John Stewart's Daily Show 2004/07/28

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-29 03:13am

Did anyone else catch the Daily Show last night? They made ruthless fun of the Demcrats' "son of a millworker" and "son of of a goat herder" bullshit, and Biden came on and openly called it "crap" himself! Fucking hilarious.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-07-29 03:15am

I caught Stewart's review of "Democrat Dance Party Night".

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-07-29 03:17am

Of which crap do you speak?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-29 03:23am

Joe wrote:Of which crap do you speak?

The "humble origins" crap.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-07-29 03:28am

Darth Wong wrote:
Joe wrote:Of which crap do you speak?
The "humble origins" crap.

Kerry, then? Edwards, as I recall, really did come from humble origins.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-07-29 03:32am

Joe wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Joe wrote:Of which crap do you speak?
The "humble origins" crap.
Kerry, then? Edwards, as I recall, really did come from humble origins.

They were just kind of making fun of the fact that all of the speakers were really capitalizing on the humble origins aspect. I think the way Jon put it was something to the effect of "They worked crappy jobs so that I could get the hell away from those hicks while still using their memory to promote myself"

It was a good episode, but not as good as the previous night. Biden was a better guest than whoever that New Mexican was, but the technology piece was only so-so, while both Colbert's "Primemory Lane" and especially Corddry's piece on Boston (both from the 27th) were top-notch.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-07-29 03:35am

Joe wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Joe wrote:Of which crap do you speak?
The "humble origins" crap.
Kerry, then? Edwards, as I recall, really did come from humble origins.

It's "crap" on two levels. On one level, some of these claims are exaggerated (albeit not all, as you point out). But on another level, the way they harp on it is shameless rhetoric. Even if it's true, who cares who your father was? What matters is what you are right now.

Anyway, the donkey ball-licker part was just fucking hilarious.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-07-29 03:56am

Robert Treder wrote:It was a good episode, but not as good as the previous night. Biden was a better guest than whoever that New Mexican was, but the technology piece was only so-so, while both Colbert's "Primemory Lane" and especially Corddry's piece on Boston (both from the 27th) were top-notch.

Fuck Richardson, he fucked Energy over big time.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-07-29 08:07am

Biden won me over big time with that, I had trouble believing he was a politician watching it.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-07-29 10:12am

Darth Wong wrote:Anyway, the donkey ball-licker part was just fucking hilarious.

It was "goat ball-licker" if I remember correctly. Stephen Colbert is one sick fuck.

Though I did like when Stewart showed the clip of Obama saying his father was a goat herder and then went, "Oh, you wish your father was a goat herder!"

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-07-29 10:13am

Oh, and did anyone else just love Ed Helms' square destroying Rob Corrdry's in 8-bit Atari fashion?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2004-07-29 10:53am

I did! Destroying each other with the latest in Atari software =D Its this kind of coverage that gets me psyched for the Republican National Convention.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-07-29 01:38pm

I loved the part where they caught Hillary and Chelsey gloating over champaign over the demise of Howard Dean.... and then tried to act innocent and pretend that the camera had caught nothing.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-07-29 01:56pm

Dean's only truly major mistake was putting himself against not just the President but against the party leadership; one-man revolutions tend to end up in hangings.

He was right, though, the Democratic Party needs new leaders and new leadership; the current leadership seems engaged in a wholesale ideological surrender to the right.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-07-29 03:56pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:I loved the part where they caught Hillary and Chelsey gloating over champaign over the demise of Howard Dean.... and then tried to act innocent and pretend that the camera had caught nothing.

I was very impressed at how fast Chelsey caught on (I'm assuming she saw something somewhere). Did that actually happen during Dean's speech? I know the Clintons were not big fans of his, but I'd hesitate to say they were toasting his failure.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-07-29 04:47pm

Yeah, it's impossible that mother and daughter were just enjoying some champaign during a speech. No, they're Clinton's after all. Something sinister must have been afoot.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-07-29 05:21pm

Durandal wrote:Yeah, it's impossible that mother and daughter were just enjoying some champaign during a speech. No, they're Clinton's after all. Something sinister must have been afoot.

It's likely that they were talking about having a sultry three-way affair with their hot young pool boy.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-07-29 05:29pm

I also noticed that Jon Stewart has joined the GDC, though I don't remember if it was on the 27th or the 28th.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-07-29 07:02pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Durandal wrote:Yeah, it's impossible that mother and daughter were just enjoying some champaign during a speech. No, they're Clinton's after all. Something sinister must have been afoot.
It's likely that they were talking about having a sultry three-way affair with their hot young pool boy.

Don't be stupid. They were obviously conspiring to have someone killed. They're Clintons, not Martha Stewart.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-07-29 07:24pm

Last night's episode of TDS demonstrated perfectely why it is the best show on TV in my opinion. That "humble origins" parody was classic. And that whole "technology we use to cover the convention" stuff was great parody of CNN making a big deal over their stupid little headphones they got for the convention.

TDS has the best writing on TV, and some of the best personalities on TV with Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Rob Cordrey, and Ed Helms. And as another poster in another thread pointed out that Jon Stewart said that The Daily Show was "anti-BS" TV. I couldn't have said it better myself, as TDS catches all the BS on both sides of the political spectrum (and I do see a little bit of a liberal bias, but I don't mind it that much, it's refreshing after all the conservative talking heads in a lot of media these days). And I also love the "newsmagazine" type stories they do with various nutjobs.

I also love how Jon doesn't ask bull shit questions to his guests, of all interviewers on TV I think Jon Stewart is the best.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-07-29 07:34pm

Howedar wrote:I also noticed that Jon Stewart has joined the GDC, though I don't remember if it was on the 27th or the 28th.

It was the 28th, and be thankful I don't translate for you.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-07-29 07:39pm

To be fair, Barack's point with all the "son of a goatherder" stuff was not "My dad was poor - I rule!", it was part of a larger theme about opportunities and America.

Anyway, it was funny.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-07-30 01:15am

Tonight's episode was extremely funny as usual, with Stephen Colbert getting caught pre-taping all of his "live" segments, and the "John Kerry: He's not George W. Bush" clip.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-07-30 04:47am

Durandal wrote:Yeah, it's impossible that mother and daughter were just enjoying some champaign during a speech. No, they're Clinton's after all. Something sinister must have been afoot.

I think its a fair conclusion considering that it happened during Dean's speech. If they were talking about something innocent then they wouldn't have stopped and put on that "I got caught doing something I wasn't suppose to be doing look".

LMSx · Post by **LMSx** » 2004-07-30 06:18am

Am I the only one who DOESN'T think The Daily Show's Boston appearance has been stellar? Jon's intro at the start could have been done in New York, and the correspondent peices have either been green screened peices (again, could have been done in NY) or have just plain not been funny. (Rob Corrdry's Boston, the Correspondents talk to random journalists)

I also love how Jon doesn't ask bull shit questions to his guests, of all interviewers on TV I think Jon Stewart is the best.

Sure...if you're Richard Clarke or Joe Wilson. Stephen Hayes got eviscerated, because suddenly Jon donned his Mr. News Man cap and began poking holes in the guest's theories about Iraq/al Qaeda. Yet if he had been half as vigorous with RC or JW, we wouldn't have needed the 9/11 Commission.