Comedians Take On Dana Milbank And Chris Cillizza For 'Mouthpiece Theater' Videos

Josh Funk and Andy Cobb, of the Public Service Administration, are no fans of the "Washington Post"'s adventures with webcams, noting that the two men who go on them are "widely criticized for having all the charm, wit and insight of a frathouse open mic night."

Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza first came under fire for these pieces, that Cobb notes are "so unfunny [they] might be performance art," after criticizing our own Nico Pitney for having the audacity to break into the coddled world that is the White House press corps. Of course that's not okay, but dressing in smoking jackets and making asses out of yourselves while lecturing on journalistic integrity is fine.

Milbank again came under fire for these videos after suggesting that Hillary Clinton drink "mad bitch beer." It's hard to be a comedian when you're deeply unfunny. The "Washington Post" was forced to pull the video, but Media Matters archived it for safe viewing.

It wasn't merely the hypocrisy or inappropriateness that bothered the folks at the Public Service Administration though, it was the lack of "writing, delivery, production values, insights, comic point-of-view, characters, locations, guests, jokes, or segments" that really got to them. As a result they decided to lampoon the pair and the paper they work for.


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[Mannock]

He's a level 60 paladin. I WILL remember that!

[djk37]

LOL! Brilliant!

[johnsonc20]

What did happen to Dan Froomkin? Was he canceled? His compilation was the best thing in the Post.

[limber]

Yep, he was let go. The story is that his pageviews were down.

I thought the story was he's been picked up by HuffPo, though?

[Prattvictory2]

They fired him.

[Horus45]

Much funnier than Milktoast and Lizzard.

[gwazdos]

This is absolute trash. The only group of people that would fund such crap must be Dick Armey. No talent and sad to hear people comment that this is funny etc. TRASH.

[HPfanRJ]

Dick who? Anyway, you're right about one thing - this was no where near as funny as the "Contract on America", or even that wonderful "Mission Accomplished" riff - that was truly side-splitting.

[la joya]

This is SUPPOSED TO BE TRASH. It's parody. The whole point is to highlight how idiotic and unfunny the real show, Washington Sketch, is. Check out the original: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/11/14/VI2007111401120.html

And here is the sketch that got them in trouble most recently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YArTpukehYY

Josh Funk and Andy Cobb hit the nail on the head!

[Prattvictory2]

You can't explain stuff like this to people who don't get it. It's best to stay away from them.

[newsmctado]

Its called parody. It means: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. There, now I dont even have to tell you to look it up.

[djk37]

It's a parody. You FAILED.

[Sardonica]

Absolutely spot-on. Genius. Perfect 10. Brilliant. etc., etc., etc....

[ROLtheWolf]

Very good satire. I was surprised at how on the mark.

The hand sign should have been the index and middle fingers curving upward, but otherwise this was spot on.

Great video!

[GeorgeP922]

Genius, please guys keep this up.

Im honestly surprised they even let you post this.

Whenever I mention the pay2play they did I get censored.

Sometime some media needs to fail, and it's obvious Washington Post is not serious about maintaining their reputation anymore.

[AGarcia]

Trenchant has hell! LOL.

[whsmith]

absolute genius

[Bailey Reynolds]

That was brilliant! LOL

And did I say devastating?

[yellowdogminnesotan]

You just got posted!

[earlygrayce1]

Hilarious.

[lesterbud]

That's how you do it!

SCHOOLED!

[ricmarc]

i laughed so hard i almost pee'd my pants! i want to see the next episode with the jack black movies and the weed.