The Daily Show

I miss Stacey Grenrock-Woods, Mo Rocca, and most of all, Nancy Walls. (Who I have seen eating with Steve Carrell at Banania in Brooklyn!)

I loved Nancy too. Mo Rocca has sold his soul for a couple of animal planet specials.

OMG samantha bee explaining the word 'taint' to the mormon lady...

I think she's kind of off her game lately.

Yeah, she's kind of lost all of her subtlety.

It is funny to hav a MORMONOLOGIST, and that was abt it.

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This was the Joel Surnow-inspired "Half Hour News Hour", where he'd go on in interviews about how all them librul comedians were using the same talking points.

Again and again, is it a matter of projection, disingeniousness, or total fucking David Broder-level cluelessness?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjIfaMwIFxU

if you don't remember what it was like. Try and spot which on-set producer laughs first.

"barack vs. tiger: who's more diverse" was kinda funny

"Dr. Jazz Hands". I love Larry Wilmore.

This show is more like Mad TV sometimes than the Daily Show, and not in "the good way."

obamas on it next week

on the half hour news hour, or on the daily show?

either way it'd be excruciating to watch, i am SURE.

John Oliver's report on Karl Rove's resignation the other night was killing me (in "the good way").

That "Mandela's dead" clip a few nights ago was pretty misleading, apparently, cuz Shrub went on to say "because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas."

Stewart shouldn't cross that line in pandering to his College Democrat studio audience. I can't imagine how much bodily fluid had to be mopped off the seats after Bill Clinton's latest softball interview there last week.

I thought the same thing, too. "The Daily Show" has really turned into that Mad Magazine parody of itself.

I mean, you got George W. Bush as president. Is it completely necessary to Fox up your clips to get a laugh?

That's still not the best-worded metaphor in the world; in fact, that is a statement you want to present as a similie rather than a metaphor.

The more I read about Evo Morales, the more I realize that even though Jon softballed him and make him look great, it took balls to put the guy on the show at all.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Schafik_handal_con_fidel.jpg

There he is on the right, next to Chavez and Castro, grinning like a little kid. Jon also didn't mention that his main social cause was and is coca farming... a touch controversial 'round these parts.

But still, this is a fascinating guy. Is he too nationalistic? Could he in fact be racist against mestizos and biased against the wealthier classes? What do you make of someone who once said, "The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism"; forms what looks more and more like an authoritarian government; and still increases his country's GDP and its stability, and is wildly popular? The wiki entry alone is thick, not to mention the sources cited.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales

Hmmm, indeed.

No, I have not been reading the news about Bolivia lately. So sue me.

monday night's episode (the first one i had watched in a while) had a dynamite joke about ahmadinejad and a few really good ones about giuliani.

it'll never reach it's 2004 election/colbert/helms/corrdry-era peak, but show's still really really funny.

the addition of Buck Henry = thumbs up.

I haven't seen John Oliver in a while. Where he at? :(

"The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism"

I'd say he's mostly right. also yr characterization of his position re: coca growers is a bit simplistic and overstated, the guy is a not a drug lord.

it was weird having him on the show tho, dunno if it was really a good idea. Comedy obviously doesn't translate well and I dunno if Morales is helping himself by appearing on a comedy show (Musharraf seemed to handle it much better)

yr characterization of his position re: coca growers is a bit simplistic and overstated, the guy is a not a drug lord

No, I don't think he is, either. But the US wants to kill all their crops and deny them aid in the name of the War On something-or-other, and the popular opinion here is going to be very skewed in favor of thinking he IS a drug lord. It's unAmerican to think he's not.

But there's so many things about this guy that are unamerican, it's hard to know where to start.

popular opinion stupid and misinformed SHOCKAH

the addition of Buck Henry

WHEN, WHERE?

Loved the robotic Hillary laughter stuff; shd be Ludovico Treatment viewing for daria.

he's been on a couple episodes that I've seen - hasn't lost his touch

Stewart's Lynne Cheney embarrassment -- "just people" courtesy, followed by nervously challenging her "And we ain't been attacked since 9/11" shit -- points up why the NO POLS rule is best.

this episode was described to me and i'm so glad i didn't see him giving a free pass to that demon succubus

he sorta challenged her, timidly, at one point.

Yes, when she came out with her "safe since 9/11" line he was cowed by the booing of his College Democrat studio rabble, and reversed course.

I thought the Stewart/Snow exchange last night was plenty of fun, though. They need to bring back Tony Snow every 10 episodes or so for a spar like that.

^

it was kind of annoying how he didn't let snow finish a sentence

Stephen Colbert to Jon Stewart: "Save the passive aggression for your next Lynne Cheney interview, Jon". Oh snap.

It was said in good fun obviously, but still...