In yesterday’s Comedy Revue Double Bill at the White House, George Bush demonstrated rare insight, claiming to have “learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner”.
That’s all very well, but in light entertainment, consistency is vital. The success of a double act depends on the audience instantly being able to recognise the straight man, the funny man, the buffoonish village (world) policeman, etc. So what’s happening here? Are they swapping roles?
It certainly looks that way. Tony Blair summoned the full and bountiful fruits of the post-war British public education system, and squeaked forth…
“The biggest reason why Iraq has been difficult is the determination of our opponents to defeat us. Maybe in retrospect, when we look back, it should have been very obvious to us…”
Crikey! Those beastly foreign types never play by the rules, do they?
Tony’s got the same problem as me – he’s spending too much time setting up before the punchline. Mind you, I have an American advisor. (www.johnnyhollywood.de)