Saluting Jimmy Dore

Last Thursday [September 28, 2017], I blogged my appreciation for Twitter’s “Peter Douche.” Now, it is time to do that with a live person—comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore.

Born July 26, 1965, the same day as Emmy winning actor Jeremy Piven, in Chicago, Illinois, Jimmy Dore has been on the scene since 1989.

According to Wikipedia.org, “[Dore] has made many appearances on late-night television on shows such as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and NBC’s Late Friday. He starred in a Comedy Central Presents half-hour special on April 9, 2004.”

Dore is also an author. He has been doing his Jimmy Dore Show since 2009.

I appreciate Jimmy Dore because, as one guest recently made the observation, his perceptions of what are playing out in politics—especially in the United States and most especially in the Democratic Party—have a direct and blunt take that recalls the late comedian George Carlin (1937–2008). Carlin understood human nature. And I think Dore does as well. They both have in common being able to read between the lines.

This is a voice that is much-needed.


Below are two recent videos from The Jimmy Dore Show. The first video is take on Hillary Clinton’s most recent book, What Happened. The second video is his take on Moderate Republican/Democratic Party U.S. president Barack Obama.

I ask interested participating members to share some of their favorite videos from The Jimmy Dore Show.