Nothing about contesting the vote certification on the Daily Show

[GreenPartyVoter]

What is up with that???

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[Helga Scow Stern]

1. Perhaps the network has made it off-limits. Either that or JS closet Repub

:shrug:

[mirandapriestly]

2. I don't think that show is that great to be honest

I hate to say it because everyone think he is so great. But, he misses a lot and most of it isn't that funny. Sorry!

[HomerRamone]

3. Et tu, Jon?

Maybe they just couldn't make it funny. I'm having more and more trouble laughing at all this shit myself...

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Oh, the GOP speeches had plenty of material

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[ktowntennesseedem]

5. Same here. Still funny, but not as much so since Nov 2.

I strongly believe laughter is the best medicine, and I'm doing all I can to take heave dosages whenever possible. But I find it easier to laugh at things other than the election debacle, to laugh at something truly humorous instead of laughing at what this administration is doing. It's too serious to be funny anymore, and the Daily Show unfortunately keeps reminding me of that.

All that said, still a great show in an uncomfortable position. We all thought we were going to laugh Bush right out of office; must be tough to keep writing for the show when Bush managed to get the last laugh on us.

[TexasLawyer]

6. I was in the Daily Show audience

on Jan. 6 (with tickets that the Mister and I had to order up about 10 months in advance). The vote certification got totally eclipsed by the Alberto Gonzales hearings, which JS really took on big time.

Also, JS's guest that evening was Professor Howard Zinn, leftist historian. The HZ interview I saw was lengthy and thoughtful, and Jon had obviously read and taken to heart much of Howard Zinn's new book. I'm sure that the interview got edited down to fit into a small time window.

I'd say Jon is doing A-OK for the cause of truth and right. I love that guy-- enough to go to NYC in the dead of winter to see him live, and to schlep his big book all over the city to get it autographed for my elderly mother-- who loves Jon Stewart even more than I do.

The Daily Show packs a pretty big punch, especially for a fake news show with only about 17 minutes of actual air time Mon-Thurs. I now know firsthand that JS is just as funny and intelligent when he's live and unscripted as he is when he's reading off a teleprompter.

Anyone who says bad stuff about Jon Stewart is a big, fat, Tucker Carlson-esque d*@k.

[ValleyGirl]

8. Right on, ICAM

Oh how I love Jon Stewart!:loveya: :loveya: Closet Repub? ROFLMAO! Um, no.

I am so jealous of you getting to see the show live, btw.

[TexasLawyer]

11. Anyone can go

and it's free. You just have to get tickets and then get your posterior to NYC-- if you're not there already. Some lucky people just showed up without tickets and got in by using extras held by people in line.

It is sooo worth going! The studio is small (it holds about 100 audience members) and there are no bad seats.

JS comes out ahead of time and talks to his audience. He is devastatingly funny, and incredibly charming. To me, Jon Stewart is just slightly south of god-like.

In other words, I love him too!

:loveya:

[ValleyGirl]

13. Sounds great

Getting my posterior to NYC is the hard part. I'll have to try & do this the next time I go out there, however. :)

[whometense]

32. We got tickets for the first

Boston show of the Convention.

Had to wait outside for 2 1/2 hours, but oh was it worth it!! I credit Jon Stewart and the Daily Show for having saved my sanity since the 2000 election.

Some shows are funnier than others, but it's worth watching for the brilliant moments. One of my favorites was that Henry Bonilla interview last summer. Maybe the funniest and most eviscerating interview ever done.

[TexasLawyer]

34. Wasn't that the greatest?

Bonilla in all his glory.

[whometense]

35. A-men to that.

He is a genius.

[imenja]

7. remember it's a comedy show, not the news

They pick what they want to make fun of. They aren't responsible for covering events like journalists are.

[clicheguevara]

9. Fell through the cracks

They make fun of the stuff we actually see on the news. Since we did not see it on the news, there is nothing to make fun of.

Maybe Lewis Black will talk about it, since he catches the stories that "fall through the cracks", on Back in Black?

[seito]

10. Hi clicheguevara

Welcome to DU :hi:

[HomerRamone]

37. "I Have A Dream--not that it'll do any good."

Catch the rerun tomorrow at 10AM, 7PM, or 11:30PM...

[bardgal]

12. he talked about it on Thursday's show.

[helderheid]

14. I guess it's

time to stop watching the daily show

[LiberalHeart]

15. Just running DeLay's speech would bring laughs. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

16. I likeJon Stewart

but I can't wait for Bill Maher's new season.

[cyberpj]

29. I'm with YOU! I really miss him right now.

Especially NEW RULES. Fav show of last season? The one with Michael Moore and Bill begging Nader not to run. (And is that the same one with David Deier - R/Calif? Oooo.....hate that man!)

Looks like Feb 18th w/be first of 2005.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Glad to hear it

We're hanging on by our fingernails here. Did you see the show with Simpson (I believe) from Wyoming? That one cracked me up.

[cyberpj]

31. Yes - watched that one twice. Another example of -

- too-old, rich, white men still running things.

He was as good as watching Zell Miller take on Christ Matthews in the duel sequence.

[go west young man]

17. I too have wondered why he didn't hammer it home for us..

but he might get too worked up about it. Maybe he wants to chill out after slam dunking Tucker Carlsons ass. It probably made him feel like he needs to focus more on comedy. Thats just a guess.

[whometense]

36. I've heard him say that they

(Daily Show staff) hate it when people cheer - they want to make you laugh. So sometimes they hold off on tackling stuff till they can make it funny.

Tonight's was brilliant, esp. the Colbert segment about the CBS firings.

[imenja]

18. REALITY check please.

It's COMEDY, not news. He has no responsibility to anything other than making people laugh.
I find some of the posts above a bit concerning. There is something very wrong when people rely on a comedian to make their political points.

[EFerrari]

19. You know, comedy is a perfect venue for making

political points. Think about it, how many times have you seen cable networks run a funny clip that is political and that they themselves would never touch?

[imenja]

20. of course, and Stewart is brilliant at it

but it is not his job to cover the news in any comprehensive fashion. It's his job to make people laugh.

[EFerrari]

21. That's right. And why I loved his CF appearance where he had

to remind the morons that his was a fake news show. lol

[rfrrfrrfr]

22. The sad thing is

That Jon Stewart and the daily show has more journalistic credibility in its left pinky than the entire mainstream media put together. It can be hard sometimes to remember its primary purpose is make comedy and entertain you and not groundbreaking journalism

Also he only has 30 minutes a day and the republicans give him so much stuff to work with I am sure he has trouble deciding which will be the most funny. It seems like since they won the election they have gone double looney with the comments they have been making.

[EFerrari]

23. Sure. What you have to remember, though, is that there is more

than one way (tv news) to open a political discussion. Or, to badger the MSM for that matter. My husband and I write political comedy, have friends who do. Bu$hco makes it just too easy.

Yeah, the kleptos are in the kandystore. Good, maybe they'll hang themselves sooner.

[sunnystarr]

33. but..but..but... it's the only way we can get the news free of corporate

and WH influence...and laugh at the same time :D

[McCamy Taylor]

24. Reality Check, Viacom Owns Comedy Central, Viacom is Kissing * A**

Right Now. We all know that CBS got in deep doo doo for a variety of things including breaking the Iraqi prison abuse scandals that made the war in iraq a political liability for Bush in 2004 instead of the asset Rove wanted it to be. Then there were the ENRON tapes CBS released last summer in which Enron employers used explitives and laughed about how when * was elected he would get rid of price caps so that they could more thoroughly f**k grandma's in California. Journalism like that had gotten Viacome in the bad graces of the White House which had taken to slapping them with huge fines everytime someones breast popped out.

Then Karl Rove sent his forged memo to CBS.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA493472

Now Viacom is CBS's bitch. See this article which is linked through Buzzflash. And Viacom owns a whole lot of media properties. No wonder CBS has been the most reluctant of all the news networks to cover Votergate. Even Fox has given it more coverage.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. They why does Stewart always make fun of Bush?

He makes fun of Bush far more than he does Democrats.

[McCamy Taylor]

26. Bush makes fun of Bush too, What Karl Rove and Co. do not

like is humor that makes people think. They dont mind the "Bush is so stupid..." jokes, because no one is going to impeach him for being stupid. They dont mind the "Republicans are so greedy.." jokes because everyone expects Republicans to be greedy. They kind of like the "All politicians are corrupt..." jokes because that encourages Americans to stay away from politics. What they fear most is that someone might actually try to educate us about how the system works.

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. So, Stewart has never covered Abu Grahib?

:shrug:

[McCamy Taylor]

28. He did, the same way CBS did. That is why CBS got in mega trouble.

I am wondering if Comedy Central has just recenly asked the Daily Show writers to play it cool on a few stories (i.e the election) until their parent company's troubles with the White House are over. They wouldnt even have to talk to Stewart about it. If he really thinks that Bush won and Kerry lost all Viacom would have to do is have the writers NOT suggest clever skits about the election protests. There has been plenty of other news for them to make fun of.

I doubt that Jon Stewart would jump when Comedy Central or Viacom tells him to. He is more likely to tell them "S**w you, im outta here." They need him way more than he needs them.

But the staff and producers of the Daily Show are expendible. If the show folds, Stewart goes to cable, takes a few favorite players and writers with him and the rest are out of work.

[Amaryllis]

38. Last I heard, Stewart thought fraud was a conspiracy theory. Don't think

he's on board.

[LittleClarkie]

39. That doesn't make him a freeper of course

Just not a believer.

We have to allow folks differing opinions. Hell, I can't get anybody on board here.

[Amaryllis]

40. Not a freeper but it does mean he isn't going to cover election issues if

he thinks there aren't any.