Apparently, Michael Vick's dogfighting troubles are still going pretty strong. Somehow, Jon managed to work in a joke about dogs playing poker. Hmm."Operation: Fluffy Bunny": Senior Baghdad Correspondent Rob Riggle filed a report that was slightly less pointless than that of last night. He and the crew must be working so hard on these specials. I hope they get something really good soon, so that their efforts will not have been in vain. I mean, the best they've managed to do so far is come up with a list of dildo types. Come on.
"Superbad": Another one for Karl Rove's greatest hits! Oh, Rove, he just doesn't know when to stop. "Homo says nice try!" was a lovely callback to everyone's playground days, but judging by the crowd's reaction, I don't think the remark about sodomizing a bald eagle with the Boy Scouts' salute resonated as well with the audience. Also, was anyone else reminded of Porky Pig when Karl Rove started stumbling over his words?
The night's guest was Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us. Although he didn't seem super excited to be there, Weisman shared enough information to make the interview pretty interesting. Maybe it's just because of his book's subject matter that I was genuinely captivated throughout the entire thing. Weisman still could have been a little more into it... Perhaps he should have done a little song and dance to go with his explanation about plastics?
Moment of Zen: Iraq! It's just like Indiana!
Senator Barack Obama tomorrow, folks. Expect Jon and Barack to get down and dirty and... uh... discuss policies or something.
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8-22-2007 @ 12:38PM
Karen said...
While I could definitely have done without the dildo taxonomy, the Riggle clip wasn't without value. I loved loved loved the soldier from Indiana who answered as to whether Iraq was like home: "I'd have to say...maybe the wo--no, not the women. Um, the food? No, not the food, either. Um, have to say this place isn't like f*cking home at all." Superlative comic timing and delivery. Funnier in that 10 seconds than Riggle has been in his entire Daily Show career.
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8-22-2007 @ 8:01PM
Nick said...
I loved the Indiana/Iraq "parallels" at the end. I want to hear more about all the craziness going on over there. So far, it just seems like a normal place. (Although that could be because I'm so used to seeing pictures of car bombings and exploded buildings that showing non-war footage would give the wrong impression).
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8-22-2007 @ 8:51PM
Bill said...
The Forrest Gump Dildo bit was off the chart hysterical. I was crying with laughter. Riggle may be in Iraq, but it doesn't mean he can't be funny. His main purpose for being there was the USO tour for the troops. All the segments he will do on the daily show is just a bonus.
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