"Blessed Week Ever: The Pope In America": The Pope wrapped up his visit to America with a few big final stops. First was Mass in New York's Yankee Stadium, where heathens came in droves to see the Pope in his new Yankees mitre. He also visited the Park East Synagogue to awkwardly stand next to the rabbi. Only on the Daily Show could someone do coverage of the Pope's visit and work in a "Spy vs Spy" joke."Indecision 2008": MSNBC had too much air time and not enough material, so they spent a while analyzing some footage of Barack Obama scratching his face. Obviously, it was really a subtle "one-finger salute" to Hillary Clinton and not an innocent scratch. Why? Because black people don't itch.
Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore stopped by to explain. It was definitely a flip-off and just another example of the beautiful art of Blanguage, or "black language." This was another strong segment from Wilmore, who has been fairly consistently strong in his work. I'd rather see him a little more than a few of the more regular correspondents, actually. I was surprised "melanin works like baby powder" didn't get more laughs, because I cracked up. By the way, I'm still eagerly anticipating a new "Wilmore/Oliver Investigates". I swear, they're like old-school Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, but black and British.
The night's guest was Senator Barack Obama, who is running for President or something. I thought it was going be a sit-down interview, but Obama was a busy bee in Pennsylvania and did it via satellite. Discussion ranged from Obama's campaign trail experiences with the general American public, Leave it to Jon Stewart to ask the true, hard-hitting questions, like whether or not a President Obama would enslave the white race. I was bracing myself for an incredibly awkward moment, but Obama rolled with the joke surprisingly well, even throwing in his own little jab at debate moderators.
They also discussed a topic that has been popping up time and time again on the Democratic side: change. Hopefully gravity will still be around after it's all over, even though the Dems don't have an average white guy frontrunner. I loved that Jon took advantage of this rare opportunity to speak to Obama by making him deliver that Edie Brickell & New Bohemians line.
Moment of Zen: MSNBC slowly realizes that they're analyzing Barack Obama on a 4th grade level.
Giveaways reminder: Office, Eli Stone, Supernatural, South Park
Giveaway Thursday: Tickets to the New York Television Festival ... all of it!
I miss the media-friendly John McCain - VIDEOS
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-22-2008 @ 9:55AM
Brad said...
Though most of the interview was light hearted and Jon asked mostly silly questions, I was impressed with one of them.
I don't think I've heard anyone ask a presidential candidate if the process of running for president at all correlates to the job of being president. The answer wasn't that amazing, but I still applaud the question.
Reply
4-22-2008 @ 10:14AM
superbagman said...
I loved the fact that Jon suggest that Obama go eat at Primanti Bros. I'm not from Pittsburgh, but I used to live close enough that I'd eat there every time I was in the Burgh. Pretty funny that Jon was worried about the restaurant not existing anymore since there are like 15 around Pittsburgh and one in Fort Lauderdale!
Reply
4-22-2008 @ 7:42PM
jam said...
well said brad.
I do also think that was the most substantive question of the interview (the bulk indeed being more lighthearted); i did feel like it focused well on discussion of the future position and responsibilities of the executive, and the potential good/bad job that could be influenced by this 'process'.
But I'm mainly commenting here because I watched the Paul ONeill interview earlier today, and I have to say that interview is my favorite one with a politician. The Obama interview certainly didnt reach the level I think the Oneill one had.
(hopefully this embed link goes thru, I dont usually comment on boards/posts, just read)
Reply