-of-center Manhattan cocktail party animals so that he can covertly gather Democrat insider anecdotes and information which he then secretly transmits to legitimate conservative operatives.
This might be one of the greatest head-fakes of all time. When Brooks was commenting on the crease of Obama’s trousers, he was tongue-in-cheek riffing on Chris Matthews’ “tingle up the leg” idolatry. Maybe Brooks is the guy obtaining lots of juicy leaks about Hillary’s email troubles. Maybe he’s a mole for Ed Klein’s reporting on the Obama VS Clinton rivalry.
I can’t even come up with a punchline to end this wishful thinking.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 2/9/2016 @ 2:32 pmI guess this belongs here, as the word Triumph is in the title.
Whatever happened to the Triumph Spitfire? I recall it as one of the classic cars of the late sixties/early seventies. Mid to late sixties Mustangs blow by me all day long, more rarely Impalas and GTOs but it happens. I never see a Spitfire, though.
Also, what is the angle of the dangle? It’s been bugging me all day.
Oh, speaking of bugs, some guy in a Baja Bug pulled into a parking lot ahead of me.
But no Triumph Spitfires.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 3:45 pmObama’s administration is scandal free…
Yes, that is what Brooks wrote.
That is about as true as the boy with chocolate smeared all over his face that he wasn’t the one who ate all of the chocolate chip cookies…
How in the world does anyone other than a Dem apologist say such a thing?????
Or did I not read far enough to get to the “Not!!”/sarc
MD not exactly in Philly (deca84) — 2/9/2016 @ 3:47 pmRadiates an ethos of integrity???????
That is delusional, not grounded in reality.
MD not exactly in Philly (deca84) — 2/9/2016 @ 3:52 pmI was almost POed when the guy cut me off.
But then I thought, “Hey a Baja Bug!”
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 3:53 pmI find myself saying this maybe 50 times a day.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 3:56 pmSpitfires aren’t around much because sometimes they rusted out overnight. You can get a classic on e-bay if you have the courage. Sometimes on a quiet summer’s evening you could hear a Spitfire rust a block away.
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:01 pmMy girlfriend Linda had a Spitfire. In the Summer of ’67 we drove from her house in Radnor, PA to the Conshohocken Drive In to see Bonnie and Clyde and when we arrived the passenger seat fell through the floorboard.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/1974_Triumph_Spitfire4.jpg/280px-1974_Triumph_Spitfire4.jpg
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:10 pmIn Spitfire’s defense the seat did see an awful lot of action. It was ’67. The Summer of Love.
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:12 pmYeah, Hoagie, sometimes to ask the question is to answer it.
Triumph Spitfires were beautiful cars, but face it.
http://monstermiata.com/
Why would you bother?
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:13 pmNews item: Supreme Count halts Obama’s greenhouse gas regulations. 5-4
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/supreme-court-blocks-obama-epa-coal-emissions-regulations.html
Kevin M (25bbee) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:14 pmI salute you, sir.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:16 pmSteve, I know where one of those Spitfires met its end. It was snowing on a work day in D. C. in 1971, and as I normally did in snow storms, I walked home and skipped the bus. My route took me past Du Pont Circle where I picked up Massachusetts Ave, then up the hill by the Naval Observatory, and finally another couple of miles got me to the Maryland suburbs. I usually passed my bus on the hill by the Observatory.
As I walked up Connecticut Ave. that afternoon, towards the underpass at Du Pont Circle, the traffic was jammed, bumper to bumper. I noticed a big fat guy in a Cadillac who was outraged that his progress to where ever he was headed was impeded by the lesser folk. He was leaning on his horn constantly, but there was noting anyone could do, even if they wanted to. As I got to the underpass, I saw that the road was icy, and cars would halt at the top, and let the car in front of them clear the descending road before they attempted the hill. About that time, a nice little red Spitfire had just got to the top of the hill, and the young woman driving the car waited for the car in front to clear before she started out. Alas, the fat jerk was immediately behind her, and as she waited for the road to clear, he became increasingly enraged, as was apparent by the increased frequency of his honking. After a ten or fifteen second wait, the hill cleared and she began her descent. She had it in first gear and was totally in control. The jerk, meanwhile, reached the top of the hill, and saw freedom beckoning. With a quick start, he charged down the slope. But after no more than 20 feet lost control and began crashing from one side to the other, skidding on the ice. He accelerated down the slope and crashed into the Spitfire. The Spitfire managed to stay on course, but the Cadillac sawed off the back of her car, all to the tune of the Cadillac’s horn.
By the time the cars came to rest at the bottom of the hill, nothing remained of the Spitfire behind the driver’s seat except for the frame and the rear wheels. The fenders, the trunk (bonnet?), rear window, and everything else was scattered over the lower portion of the road. I was surprised that the gas tank wasn’t punctured which would have capped the whole thing.
I imagine the driver of the Spitfire was arrested and jailed for impeding the forward progress of some ex-Congressman. But I didn’t stick around, I had 4 miles to travel, and dusk was falling.
BobStewartatHome (a52abe) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:19 pmBrooks is a reprobate. All else develops around that.
Rodney King's Spirit (3adc86) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:20 pmGreat post, JVW.
DRJ (15874d) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:22 pmTruly a waste, Bob. I guess we can all be grateful it wasn’t an Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:25 pmJust a reminder… https://t.co/wrJTakjCNY
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:31 pmAnd this appears to be good news… http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/09/supreme-court-puts-obamas-clean-power-plan-on-hold.html?intcmp=hplnws
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:33 pmMy future wife and I used to steam clean the driver’s seat of my ’64 GTO a few times a week before I got my own apartment…
Colonel Haiku (0490b7) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:35 pmAll I can say, all I’m willing to say, is the back seat of a ’68 Dodge Charger is a lot more practical for certain uses than any seat in any British sports car.
Then, there’s the 440.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:50 pmThe torsion bar front suspension was kind of interesting, too.
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/torsionaire.html
But I digress.
Steve57 (f61b03) — 2/9/2016 @ 4:53 pmI had that ridiculous torsion bar suspension on a Cordoba and went through a set of tires every 6 or 8 moths. The front would not hold a castor/camber alignment for 5 minutes.
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 6:05 pmBobStewartatHome, the trunk is the Boot. Steve57 the British sports cars didn’t have a rear “seat”. It was a “parcel shelf”. It could be used as a seat only if the person was a double amputee.
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/9/2016 @ 6:09 pmThank you Rev. Hoagie. I sensed I was on treacherous ground, but the neural connection between “Boot” and “trunk” must have been over-written a few decades ago. I could not recover it. And my story dates to 1970, not 1971. The D. C. experience was certainly educational. I can remember no episode where I had contact with someone in the ruling class, outside my Division in the Coast Guard (I was an Ensign or LTJG during my stay,) who impressed me as someone I wanted to emulate. And the CG had its humorous moments, like the commissioning of the Industrial Base in Baltimore which was crowned with the launching of a huge navigational buoy, the first in its class which, a la Robert McNamara, was going to revolutionize efficiency by centralizing yard actitivies. After all the required speeches and ceremony, the buoy was dropped in the water, whereupon it rolled over, keel up. Something about metacentric heights and a lack of ballast as I recall.
BobStewartatHome (a52abe) — 2/9/2016 @ 6:41 pmRev. Hoagie, I travelled a lot of miles in the “parcel seat” of my Dad’s TR-3 and later his TR-4. You just had to be young and flexible. And there was little concern over seat belts and explosive devices in the steering wheel. This parcel seat would not have been suitable for the back seat adventures mentioned above, no matter how flexible the occupants nor how big your package. But I wasn’t concerned about that nearly enough in those days.
And then there was the electrical, so-called, system ….
It’s hard to believe that the British pioneered radar. The Socialists who followed Churchill must have sent all their electrical engineers to India after the war to complete their careers pension-wise as lower level civil servants administering ration cards, leaving the lefties to try and figure out galvanic corrosion, capacitance, batteries, and shoddy insulation, all manufactured with angry Labor activists. With predictable results … just as they destroyed all those wonderful Merlin engines that powered the Spitfire and the P-51.
BobStewartatHome (a52abe) — 2/9/2016 @ 7:00 pmMD caught the worst Brooks line:
“The Obama administration has been remarkably scandal-free.”
Unbelievable.
AZ Bob (34bb80) — 2/9/2016 @ 8:03 pmThe video was so good, I got to watch it again. None of the students seemed to get the humor. And none were willing to get up and walk out despite being mocked. Are they used to being spoon fed? Or maybe they are so enthralled with being on a video that they didn’t notice the insults.
AZ Bob (34bb80) — 2/9/2016 @ 8:08 pmI was amazed the students accepted the show without getting offended or indignant or leaving. I’ll bet they were warned it would be outlandish and maybe offered something good if they could last through the whole thing. When it hit me what he said was wrong with “orientation”, it was over for me, I was destroyed by laughter.
Ken in Camarillo (061845) — 2/9/2016 @ 11:11 pmTalking about great old cars..
Ken in Camarillo (061845) — 2/9/2016 @ 11:32 pmMy college days were 67 to 71 and my roommate sophomore year had a way of acquiring interesting cars:
A 1953 MG TF1500; a 1954 Corvette, white with red interior, straight 6 with sidedraft carbs and 2 speed powerglide; and the best of all a 1967 Boss 302 California Special fastback Mustang. We had lots of fun racing up to Mt Wilson in those cars and my Honda 160 scrambler motorcycle.
In 1967, you could get a California Special, but you had to wait until 1969 to get the Boss 302. It is not unusual for people to add the unique pieces (badges, tail lights, etc.) from one model to another to get the look they wanted. Many people continue to call a 4 barrel equipped 302 a Boss 302. While they use a similar block, the heads, intake, exhaust, etc. are different. Also, the California Special was a coupe while the Boss 302 engine was only available in a fastback configuration. Hilites of the California Special included the ’67 T-bird sequential tail lights, special badges, “performance” tires, etc.
(Not to nit pick, but I worked in a Mustang restoration shop for several years.)
Easy Target (6ce5ae) — 2/10/2016 @ 3:41 amHumpin’ funny, Patterico, for sure. Friendly edit: Ferrell.
Johnny Mustard (7537d3) — 2/10/2016 @ 6:07 amYou must be referring to the wonders of Lucas electric, BobStewartatHome. But then they “improved” to Smith’s. Hahahaha. I had a 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III, absolutely gorgeous car, wouldn’t start on a rainy day.
Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27) — 2/10/2016 @ 6:18 am“The Obama administration has been remarkably scandal-free.”
He could say that because:
1) The e-mails are Hillary’s scandal.
2) The VA was the scandal of the careerists in the VA
3) The IRS was Lois Lerner and Democratic activists.
4) Fast and Furious was done entirely in the Department of Justice.
5) David Petraeus’ affair was not his fault.
6) The buck never reached him in the case of Benghazi. The buck was successfully passed by the CIA, and it stopped at Susan Rice and James Clapper.
Sammy Finkelman (1a8d7e) — 2/10/2016 @ 7:28 amThanks for posting that. Triumph’s puppeteer Robert Smigel has been on the cutting edge of tasteful comedy for decades as a longtime writer for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and is probably feeling the sting of PC’s intrusion into American humor. He was the creator of, among other characters, The Ambiguously Gay Duo superhero spoof on SNL.
This is especially cathartic for someone who has seen video of the elementary school experiments of Chicago teacher Jane Elliott, who is the Godmother of “anti-bias” programming. She is a living legend among progressives for her cruel “brown-eye/blue-eye” program in which white children with blue eyes were treated with respect and kindness and brown-eyed kids were treated like trash. She also did the same thing with an unsuspecting Oprah audience full of adults. In both cases, she justifies bringing people (young and old) to tears to “expose” their privilege/bigotry. IMHO, she’s evil.
L.N. Smithee (178aa6) — 2/10/2016 @ 7:53 am