On last night's Daily Show, Jason Jones eviscerated the probably-willing-but-still-ridiculous pundit Kevin James (not to be confused with Mall Cop, though he'd probably rather be confused with Mall Cop). Kevin is known as the guy who got his balls handed... CONTINUE READING "IF ONLY YOU COULD EAT SHAME"»
Posted on January 13, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Ann Coulter | Jason Jones | Jon Stewart | Kevin James | Neville Chamberlain | The Daily Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart took three ridiculous, agonizing weeks off for the holidays (two is okay: three is ridiculous), so I guess they were feeling pretty ashamed of themselves and wanted to give their viewers as big a... CONTINUE READING THE DAILY SHOW GOES CUTE OVERLOAD WITH ANDERSON COOPER AND PUPPIES»
Posted on January 6, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Anderson Cooper | Jon Stewart | Puppies | The Daily Show
(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 , ,
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Tags: Election 2008 | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show
Last night, The Daily Show said farewell to correspondent of two years, the former Marine Rob Riggle, with a moving tribute called RIP, "Riggle In Perspective": .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM -... CONTINUE READING ROB RIGGLE LEAVES THE DAILY SHOW TO "FIGHT CRIME" ON CBS»
Posted on December 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Bonnaroo | Jon Stewart | Rob Riggle | The Daily Show
Last night's Daily Show featured a two-part interview with former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. For the first part of the interview, Jon kept the discussion to issues pertaining to Huckabee's new book, like how to explain to fiscal conservatives... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART EXPLAINS GAY MARRIAGE TO MIKE HUCKABEE»
Posted on December 10, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Jon Stewart | Mike Huckabee | The Daily Show
The genesis of what seems to be the start of a bald-business-in-the-front, tailgate-party-in-the-back situation for Ron Howard, caught on tape on The Daily Show last night. Abort! Abort!... CONTINUE READING RON HOWARD'S MID-LIFE PONY TAIL CRISIS»
Posted on December 5, 2008 in
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Tags: Animal Collective | Jon Stewart | Ron Howard | The Daily Show
Some lady is absolutely hysterical about not getting into the Daily Show/Colbert election night special. Can someone do a Train Wreck Documentary about her life, please? It could be like The King Of Kong, but about late night talk show... CONTINUE READING WELL, THIS LADY IS CRAZY»
Posted on November 12, 2008 in
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Tags: Comic-Con | Jon Stewart | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | The Daily Show | Twilight | Vampire Weekend
Matt Tobey of the CC Insider joins the fight (or admits to the pet-peeve, at least) against lazy journalists who think the Obama presidency means the end of comedy. Can we just be done with that silly idea now?... CONTINUE READING PLEASE MAKE THE MEDIA STOP SAYING THE DAILY SHOW ISN'T GOING TO BE FUNNY ANYMORE»
Posted on November 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | The Daily Show | Vampire Weekend
As if to slap the stupid faces of all those dumb journalists, desperate for an angle now that the election is over, who suggest that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (and in some cases, comedy in general) will... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART DEBUTS HIS BARACK OBAMA IMPRESSION»
Posted on November 6, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show
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 , ,
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Tags: John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show
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 , , , ,
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Tags: Crack | John Oliver | Jon Stewart | Matthew Vadum | The Daily Show
Barack Obama was on The Daily Show last night (via satellite from Florida) where he proved it's kind of hard to joke around on a late night show when your election is just four days away. When Jon throws him... CONTINUE READING BARACK OBAMA WON'T JOKE ABOUT OLD FLORIDIANS ON THE DAILY SHOW»
Posted on October 30, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show
Last night's Daily Show hit it out of the park from beginning to end, but my favorite part was Wyatt Cenac's tantrum about how sick he is of the election. Be sure to watch the end (starting at the 2:35... CONTINUE READING WYATT CENAC: "JUST BLEEPING VOTE ALREADY!"»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Jon Stewart | The Daily Show | Wyatt Cenac
In addition to prime-time network TV, Barack is taking to the Comedy Central airwaves tomorrow night to capture all those Stoner Voters. Whoever has had tickets for tomorrow's show since last April is in for a nice surprise (and extra-extra... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW NIGHT'S DAILY SHOW GUEST IS BARACK OBAMA»
Posted on October 28, 2008 in
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | The Daily Show
Are we still allowed to be obsessed with Ashley Todd? For just a couple more days? On last night's Daily Show, Samantha Bee made the obsession with Ashley Todd I share with every other American finally funny-video-related (and not just... CONTINUE READING SAMANTHA BEE EXPLAINS THE BACKWARDS "G" ON HER FACE»
Posted on October 28, 2008 in
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Tags: Alan Greenspan | Ashley Todd | Jon Stewart | Samantha Bee | The Daily Show
On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart figured out the real plan behind Sarah Palin's run for VP and outrageous clothing, travel, and housing expenses: the Palins are a family of grifters! (That part starts at the 3-minute mark, but... CONTINUE READING JON STEWART CALLS THE PALINS: "A FAMILY OF GRIFTERS"»
Posted on October 23, 2008 in
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Tags: Election 2008 | Grifters | John McCain | Jon Stewart | Sarah Palin | The Daily Show | Todd Palin
Doesn't that just make you nervous? Here's hoping Mr. and Mrs. Bee-Jones CBS sitcom about a celebrity chef's empire is more The Office than The Winner. (Success-wise, not that The Winner was terrible.)... CONTINUE READING SAMANTHA BEE AND JASON JONES ARE DOING A SITCOM»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Coachella | Jason Jones | Samantha Bee | The Daily Show | The Office | The Winner | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Last night Aaron Eckhart was on The Daily Show promoting his new movie Towelhead, when Jon gave him some ribbing about "dating a 13-year-old" in the movie. Aaron responded by pulling back the curtain on actors' talk show appearances. "The... CONTINUE READING AARON ECKHART DATES A 13-YEAR-OLD»
Posted on September 25, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Aaron Eckhart | The Daily Show | Towelhead
One of the best parts of the Emmys is the presentation of writing credits for nominated late night shows, because each show sends in their own video instead of leaving the nominee announcement to, um, whoever writes the rest of... CONTINUE READING THE EMMYS: WHICH LATE NIGHT WRITING TEAM HAD THE BEST CREDIT MONTAGE?»
Posted on September 22, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | The Daily Show
It has been revealed that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin supports the practice of "aerial wolf hunting," which to be honest sounds amazing and like the best thing. But apparently it's not and it's also horrible. Basically, what it entails... CONTINUE READING SARAH PALIN IS GOING TO GRENADE LAUNCH HER HUNTING PARTNER IN THE FACE»
Posted on September 4, 2008 in
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Tags: Aerial Wolf Hunting | Dick Cheney | Nate Corddry | Sarah Palin | The Daily Show | Vampire Weekend
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 ,
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Tags: John Oliver | The Daily Show
Last night The Daily Show profiled its only female correspondent with cameos by Leslie Stahl, Christine Todd Whitman, and others. She has a mind of her own, and the brains to prove it. She's Samantha Bee, and she honks her... CONTINUE READING SAMANTHA BEE IS THE WOMAN»
Posted on August 6, 2008 in
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Tags: Jon Stewart | Samantha Bee | The Daily Show
Kristen Schaal is quickly earning a reputation as the funniest correspondent on The Daily Show. Last night, she talked to Jon about cougars, and even brought a live one on stage so Jon could touch its shiny coat: Hopefully the... CONTINUE READING KRISTEN SCHAAL INTRODUCES JON STEWART TO A LIVE "COUGAR"»
Posted on July 18, 2008 in
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Tags: Jon Stewart | Kristen Schaal | The Daily Show
According to Google, this news has been previously reported in a local Connecticut print newspaper called The Day with a paid subscriber-only website, but I'm going to call it a scoop anyway. A reliable source (What? I have sources. I... CONTINUE READING SCOOP!: THE DAILY SHOW'S ONLY FEMALE WRITER LEAVING FOR THE OFFICE SPINOFF»
Posted on July 16, 2008 in
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Tags: Rachel Axler | The Daily Show | The Office
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
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Tags: John Oliver | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show
