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Red State Update - Episode 62: Jackie & Dunlap's Oscar Picks

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from Wikipedia
Red State Update is an ongoing online satirical political series of short films produced in the United States by performers Jonathan Shockley and Travis Harmon.

Jackie Broyles (played by Travis Harmon) is the older and more levelheaded of the two main characters. He frequently responds to controversial comments made by Dunlap (played by Jonathan Shockley). Both characters hail from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Shimmysham
An early addition to Red State Update, Shimmysham is a ventriloquist's dummy who made his debut in January 2006 as a counterbalance to Jackie and Dunlap's conservative Republican perspective.

Mr. Slaw and "Cooking with Jackie Time"
Jackie Broyles, who runs a store that sells barbecue, enjoys cooking and tries to teach new recipes to RSU viewers during the occasional segment "Cooking with Jackie Time". Jackie's cooking show is regularly disrupted by visits from his friend Mr. Slaw, a sickly, pessimistic character who lives in a bowl of coleslaw. "Cooking with Jackie Time" and Mr. Slaw first appeared in the episode "Red State Update Retires".

"Jackie Broyles for President"
Dunlap made a string of commercials for a "Jackie Broyles for President" campaign during the 2008 presidential primaries. Jackie issued a Shermanesque statement denying his intention to run and declared that he had voted for Fred Thompson in the primary, even though Thompson had already left the race.

$120 Campaign Ads
Ahead of the 2010 mid-term elections, Dunlap decided to get Red State Update into the "political advertisement game" and offered to make "any political ad for anybody for $120."[5] Jackie and Dunlap subsequently released 9 campaign ads. The first 8 ads were related to upcoming elections and the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The final ad was released after the 2010 election, and promoted a campaign to write in Aleister Crowley for the 2012 campaign for U.S. President.

CNN and the YouTube debate

Al Gore

Red State Update came to national prominence during the primary season for the 2008 presidential election. RSU's first appearance on national television was during the CNN-YouTube Democratic primary debate on July 23, 2007, which posed prerecorded, viewer-submitted questions to the candidates. Of Democrats who were entertaining the idea of former Vice-President Al Gore joining the race, Red State Update asked, "does that hurt y'all's feelings?" Joe Biden made a tongue-in-cheek observation that "I think the people of Tennessee (the home state of both Gore and the RSU pair) had their feelings hurt," prompting a video response entitled "Fightin' Joe Biden". The subsequent publicity generated led to a number of appearances on different news stations and a semi-regular spot on CNN's short-lived program Out in the Open. They gained prominence again in December 2007 when former Senator and long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel appeared in one of their clips as Santa Claus.

CNN's Jeanne Moos

Red State Update has since been repeatedly referenced by CNN's offbeat reporter Jeanne Moos.

Popularity and syndication
Red State Update is one of the most widely viewed political satire series on the internet; its channel is the 20th "most viewed" and 26th "most subscribed" comedy channel on YouTube. It is also syndicated weekly through the popular online magazine Salon.com.

Related projects
The duo released How Freedom Sounds, an album of comedy and novelty songs, on July 22, 2008.

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