Tag Archives: jon stewart

BREAKING NEWS: Someone successfully mocks Obama

In a stunning turn of events, someone has managed to successfully and humorously mock the President of the United States. And in case you are wondering, no, it was not Fred Armisen’s Fauxbama, an impression that is insulting not because Armisen’s not black, but because it’s not good. No, this, as most good things in [...]

The Daily Show is back, baby!

In the first episode of 2009 The Daily Show (and the Colbert Report) proved that they were back with style. The intro, which featured an interview with Baby New Year’s reaction to the action on the Gaza and the interview with David Gregory were solid, as was Colbert’s full show, a special episode titled Colbert [...]

Huckabee to Stewart: Black and gay (rights) are different

ThinkProgress posts some selected excerpts of the interview. Below, a crucial moment in Stewart sorting out crap from fact, as transcribed by the site: STEWART: Segregation used to be the law until the courts intervened. HUCK: There’s a big difference between a person being black and a person practicing a lifestyle and engaging in a [...]

McCain losing election among late night TV hosts.

Which late night television talk show host mocked McCain’s performance in the debate last night? Well, there’s That One. Oh and That One of course. And That One, That One and That One. So, here, via the Indianapolis Star, are what each Late Night show host said: David Letterman: “Welcome to the program. My name [...]

Stewart and Maher on God/god/gods/godz

We’ve talked about this clip so much at the bars, it really deserves linkage here. A remarkable and hillarious interview from Sept. 30′s Daily Show. Bill Maher is pumping his new documentary, “Religulous.” See part II and the documentary trailer below the fold.

The Status Room: Today in The Internets

No overarching theme here, but here are a few things you should check out on the series of tubes we surf known as the Information Superhighway (watch out for that traffic jam at SarahPalinNudePhotos.com, though all it does is give a Nigerian your bank account number) for Today, September 25, 2008. Entertainment Weekly sat down [...]

Stewart: ' … find some bad values people and give them a shot'

Satirical wizards Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert grace the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly. Below: Their thoughts on today’s news biz. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You guys regularly make a mockery of the 24-hour news networks. Do you see anything good about the format? JON STEWART: It’s Muzak now. You ever walk into a clothing store [...]