Daily Show News

Goodbye Rob

After two years on the Daily Show, Rob Riggle is leaving the show "to fight crime," and maybe develop a half-hour comedy series on CBS.

Rob was at the one taping of The Daily Show I was able to attend in June 2007.  It was amazing, and I'll never forget it as long as I live.  Can't wait to see what you come up with next, Rob.

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RIP - Riggle in Perspective

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Takei Out, Mother F***er!

Yay for true nerd love!

George Takei beamed up a marriage license.

The Star Trek alum and longtime partner Brad Altman were among the first same-sex couples to obtain licenses in West Hollywood this morning.

"I think it's a glorious California morning to make history," the erstwhile Sulu said. "Congratulations to all of us: May equality live long and prosper."

The 71-year-old actor and his 54-year-old partner have been together for 21 years. Takei said the couple will wed on Sept. 14.

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Here it is, your moment of Russert

Dear Kristen Schaal...

#1.  I love you.

#2.  Where can I get a pair of Wonder Woman Underoos?   I want to wear them underneath that amazing Wonder Woman sweater that I'll probably never attempt to knit.   

Hypocrisy Much?

On Wednesday night, Jon discussed the fact that the news outlets, including the Associated Press, assured us that Hillary Clinton would concede to Barack Obama.  She did not.

So let the jokes fly, right?

That's all well and good, until Jon had something to say about Hillary's comments regarding the lack of support for her campaign from "the pundits and naysayers."  Jon disagreed with Clinton, then proceeded, as he often does, to show a series of clips illustrating his point. 

You can view the video here.  It begins around the four minute mark.

Notice, however, how there are absolutely no clips from 2008.  Hasn't a lot been said in the past five months?  I would call this a little more hypocritical than usual for The Daily Show, especially since Jon has called O'Reilly out before for doing the same thing.

This post, by the way, isn't a reflection of any kind of bias on my part.  I support Obama for the presidency, and I'm certainly not embarrassed to say so.  I do, however, see (very clearly) the media's (and The Daily Show's) bias against Hillary, and it's definitely getting on my last nerve.

John McCain on The Daily Show

McCain discussed calling upon a "very attractive young woman" in a recent town hall meeting.

"I called on her and asked her what it was that she'd like to say."

"And what did she say?"

"She said, 'Why did I want to discriminate against women?' I tried to defend my belief in equal opportunity for all in this country."

Notice the way McCain chuckles through this one. Know why? Because McCain doesn't understand a damn thing about "equal opportunity". You know that, as president, he intends to overturn Roe V. Wade, right? Just passing that on.

Oh, and why exactly does it matter that this woman was "very attractive"? What does her physical appearance have to do with anything? Lucky for her that she was, or else McCain might not have called on her.

Kristen Schaal - New Daily Show Correspondent?

In case you were wondering, that was Kristen Schaal on The Daily Show.  You may recognize her from the super hilarious HBO series Flight of The Conchords.

Jon's Interview With Sen. Clinton

Here is Part One and Part Two of Jon's interview with Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Despite its more awkward moments, (Hey, I don't think Jon is all that well acquainted with this satellite uplink stuff.  Give the boy a break!) I did appreciate the following quote from Sen. Clinton.

“I’ve said many times that I would like to have a bipartisan cabinet and White House. A lot of our problems have nothing to do with Republican or Democrat – we’ve got to start acting like Americans again, roll up our sleeves and solve our problems.”

Happy Catastrof@#k Tuesday

The showdown between states begins, as the showdown between late night hosts ends. (OR DOES IT?! Dun Dun Dunnn.)

Now, I'm not really much of a fan of Conan O'Brien. He has his moments, but I usually spend my late nights with Craig Ferguson. However last night's brawl-for-all was one of the greatest things I have seen on TV.

I love the writers, but in all honesty - this definitely isn't helping the WGA strike. I think that the brawl is one of the best things Jon, Stephen and Conan have put together in a long time.

No Fact Zone Coverage

Is Huckabee's bump going to sail him to the top in tonight's primaries?

(At least ahead of Romney, PLEASE!)

Jon Stewart Goes After Jonah Goldberg and 'Fascism'

Here's hoping you managed to catch Jon's interview last night with author Jonah Goldberg.  It was slightly insane, to say the least.  I'm hoping Comedy Central to allow us to view the rest of the interview, unedited, similarly to what they did with Jon's interview with Bill Clinton some months back.

Columnist Jonah Goldberg stopped by Comedy Central's "Daily Show" on Wednesday night to tout his provocative new book, "Liberal Fascism." Jon Stewart clearly didn't buy the premise, asking at one point in exasperation, "Organic food is fascist???" and "I must say you totally misrepresent what progressive means."
 
Apparently the taping went on so long, and with so many nuggets, that (as Stewart had warned) some of it had to be aired in choppy sound bites.
 
Most touchy moment for Jonah came when Stewart asked him if one of the things he was against was people throwing around the charge "fascism" far too easily. Jonah said yes, then Stewart picked up a copy of the book and simply pointed to the title, "Liberal Fascism" -- adding, so why are you doing this?
 
Goldberg got angry at one point and accused Stewart of not reading his book.  E&P