Why isn't there a single female late-night host? Let's take it one step further. Why isn't there a single non white late night host?
I'm going to skip the rant and just recap the poll.
David Letterman - 0%
No surprise here, Dave is popular among baby-boomers. And they don't read this blog.
Conan O'Brien - 20%
I love Conan's zany humor and legitimately interesting interviews. He's going to be huge once everything settles in.
Jay Leno - 0%
He's not funny and doesn't even have his own TV show again until the fall. Which I will never ever watch. Also, the man has a very large chin.
Jimmy Fallon - 0%
Fallon's humor is inconsistent, but Conan had the same problem at the start of his Late Night career. I only watch his show because of the house band - The Roots! Fallon has this grating style of always laughing at his own jokes.
Craig Ferguson - 0%
His Scottish accent cracks me up already. The man is very funny, but he never seems to have quality guests or skits. Hopefully he'll take over the Late Show once Letterman leaves and he'll take it to another level.
Jon Stewart - 40%
It's kind of cheating, since Stewart has the liberty of being on cable. He can get away with ripping deep into media and the government with boundary-pushing segments. Conan and Letterman are a bit more reserved, as they depend on advertising dollars for their shows to stay afloat. For the same reason, Stewart doesn't have to suck up to his guests and gets a lot more "intellectual" people on his show.
Stephen Colbert - 20%
Some people that Colbert has surpassed his creator (Stewart) in hilarity, but I just feel like they are perfect complements. Colbert is more wacky and inside-jokey while Stewart is the king of satire. Both are great.
Carson Daly - 0%
Carson Daly? The guy on TRL? Has his own show? Yes, it's called "Last Call with Carson Daly" and it is on after Jimmy Fallon on NBC. Don't ask me why. Don't ask me who watches the show. I don't think anybody does.
Jimmy Kimmel - 0%
"Man-Show" castoff Jimmy Kimmel has found an audience somehow. Again, I don't think he's funny and I don't know a single person who watches his show. I almost even forgot to put him on the list.
Talk Show Hosts are the Devil - 20%
At least somebody was honest.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Late Night Funnymen
Thursday, July 2, 2009
This Makes Me Sick
And makes me want to cry:
What the hell? You want increased national security by having a major terrorist attack within the country? You want increased security for Americans by having Americans killed?
As Jon Stewart said,
"Is there any way you can YELL LOUD ENOUGH at your TV for the people inside to hear you, because I tried real hard last night."Of course this was on Fox News.
Nobody else would let the guy on. Continue Reading...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Rush Limbaugh Quote of the Day 6/29/The Situation in Honduras
Sorry this is a day late, but I forgot to post it yesterday. El Rushbo keeps talking out of his rear. Yesterday I was woken up to his soothing voice saying, "Obama loves anti-American, authoritarian leaders. That's just a fact, folks!"
It cracks me up whenever Rush Limbaugh says something is a fact. He says it every time after something ludicrous, as if by saying it is fact it will magically become a fact.
Limbaugh was talking about the current situation in Honduras, in which a military led coup was completed removing President Zelaya from power. Zelaya was allowed to escape the country and go to Costa Rica. The coup took place because he had political enemies who: 1) hated him, and 2) believed he was being unconstitutional by issuing a non-binding survey of some sort that had something to do with him wanting to have another term of office as President, which isn't allowed under the Honduran constitution. As you can see, I am hazy on those details, but he had taken no actual step towards enabling himself to have another term, so I'm not sure if that is in violation of the constitution or not, but I know that a coup sure of hell is.
Now the United States, the neighboring Central American countries, and now the United Nations have all denounced the coup and only recognize Zelaya as the true leader of Honduras. Adding to the intensity is the news that Zelaya is promising to return to Honduras on Thursday. The Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi said Zelaya will be arrested as soon as he takes a step in the country and will face 20 years in prison for "numerous charges."
Here to tell us more is Brown Paper, White Paper Senior Analyst and friend of the show Jon Stewart!!!
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So Limbaugh referred to Zelaya as an anti-American, authoritarian leader who Obama loves. Classic. Obviously he hadn't seen this picture of Zelaya wearing a cowboy hat, because nothing is more pro-American than a cowboy hat.
You stay classy US of A.
Continue Reading...
Monday, March 16, 2009
It's Not Over Yet
All was well. Jim Cramer had humbly accepted Jon Stewart's beatdown Thursday night, which you can also view here. Cramer agreed that CNBC failed in many ways, and Jon Stewart got a nice ratings boost. The world had a nice laugh laugh and moved on. Except for one sad, pathetic man.
Tucker Carlson! Former anchor of CNN's "Crossfire" and former anchor of MSNBC's "Tucker." Both were cancelled. Tucker has a beef with Jon Stewart because of Stewart's famous "Crossfire" appearance, where he ripped the gap-toothed Ron Paul-ite apart. Many attribute the show's cancellation to Stewart's brilliant dissection of it's ineptitude. Watch the hilarious video below:
This Sunday-morning talk show, Tucker whined to the panel that Stewart is a "partisan hack" and a bunch of other nonsense.
Tucker's argument is inherently flawed. Stewart began his CNBC coverage because of Rick Santelli's outburst, not because of Jim Cramer. This blog has driven in this point previously. Stewart directed his attack at Cramer because Cramer was the one who directly criticized him and "The Daily Show." So Tucker Carlson is an idiot. Big surprise. He's just bitter over getting his show and career ruined. And Jon Stewart is allowed to be a "partisan hack." He's a COMEDIAN. He doesn't pretend to be a political analyst. That's why his show is on Comedy Central.
Enough of this coverage. I promise this will be the last post.
"I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Actually...That Was Pretty Intense
Kavi wrote here and here of the ongoing/upcoming battle between Jon Stewart - the host of the Daily Show on Comedy Central - and Jim Cramer - the host of Mad Money on CNBC. Well, the final moment arrived, as Stewart interviewed Cramer.
And it was an epic battle of loon number one:
Versus loon number two:
And without further ado, here is the third uncensored/uncut part of the interview. Warning: Stewart drops the f-bomb a couple times.
Did I say battle? That was a massacre. Poor Cramer. Stewart was legitimately ticked off at CNBC. Stewart has been known to rip people apart before. Nobody does it better.
Favorite moment? Joe Scarborough, I now dib thee..."Doucheborough"
Have a good day! Continue Reading...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Smackdown has Deintensified
Typical Jim Cramer. Hours after I hyped up the Jon Stewart-Jim Cramer clash, Cramer appeared on Martha Stewart's show and basically wimped out. It looks like Cramer will sit, be goofy and apologize to Stewart. Tonight's interview won't be that great.
I couldn't embed the video, but here's the link to the video on Huffington Post.
The Jon Stewart/Jim Cramer Smackdown
I'm going to step outside the film world to present this incredible event taking place tonight. Two of my favorite media personalities are going to duke it out on (pre-taped) national television. CNBC's brilliantly insane analyst Jim Cramer, host of "Mad Money" is going to visit "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" tonight. Why does this matter? Let's dig in to the history behind this feud...
A few weeks ago, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli went ape in the middle of the trading day. In the video below, Santelli rips apart homeowners who were forced to foreclose on their mortgages, calling them "losers" among other things. I used to watch this guy every day during senior year, so it was unsettling to see him spew such nonsense. Does he really think a Chicago trading floor is an accurate sample of average Americans?
This video set off a chain of unprecedented events. Last week, Stewart thoroughly eviscerated Santelli and CNBC for their third-rate reporting during the start of the financial crisis. The following clip shows Stewart's epic deconstruction of CNBC's failures. This is especially hard for me to watch, since I watched CNBC religiously last year, when I was interested in a financial career.
Over the weekend, Cramer issued a statment claiming that Stewart took one of his comments about Bear Sterns out of context. The comment was included in the montage of CNBC's idiocy shown above. Monday night, Stewart responded by shredding Cramer even more:
The next morning Jim Cramer went on The Today Show and MSNBC to counter Stewart's tirade. Stewart kept going, responding with this hilarious clip:
Just when you thought it couldn't get better, Jim Cramer has actually agreed to appear on The Daily Show Thursday night. Do yourselves a favor and watch this monumental clash between a hot-headed financial adviser and a smarmy, talkative comedian. Jim Cramer is known to lose his cool, just watch this video (which I actually watched live one day before I went to my MTU classes):
Do you think Cramer will be able to hold his own against the power of Jon Stewart? Either he'll be annoyingly polite with Stewart or some serious stuff is going to go down. I can't wait...