JimCramer-related stories
Posted May 15th 2009 2:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: News, The Daily Show, Reality-Free
If you thought the celebrity driven feud between
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and
Mad Money host Jim Cramer was over, get ready to sigh a big breath of "Oh holy crap, here we go again."
That's if you completely believe the quote that
the New York Post's Page Six gossip column picked out of an upcoming
Time Magazine interview with the CNBC host without reading it in its proper context. So take it with a Lot's wife-sized grain of salt, and if you do automatically believe it, I've got an investment scheme that you might want to get in on.
The newspaper claims that Cramer is biding his time and that Stewart will "answer" for his vicious showdown on Stewart's show.
Continue reading Will Cramer have his revenge on Stewart?
Posted May 6th 2009 12:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: The Daily Show, Reality-Free
When Jon Stewart announced before a studio full of deafening cheers and Stephen Colbert's deafening silence that Barack Obama would become the 44th President of the United States, the show seemed to be in an interesting pickle.
Could the show be just as funny as it had been under an administration that didn't blur the line between setups and punchlines? Could Stewart and friends find the funny in a president who inspires more love and fear in people than a teddy bear with a switchblade?
So let's grade
The Daily Show's first 100 days under
socialism President Obama report card.
Continue reading The Daily Show's first 100 days under Obama
Posted Mar 19th 2009 9:03AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
NBC head honcho Jeff Zucker is apparently getting himself involved in the war of the words between CNBC and Jon Stewart. He called Stewart's criticism of the network
"absurd" and "unfair."I hate to admit it, but I actually agree with Zucker to a point. CNBC's reputation did take a beating from this recession, and I wonder if they did hardball the executives like Stewart said they should, the companies could have cut off access and made reporting that much more difficult. I'm not saying CNBC was right in what they did. I'm simply saying that I somewhat understand why.
It's easy for someone like Stewart to call them out on this sort of thing. Being on a network called Comedy Central, most newscasters relegate him to the position of "cable clown."
The Daily Show doesn't actually investigate news, unlike CNBC. It does something more akin to a half-hour opinion column based on the work of other news programs.
Posted Mar 13th 2009 8:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: News, The Daily Show, Reality-Free
The war of words that erupted between
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the CNBC network started with
Stewart's righteous rant over CNBC's lackadaisical coverage of the crumbling markets and ended last night. Or did it?
It officially went to Defcon 3 when
Mad Money host Jim Cramer, CNBC's biggest name (which I assume is a lot like being the biggest star on UPN), got caught in the crosshairs.
Thankfully, the news media has been there to cover this feud from the first "#*$& you" to the last "lighten up" that culminated last night when Cramer and Stewart sat down for a face-to-face face-off on
The Daily Show. Thank you TV news! You're the gossipy older sister I never had.
Continue reading Who got the horns in the battle of Stewart v. Cramer? - VIDEO
Posted Mar 11th 2009 10:48AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Late Night, News, The Daily Show, Watercooler Talk, Talk Show, Reality-Free
At least we know one thing about Jim Cramer: He may not have been able to predict the collapse of the Dow, but at least he has the
cajones to face the comedian that's tearing him to pieces.
That's right, folks:
Cramer will be appearing on The Daily Show on Thursday to defend himself in the war of funny he's gotten into with Jon Stewart and his writers. If you didn't see
TDS last night, Stewart shot back at Cramer, who went on various NBC shows to defend himself against
TDS' "turd mining," as Stewart called it. In this case, it was a compilation of clips that showed Cramer sticking with Bear Stearns shortly before its 2008 collapse. That, of course, was after
Stewart and company ripped CNBC as a whole for missing the current crisis. Video of last night's segment, which was dubbed "Cramer vs. Not Cramer: Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish '09!"
Continue reading Will Stewart and Cramer get into a slap fight on Thursday? - VIDEO
Posted Mar 23rd 2007 11:04AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Cable, News, Programming
What is CNBC? Is it a business news channel, or a comedy channel, or a talking-head channel? I have a hard time keeping it all straight. Confusing me even more is that the cable network is developing an animated show based on the comic strip CEO Dad which could turn into a 30-minute series.
What?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network with an identity crisis will air one-minute shorts cut from the show's pilot episode. It could then return as a 30-minute show in the fall, although there is no definite answer on that as of yet.
Continue reading CNBC developing new animated series
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