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Posted Jan 21st 2009 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
When the folks at
The Daily Show announced that they were going to do a live broadcast from Washington on Inauguration Day, I'm sure a lot of people envisioned Jon Stewart behind a desk in some D.C.-area college auditorium, with up-to-the-minute field reports and maybe even a brief appearance from President Obama ... or at least someone near and dear to him.
What we got was Stewart sitting behind his New York desk, and ... pretty much a normal episode of
TDS. In fact, nothing about it indicated to me that they needed to make it live. The only parts that came from the nation's capital, in fact, were a shot of reporter Wyatt Cenac at the Youth Inaugural Ball and a satellite interview with Bishop Gene Robinson, who did the invocation at the Lincoln Memorial concert on Monday.
Continue reading Did The Daily Show really need to be live last night? - VIDEO
Posted Oct 14th 2008 11:03AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Time for a bit of news about our favorite real couple in fake news!
Daily Show correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee have signed on to co-write and co-star
in a CBS comedy. Jones will star as a celebrity chef and Bee will play one of the two ladies that run his most likely Rachael Ray-esque empire. Some semblance of hilarity will ensue, hopefully.
Doing a sitcom be a departure from what
TDS fans are used to seeing from these two. I can only vaguely remember Bee's one or two, super-brief sitcom guest spots and and the only non-
TDS thing I remember Jones doing was that weird crafting battle show on Style. No, I did not dream that; there was definitely a show called
Craft Corner Deathmatch. It was extreme as it sounds, with a lot of intense hot glue and bric-a-brac.
Continue reading Daily Show's Jones and Bee to star in CBS sitcom - VIDEO
Posted Sep 5th 2008 12:23PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Sarah Palin: Vet This!": More of that thrilling Republican National Convention coverage. I think I either underestimated just how super-snarky the right is or I just missed a hefty chunk of all the jackassery from the convention coverage. I mean, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani mocking my community service alone would probably leave me in a serious case of playground tears.
Continue reading The Daily Show: September 4, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 12:01PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
The Daily Show team must be exhausted. Last week was Tuesday through Friday on-location coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Colorado, and this week is the same from the Republican National Convention in Minnesota. I can't even imagine how new mommy-again Samantha Bee has been handling this, returning at the busiest time in months.
Continue reading The Daily Show: September 2, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 30th 2008 12:24PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"The Heart of Hopeness": Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech the other night, to a stadium full of insanely excited Democrats. John Oliver filed a report live from the site of Obama's speech. Man, John has really been putting himself on the line this week, being incredibly annoying in front of so many overexcited people. I mean, chanting "Osama!" at a massive crowd of Obama lovers is almost a sure to bring about a beating, but he totally lucked out with some relatively mild verbal confrontation. Other great moments included dancing to Jeremiah Wright's "white friends" song and making his move on hot strangers. As we would see later in the episode, it seems like the Democratic National Convention brought out the friskiness in the correspondents.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 29, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 28th 2008 9:42AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Guess Who's Coming to Denver?": Man, I wish it were the Democratic National Convention all day, every day because it seems like it's providing endless, wondrous material for the show. Not only did they make me spend a good three minutes just laughing at Jon's crazy eyes while reacting to Governor Mark Warner's terrible speech (watch his eyes almost fall off his face when Jon says, "His speech
suuucks"), but they've once again reminded me that Dennis Kucinich can do absolutely no jumping around without looking like an over-excited leprechaun. And he has a super-hot wife to make him feel better about any stupid, mean thing that I may say, so it's okay.
Speaking of spouses, that uncomfortably long footage of Bill Clinton looking slack-jawed and slightly baffled also sent me into a spin of uncontrollable laughter. Mouth-breathers are never not funny. In other, more eloquent words: This episode brought the lulz.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 27, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 27th 2008 12:43PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Guess Who's Coming to Denver?":
The Daily Show is back! They'll be in Denver for the whole
Democratic National Convention, workin' their shiny new set. It's pretty much just Jon's "j" desk and a whole lot of big screens hanging in the back. The gang was in full form, and I believe this was the most I've laughed at the show in a while. Perhaps it only feels that way because the show has been gone for a week and a Monday. Thank goodness they returned, because I was starting to get the shakes.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 26, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 6th 2008 1:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Proving once again that the
Daily Show audience is willing to boo at just about anything Bush-related without really thinking about it, they managed to hiss at the mere mention that Bush is now officially our most well-traveled president. Come on, don't make the rest of us look like trained seals too. Anyway, the president tried to beat the rush by
heading out to Beijing a few days before the Olympics and was met with -- hey, what a surprise -- protest and a bunch of angry Chinese people with adorably designed anti-Bush signs.
Continue reading The Daily Show: August 5, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Aug 1st 2008 12:23PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Dick Move of the Week": John McCain has been making more news with one of his
new attack ads against Barack Obama, in which he calls Obama out for being an attention-seeking celebrity, just like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. That's not the bad part though. That honor goes to the fact that Paris' parents support McCain and have sent thousands of dollars for his campaign. Smooth move, my man. Smooth move.
Continue reading The Daily Show: July 31, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Jul 11th 2008 6:39PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Reality-Free
We are nearing the end of
The Daily Show's two-week hiatus, but I'm suffering from a serious case of the political commentary shakes. In a desperate attempt to curb my withdrawal symptoms, I spent most of July 4th cracking jokes about the FISA Bill, but nobody wanted to hear it and drowned me out with lots of Roman Candles and exploding beer cans. Hopefully, other fans have been coping better than I have, but just in case you aren't, here are a few things to hold you over a few more days.
Continue reading Has Daily Show withdrawal kicked in yet? - VIDEOS
Posted May 30th 2008 12:23PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
John McCain wasn't the only one to have his medical history thrown into the spotlight. Barack Obama's doctor analyzed his health and released a one-page report on how
muscular and lean he is. No, it's not nearly as long-winded nor as sexy as McCain's crazy 1,200 page report.
Still-President Bush (I think I will start referring to him as such, as well) paid a visit to the US Air Force Academy's graduation and had a little fun with some soldiers on this celebratory day. I'm surprised there weren't any MySpace poses in this
collection of poses from the day. This would be so much more endearing if there wasn't always that underlying tone of evil in everything he does. I'm just sayin'.
Continue reading The Daily Show: May 29, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 17th 2008 11:21AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"
Pope in America: Blessed Week Ever": As promised... Popewatch! The Pope is in America and the media has been going absolutely nuts. Their fawning descriptions of Pope Benedict have been appropriately Pope-ish. The intensity of this coverage confused Jon though, as he was still under the impression that the Jews ran the media. I think my favorite part of that JNN clip was the crawl along the bottom. "Weather: Chilly, wear a jacket.... Eat up! You're skin and bones.... Next door neighbor a doctor... A doctor!.... Oil $110 a barrel, but for you $90.... Rachel Weisz: She's a Jew you know..."
Continue reading The Daily Show: April 16, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 3rd 2008 12:25PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Indecision 2008: Monsters of Nostalgia Tour": John McCain has been trying to re-introduce himself to America by hopping on a bus for a
book tour across the country. Despite the inherent allure of an old guy telling stories about his past, Jon attempted to help out the Senator by adding a little pizazz to the tour. Apparently, bottled razzmatazz is one part screaming Rob Riggle and two parts exploding graphics. Not many people covered McCain's morning speeches, but the Early Show did get a little nostalgic with McCain's high school yearbook. I couldn't help but chuckle when Jon accidentally said "
Law & Order: SUV". I mean, you know those desperate
Law & Order folks have considered doing some sort of automobile-based spin-off to plague what little airwaves they have yet to touch.
Continue reading The Daily Show: April 2, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Mar 12th 2008 8:29AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
"Gubernatorial Malfeasance": As if to let the jokes really ripen, Jon and the gang left coverage of the
Eliot Spitzer scandal for this night. Actually, maybe they just wanted the full effect of the media completely crapping themselves with joy, as demonstrated by Jon's Spitzer bib. Senior Legal Analyst Rob Riggle jumped in for what was, like, the shortest correspondent contribution ever, just to drop the joke that Spitzer's link to the prostitution ring was his penis. Come on.
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 11, 2008 - VIDEO
Posted Mar 11th 2008 8:21AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
As if to tease the fangirls, Jon briefly talked about his salt-and-pepper hair situation, the mention of which was probably prompted by a pre-show audience question. Yes, Jon, girls are dirty. Actually, now that I think about it... I spent most of Monday morning perusing the new
ColbertPics.com site (note: they're calling for fans to upload their Stephen Colbert photos to help replace the former ultimate online collection of Colbert images, WonkyEar.com, RIP) on the hunt for a decent high-res photo of Colbert's greying temples. Don't ask why; just pretend it was for artistic research. I had neglected to mention my giddiness in seeing them in person in my
Colbert Report taping report from February, but, man, that silver in sweet in person.
I may have said too much. Let's move on to a classier topic... like prostitutes.
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 10, 2008
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