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Summary: If only it were just a little funny
Review: Bruce Tinsley believes that the conservative point of view is woefully under-represented in the funny pages, and I suppose he may be right in that. But Tinsley, in his drive to illustrate his viewpoint, along the way has forgotten to include the humor that is necessary.I suppose one could level that same criticism at the current crop of Doonesbury cartoons which seem to have lost their focus, but in its heyday, the strip was indeed funny & readable. Doonesbury also took aim at targets on both ends of the spectrum on a regular basis. This is an area in which "Mallard Fillmore" is sorely lacking. The idea that either the liberal or conservative ideologies has alone cornered the market on absurdity is ludicrous. A good satirist will target absurdity on both sides of the spectrum, and until Tinsley recognizes this, he will be nothing more than a partisan writer of cartoon polemics.
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Summary: If only it were just a little funny
Review: Bruce Tinsley believes that the conservative point of view is woefully under-represented in the funny pages, and I suppose he may be right in that. But Tinsley, in his drive to illustrate his viewpoint, along the way has forgotten to include the humor that is necessary. I suppose one could level that same criticism at the current crop of Doonesbury cartoons which seem to have lost their focus, but in its heyday, the strip was indeed funny & readable. Doonesbury also took aim at targets on both ends of the spectrum on a regular basis. This is an area in which "Mallard Fillmore" is sorely lacking. The idea that either the liberal or conservative ideologies has alone cornered the market on absurdity is ludicrous. A good satirist will target absurdity on both sides of the spectrum, and until Tinsley recognizes this, he will be nothing more than a partisan writer of cartoon polemics.
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Summary: Does it even try to be funny?
Review: I am aware that there is a left leaning daily cartoon that runs in most comic sections. I am aware that this left leaning cartoon tends to upset conservatives. However, this unmentioned comic is at least funny, sometimes. I can honestly say, that I have never ever cracked a smile reading Mallard Fillmore. It does not even try to be funny, seriously. It is just a token right wing strip, balancing the comic page political spectrum. I have no problem with laughing at the right or the left, but come on, tell a joke. All Fillmore seems to do is blast Democrats, but with no creativity or subtlety. I mean, I know it must feel good to be a conservative and know that there is a comic out there that blasts the other side. But aren't comics supposed to make you laugh?
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Summary: Utterly despicable
Review: I personally am not a liberal, but an anarcho-socialist, but I can still attest to this cartoon's utter worthlessness. Tinsley lacks the skill of satire to be a sucessful political cartoonist, so he instead rants out this strip, he which he basically moans and whines about things he dislikes, namely them pesky liberals and their like-minded ilk. Tinsley's work is almost immediatley offputting, being totally cruel, (and sarcasm, even when carried to the 10th degree, can be funny) idiotically overblown exagerration, and the simple fact that everyone on the right does not really have a sense of humor, and is instead simply pompous, ignorant, and puffed full of righteous indignation. About as funny as a golf club between the eyes. I would recommend 'The Boondocks', as well as classics like "Krazy Kat' and 'Calvin and Hobbes' instead. up with the surrealist revolution.
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Summary: Great book for Republicans
Review: I think this is a great book to read for those who believe in a more conservative view of life. I also find it fascinating that the liberals who posted reviews gave this book 1 star while conservatives gave it 5 stars. Hmmm it seems like the lines of liberal and conservative are still strong. Just so you know I am a conservative and I think this strip was great. Also, I dislike Doonsbury with a passion and do not think it is a funny strip at all. Hmmmm a conservative bashing Doonsbury, almost as odd as a liberal bashing Mallard Fillmore.
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Summary: a trite complainer with no comedic value
Review: If this were even funny I could see not throwing it in the trash, (as it was a gift by a religious kook whom I work with.) I, am not a, "liberal or a democrat" but an independent who really loves a good laugh and this is just crumby propaganda. I can't stand stupidity and whining masked as comedy. You might as well read Garfield or Ziggy. This author needs his face slapped for contriving such nonsense. I don't know any conservative Texans, (many at work) who think this was clever and they adore anything remotely right wing. I ended up leaving it at the office for someone else to throw away.
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Summary: Politically incorrect AND funny too!
Review: If you are tired of the "PC Police", you will LOVE Mallard Fillmore! Not only is it great political satire, it's FUNNY, darn it! It's awfully hard to take offense at Mallard no matter what he says - which is probably why so many people love this strip, even (gasp) liberals!
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Summary: yawn.
Review: Mallard Fillmore is the most unfunny comic strip of all time. Although I almost never agree with its politics, that's not my real problem with it. My real problem is that it takes one [bad] joke and repeats it with slightly different wording every single day for a week or longer. And the jokes are almost never funny to begin with. The only funny thing about Mallard Fillmore is laughing at how unfunny it is. And besides, although Tinsley may seem to think he's wickedly skewering liberals, his satire is trite and predictable. He rarely strays from the obvious targets - political correctness, Clinton, self-absorbed news anchors. Yawn. It's all been done before by far cleverer satirists.
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Summary: Funny, sharp stuff
Review: No wonder this book receives such diverse reviews -- it lampons the fallacies and faux pas of liberalism very effectively. Best of all, there are no "cheap shots" -- just a very clear mirror on the subject, with enough light to expose the flaws and weakneses in leftist thinking. One of my most treasured books!
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Summary: only funny to ideologues, I guess
Review: There's a reason why this book is out of print: an utter lack of wit, originality, or humor. Here's the basic premise of every single strip: put something that conservative pundits have said into speech balloons, then draw a few ducks around them. See, it's really funny to see a duck saying "Reagan increased revenues by cutting taxes." Ha ha ha. I mean, I'd really like to see a genuinely witty and thoughtful conservative comic strip. This isn't it.
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