The timing of Stu Bykofsky's annual candidate comedy night is a little unfortunate since next year at this time, only one of the Dirty Half Dozen (plus one) will be left standing and the GOP candidate will most likely be the cardboard cutout that Bob Casey, Jr. had on stage with him.
According to folks that I've talked to, the only potentital mayoral candidates who spoke were Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah, both in their roles as essentially unchallenged congressional candidates. Brady received his share of courtesy laughs (something I'm very used to) and Fattah was apparently quite unfunny, relying instead to play the video of his appearance on the Colbert Report.
Unless Byko changes the date of this event so that it comes before the May primary, or changes the rules so that the losing candidates can participate, we the people of Philadelphia will not be able to base our choice of next mayor on perhaps the most important criterion: who can bring the funny? (Though I can imagine what the losing candidates will bring to the table without the restrictions of having to... well... worry about getting elected).
So it's up to us, the 17 or 18 readers of this blog to decide, who is the funniest candidate?
Comments (1)
Well we know it's not Fattah. What made that segment so entertaining was Colbert and how clueless Fattah was.
Tom Knox is just funny looking...also his candidacy is a joke - so maybe he is funny?
Posted by Not for Fattah | August 11, 2006 9:53 AM