Yup. Plus, in order to watch it you'd have to be smart enough to tell what's overexaggeration and being played for laughs. You'd be confused as to why it was on Comedy Central if you couldn't.
How stupid could somebody be to not be able to tell that.
@JERK:
How stupid could somebody be to not be able to tell that.
of course, jerk disease. of course.
The only real problem I have with The Daily Show is Stewart's annoying tendency to buy into false equivalencies. The Rally to Restore Sanity was really bad about that sort of thing and that whole last speech he made then was full of them. One that particularly bugged me that Stewart used before was along the lines of "Conservative politicians say that Obama is a Commifascist, but liberal bloggers say Bush is a war criminal! Both sides are at fault for the rhetoric!"
The only real problem I have with The Daily Show is Stewart's annoying tendency to buy into false equivalencies. The Rally to Restore Sanity was really bad about that sort of thing and that whole last speech he made then was full of them. One that particularly bugged me that Stewart used before was along the lines of "Conservative politicians say that Obama is a Commifascist, but liberal bloggers say Bush is a war criminal! Both sides are at fault for the rhetoric!"
Well. The speech sounded pretty at least. Heh.
One that particularly bugged me that Stewart used before was along the lines of "Conservative politicians say that Obama is a Commifascist, but liberal bloggers say Bush is a war criminal! Both sides are at fault for the rhetoric!"
Yeah I definitely agree with you. That bugged me as well. One side bases their name-calling on the person's political agenda and views on governmental power and the other side…...are disgruntled anti-war hippy know-it-alls making a blind accusation of a serious criminal offense.
Yeah I definitely agree with you. That bugged me as well. One side bases their name-calling on the person's political agenda and views on governmental power and the other side…...are disgruntled anti-war hippy know-it-alls making a blind accusation of a serious criminal offense.
Let's see: Obama is nothing remotely near a Communist or a Fascist (two violently opposing views to begin with), and to suggest as such is to be hilariously naive and uneducated as to what either thing is.
Meanwhile Bush literally lied about a reason to invade a country, invaded it, and left a huge fucking disaster zone for no reason whatsoever. Now how many lives were pissed away on this?
@JERK:
Let's see: Obama is nothing remotely near a Communist or a Fascist (two violently opposing views to begin with), and to suggest as such is to be hilariously naive and uneducated as to what either thing is.
i didn't mean they were correct, i meant that they perceive (albeit incorrectly) that he is in fact that way. So when they yell out that label, they don't believe they're wrong.
@JERK:
Meanwhile Bush literally lied about a reason to invade a country, invaded it, and left a huge fucking disaster zone for no reason whatsoever. Now how many lives were pissed away on this?
I want proof that he lied, proof that he instigated a "disaster zone" and proof that it was a total waste of time. I'd honestly be interested to hear what your answers are. You may very well be correct and I want some evidence.
Lying makes one a liar, not necessarily a war criminal.
i didn't mean they were correct, i meant that they perceive (albeit incorrectly) that he is in fact that way. So when they yell out that label, they don't believe they're wrong.
So in other words there is no difference in your world between the two examples.
I want proof that he lied,
Where the hell have you been.
There was never any evidence of WMD's, the reports did not indicate any and yet he lead his public calls and appeals to us, the scared shaky post-911 people, that there were in fact WMD's.
Or did you forget WMD's were the reason we went in there?
proof that he instigated a "disaster zone"
Iraq has plummited in it's infrastructure and is a hotbed of vaguely Yugoslavian secretarian violence. They have YET to form a government.
In fact there are growing protests right now against all these failures from the angry people there. Intelligence agencies have even concluded it instigated worse in terrorism.
and proof that it was a total waste of time.
We accomplished nothing for the war on terror. In fact we because of it turned our backs on the REAL war on terror while Bush and his people convinced us and our congress that we were fighting the war on terror in Iraq.
Meanwhile everyone ignored Afghanistan and it surged up again into the current fucking mess we have on our hands.
Lying makes one a liar, not necessarily a war criminal.
When you lie about a war that costs so much life. Essentially fabricating a conflict? That is far more then a lie.
@JERK:
So in other words there is no difference in your world between the two examples.
No.
@JERK:
Where the hell have you been.
There was never any evidence of WMD's, the reports did not indicate any and yet he lead his public calls and appeals to us, the scared shaky post-911 people, that there were in fact WMD's.Or did you forget WMD's were the reason we went in there?
I didn't forget and I haven't read those reports. So I'll assume you're correct (something I hate to do).
@JERK:
Iraq has plummited in it's infrastructure and is a hotbed of vaguely Yugoslavian secretarian violence. They have YET to form a government.
In fact there are growing protests right now against all these failures from the angry people there. Intelligence agencies have even concluded it instigated worse in terrorism.
Now THAT is something I'd have to read, and not just take your word for. Got a link anywhere?
@JERK:
We accomplished nothing for the war on terror. In fact we because of it turned our backs on the REAL war on terror while Bush and his people convinced us and our congress that we were fighting the war on terror in Iraq.
Meanwhile everyone ignored Afghanistan and it surged up again into the current fucking mess we have on our hands.
I definitely agree with you on that.
@JERK:
When you lie about a war that costs so much life. Essentially fabricating a conflict? That is far more then a lie.
Bush shouldn't take 100% of the hit for this. Period. At the very least the people who killed our troops had something to do with the loss of life, don't you think? It's not like this 'fabricated conflict' is with a nobler innocent group either. Who better to take out terrorists than the USA? of course, it IS stupid that with the best military on the planet we can't find Osama…thats whats wrong here.
Now THAT is something I'd have to read, and not just take your word for. Got a link anywhere?
Here's one.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0526-05.htm
Bush shouldn't take 100% of the hit for this. Period.
True. My opinion on Bush has always been of him being a somewhat hapless guy with decent intentions being flubbed around by the likes of Cheney and Rumsfeld.
At the very least the people who killed our troops had something to do with the loss of life, don't you think? It's not like this 'fabricated conflict' is with a nobler innocent group either.
I'm shedding no tears for Saddam and his cronies. But it's the fault of those in power when we stick our fingers into a sticky nasty crocodiles mouth with no real gain.
And the deaths afterwards from secretarian violence are a far more confused ballpark.
Who better to take out terrorists than the USA? of course, it IS stupid that with the best military on the planet we can't find Osama…thats whats wrong here.
Best military hardware, but I've seen no reason to believe our military intelligence is state of the art. And an imbalance in these two is frightening.
It's come to the point where I think a more covert war was always a better option then an all out assault. After all we are not fighting armies, we are fighting insurgents and sneaks to begin with.
I await the day 20 years from now (if he's still alive) when an actual court accuses him of his war crimes.
Wasn't fear of being arrested for war crimes partly responsible for Bush recently cancelling his planned trip to Switzerland? He's openly admitted to ordering water boarding of prisoners.
First I've heard of that.
Wasn't fear of being arrested for war crimes partly responsible for Bush recently cancelling his planned trip to Switzerland? He's openly admitted to ordering water boarding of prisoners.
It's plausible, but I still think some years need to pass after his presidency so that the US government wouldn't immediately pressure the country to back off their ex political and military leader.
Conan re-enacts a scene from the Social Network.
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He also plays his own twin using miraculous new technology.
To anyone who is a fan of Chris Sims of the Invincible SuperBlog guess what?
He's going to be on the Daily Show tonight, talking about Batman.
Specifically the recent Muslim Batman of France.
Just thought you guys might like to know.
News here:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/01/comicsalliances-chris-sims-daily-show/
Colbert is doing a crazy crossover thing with Jon, and Jimmy Fallon, about Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
There is singing.
It's surreal.
Those of you in the timezone to still catch it, make the effort. It's… worth seeing.
Finally someone makes this thread! Though imo Colbert > Stewart. Last year's (?) emmy really ought to have gone either to Colbert or to Conan.
I'm so behind on episodes though. :sad: Gotta catch up. :P
Wait, ice cream and singing? Please tell me there's a link to that, Robby!
I just saw the episode. That was absolutely hilarious.
Finally someone makes this thread! Though imo Colbert > Stewart. Last year's (?) emmy really ought to have gone either to Colbert or to Conan.
I'm so behind on episodes though. :sad: Gotta catch up. :P
Wait, ice cream and singing? Please tell me there's a link to that, Robby!
Here you go: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/376282/march-03-2011/ice-cream-fight-with-jimmy-fallon.
I think that's the international edition, well I watched it from outside the US anyway, but I guess it should work from within the US as well, probably.
The Daily Sherbert with John Stewberry must be made a flavor. Now.
Awww, that clip didn't have any singing in it.
The Daily Sherbert with John Stewberry must be made a flavor. Now.
Awww, that clip didn't have any singing in it.
Here you go http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/376283/march-03-2011/ice-cream-hallucination-with-jimmy-fallon and yes this sherbert flavor will happen.
I believe the shows are streamed for a week or to after airing on the show's website… but their player usually gives me a little trouble.
Any event... for the full episode (and a Rango ad, apparently...)
http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-march-3-2011-mark-w–moffett
@RobbyBevard:
I believe the shows are streamed for a week or to after airing on the show's website… but their player usually gives me a little trouble.
Any event... for the full episode (and a Rango ad, apparently...)
http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-march-3-2011-mark-w–moffett
Actually the site streams four weeks worth at a time. So that gives people plenty of time to watch an episode they might have missed before it gets converted into much smaller segments, which has about 100 times the amount of commercials and lag as the full version. Yeah, the player kind of sucks. Hardcore. Though that player looks like it's changed since last I checked, so maybe they've made some improvements. A good number of people usually opt for sites like hulu instead due to the low quality and because whoever is in charge of the site never seemed to listen to the complaints.
Glenn Beck you shall be missed good sir.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/230895/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-thu-apr-7-2011#s-p1-so-i0
In case guys you missed it.
I love how they managed to turn a horrible song like Friday into something you can actually listen to without your ears bleeding.
I'm liking Jimmy more and more, his regular interactions with Stephen and Jon show that he's a pretty good sport and a fun guy. Some nice unity between the late night players is pretty cool.
Shame Conan is on the opposite coast, I'm sure he'd be crossing over still as well.
Oh. And I got THIS in the mail today.
The mug of a different host… Most badass mug ever.
@RobbyBevard:
Oh. And I got THIS in the mail today.
[qimg]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/04/craigrattlesnakemug.jpg[/qimg]
The mug of a different host… Most badass mug ever.
! BALLS!
Craig is great, he has so much energy and doesn't treat his talk show… like a talk show.
Just wish it wasn't on so damn late. Or on a channel I don't watch. I always forget about it.
Of course, if it was earlier it'd be competing with Conan/Jon/Colbert, so... not much to be done about it.
Craig is great. His interviews always go two ways.
1. He's interviewing someone who actually expected a legit interview, but got the most awkward interview imaginable (which Craig enjoys).
2. He's interviewing someone as insane as him (or has a sense of humor), and the interview is a riot.
Some of his interviews with people like Robert Downey Jr, Helena Bolen Carter, Betty White, and several more are just a riot. But for me, nothing was funnier than his interview with his sister.
ROOOOOOFL. Even not on air, Colbert, you are awesome.
Heh. I can't read all of it because a giant pop up video ad comes up and doesn't want to go away, but I'm amused by what I saw.
Jon Kyl enjoys Godzilla on missile porn. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Jon Kyl sells black tar heroin milk to Catholic School Girls. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Jon Kyl is Donald Trump's third ex-wife #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Jon Kyl is an honorable man of great integrity. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
@RobbyBevard:
Jon Kyl is an honorable man of great integrity. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Best one by far, laughed really hard at that one
So. Will Ferrell is threatening to shave Conan's beard off.
In videos being hosted by TBS, meaning its a planned stunt.
As if I needed another reason to dislike Will Ferrell.
Also, I merged a couple threads and retitled this one. The lack of Leno is intentional.
Those video threats are honestly a bit unsettling. Even though I've never been a fan of the beard.
This thought just randomly occurred to me, but in that weird Ben and Jerry's sing-along, that evil ice cream cone that was shooting out lasers or whatever kind of reminded me of badass SnoCone. Maybe they are relatives. :ninja:
Anyways, if you didn't know about it already, there's a fantastic Stephen Colbert website that has all sorts of delicious tidbits, eye candy, and Stephen-related news, as well as some happenings of past and present correspondents on TDS and TCR. It's called No Fact Zone: http://www.nofactzone.net/
Stewart and Colbert had a lot of fun tonight with Bin Laden. Hilarious stuff.
Conan… had Will Ferrell shave his beard. Meh.
Most erotic beard shaving I've ever seen lmao.
Loved Conan last night.
I honestly didn't think he was gonna shave it. He looks so weird now.
I preferred the beard. Gave his some maturity and set him apart from all the other late night hosts. And it looked good, most of all.
But obviously Conan was looking for an excuse to shave it off, for whatever reason, so… yeah. I wonder if the studio wanted him looking younger, or he just didn't like it after a year, or it was his wife....
In any event, Will Ferrell was creepy and I still am not amused by his shtick.
The beard was odd at first, but then he really started looking like a Bond villain so I was cool with it.
Sad to see it go.
@RobbyBevard:
In any event, Will Ferrell was creepy and I still am not amused by his shtick.
I love Ferrell and thought he played the part perfectly.
The creepiness was definitely what was needed, and I was impressed by how well he was able to stay in character and not completely lose it.
Ferrell wasn't acting.
Is it just me Robby or do you have a strong dislike for Will Ferrell? Is there any particular reason? Not that I care for/know much about the guy either, but I was just curious.
Is it just me Robby or do you have a strong dislike for Will Ferrell? Is there any particular reason? Not that I care for/know much about the guy either, but I was just curious.
He's incredibly unfunny, obnoxious, and one note, and yet he keeps getting movies and thus shoved in my face every couple months.
And now he's shaved Conan's beard.
@RobbyBevard:
He's incredibly unfunny, obnoxious, and one note, and yet he keeps getting movies and thus shoved in my face every couple months.
And now he's shaved Conan's beard.
I agree with this. He sucks so much.
It's funny cuz all my friends at lunch today were also talking about how much they dislike Ferrell (except for that movie where he gets attacked by a raccoon).
I'm debating whether to watch the clip or not. Normally I just stick to TDS and TCR due to time issues (and I'm even behind on episodes!). I never really got a chance to watch much of Conan except his string dance off battle with Stephen and the Huckabee fight montage.
Instead of just being a creepy wierdo, they could have recreated a scene from this if they were going to shave Conan's beard.
Sure, would have taken some rehersal, but it would have been classic.
Instead of creepy.
