Monday, January 16, 2006

THE AERIAL TRAM: COMEDY LEGEND IN THE MAKING

Over recent years, Oregon has provided America with two genuine comedy legends: Tonya Harding and Bob Packwood. Not every state has offered the late night talk shows this level of material. Today I now believe we are on the doorsteps of a new national-level comedy topic. I mean it. This aerial tram thing is that good.
Let’s be realistic. There will never be another Tonya Harding. When it comes to making Oregon look ridiculous, she was the gold standard. Bob Packwood was also very effective, but he didn’t last. Bob fled the stage before he achieved his full comedic promise, so it is not fair to judge what might have been.
But this aerial tram! It’s so visible and it’s so ridiculous. As a professional comedy writer I sense national potential here. Please, carry on. This is going to be good.

3 Comments:

At 9:41 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Not to refer to it as comedy (because its truly tragic) but doesn't Neil Goldschmidt qualify in that club?

 
At 10:04 PM, Blogger Bill McDonald said...

As aggravating as the tram is, I can’t see it in the same category as Neil or Bob Packwood. It doesn’t have that kind of ugliness. The tram is more along the lines of the Tonya Harding saga: Ridiculous, silly and stupid.

 
At 1:33 AM, Blogger LaurelhurstDad said...

I have heard that Lars Larson has a national radio show. How silly does that make us look?

 

Post a Comment

<< Home