A Brief History of Arizona State Bashing in Comedy
Posted on | December 6, 2010 | No Comments
As far as history can tell, it started with The Simpsons in 1999:
A decade later, when Arizona State denied giving President Obama an honorary degree, SNL and The Daily Show took particular brutal blows:
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Then last week, the joke made 30 Rock, to the exclamation pointed-enthusiasm of someone on YouTube:
The (sad?) truth is, these wisecracks probably help Arizona State’s reputation. If people want to go somewhere where they can get a bachelor’s for showing up to a campus and partying for four years, Arizona State has national name recognition (though there are probably a bunch of other schools just as disparate in the education/BAC% ratio). There were at least 2 people I went to high school with who went there for this exact reason. I’m pretty sure they had to be massive Simpsons fans.
Tags: 30 rock > admissions > arizona state > barack obama > colleges > daily show > expensive daycare centers > Political Humor > President Obama > reputation management > sad but true > sadbuttrue > simpsons > snl > whither jake plummer
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