The Daily Show's Death Panel Panel

I went out to lunch yesterday (my life is crazy!) with a friend (that's right, a friend!) who picked me up in his car ("boom" -- your mind). He had been listening to NPR on the drive over to pick... CONTINUE READING THE DAILY SHOW'S DEATH PANEL PANEL»

Posted on August 11, 2009 in Politics (48 comments)
Tags: Aasif Mandvi | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Samantha Bee | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart Shows Joe Scarborough His Napoleonic Complex

If you've been watching The Daily Show this week, you've noticed a feud is brewing between Jon and Joe Scarborough, whose show, Morning Joe, has a 10 million dollar product placement deal with Starbucks. It all started when Scarborough and... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART SHOWS JOE SCARBOROUGH HIS NAPOLEONIC COMPLEX»

Posted on June 11, 2009 in Feuds (17 comments)
Tags: Joe Scarborough | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show

Community Actually Does Look Fantastic

NBC announced today that they're picking up the Joel McHale/Chevy Chase/John Oliver comedy Community, about a sleazy lawyer forced to go back to community college, and they released this new long trailer for it, in which it looks, in a... CONTINUE READING COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DOES LOOK FANTASTIC»

Posted on May 4, 2009 in New TV Shows, Sitcoms (28 comments)
Tags: Chevy Chase | Community | Donald Glover | Joel McHale | John Oliver

Jon Stewart's Pirate Coverage May Be Late, But It's The Best

The Daily Show was off Monday night for no reason, so last night, when Jon Stewart launched into the show's lead story about the big pirate crisis that began last week, we could all be forgiven for thinking "Shit, Jon,... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART'S PIRATE COVERAGE MAY BE LATE, BUT IT'S THE BEST»

Posted on April 15, 2009 in Late Night, The News (12 comments)
Tags: John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Pirates | The Daily Show

The Daily Show Mocks Glenn Beck, Who Is Crazy

Last night's Daily Show made civic uproar fun again with two segments about outraged Americans: IndigNation! Populist Uprising '09 - The Enragening, about those who want to "teabag the White House," and the hilarious internet meme that is Glenn Beck,... CONTINUE READING THE DAILY SHOW MOCKS GLENN BECK, WHO IS CRAZY»

Posted on March 18, 2009 in Late Night, Politics (10 comments)
Tags: Glenn Beck | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart: The George W. Bush To Hugh Jackman's Obama

One (hopefully) last thing concerning the thing everyone's totally sick of that was The Oscars: last night The Daily Show returned just in time to cover the Academy Awards, which for the past two years has been hosted by Jon... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART: THE GEORGE W. BUSH TO HUGH JACKMAN'S OBAMA»

Wyatt Cenac Calls John Oliver A Jerk

In the latest episode of New York Magazine's surprisingly little-seen web series Going Up With Dave Hill, in which comedian Dave Hill interviews people in the elevator of New York Magazine's offices while random people ride along with them, Dave... CONTINUE READING WYATT CENAC CALLS JOHN OLIVER A JERK»

Posted on January 30, 2009 in Interviews (8 comments)
Tags: Dave Hill | John Oliver | The Daily Show | Wyatt Cenac

There's An Even More Embarrassing Video Of Evil Pundit Matthew Vadum

(This week, we're highlighting some of our favorite Videogum posts / video-related moments of 2008. So that's why things look different, and are old, this week. And Happy Almost New Year!) Originally posted on Videogum on October 31, 2008: So... CONTINUE READING THERE'S AN EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING VIDEO OF EVIL PUNDIT MATTHEW VADUM»

Posted on December 30, 2008 in Politics, Rerun, Video Skeletons (2 comments)
Tags: Election 2008 | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show

There's An Even More Embarrassing Video Of Evil Pundit Matthew Vadum

So this morning, when I called for the, um, "further humiliation" of Matthew Vadum, the pundit who appeared on The Daily Show last night and wouldn't stop saying that all community organizers trade crack cocaine for votes, never in my... CONTINUE READING THERE'S AN EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING VIDEO OF EVIL PUNDIT MATTHEW VADUM»

Posted on October 31, 2008 in Backlashes, Politics, Video Skeletons (8 comments)
Tags: John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show

Let's Make Matthew Vadum Bad-Famous

Look carefully at this guy's face, if you can stand it. His name is Matthew Vadum, from the Capital Research Center, and he's the, excuse my language, M-F who said on last night's Daily Show: "It's a straight line... CONTINUE READING LET'S MAKE MATTHEW VADUM BAD-FAMOUS»

Posted on October 31, 2008 in Backlashes, Gross, Late Night, Politics, That's Your Boyfriend (11 comments)
Tags: Crack | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show

John Oliver And The Apocalypse

I have a friend who hates John Oliver for some unexplained, indefensible reason, and today happens to be her birthday. So here's a funny video the Daily Show correspondent did this week (to pimp out his friend's book, Apocalypse How,... CONTINUE READING JOHN OLIVER AND THE APOCALYPSE»

Posted on August 14, 2008 in Late Night, Viral Marketing (1 comments)
Tags: John Oliver | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart Finally Got Rick Rolled Last Night

In a field piece with Senior Military Analyst John Oliver about Iran's ability to use photoshop to make Jon Stewart look like "Stephen Baldwin's embarrassing drunk exhibitionist friend," Oliver catches Jon off-guard and Rick Rolls the shit out of him.... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART FINALLY GOT RICK ROLLED LAST NIGHT»

Posted on July 15, 2008 in Late Night (1 comments)
Tags: John Oliver | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show