"George Walker Bush: Still President": We've still got seven months before the era of President Bush is officially over. With Barack Obama and John McCain dominating the news, Bush has taken a little vacay to Europe, because he's pretty much the only American who can afford to do so at this point. What's up with Bush getting super touchy-feely with German Chancellor Angela Merkel? Has he learned nothing? When he wasn't giving massages or trying the classic "yawn and stretch" on the Chancellor, he attempted to convince the German press that he's not actually a fan of war and it was his own rhetoric's fault for making it seem otherwise.Posts with tag RobCorddry
The Daily Show: June 12, 2008 - VIDEOS
"George Walker Bush: Still President": We've still got seven months before the era of President Bush is officially over. With Barack Obama and John McCain dominating the news, Bush has taken a little vacay to Europe, because he's pretty much the only American who can afford to do so at this point. What's up with Bush getting super touchy-feely with German Chancellor Angela Merkel? Has he learned nothing? When he wasn't giving massages or trying the classic "yawn and stretch" on the Chancellor, he attempted to convince the German press that he's not actually a fan of war and it was his own rhetoric's fault for making it seem otherwise.Continue reading The Daily Show: June 12, 2008 - VIDEOS
The Daily Show: October 17, 2007
Ohh, you didn't think we were done with that Larry Craig goodness, did you? Of course not. In a recent interview, Matt Lauer asked Senator Craig whether or not he could be bi. And then Craig took out his sexy, totally didn't meet in a bathroom, kind looks like the type to force feed you casserole wife, waggled his eyebrows and was all like, "Is this a good enough answer?" and then Matt Lauer was like, "Hoyeah!" and -- and -- I'm sleepy. Enter the R. Kelly impersonator to wake me up with his music. I liked the first guy's voice better, but this fellow was funnier. Ohh, "Trapped In The Closet" guy, bless your heart. "A-Listless": Samantha Bee filed a report about the horrifying epidemic of celebrity exhaustion. This was a pretty good report, mainly because we got to see Rob Corddry again. The second Rob Corddry Daily Show appearance in less than a month! Doesn't that guy have a movie to promote? Just bring him back on the show, for the love of Corddry and all things bald and funny. I loved the over-credits bit of Samantha trying to eat her dog's head. Awesome.
Continue reading The Daily Show: October 17, 2007
A Family Guy flick and the return of The Winner?
The answer is maybe. The Hollywood Reporter writes that creator Seth MacFarlane is looking at the possibility of doing a Family Guy movie sometime in the future, which makes sense because it's much harder to make movies in the past.
One plan McFarlane mentioned was to have former Family Guy scribe Ricky Blitt come back to work on the film script. It's worth noting that none of this is official, and that a basic plot for a Family Guy film hasn't even been thought up, though McFarlane does state he doesn't want to do a huge movie like the upcoming Simpsons Movie, but rather a smaller story focusing on the Griffin family.
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Watch four episodes of The Winner online
Wow, I didn't even realize that FOX was going to do this, but they have posted four episodes of Rob Corddry's new comedy The Winner, which premieres (on television) on March 4 at 8:30.
Now, this is the part of the post where I tell you that I've watched a couple of the episodes and the show is either a.) funny!, b.) a disappointment, or c.) too early to tell, it could get better! Unfortunately, my speakers aren't working right now. Actually, they are, because I can play CDs and iTunes and other stuff just fine, but I can't play the sound on web videos at all (and yes I've checked the settings).
The show looks good. The way the credits come on and there's a title. And the way Rob Cordrry looks when he walks around a room, sits on a couch and moves his mouth. Wow! I can't wait to hear what all the characters are saying.
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After Corddry leaves The Daily Show, who's left?
I'm worried about The Daily Show.As most fans of the show know by now, this is Rob Corddry's last week; he's leaving so he can concentrate on his new Fox sitcom The Winner, among other projects. He's the last of the three "Big Cs" -- Corddry, Carell, Colbert -- that helped bring the show into its own in the early part of the decade, perfecting their particular reporter roles to the point where the humor came as much out of their characters as from making fun of the news or profile subject. Colbert was the poorly-informed smug guy; Carell was pathetic, and Corddry was the Masshole. High comedy all around. And now, he's taking off, just like the other two Cs before him.
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The Daily Show: August 21, 2006
"Karr Talk": FOX News was bragging a bit about having one of their people on the plane, scoping out John Karr. Ohh, just imagine all the crazy crap that could've gone down! As it turned out, Karr spent most of his ride sipping champagne and eating king prawns. Wow. Senior Media Ethicist Rob Corddry reported live from the plane, his head slowly emerging from a toilet bowl. He wanted to do some real investigative journalism and find out more about ol' Pervert McMurderman (HA!) by hiding in the First Class toilet. He seemed crushed when Jon informed him that Karr wasn't in First Class but in Business Class. Oh, and I loved how the entire audience let out a collective groan when Rob said, "Scoop of a lifetime, Jon, and I let it slip through my fingers." After they cut away, Jon started laughing and explained that, since it's Rob's last week, they've all been think of terrible things for him to do. Man, I'm really going to miss Rob.Continue reading The Daily Show: August 21, 2006
The Daily Show: August 17, 2006
Jon Stewart quickly mentioned the night's guest, Matt Dillon, saying that he was only coming on the show because he was "doing it for Johnny!" The audience didn't really respond, so Jon joked about how old he was to remember The Outsiders. Aww. I remember The Outsiders. It had a pre-crazy Tom Cruise! And I totally played the most awesome greaser girl in my 8th grade stage version of the book (too tough to be a Soc chick, baby).Continue reading The Daily Show: August 17, 2006
The Daily Show: July 31, 2006
"Capitol Records": Uggh. The Bush/American Idol photo-op. There's a throw-down in Lebanon, but Bush wanted to chill with Taylor Hicks. Well, the man gets what he wants. Elliott Yamin arrived a bit late for the event, but he had a good excuse (he was in a meeting with the president of Syria)."Prime Ribbing": The only other guy that Bush has been spending quality time with is Prime Minister Tony Blair. That's been doing less than amazing things for Blair's standing in the UK. He's been getting teased in the House of Commons ever since Bush greeted him in public with "Yo, Blair!" Newbie European Correspondent John Oliver elaborated on the situation. Apparently, Bush didn't use "yo!" but "yeaux!", an old greeting dating back to the days of English knights. For example, one might have said, "Yeaux, Arthur! Nice joust!" John Oliver's timing was much better and smoother than that of the other recent English in-take, Dave Gorman (whom we haven't seen for a suspiciously long time). I guess the Daily Show folks are in a scramble to find some new folks now that Ed Helms is possibly on his way out.
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Rob Corddry, you rock
The Onion AV Club has this fun little column they do on occasion where they ask a celebrity to hit "shuffle" on their iPod and talk about the songs that pop up. The column is called "Random Rules," and recently they had The Daily Show's Rob Corddry chat about his own personal playlist. I've always liked Corddry, but now I like him even more after finding out he's a Pavement fan (my favorite band) and also a fan of Lou Barlow's band Sebadoh, another band in my top five. Although I take some exception to him saying Brighten the Corners is a better album than Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain because that's just wrong. Anyway, Robby ol' pal, you're now my favorite Daily Show correspondent. Give me a call sometime and we'll slap Bakesale on the stereo and light up a doobie like we were in college again. Also, they spelled your last name wrong. We can discuss that, too.
Interview with the Corddry brothers
ROB [To Nate] Way to dress up for the interview. NATE [To Rob] Way to put on 40 pounds.
Oh, how I love the Corddry brothers. The most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an interview with Rob and Nate (Nate and Rob). They discuss their comedy beginnings and how it was to have careers cross paths at The Daily Show. It's a rather brief read, but it offers some interesting information. For example, did you know Nate was taught stand-up by The Daily Show's Lewis Black?
Buy the issue on newsstands now (so you can bask in the full glory of the brothers' wonderful picture), or read the interview online and cope with a tiny version of the pic.
The Daily Show: June 22, 2006
"Going Going Ghana": Sad news for American soccer fans... America won't be advancing to the next level in the World Cup because of a loss to Ghana. However, Australia, "the drunken us", will move on. Before the game, Ghana's fans cheerfully supported their team in broken English, whereas America's fans happily rooted for their team in really, really poor English. Jon raised a Yellow Card to the man in the video clip for inappropriate use of the word "Awesome". He then proceeded to throw a Red Card for an obnoxious "USA! WHOOO!". Jon mused that it'd be cool to have Red Cards to use in real life. "No. Dude. That was my sister. That is uncool" and pull the Red Card out of your jacket pocket.Continue reading The Daily Show: June 22, 2006
Corddry's not sure he can continue on The Daily Show
When Rob Corddry hosted the Webby Awards the other day, he mentioned that, with the pickup of his FOX pilot The Winner, he may no longer have time to continue with his duties on The Daily Show. This worried Dylan Stableford of FishbowlNY, so he got a response from a show spokesperson. The spokesperson didn't seem worried, saying that "Steve Carell would come in and tape five or six reports whenever he was in New York, and they'd be spread out on the show," The un-gendered spokesperson also went on to say that the show is a magnet for talent, so it wouldn't be a surprise if Rob was taken away from them for a bigger project.Huh. Pretty confident words for a show who's only decent "reporter" besides Corddry right now is Ed Helms (Samantha Bee is in this category, too, but her contributions have been limited since she had a baby). Well, let's just hope Jason Jones and Dan Bakkedhal get better and they bring back John Hodgman more regularly. That might make up for the loss of the "big Cs" (Colbert, Carell, and Corddry). Maybe.
The Daily Show: May 18, 2006
The FBI recently dug around a farm to look for the body of Jimmy Hoffa. Well, finally. We were wondering what happened to him. Jon Stewart managed to throw in a Sopranos reference, suggesting Hoffa is still alive and well in New Hampshire with his volunteer-fireman partner. If the FBI finds Hoffa soon, that means we'll get Osama by 2047... if we're lucky.Continue reading The Daily Show: May 18, 2006
FOX picks up Rob Corddry's new comedy
According to The Futon Critic, FOX ordered six episodes of The Winner, starring The Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, effectively wiping Comedy Central clean of all Corddrys (little bro Nate is on Aaron Sorkin's new show at NBC). The Winner is about a successful man who looks fondly back at 1994, when he was 32 and a slacker living at his parents' home. It was co-created by The Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. It's a bummer to see Corddry go, but hopefully that means we'll get to see more John Hodgman.FOX also picked up 13 episodes of Happy Hour, a comedy that sounds like a modern-day Odd Couple about two thirty-something roommates.
Not surprisingly, FOX also has renewed The O.C. for a fourth season. Those crazy Orange County kids will be going off to college, but it appears the writers may be breaking with teen-angst drama tradition and sending them to different colleges in different towns. FOX also picked up 13 more episodes of The Loop and more of The War at Home, though it's not clear how many episodes it ordered.
Rob Corddry to host Webby Awards
The New York Times has described the Webby Awards as "the online equivalent of an Oscar," and they're
right, both awards are equally meaningless despite the noise and pageantry that surrounds them. But like the Oscars, at
least they're getting someone funny to lead the proceedings. Our pal Rob Corddry from The Daily Show is
returning to host the awards for their tenth year. Over 700 people are expected to attend the event when it takes place
in the Cipriani Wall Street area of NYC on June 12. As usual, acceptance speeches can only be five words long, which is
definitely something I think the Oscars should implement as well.
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