Remember when British comedian Ricky Gervais absolutely destroyed the Hollywood elite at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards? It was a beautiful moment worth revisiting—multiple times. Gervais eviscerated Tinseltown progressives for being so stunningly out of touch with the struggles of real people, and it is a thrill to watch even after all these years.
He laid into the vapid nature of all too many “celebrities”:
So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.
SPECTACULAR from Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes:
“If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech.
You are in NO POSITION to lecture the public about ANYTHING.
You know NOTHING about the real world.”
👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/o8MJ6oE1QD
— Theodora 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@EmpressThea527) January 6, 2020
On Thursday night, however, it was time for the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York City, where dignitaries from the entertainment, politics, and business worlds all showed up to raise money for Catholic charities. Well, everyone except for Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who evidently had more important things to do (what, exactly?). She sent in one of the most cringe-worthy videos of all time to make up for her non-appearance, but it failed to mask the fact that she’s the first candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 who didn’t have the guts to make an appearance.
Now I know that not everyone thought Jim Gaffigan was funny, but I have been loving his Saturday Night Live impressions of goofy Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. I thought he brought the heat to the evening and dropped some vicious—though fair—hits on Biden, Harris, Schumer, the Democrat party, and even Trump himself.
Here we go:
Jim Gaffigan: “The Democrats have been telling us Trump’s reelection is a threat to democracy. In fact, they were so concerned of this threat, they staged a coup, ousted their democratically elected incumbent, and installed Kamala Harris.” pic.twitter.com/ZVgqMbT2p5
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 18, 2024
While there was an extremely serious point behind that joke, it also made me laugh. But wait, there’s more.
This one had me guffawing. “They’re called the Biden Family”:
JIM GAFFIGAN: “The media has begun discussing the phenomena of ‘secret Trump voters’ — people who publicly say they’d never vote for Trump, but then when they go in the voting booth, they do. It’s a small group. They’re called the ‘Biden family.'”
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 18, 2024
But he really nailed it when he called out Harris for inexplicably failing to appear. Gaffigan: “She did find time to appear on ‘The View,’ Howard Stern, Colbert, and the longtime staple of campaigning, the ‘Call Her Daddy podcast,’” he joked. It’s funny, but it’s also gonna leave a mark because it’s 100 percent true.
“Twenty-two percent of Americans identify as Catholic. Catholics will be a key demographic in every battleground state.”
“I’m sorry… Why is Vice President Kamal Harris not here?” he wondered. A helluva question:
Jim Gaffigan just roasted Kamala Harris for skipping the Al Smith dinner:
“She did find time to appear on The View, Howard Stern, Colbert and the longtime staple of campaigning, the Call Her Daddy podcastpic.twitter.com/dFqlsmL3Dy
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 18, 2024
Here’s a nice wrap-up of his best moments:
WATCH: Jim Gaffigan Obliterates Kamala Harris and Democrats in Brutal Roast at Al Smith Dinner——Two Minute Montage of Best Moments |
Wow.
This might just be the Ricky Gervais Golden Globes moment for politics.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan just delivered a scorching takedown of Kamala… pic.twitter.com/HOIWPrUWZY
— Overton (@overton_news) October 18, 2024
I have often argued that comedy and satire are some of the best ways to expose the extremism on the left, and it’s something conservatives must continue to do as we fight back against misinformation warfare, censorship, and cancel culture.
I thought Gaffigan was great.
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