Category: daily show
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Comedy in a Post-Bush World
Just as 9/11 killed comedy, apparently so will the Obama administration. The NY Times interviewed a bunch of comedy writers on how they planned to cope with the apparent upcoming comedy drought. (Full disclosure: I would totally watch Letterman do household safety demonstrations.) I particularly liked the point made by an Onion editor: Too many…
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Does the religious right also not get that the Colbert Report is a parody?
Even if you didn’t watch Tuesday’s Daily Show, you probably saw the second half of Jon Stewart’s interview with Mike Huckabee linked on one of the million liberal blogs out there. I was curious as to what the conservative blogs were saying, though. What did they think of Huckabee’s performance? Or about Stewart’s line, “Religion…
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I don’t understand 25% of the country! But not the 25% you might think
I don’t particularly care or worry about the 20-25% of the population who still approves of Bush. They’re lost causes. What does concern me, if you believe the polls, is the 25%-ish of the population who disapproves of Bush but is planning on voting for McCain. I am baffled by them! When has there been…
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Presenting Mr. and Mr. Sulu
Among the many gay couples that can now legally marry in California are George Takei and his long-term partner! Congrats to everyone! I’ve never seen an episode of Star Trek, so my only exposure to Takei has been from one of my favorite Daily Show clips ever: Now I know why he sounds so startled…