Six Degrees: Video of Ben Karlin at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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Nice! The rock stars over at HuffPo have the scoop: video of Ben Karlin’s UCBT appearance at “Inside Joke” (with host Carl Arnheiter). From the Huffington Post:
Huffington Post Exclusive: Ben Karlin Speaks Out About “Daily Show” Experiences
Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | October 26, 2007 11:17 AMAfter an eight year stint as head writer and executive producer of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”, Emmy award winner Ben Karlin has amassed an impressive collection of behind-the-scenes stories. He made national news last December when he left “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”, which he helped create, at the peak of their popularity. He has kept a low profile since then, but luckily, cameras were on hand when Karlin made a rare public appearance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Karlin sat down with “Inside Joke” host Carl Arnheiter for a frank discussion about his “Daily Show” experiences.
In the clip below, Karlin reflects on the worst part of his “Daily Show” experiences — interacting with actual journalists. He blasts the on-camera media types who praised the work of “The Daily Show” while still regurgitating mindless news, calling their choices “a prison of their own construction”. Karlin also dismisses the assertion that some viewers only get their news from “The Daily Show”, saying viewers would be very confused if they tuned in with no background of the show’s topics. Instead, Karlin insists that “The Daily Show” “lives as a reaction to something”, and shouldn’t be used as a primary news source.
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October 26th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Wasn’t Karlin fired from both shows?
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October 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Not sure where you heard that, Mike! Ben left the shows in amiable circumstances to work on other projects.
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