Denny Crane on the Poors

[@Nasuth]

It's really kind of amazing to me the sheer variety of comments, from people who agree with Denny to people who disagree to people who deeply understand the show this comes from. Let me be clear, I didn't put this clip up to make a political statement of any kind. I just found it to be funny, and a commentary on how little has changed since this show came out.

[@geraldstephens6612]

Unfortunately, you're right.

[@andrewobrien2126]

Denny was right, and previous admin had record low unemployment and America had best economy in years

[@kacornish1]

Thanks for posting it. That is an extremely funny scene from a great show.

[@kacornish1]

@@andrewobrien2126 go away Trump troll… Didn’t you read the message. He posted this because it is FUNNY. Not for your pathetic political BS.

[@HoldenNY22]

@@andrewobrien2126 - Denny was wrong. The bush Administratoin essentailly left People there to die and suffer. Even TRump would say the Fedeal Government should be there to try to help people at least as long as they are Citizens of the United States.

[@RecklessG1]

Trump was definitely channeling Denny Crane, there can be no doubt.

[@Anubis2705]

Even BSE Denny Crane is saner and smarter than Trump.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

Bill Shatner is a Canadian treasure. He's probably the only celebrity that I'll shed a tear for when he passes. Assuming he goes before I do. It wouldn't surprise me if he lived to be 200.

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

He's Canadian.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

@@ralphmacchiato3761 Is he? I didn't know that. I guess I won't hold that against him.

[@aremela]

@@bradleyj.fortner2203 ROFL

[@navbuoy]

You are not wrong - that makes him a North American treasure as he was born in the Americas ;)

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

@@navbuoy Yup, and as far as I know, most of his hit shows were made in America for American audiences too. But, if Canada wants to claim him, they can.

[@HoldenNY22]

It is interesting how Odo and Captain Kirk were on the same Show at least for a While.

[@Gredddfe]

John Larroquette was in one of the Trek movies, Quark was one of the judges in this show, Neelix and Seven of Nine guest starred as well as Ensign Ro :)

[@HoldenNY22]

@@Gredddfe - Thanks for the Info. Live Long and Prosper!

[@RonBand01]

@@Gredddfe glad you caught that. I was just going to say the same thing.

[@mangarang]

“Maybe they thought that the federal government might rescue them, or failing that, at least give a damn.”
“How stupid is that.”

[@robertmoore6149]

Well Abraham Lincoln agreed with that in referring "... that government of the people, by the people, for the people.."
Says it should give a damn and do something.

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@robertmoore6149 by the people: emphasis on that point. The people are helped by the people helping themselves.

[@robertmoore6149]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga His speech was speaking about government. Guess you missed the "for the people" part. Governments of all types establish the conditions (for better or worse) for people, business, and other organizations to operate.

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@robertmoore6149creates the conditions sure, but that does not mean government is here to hold your hand. The world doesn't work like that; it hands you nothing and demands everything while quick to take it all from you when it can. The moment you get a government doing that is the moment you get tyrants.

[@robertmoore6149]

@@The_Phoenix_Saga The purpose of the US Constitution is to "...establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare"
That doesn't mean turn its back on people.

[@MrCrchandler]

Denny Crane for president!

[@Nasuth]

*Denny Craaaaaaane*

[@KJTV67]

It's not too late!

[@twintailMedia]

Im Boe Jiden and my husband is running for senate

[@jsm9935]

You mean Trump 4 president. Basically same guy. “BALLS “

[@Nasuth]

@@jsm9935 Trump's just a namby pamby! Denny Crane is a real man. Don't let the mad cow fool you.

[@theaccountant4115]

Denny crane the philosopher

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

When satire gets overtaken by reality..

[@Revantaker]

Denny Crane: Let's get America...
Me: great again?
Denny Crane: back on track!
Me: oh, sure.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

America Back On Track. ABOT . a bot, a robot. Nah.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

I think he was doing a "put on" as a satire on what his perception of someone in his economic position would maybe be thinking.

[@purplefood1]

No that character was a maniac, he also shot up a room full of chinese executives with paintball guns because he "didn't want to sell to the commies"

[@kurtsnyder4752]

@@purplefood1 ?????? When? Cannot recall this and I'd seen just about all the eps on the original ru or the repeats, unless this was a pre-empt for something, or a weather / storm coverage.

[@purplefood1]

@@kurtsnyder4752 ua-cam.com/video/8fCHAGbPv54/v-deo.html

[@henrimatisse7481]

there was a great scene with Alan on the balcony when Denny was blustering and Alan calmly said: "give the poor their money before they revolt and demand it " Something like that.

[@agalgonzalez]

The rich got out and the poor hung around to watch. That pretty much sums up the US since 2008.

[@69hdavid]

Denny Crane a real American. This is too funny.

[@yadevk8025]

... He's Canadian.

[@69hdavid]

@@yadevk8025 No shit Sherlock...The" character" Denny Crane is American

[@yadevk8025]

@@69hdavid ... I'm not sure that is a great compliment...

[@randomd286]

@@yadevk8025 I mean I could be wrong here, but it seems clear that's the joke. Trust me life is more fun when you think first about how to laugh along with things.

[@jdbarr769]

Denny Crane for President

[@antmagor]

No! We’ve already had a stage one Alzheimer’s patient as president it did not go well.

[@davidlindsay131]

Denny Crane for President.

[@PhrontDoor]

Welcome to the crane-wreck.

[@johnott4921]

Denny Crane for President!!

[@exodohd5]

in my country Chile, Denny vote for Kast, and Alan vote for Boric.

[@Bigjunk9999]

I'd vote for him.

[@SP-ny1fk]

He's not wrong.

[@Karcy1982]

You know it's gonna be scandalous when Odo starts praying

[@philliptivis3082]

This show, and Denny and Alan specifically, was better than it had any right to be.

[@Nasuth]

Makes me yearn for a time when one person could think the other has terrible political opinions, but they can still sit down and treat each other like humans.

[@philliptivis3082]

@@Nasuth that ship has sadly sailed off to the Undying Lands, I fear never to grace these shores again.

[@henrimatisse7481]

It's sad how many people think Denny's statements have any real value. It's funny and that's it

[@Nasuth]

Couldn't agree more.

[@TheSection59]

Oh man i love this humor 🤣

[@mcdouche2]

Based!

[@BlackSo1]

Denny Crane!

[@YD-uq5fi]

"Computer, end program."

[@cutedragonclips]

based

[@GaryBoyd02]

Hard to believe they predicted 2016

[@andypike1234]

This show could not be made today

[@waynecampeau4566]

No, it was real under D. T.

[@boedillard4541]

We can't have fun shows any more - just interracial, transgender, woman are smarter than men, pablum

[@robertfeldmann542]

as true today as it was then
Denny Crane

[@Nasuth]

*Denny Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane*

[@aaronryder4008]

One more time?
...and again, say it like you mean it! :D

[@Nasuth]

@@aaronryder4008 *Denny*
*CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE*

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@Nasuth No more further questions.

[@HyperDragon9]

Trump's favourite American

[@gardengnome3249]

he gets no argument from me.

[@mezotipriss7542]

man that's Trump

[@Nasuth]

Incorrect! *Denny Crane* is *Denny CRAAAAAAAAAANE*

[@mezotipriss7542]

@@Nasuth Not true ! fake news

[@finbarrmcgrath1686]

Used to be entertainment, now it’s official GOP policy.

[@stockmarketmindset]

Trump saw this in collage days haha

[@blucheer8743]

‘Fat lazy ass’s” good one

[@tomwotton9]

Who is that woman please? I swear I know her.

[@Nasuth]

The character's name is Gracie Jane, who is a parody of Nancy Grace. The actress is Jill Brennan, who has been in Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Ally McBeal, and Judging Amy

[@williama5159]

DENNY CRANE!

[@robertsilva8097]

Amen Denny Crane

[@WayneASchneider]

The truly sad part is there are people who really think like that, and they don't have Alzheimer's.

[@boedillard4541]

No sadder than people who believe because they "feel" something it trumps facts and science. He's right - depend on the government for nothing. He's right - why pay taxes if the government doesn't do anything. He's also wrong in certain ways. Don't be an all left or all right stooge - try to form an opinion of your own - if you can't what is the purpose of having one or for that matter being?

[@blogintonblakley2708]

@@boedillard4541 If you can't depend on the government for anything then it isn't a government it's a racket. The way to address this is to make certain that you have a government made up of the people being governed... all of them. Then you make sure that those same people are doing the governing. And finally you make sure they are governing in their own interests.
If you have a government like that you CAN count on it.
The problem is that our economic system... capitalism... is antidemocratic to it's core. All market systems are. It is a fundamental characteristic of market systems that they have winners and losers. In other words market systems create poverty. And the winners in the markets... which are never free and always end up being controlled by the winners in the markets and not by governments... corrupt any government away from serving the interests of the public and towards serving the interests of the winners in the markets.
This is exactly the situation that FDR faced during his presidency. The interests of the capitalists had led the nation into world war and the Great Depression. To fix the country... and capitalism... FDR had to do wealth redistribution. And they economy worked pretty well for awhile, until capitalists managed to undercut the fixes that FDR put into place.
From my perspective you are making a classic mistake. You are blaming government instead of the real perpetrators of our problems.
Rich people and their corporations.
Never makes sense to me how people bag on government for being corrupt but give the first cause... the people doing the actual corruption and leading in their own interests... a complete pass.
Maybe most people wish they were a rich tyrant... I don't know.
Sounds like a lot of trouble without much real gain.

[@beavis4play]

even worse, we have a US president who shows all the signs of alzheimers/dementia

[@bobdavidson756]

@@beavis4play You mean Trump, right? Watch clips of Trump from 10 years ago and from today - slurred words, tics, unable to stay on point or coherent for more than 30 seconds, difficulty finding the right words, moodiness - swings from euphoric to frustrated/angry in small group settings even amongst close friends and associates, confusion - unable to follow a Hannity interview script, losing track of the conversation. Yes, Biden has gaffes; he's been sticking his foot in his mouth his whole life; that's not actually a sign of dementia - George W. Bush did that all the time.

[@beavis4play]

@@bobdavidson756 - under trump, the country was in much better shape - less crime, cheaper fuel/energy.........no inflation; no recession. .other countries feared us -not laughing at us. the federal reserve wasn't being drained........ i could go on; but, if you can't see the difference between biden and ANY previous president (even carter!) then you're so far to the left you can't think straight.

[@victortahlor4038]

everyone should appreciate Danny Crane😅

[@eddiestephenpaul7659]

You don’t! It’s Denny! 🙂

[@antmagor]

We don’t. We appreciate the actor who played him.

[@mingotography]

Denny. Crane. Dammit!

[@robertmoore6149]

Scary that real people agree with this fictional caricature.

[@capnbobretired]

Denny Crane

[@benmackarel295]

@@capnbobretired Donny crane

[@dennisdownes9319]

Just like Archie Bunker! Shatner is Genius!! Denny Crane!! DD

[@slade52]

Based.

[@blogintonblakley2708]

The funny thing about this to me is that neither of the people involved in this clip work.

[@azpapz9683]

ya its true

[@raskal8578]

Before Trump, there was Denny Crane. Ya gat dam rite.

[@davester1432]

The Republican philosophy in a nutshell.

[@Nasuth]

*Denny Crane*!

[@DreadPages]

Its pretty funny to see how similar yet how far conservatives are in regards to certain things.
In this regards, "fairness" is a topic both liberals and conservatives generally agree on. But how and what "fairness" differs drastically.
Conservatives tend to focus more on "to each reap what they sow". That if you put in the work, you should reap the results. Not have it taxed or spread around. Should one decide to share, thats fine. But if someone earns something its not for others to decide how its moved around. Even if this results in disparaties in income.
Liberals focus on "fairness" of outcome. That everyone receives a "fair" amount of the earnings, no matter the position or contributions of the recipient. Due to the nature of individual capabilities and motivations, that means disparities. And to liberals, taking from high producers to spread amongst the lower producers is "fair".
Both agree on "fairness". But vastly disagree on how. And ofc they attack extreme outliers. Like actual abusive employers and white collar thiefs. And link up honest high producers with them. Just like criticizing the poor leeches who obviously game the welfare system, as an attack on all poor and honest workers.

[@darinsingleton3553]

@@DreadPages Did the Wall St. firms, who plunged the world into a financial global meltdown, "reap what they had sown"?
What about the GameStop trading done by everyday Americans, and which began to cause major Wall St. players millions; and was shut down by "Market Overseers"?
Funny, with all the astronomically massive bailouts to corporations & special business interests, the enormous subsidies of hundreds of millions of dollars to immensely profitable entities & individuals, there are still those who feel comfortable about extolling pretty self-serving narratives about "fairness."

[@capnbobretired]

Denny Crane!

[@MrCrchandler]

And there isn't a damn thing wrong with it.

[@theodorevogiatzis874]

Odo and captain Kirk, together? What is this a crossover episode?

[@Captmorrison1952]

ROFLMFAO

[@Captmorrison1952]

Damn us poor folks to Hell. LOL

[@blogintonblakley2708]

It would really be cool if the definition of "success" in our country included survival.

[@theview1702]

you can move to socialist Venezuela

[@blogintonblakley2708]

@@theview1702 I can stay right here, too. You can leave and go join the Na zis in Ukraine.
See?
We all have options.
Even you.

[@henrimatisse7481]

I disagree. There are too many adverse variables when wealth is concentrated to .1%

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Sadly, this is how most of England believe and behave now.

[@Johnwick-yo6hk]

Denny Crane for president

[@theaccountant4115]

I’m English but I agree with some of what he is saying.

[@PhrontDoor]

It's a psychopath test -- by agreeing, you're a psychopath. You demonstrate, by acquiescence, that you are as bereft of compassion as you are wholly insulated from reality.

[@josephhodges9819]

Not much different in England.

[@jerroldkazynski5480]

Even the Amazon natives work to provide for their families and tribes yet shun those who are lazy.
In USA the numbers of lazy increase while the worker numbers decrease.

[@god5535]

Maybe because they have the luxury of natural resources which the corporations STILL haven't bulldozed and taken over with yet?

[@22espec]

They also help a family when one them is sick or has died and when they have a good hunt everybody is invited to eat but let's not talk about that because it sounds too communist,

[@The_Phoenix_Saga]

@@22espec yeah, they do that by choice, not obligation.

[@sarmadmushtaq118]

I'm not rich and I totally agree with him

[@yadevk8025]

And that's why you're not rich.

[@fnusecurity5112]

He speaks the Truth. Today, We have people living off 600 a week from Federal employment who are making over 3,000 a month plus about 600 in food stamps. Who in their right mind would go back to work, when they can stay home and get paid more then working. All those thinking wages should be up. The jobs they getting minimum wage at, supposed to e for kids in high school and retire people looking for some extra money to help with retirement. Fast food jobs are not supposed to be used to raise a family on. Its a stepping stone till you get that factory or Office job making 15-20 a hour.

[@stephenfacca6703]

I'd be interested to know where you're getting those numbers. If the $600/week you're talking about is from the covid stimulus package, that is not permanent and is designed to help the "hardworking" Americans who are out of a job through no fault of their own. The average American on food stamps receives $121/month. And if you think it's such a great life to live, why don't you give it a go?
As for minimum wage jobs, I feel like you are someone who believes that a person should be compensated based on the relative difficulty of their job. And based on this comment, you have likely never worked in fast food or any high paced customer service industry. If you think a person deserves at least $15/hour for packing boxes in a warehouse or doing data entry in an office job, then we should be paying fast food workers at least that much to deal with not only the volume of orders but the absolute crap-bag people who march through there every day who look down on the people behind the counter as somehow lesser human beings.
The point is that maybe 40 years ago these jobs were supposed to be that way, but the society we've built today would collapse into chaos without these people in these jobs. I won't even get into the social/economic background that has made it so that jobs like fast food are the only places that will hire a person or that they are qualified for.
This whole "Nobody wants to come back to work" thing really makes me laugh, because it's always the "free market" people who now can't find employees. Well guess what, the free market has decided that your business model of underpaying employees is no longer viable, so either they get better at running their business in a sustainable way, or they fail. Late-stage capitalism! Rah!

[@fnusecurity5112]

@@stephenfacca6703 My Niece who lives in Lousiville. Her and her man was getting 6k a month total for not working, plus they had 6 kids, they drew 200 in food stamps for each kid. Both worked as cab drivers who were let go because of covid and less people on the road. Some states are still doing the extra money to stay at home and not work. If I can get 2400-3000 a month to stay at home. I be on the couch and you would to. Plus you forget, there was so many let go and so many who applied for it, they was approving everyone. Even some part time people were getting it who still had full time jobs some how. Good thing that happened, our State targeted them to pay it all back.

[@r0bw00d]

"Supposed to be" isn't the reality and companies need to change in order to accommodate it since they won't change it.

[@god5535]

@@fnusecurity5112 I always like when anecdotal references are extrapolated and pushed as hard facts as representations for everyone. Dude, I dunno about Lousiana but FACTS: you cannot earn foodstamps, receive housing or get supplemental income if your income threshold reaches certain below par number. I have no idea where you pulled that 3000 a month number from. (I understand if it is adjusted based on number of kids, but you make it seem like majority of us poor people are riding that wave.)

[@fnusecurity5112]

@@god5535 Fact is her and her old man was getting it thru Unemployment. I don't know how. They said if you had a Kid, you was allowed so much help for each kid do to schools being closed also. Maybe they did like so many does. Claim they don't live in the same house and claim 3 kids each. So they get the max pay allowed. Pray they don't get caught. Some State workers have to pay back the money cause they still had the State Job and was claiming it on a part time job they had.

[@boedillard4541]

I think the show was great because it covered both sides. It wasn't just the usual mindless hollywood left wing blabber. There is something to be taken from both sides.

[@akephalos2415]

What did you take away from the side opposed to yours?

[@claudius3980]

​@@akephalos2415 ur mom

[@stephencombes1979]

Yeah. Denny and Alan had strong opposing views, but they were friends and stayed that way 🙂

[@0manoscar]

Aaaaannnddd...Absolutely no lies were told.

[@flashstudiosguy]

Well, he's not wrong, if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day but teach him to fish, you feed him for life..

[@Praevalidum]

Give a man a match and he can be warm for a day; light a man on fire and he can be warm for life.

[@mezotipriss7542]

there is the rub isn't , the rich are even taking all the fish

[@user-si3gu8pm6j]

🤦 …(groan) Okay, so that joke wasn’t half bad

[@johnjones5354]

if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day but teach him to fish, you can sell him tackle and make a fortune.

[@capnbobretired]

@@Praevalidum Denny Crane.

[@oldtimerf7602]

He ain't wrong

[@stinger4712]

Sheet, I love Denny Crane...

[@dcomp420]

I cant believe he makes so much sense
I heavily agree that is disagree with him while agreeing with him
Are you following..nope me neither

[@god5535]

Same. I am for hard work and labor but MAINLY because there is something deeply rewarding to reap one's fruit of labor. People on the right on the other hand tend to have and operate from a puritincal, calvinistic, self-righteous mentality of working hard for the sake of working hard to please the Good Lord.

[@Azrael__]

Finally someone took poor people down a peg 😂

[@henrimatisse7481]

like they needed it?

[@jmichaelramirez2510]

Shit, for a second I thought it was NG. That insipid, whining voice.

[@DateTwoRelate]

What passed for humor is now the creed of the Republican Party. Trash imitates television.

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

Glad I'm a social worker who cares.

[@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993]

What does that solve?

[@Hankblue]

@@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993 Social ills...

[@joshmccollen700]

This was a great show. With that said, my instinct is to disagree with what Denny said. But is he entirely wrong? While disparate situations certainly exist, for most people the solution to poverty is to work harder and start making better life choices.

[@r0bw00d]

The solution to poverty is to twist the corporations' arms into giving working stiffs the living wages that they deserve by merely being employees.

[@22espec]

Yes, he is wrong, ask some people why they are in that situation and you will get a lot of diferent answers, medical bills, closed factories, mental issues, those who don't want to work are very rare and usually live as 'parasites' whith their families, but 'What about the drug addicts and alcoholics?' you would say, they choose that live, one could say, but one rarely choose that path, and even when they want to be in the irght path they can't because the programs that will help them are not enough because of tax cuts,

[@geoffwilliams4478]

@@22espec you'd be surprised how fast people crawl inside that bottle, light up, etc.

[@yadevk8025]

You telling me I have to do four jobs just to put food on the table? Man, you a real psycho.

[@joshmccollen700]

@@yadevk8025 No. You should earn credentials that will increase your value in the workplace so that you can land one job with good pay, benefits, and weekends off.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

AMEN. I stopped for breakfast at a flying J Truckstop yesterday. The place is 24/7/365. The restaurant was closed.
Too many lazy bums on a government check to come to work. I truly blame the COWARDS in the government for saying restaurants, barbers hairstylist are not
Ecential workers. The DAMN government did this to US.

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

It's not just about you

[@peach495]

Very Trumpy before Trumpisism.

[@zaphodbeatlebrox4906]

DENNY CRANE!