Joe (Peter Griffin) Hockey
By Warrigal Mirriyuula.
As more and more politicians choose television celebrity to boost their electoral standing we’ve seen Anna Bligh cook and our Deputy Prime Minister take on a bunch of 5th class kids in a battle of intellectual wits; but did you know that another Australian politician is seeking hollywood fame? That’s right, “Jokin” Joe Hockey, the Liberal’s everyman, rightly conceding that he’ll never be PM, is currently in talks with the FOX network and the creator of popular animated series “Family Guy”, Seth MacFarlane.
MacFarlane is said to be over the moon at the “fit” between the character of Peter Griffin and Jokin’ Joe’s personable style. “We don’t need training, we don’t need method! He’s got the role down pat from the get go!” an ecstatic MacFarlane told reporters.
Though privately concerned that the new role may be a bit of a stretch for the first time actor, Jokin’ Joe’s says his experience in the parliament should stand him in good stead. “I’m quite used to delivering someone else’s lines” the jocose giant quipped, before roaring away in his BMW while he tossed back to assembled journalists, “Here’s lookin’ up your bi-election.”
After leaving the show at the end of the current season Peter Griffin will be taking up a public relations and communications management position for the George Bush Presidential Library.
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To tell the truth, I have to say that Jokin’ Joe is rather huggable, I sometimes feel sorry for him when he gets it all wrong, he’s not smooth , but rather clumsy and I feel like saying; Joe, it’s ok, do not worry…
Chrstopher ‘Pain’, is a different kettle of fish, kind of O’ Farrell type of fish, all politics but no policies….lets not talk about the hair…
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I doubt your arms would be long enough to get all the way round him H. But give it a go if you must.
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And what a delight it is to see Waz back at the crease – poking fun at this massive buffoon.
I like jokin’ Joe, only because he obviously finds acting so difficult.
When he winds himself up in parliament and tries to give Wayne a spray, all that happens is the queue for a cuddle gets longer. I think it’s his irrepressible smile.
Way too good for politics – on either side of the fence. But wasted there none-the-less.
On another Family Guy matter, for some strange reason, every time I see Christopher Pyne, I think of Stewie – and unicorns, of course.
Curious
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Stewie and unicorns…..,Chris Pyne……., that’s put a chuckle in me tum tum.
Chris Pyne actually makes me feel uncomfortable, ya know? He’s the sort of chap…., hang on, Mumbles had it best, what did he say?
Christopher Pyne is a self made man, who finding the man so well made, fell in love with his maker with a fulsome passion that will last a lifetime.
Well, something like that. Mumbles put so much more economically.
To create a biological metaphor for Pyne one would have to go looking in the darker regions of dread infection. He’s like the HIV of politics, standing for nothing but his own continued existence, he slowly but inexorably saps the body politic until, in a moment of ecstatic hope for his host he abandons them for another leaving only illness and death.
And then there’s all that mincing and turn of phrase, the indwelling animus, the sneering condescension and pitiless contempt for others, the unshakeable certainty of his own destiny. Christ he gives me a pain.
He’s the Liberal’s next Howard. Mark my words. Maybe not for ten years but he’ll take a run, fueled by hubris (Ato T2) and the complete absence of any human empathy. It’s his destiny. Probably has been since the day of some trifling snotting at the hands of a school bully, who should have done a better job!
Welcome home by the way.
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Yes, he has that angry look with eyes wide apart and very manic . What about that hair with controlled waves. Wouldn’t put it past him that he is knee-deep into Brillantene as well. I bet he took the money out of the collecting boxes at St Lukes.
I wonder if he was also into a bit of rogering with the rugby-ering? He seems to have all the ingredients of a future Liberal refugee muncher.
Be alert but not nervous!
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Loved it Warrigal. Absolutely priceless.
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Absolutely H. It’s long been my belief that the move to a wide screen aspect ratio for modern digital television is the direct result of the desire to accommodate full body images on screen of those effected by the huge increase in the incidence of morbid obesity brought on by lazing around on the couch looking at tele.
And yes, Jokin’ Joe wears shoulder pads, he has them cast in flicrete by Leightons down in Wollongong. Then they’re trucked up overnight and installed before each doorstop or press conference. He has to wear them otherwise all those photo ops and the like would have him looking like a soccer ball. One only has to look at the pictures of him and Rudd larking about in their skivvies on the Kokoda Trail to see this truth. Careful though, it’s not a pretty sight. Adonis these boys aint!!!
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What a lovely image. Hocky could be everyman’s friend, a jovial type with a hint of the possibility of blossoming into a raconteur after a couple of pigs eau’s.
I wonder what he would look like piggy-backing on a large wombat? Come on War, you can do it.
Different kettle of sardines to mini Ho,ho,how,howar. Oh no, hope this will not send Warrigal into seething something terriblement. Pardon moi.
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You almost said it G. Now be warned; I cannot be responsible for my actions if confronted by words or images representing that filthy little spittle lipped vituperative shit.
…….the adrenalin is seeping away now, I’m calm…….., Yes I think it’s gonna be alright……
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Do you know what, Warrigal? Bet you don’t!
Two weeks into my political stint I realized that to be a politician you had to be a good actor… like you say. You have to be able to carry a series of lines to a series of questions on a series of issues – and stick to the lines.
What you see before you on the TV are actors. I wonder if what I write is true.
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Maddie, I think you are right, politicians are actors, some better than others at remembering their lines…
I like best the ones who flavour their lines with a bit humour and wit…they seem to be thin on the ground these days…
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Jokin’ Joe might well fit the character of Peter Griffin (don’t know this Character), but I have a problem; we bought a bigger TV just to fit Hockey in…no such luck as his shoulders still stick outside the screen.
Is he wearing shoulder pads, by any chance ? At the least Portley Beazley had sloping shoulders so I could manage to squeeze him even in my little old telly.
Of course his ego wasn’t that huge either and that helped, Shrinkin’ Mal’s no problem.
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