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You are here: Home / Elections / Election 2012 / Too Much Awesome In One Place

Too Much Awesome In One Place

by John Cole|  November 9, 20112:44 pm| 75 Comments

This post is in: Election 2012, Clown Shoes, Teabagger Stupidity

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Herman Cain’s Campaign Promises with Mike Tyson from Mike Tyson

The part about tea partiers loving crazy more than they hate blacks made me laugh out loud.

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  1. 1.

    Svensker

    November 9, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    Who knew that Tyson had a sense of humor? Love it.

  2. 2.

    travis

    November 9, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    Oh Lord, that made my day.

  3. 3.

    Hill Dweller

    November 9, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Cain!Cain!Cain!Cain!

  4. 4.

    Violet

    November 9, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    Mike Tyson! Awesome.

  5. 5.

    celticdragonchick

    November 9, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    That was 50 different kinds of win.

  6. 6.

    JGabriel

    November 9, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    John Cole:

    The part about tea partiers loving crazy more than they hate blacks made me laugh out loud.

    For weeks I’ve been trying in my mind, unsuccessfully, to reconcile the Tea Party race-baiting with the Cain-love.

    Now I finally get it: they love the crazy more than they hate the black. Thank you, Funny or Die for explaining it to me. And thank you, John, for drawing our attention to it.

    That’s been bugging me for months now.

    .

  7. 7.

    MattF

    November 9, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    That goes into the ‘Now I’ve seen everything’ folder.

  8. 8.

    JGabriel

    November 9, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    @Svensker:

    Who knew that Tyson had a sense of humor?

    Is that really Tyson? Where’s his eye tat?

    .

  9. 9.

    Linda Featheringill

    November 9, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Okay. That was funny.

    And I didn’t know that Tyson had a sense of humor. Maybe he should display it more.

  10. 10.

    feebog

    November 9, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Awesome to the max. Tyson has the creepy smile at the end down to a T.

  11. 11.

    existential fish

    November 9, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    would be the funniest thing ever if this wasn’t someone who had been actually convicted of rape – ruined it for me.

  12. 12.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 9, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    Their blacks = people who think things out.

    Our blacks = crazy motherfuckers, like us.

  13. 13.

    Shinobi

    November 9, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    Oh man, they are going to love his VP pick.

  14. 14.

    MJ

    November 9, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    @Svensker: Iron Mike’s got a great sense of humor that’s been getting sharper and sharper now that he’s finally kicked his drug habit.

    Check out the following spoof of the Bobby Brown classic “Every Little Step” video with Mike Tyson and Wayne Brady that makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it. http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/4oc1

    edit: Mike’s big moment starts at 1:19

  15. 15.

    Napoleon

    November 9, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Great question, but they actually have other Tyson videos at their site and in some of them Tyson has it. Did they cover it with makeup?

  16. 16.

    PeakVT

    November 9, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Lulz.

  17. 17.

    Peter J

    November 9, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    A convicted rapist as a candidate recently mostly referenced to as a sexual harasser. Hopefully they stay away from that subject if there are any more of these.

  18. 18.

    Roger Moore

    November 9, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Now I finally get it: they love the crazy more than they hate the black.

    I’m not sure that’s it. I think it’s also important that a lot of them apparently hate Mormon more than they hate black. Or maybe it’s that they hate sane, creepy, inconsistent Mormon more than they hate creepy, consistently crazy black.

  19. 19.

    Steve

    November 9, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Wait… that was actually Mike Tyson? Whoa.

  20. 20.

    cathyx

    November 9, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Was I the only person who had trouble understanding him? Even with the volume way up.

  21. 21.

    Peggy

    November 9, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Good to see Tyson’s comedy talent after all the damage he sustained in the ring. He’s in better shape than Ali; and more cogent.

  22. 22.

    Alison

    November 9, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    @existential fish: Agreed. Kind of bothered that so many people here find it funny.

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    November 9, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    Holy shit, now I know why Herman’s staying in the race: to interview the other wives.

    http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/11/gop-wives-form-clique-exclude-less-cool-wives.html

  24. 24.

    Rosalita

    November 9, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    @JGabriel: lotsa makeup

  25. 25.

    PaulW

    November 9, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    There’s a Trope for this.

    Refuge In Audacity.

    There’s another Trope for this.

    Crowning Moment of G-dd-mn M-th-rf-ck-ng ROTGDFLMAO Funny.

  26. 26.

    andy

    November 9, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    PIZZA PTHURSDAY FOREVAH!!!

  27. 27.

    Shinobi

    November 9, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    @Alison: I can hate Mike Tyson and still think that what he is saying is funny.

  28. 28.

    Marc

    November 9, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    I separate art from artist. Brilliant performers can be bad people. Otherwise you end up throwing away an awful lot of compelling performances, books, and art.

  29. 29.

    MikeJ

    November 9, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    @Alison: Horrible people can make good entertainment. Often they make the best entertainment. Warren Zevon seems to be the local favorite example.

  30. 30.

    David Koch

    November 9, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    Paterno’s resignation is rocking the markets.

    I hope you’re happy.

  31. 31.

    Woodrowfan

    November 9, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    where’s the grill? oh wait, that’s Foreman., never mind…

  32. 32.

    John Weiss

    November 9, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    I heard my wife cackling in her computer/laundry/junk room. (We call it the Orile Tates room after the brilliant multi-tasker). Funny stuff!

  33. 33.

    cleek

    November 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    @David Koch:

    Paterno’s resignation is rocking the markets.

    i thought it was because i took the day off.

  34. 34.

    Alison

    November 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    @Shinobi: Okay, that’s valid. I can’t, and I have trouble comprehending how others can, is all I was saying. When a man can be convicted of committing heinous crimes against women, and people are still able to chuckle at his jokes, that’s sad to me.

  35. 35.

    harlana

    November 9, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    not fair, i’m at work >:{

    can’t wait to go home and watch this!

  36. 36.

    existential fish

    November 9, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    I’m not opposed to finding Mike Tyson funny (And I don’t judge anyone for laughing – the material is pretty good!) – I thought his cameo in The Hangover was funny. I just didn’t find it to work here, mostly because the charges against Cain highlight that element in Tyson.

    At least Tyson did his time, though.

  37. 37.

    JGabriel

    November 9, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Joe Walsh explains why he got all yelly at constituents:

    Rep. Joe Walsh — who recently freaked out at a constituent at an informal town hall gathering — explains that he was “working on an empty stomach and had a quicker fuse than normal.”
    __
    If only there had been food at the event — which took place at a restaurant.

    That just cries out for the Gastritis Broke My Calculator tag.

    .

  38. 38.

    trollhattan

    November 9, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    @JGabriel: First he ruins The Eagles, now this…. Yelly McYellpants should start a band with Steve King.

  39. 39.

    Satanicpanic

    November 9, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    a restaurant so gross it made my children hate pizza

  40. 40.

    David Koch

    November 9, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    @cleek: It’s mass panic. Penn State is too big to fail!1!1

  41. 41.

    Trinity

    November 9, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    Cain!!

    Woo…pure comedy.

  42. 42.

    Rihilism

    November 9, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    This is also somewhat amusing. My favorite is the Bachmann’s, “Whenever you’re out of town I find everything I need on Craigslist…”

  43. 43.

    trollhattan

    November 9, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    @existential fish:

    Not to mention this was filmed long before Hermie’s Roman hands and Russian fingers became an issue. But hey, maybe he did time too and just Cain’t remember?

  44. 44.

    aimai

    November 9, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    @existential fish:
    This. I would have laughed if I hadn’t been rendered extremely uncomfortable both by the rape thing and the fairly unpleasant racist overtones in choosing a rapist and a moron to parody Cain. Not enough distance, as well, between comedian and object of satire.

    aimai

  45. 45.

    Linda Featheringill

    November 9, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    @MJ:

    Tyson/Brady:

    Mike is cute in this video. Ain’t got no rhythm but . . . .

    :-)

  46. 46.

    Bill

    November 9, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    Who remembers this hilarious Mike Tyson oscar’s parody from earlier this year?

  47. 47.

    the dude

    November 9, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    @Linda Featheringill:

    And I didn’t know that Tyson had a sense of humor. Maybe he should display it more.

    Well he was on the roast of Charlie Sheen, and in a little-known comedy called The Hangover.

  48. 48.

    JGabriel

    November 9, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    This is completely unfair, because no one came out of the 70’s looking good, but, oh my God, here is:

    Herman Cain, 1971.

    .

  49. 49.

    bemused

    November 9, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Shorter fuse than “normal”? Lack of self-control issues is more like it.

  50. 50.

    trollhattan

    November 9, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Man purse!

  51. 51.

    Satanicpanic

    November 9, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    @JGabriel: He could totally show up at a hipster bar in that exact outfit and be a hit

  52. 52.

    Shinobi

    November 9, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    @Alison: I don’t actually think he wrote these jokes. I’m pretty sure he’s just the guy telling them. Which helps.

    I tend to have a harder time with people who commit crimes and then are NOT convicted. (cough*rapistberger*cough) Tyson has served his time, and found religion in the process. I hope that he learned something from it.

    (Edited for overthinking)

  53. 53.

    BGK

    November 9, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    @trollhattan:

    I think that’s a binocular case.

    Also – and give me a pass on how I know – that pathway behind him leads to the first aid room. Given Herman’s later..tendencies…I could see how his use of binoculars would pretty quickly require first aid.

  54. 54.

    birthmarker

    November 9, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    The documentary Tyson is really good.

  55. 55.

    Svensker

    November 9, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    @aimai:

    the fairly unpleasant racist overtones in choosing a rapist and a moron to parody Cain.

    I don’t think the sexual harassment charges had come up yet, so that didn’t figure. Is Tyson a moron? He certainly acted like one when he was young, dumb and famous and on drugs. But I have no idea how smart the man actually is. He seems smart enough to capture Cain’s moves and looks, which is what the producers were probably going for. No dog whistles involved.

  56. 56.

    Jay in Oregon

    November 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    @trollhattan:
    Look at this picture and try not to let it burrow into your soul: http://is.gd/eiMFlO

  57. 57.

    Tony J

    November 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Note perfect comedy gold, though yes, the “Wait a minute, aren’t you a convicted rapist?” realisation spoiled it a bit. Everyone’s mileage varies.

    OTOH, now I want Cain to stay in the race long enough for Shatner to do a mocupiece of Kirk screaming “CAAAIIIIINNNNNN!” into the camera.

  58. 58.

    Jerry

    November 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    @BGK:
    I bet that’s a camera case since he is at Walt Disney World.

  59. 59.

    Tonybrown74

    November 9, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    @Peter J:

    A convicted rapist as a candidate recently mostly referenced to as a sexual harasser. Hopefully they stay away from that subject if there are any more of these.

    And here we thought Irony was dead. S/He rises like the Phoenix to Pimp=Slap us all!

  60. 60.

    aimai

    November 9, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    @Svensker:

    I don’t know. I knew I would get in trouble for calling the spot quasi racist because, after all, technically it can’t be racist to have a black man parodied by a black man. At least it wasn’t a white comedian in blackface.

    But the whole thing just felt creepily wrong to me–I would have felt more comfortable (oddly enough) with the Tracey Jordan character from Thirty Rock playing Cain. Although in real life Tracey Jordan isn’t such a prize either. But because I’m used to watching him “play” a character he seems more fictitious to me than real. As for Tyson, the lisp and his near total inability to deliver his lines incline me towards the “genuinely not too bright” thing. And Cain, for all his horrors, is probably a pretty bright guy.

    Up until the sexual harrassment things Cain was sucessfully playing the tea party for complete fools and successfully selling his book. The Tyson thing seems to imply he’s basically an idiot, a modern day stepin fetchit. I don’t think he’s that at all–I think he’s a pretty good con man. And that makes the con even funnier. But Tyson played it for real. And that struck me as in linewith a long tradition of treating black men as fools. Cain isn’t a total fool–he’s in control (or was in control) of a pretty good con.

    aimai

  61. 61.

    piratedan

    November 9, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    @Alison: for other examples see Vick, Michael or Vitter, Asshole… er I mean David.

  62. 62.

    Tonybrown74

    November 9, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    @aimai:

    The Tyson thing seems to imply he’s basically an idiot, a modern day stepin fetchit.

    Actually, while I won’t call him an idiot, he does feel like a stepin fetchit to me. Which is the same way Michael Steele felt to me.

    Doesn’t mean that both weren’t/aren’t conning republicans into giving them money.

  63. 63.

    rikyrah

    November 9, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    Cain is a MINSTREL. plain and simple

  64. 64.

    Svensker

    November 9, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    @aimai:

    I understand what you’re saying but not sure I agree with it. I don’t see the “Cain is stupid” thing here, only that the producer’s going for “Cain is playing crazy” since that’s what the TP likes. To me, it seems more like your feelings about Tyson are coloring your response to the ad, than the actual dynamics of the ad itself. But, not for the first time, I could be wrong.

    Incidentally, since when does a lisp convey stupidity? That struck me as odd.

    Also, you’re not “in trouble” :), at least with me. I may not always agree with you (although mostly I do), but I always find you to be a thoughtful and interesting commenter.

  65. 65.

    Joel

    November 9, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    @Alison: Well, the guy served his time and sometimes people deserve second chances.

  66. 66.

    FormerSwingVoter

    November 9, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    @JGabriel:

    Where’s the ‘stache??!?!?

    Damn. Now I can see why the American Mustache Institute rescinded their endorsement.

  67. 67.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 9, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    @aimai: Wow. So much for paying your debt to society. I’m not going to minimize what he did, but it’s not like the man wasn’t tried, convicted and incarcerated for it. Because of that, I’m inclined to cut him some slack. I’m kind of liberal that way.

    Oh, and my father-in-law speaks with a lisp. He can’t help it. Try telling him he’s “not too bright.”

  68. 68.

    Poopyman

    November 9, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    That was really Tyson? He was frickin’ awesome!

  69. 69.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 9, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Take a good look at Callista Gingrich in that photo. Forget the helmet hair and the death’s-rictus smile, just look at the eyes. I know not everyone’s face is perfectly symmetrical (in fact, I think asymmetry is probably what makes faces interesting), but there is something just really off about CG’s eyes — they are sending completely different messages (one of which is “OMG FFS FSM GET ME OUT OF HERE!”)

    I almost feel sorry for her.

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 9, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Blinking in Morse code, is she?

  71. 71.

    Sasha

    November 9, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    I think the video is funny and I’ve always thought the rape charges against Mike Tyson were bogus and that he never would have been convicted had he not been black. The supposed victim lied on the stand and ended up with quite the payday, as I recall.

  72. 72.

    Atticus Dogsbody

    November 9, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    @Shinobi: I think it was more the loss of his daughter, not prison, that straightened Tyson out.

  73. 73.

    jwalden91lx

    November 10, 2011 at 12:32 am

    @JGabriel:
    I was thinking A Dingo Ate My Baby!
    But i’m not sure if it’s actually a tag, or just one of the Cole-isms that rotate at the top of the page.

  74. 74.

    Can't Be Bothered

    November 10, 2011 at 9:40 am

    liberal scolding about comedy is probably more insufferable than christian scolding. This was pure fucking gold.

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