I give you Stew-Beef (hat tip to Tracy Morgan for the coinage).
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Showing posts with label The Daily Show. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Satire a-la-Jon Stewart
And here's yet another example of satire as only Jon Stewart can do it. It features current news, comedy, literature, and, most entertainingly, Catullus and Latin poetry.
I give you Stew-Beef (hat tip to Tracy Morgan for the coinage).
I give you Stew-Beef (hat tip to Tracy Morgan for the coinage).
Friday, April 16, 2010
Tracy Morgan on the Daily Show Made My Day
I enjoyed tweeting about this when it was live. Tip of the hat to Jon Stewart for booking Tracy Morgan.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Jon Stewart, Town Hall Meetings, and Health Care Reform
If you've been watching/reading the news lately, you've undoubtedly informed yourselves yourself about the town hall rhetoric.
Here's Jon Stewart bit on it:
Here's Jon Stewart bit on it:
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Friday, April 3, 2009
The Touching of the Queen
Tip of the hat to Daily Show's John Oliver!
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Team Jon Stewart
This week, the tip of the hat goes to the importance of critical thinking and Jon Stewart for teaching the rest of cable news a thing or two about it.
Sorry, Jim Cramer.
I'm with Jon Stewart on this one.
Well, actually I'm with Jon Stewart a lot of the time.
CNC's Mad Money host, Jim Cramer, doesn't quite cut it for me. He makes a lot of noise, wears odd shirts that look like they're cutting the circulation to his arms, and, most importantly, engages in bizarre theatrics when giving us business news.
Cramer's show is a good example of how bad form can mess up what could be good content.
Stewart's Daily Show, on the other hand, is an example of how good form can adequately inform good content and, in the process, prove to be informative and funny.
Yup, I'm on Jon Stewart's side. He believes in critical thinking. Maria Bartiromo, get a clue from him, yes?
Here is why the Stewart vs Cramer 'word war' started.
And this is how all the other cable shows went to town with it.
Sorry, Jim Cramer.
I'm with Jon Stewart on this one.
Well, actually I'm with Jon Stewart a lot of the time.
CNC's Mad Money host, Jim Cramer, doesn't quite cut it for me. He makes a lot of noise, wears odd shirts that look like they're cutting the circulation to his arms, and, most importantly, engages in bizarre theatrics when giving us business news.
Cramer's show is a good example of how bad form can mess up what could be good content.
Stewart's Daily Show, on the other hand, is an example of how good form can adequately inform good content and, in the process, prove to be informative and funny.
Yup, I'm on Jon Stewart's side. He believes in critical thinking. Maria Bartiromo, get a clue from him, yes?
Here is why the Stewart vs Cramer 'word war' started.
And this is how all the other cable shows went to town with it.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
A Few Questions Answered
I get various questions from different posts which I don't always find enough time to answer. Ergo, here is some info.
1) What non-fiction book are you reading right now and why?
I won't be including the titles that relate to my work here as, well, they are "special interest" titles. Unless you're interested in reading about new scholarship on the Middle Ages. If that's the case, let me know and I'll attend to the questions.
Now, here are the current titles:
1) Bob Woodward's The War Within
2) Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How
It Can Renew America
3) Maya Angelou's Letter to My Daughter
4) Sophie Uliano's Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
-Bob Woodward, well, because he seems to be so well-respected, and most importantly, he writes like a true historian who does think that context does matters. A whole lot. I will be reviewing this book soon.
-The reason why I'm reading Friedman is because I read his column on the NY Times regularly and because he is writing about a most relevant topic: global warming.
-Maya Angelou? Well, because it is Maya Angelou.
-And lastly, I'm reading Gorgeously Green because I am trying to implement green-living techniques in my quotidian experience. I will end up blogging about this title, too.
I have two more titles I'll be starting this week. Courtesy of Paul's suggestion. More to come.
What music are you listening to and why?
Keane's Perfect Symmetry
Beethoven's 7th Symphony
The Magnetic Fields' Distortion and i
Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire
Jenny Lewis' Acid Tongue
- Well, again, there is no secret that, at least recently, I've been almost exclusively Keane-bound. I rarely get so thoroughly impressed by one single album but, as I've mentioned before, it's that good!
-Because I always have time for Beethoven. The 7th Symphony always delivers.
-The Magnetic Fields are somewhat of a staple. Two different friends informed me the night before of their concert in town and while efforts were made to make it, no success was met. Ergo, to compensate, I am listening to them.
-Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire. One solid reason: Liam says this album is to him was Keane's latest seems to be to me. I didn't give it a lot of attention when it first came out due to much new music being released around the same time. However, I am absolutely loving it now. John's son gets music.
Jenny Lewis' new album Acid Tongue is breath-taking. Plus, I am a big fan of Rilo Kiley so it makes good sense that I would like her stuff too. I'll be reviewing her latest album soon.
Which news programs do you watch and why?
Meet the Press
Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
The Rachel Maddow Show
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
I tend to be a reader of news more than a watcher. However, when time allows for it, I try to catch a few news programs.
Meet the Press is one. Even though I was a more regular viewer when the late Tim Russert was doing it.
The Daily Show has proven to be a good source of information with regard to new books. Plus, few people get political satire the way Stewart does.
I've liked Colbert since first discovering him on the Amy Sedaris' show Strangers with Candy. And I absolutely love his [satirical] efforts to be lexicography-minded. The segment of his show named 'The Word' is one from which many contemporary players might learn a thing or two.
I don't always manage to catch Rachel Maddow but when I do, it feels like a good decision. The Oxford-educated commentator who also has a radio show on Air America is well-poised, witty, and impressively quick. She also has a knack for contextualizations.
Keith Olbermann, well, I suppose I fell in the trap of Olbermann's charm as apparently so many others before me did. Again, I don't manage to catch him often but when I do, see the aforementioned Maddow comment.
graphs per amazon
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Jon Stewart: Most Trusted TV Man?
Those of you who watch The Daily Show might enjoy this. A bit from the article features Stephen Colbert's comments, among other things.
" “Jon’s ability to consume and process information is invaluable,” said Mr. Colbert. He added that Mr. Stewart is “such a clear thinker” that he’s able to take “all these data points of spin and transparent falsehoods dished out in the form of political discourse” and “fish from that what is the true meaning, what are red herrings, false leads,” even as he performs the ambidextrous feat of “making jokes about it” at the same time.
“We often discuss satire — the sort of thing he does and to a certain extent I do — as distillery,” Mr. Colbert continued. “You have an enormous amount of material, and you have to distill it to a syrup by the end of the day. So much of it is a hewing process, chipping away at things that aren’t the point or aren’t the story or aren’t the intention. Really it’s that last couple of drops you’re distilling that makes all the difference. It isn’t that hard to get a ton of corn into a gallon of sour mash, but to get that gallon of sour mash down to that one shot of pure whiskey takes patience” as well as “discipline and focus.”"
graph per ny times
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