The Daily Show was a little late to the game, finally covering the big news from the previous night. As the entire world already knows by now, Barack Obama is now the presumptive Democratic nominee. But, in case you haven't heard, Obama's win is super-historic. Bringing Abraham Lincoln (with a small cat glued to his chin) back for his reaction was hilarious, if only to hear him scream about time travel shock. But all Lincoln impressions aside, we can finally celebrate, for this tedious mess is over. Or... is it?"Indecision 2008": Hillary Clinton seems to think that Obama's win still hangs on her decision, providing enough material to make the whiniest montage EVER. That, juxtaposed with the pundits montage, was hilarious. Oh, Joe Scarborough, you unintentionally crack me up. On the other side of the aisle, John McCain made a speech that paled in comparison to Obama's enthusiastic, triumphant delivery. Speaking of pale, McCain could not have picked a worse color for a backdrop. I briefly wondered if TDS did some color adjusting to make McCain look even more sallow. And then I remembered that he's super-extra-old.
Okay, I must interrupt this coverage to share my terror in seeing a certain commercial during the break. What was that Al Sharpton and Reverend Pat Robertson business? I mean, it's an interesting idea for a commercial, but I don't like thinking about the two of them, hanging out on a lonely loveseat on the beach. It's almost as scary as that Coca-Cola ad with Bill Frist and James Carville that made me consider permanently switching to Pepsi.
"If At First You Don't Concede": Aasif Mandvi filed a report from the Hillary Clinton rally, interviewing the various characters that make up her supporters. This report was all right, the highlight of it being the totally dickish exchange between Mandvi and the lady in the low-cut shirt. "What really popped for you about what Hillary said tonight?... I mean, what really sticks out?... I thought it was two points..."
The night's guest was Barbara Walters, promoting Audition, which is a memoir and not Walters' remake of that Japanese movie by the same name. The interview was pretty straightforward, but Walters share a lot of interesting stories about some notable interviews from her decades-long career. I loved her journalistic tip about interviewing crazy political figures ("You know there are people who think you are crazy...") as well as her embarrassing moment with Barack Obama. Didn't pay much attention to a nobody Illinois
Moment of Zen: Damn it, techies! Can't you see Larry King Live is trying to film?
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6-05-2008 @ 11:53AM
Zachary said...
Jon's joke about both officers having to turn their keys to launch the missile reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where George tries to break up with his girlfriend but she vetoes it.
I was surprised how fast the studio audience caught on to the boob jokes. They can be a little slow sometimes.
Did you catch the Colbert Report? I wrote yesterday on my blog that I expect Hillary to run as an Independent just to screw over Obama, then Colbert interviewed Libertarian candidate Babar (I am tidy for Babar) who could spoil McCain's bid. Stephen was nailing him on his hypocrisies like supporting the defense of marriage and the Patriot Act.
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6-05-2008 @ 10:02PM
Bash said...
*points to his chest*
Have you read my shirt? *eager look*
^^;
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