6 Responses to “Laughing Gas”

1. Jack Tracey, on May 14th, 2009 at 3:10 pm Said:

   My favorite part is the host in the bright red track suit. Does he have a knock-off versace shirt on underneath or no shirt at all? What a fascinating place!

2. MattSwartz, on May 14th, 2009 at 6:46 pm Said:

   I suppose a lot of our military-based American humor looks roughly this arrogant to the countries that see the business end of our military.

3. Septimus Waugh, on May 15th, 2009 at 1:27 am Said:

   The audience’s reaction is rather enigmatic. Are they so happy because they love the idea of turning off the gas to the rest of the world, or are they laughing at the absurd blackmail that gasprom has has been practicing, like an American audience might have laughed at Tom Lehrers song about the atom bomb.

4. eep, on May 15th, 2009 at 3:07 am Said:

   It is nice of them wanting to help the Europeans deal with global warming.

5. TheTradingReport » Blog Archive » Russians Love Song About Cutting Off Gas To NATO, on May 16th, 2009 at 8:04 am Said:

   [...] Now it’s not clear, whether they’re laughing at those dupes in the rest of Europe, or whether the performance itself is making fun of Russian policy. It does seem to have a certain “Springtime for Hitler” quality to it, which makes us surmise that the joke is on Putin. Still, we found it highly amusing (via AmCon) [...]

6. John Smith, on May 16th, 2009 at 8:30 pm Said:

   Russians indeed stand no chance in a wit competition with Americans, especially after the latter have elected Barack H. Obama as their president.

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