Milbank Muffs the Joke, or, Why You Should Leave the Prop Humor to Carrot Top.

Yes, yes. I”m sure by now that most everyone who’s at all interested in the story saw Washington Post objective news reporter Dana Milbank on MS-NBC wearing orange while he talked about Dick Cheney’s hunting accident.

I don’t think that’s hunting gear he’s wearing, though. Hit the link. Look at the photo, then come back.

See those reflective stripes on the vest? That’s so you can be seen at night when, say, the headlights of a car light you up. Hunter’s don’t have much use for vests with reflective stripes since, generally, hunting at night is way off-limits.

Notice the hat. Now I”m sure a few hunters wear blaze orange stocking caps, not not many. Just about every hunter I know wears a baseball cap of some sort, or something with a brim to help keep the glare of the sun out of their eyes. Besides, a stocking cap is best when it covers your ears, which is something hunters don’t often like to do since that would inhibit them from hearing what’s going on around them.

The more I look at the photo, the less I think that Milbank is wearing hunting gear. In fact, I think he’s wearing the getup of a crossing guard.

A crossing guard? Man, Milbank couldn’t even put in the minimal effort necessary to do the joke right? You have to use the right prop for the right joke. That’s like doing a rubber chicken joke with a rubber bunny rabbit. Sure, it’s funny, but only because the audience is laughing at you and not the butt of your joke.

Dana, buddy. Go back to being a reporter. You’re not very objective, but at least you’re better at that than at comedy.

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