Apologies for my lateness, dear readers, for I am recovering from an epic (and somewhat embarrassing) adventure to the Colbert Report studio for a taping. Expect a lengthy post about that soon, but enjoy this for now.First up, a double dose of happy news! The Daily Show script supervisor, Kira, got engaged. Hurrahs all around! The writers' strike is (tentatively) over. More hurrahs all around! Writers for both TDS and The Colbert Report are expected to return Wednesday, which is spectacular news. As much as I have loved the wackiness of the past few weeks, I know the writers' return will be a huge load off the shoulders of both Jon and Stephen and all of their show staff.
Senior Waterboarding Analyst John Oliver stopped by to share a little bit about the exciting history of torture. This torture segment was full of recycled clips that they had already riffed on, but I suppose the ridiculousness of the situations have yet to go old. I'm still wondering why Oliver is the only one doing so much work during the strike. We've seen a bit from all the other correspondents, but not quite as much as this. Maybe once the writers return, Oliver will be able to kick back and chill out while the rest of the team do work. My other theory is that Oliver has started living in the studio again. I would also like to note that Oliver is the only one that could put a turkey baster on a table so ominously.
"Indecision 2008": Barack Obama managed to pick up a very strange win in the form of a Grammy for his audiobook, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (good, but not as good as James Garfield's "What Are You Gonna Do, Shoot Me in A Train Station?") The man is on a roll! But let's see what happens next, because it's up to the Chesapeake/Potomac/Crabcake primaries to decide now. Also, I hope Jon never, ever talks about Hillary Clinton's burning anus again. I believe that's considered cruel and unusual treatment of audiences. My mind will never be clean again.
The night's guest was Philip Shenon, author of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. This seemed like a pretty solid interview. I spent most of my time trying to forget Jon's elaborate larvae torture description, but to no avail.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:19PM
Steve said...
think this was mentioned in an earlier show, but Oliver has no choice but to work - striking would violate the terms of the work visa he's using.
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2-12-2008 @ 6:00PM
Karen said...
Oh, that's interesting! I was wondering, same as Annie--I hadn't come across this info before. Thanks, Steve!
2-12-2008 @ 6:16PM
Argus said...
Yeah, the first episode, -maybe the second- after the show came back Jon asked him why he was working and not striking, and Oliver said that he would love to strike but if he did he would get deported, and that he had to fulfill both his acting and writing duties as a result.
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2-16-2008 @ 2:27PM
Scott H said...
Oliver's also the only correspondent who's also listed as one of the writers. And he's pretty much the wittiest one, too. So more of him is a good thing.
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