I. A Brief History of Political Satire 1. Ancient History to Early America: Criticize leadership get head chopped off 2. Early America: “Land of the Free and the Home of the Funny”- political cartoons and the works of Mark Twain 3. Smothers Brothers- early political satire 4. Laugh-In- appearance of Richard Nixon 5. Early SNL- Weekend report, presidential parodies II. Bush and satire 1. Actual instances of Bush not always saying the right thing -Is our children learning? - 2. Presidential Election 2008 -SNL debate Bush vs. Gore 3. Will Ferrall’s SNL parody 4. Lil’ Bush 5. That’s my Bush 6. Family Guy: “Don’t make me do stuff” -cut away gags -“visionary of democracy” -“Uncle Rush” -Scene of Brain attempting to tell Bush about Hurricane Katrina III. Game Changer: The Presidential Election of 2008 1. Early portrayals of Clinton and Obama -SNL accussed of supporting Clinton -Hilary mentioning it in her speeches 2. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin -Sarah Palin appearing on show -Polls identify with Fey’s portrayal of Palin then with the actual Palin -Vice-Presidential Debate -Show clip comparing SNL Sarah Palin Katie Couric Interview with actual interview 3. John McCain and Bush -John McCain- past history with show -skit with Palin, McCain, and Bush’s “endorsement” IV. Animated Political Satire Shows- Family Guy, and the Simpsons 1. The Simpsons- appearances of politicians on the show -Treehouse of Horror- Aliens kidnap Clinton and Dole -Bush vs. Simpson- “Two Bad Neighbors” -Ralph Wiggam: Presidential Candidate - Clinton “Well I’m a pretty lousy president” 2. Family Guy- Portrayal of the top of government and political parties (discuss influence of bias) -Clinton portrayed as a sex manic -Bush= idiot (already dealt with earlier) - Discuss episode in which Brain becomes a conservative. Point out appearance of Rush Limbaugh V. Fake TV news shows 1. The Daily Show -Clips -John Stewart’s interview with Bill Moyers- “not real news” 2. The Colbert Report – discuss how some people believe that the show is real 3. Bill Maher 4. Rally to Restore Sanity -Discuss turnout - Compare with rallies held with Beck and Palin -According to CBS news, the Rally to Restore Sanity and /or Fear had more people attend then the Rally to Restore Honor
VI. Format for Documentary 1. On screen narrator (me) 2. Video Clips from the TV shows described (ensured to be fair copyright use) 3. Some possible live action sequences
Outline for Graduation Project: Part 1
I. A Brief History of Political Satire
1. Ancient History to Early America: Criticize leadership get head chopped off
2. Early America: “Land of the Free and the Home of the Funny”- political cartoons and the works of Mark Twain
3. Smothers Brothers- early political satire
4. Laugh-In- appearance of Richard Nixon
5. Early SNL- Weekend report, presidential parodies
II. Bush and satire
1. Actual instances of Bush not always saying the right thing
-Is our children learning?
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2. Presidential Election 2008
-SNL debate Bush vs. Gore
3. Will Ferrall’s SNL parody
4. Lil’ Bush
5. That’s my Bush
6. Family Guy: “Don’t make me do stuff”
-cut away gags
-“visionary of democracy”
-“Uncle Rush”
-Scene of Brain attempting to tell Bush about Hurricane Katrina
III. Game Changer: The Presidential Election of 2008
1. Early portrayals of Clinton and Obama
-SNL accussed of supporting Clinton
-Hilary mentioning it in her speeches
2. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
-Sarah Palin appearing on show
-Polls identify with Fey’s portrayal of Palin then with the actual Palin
-Vice-Presidential Debate
-Show clip comparing SNL Sarah Palin Katie Couric Interview with actual interview
3. John McCain and Bush
-John McCain- past history with show
-skit with Palin, McCain, and Bush’s “endorsement”
IV. Animated Political Satire Shows- Family Guy, and the Simpsons
1. The Simpsons- appearances of politicians on the show
-Treehouse of Horror- Aliens kidnap Clinton and Dole
-Bush vs. Simpson- “Two Bad Neighbors”
-Ralph Wiggam: Presidential Candidate
- Clinton “Well I’m a pretty lousy president”
2. Family Guy- Portrayal of the top of government and political parties (discuss influence of bias)
-Clinton portrayed as a sex manic
-Bush= idiot (already dealt with earlier)
- Discuss episode in which Brain becomes a conservative. Point out appearance of Rush Limbaugh
V. Fake TV news shows
1. The Daily Show
-Clips
-John Stewart’s interview with Bill Moyers- “not real news”
2. The Colbert Report – discuss how some people believe that the show is real
3. Bill Maher
4. Rally to Restore Sanity
-Discuss turnout
- Compare with rallies held with Beck and Palin
-According to CBS news, the Rally to Restore Sanity and /or Fear had more people attend then the Rally to Restore Honor
VI. Format for Documentary
1. On screen narrator (me)
2. Video Clips from the TV shows described (ensured to be fair copyright use)
3. Some possible live action sequences