Whoo hoo! Comprehensive footage of the congressional hearing staged by striking writers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, from CampusProgress.org (via UnitedHollywood).
The full debate:
Some of the congressional response:
A big “thank you” to Rob Kutner, Jason Ross, Tim Carvell, Michael Brumm, Peter Gwinn, Peter Grosz, Tom Purcell and Kevin Blyer for making the trip and staging this debate. And kudos to Michael Winship, Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Steve Cohen, John Hall, Jerrold Nadler, Anthony Weiner, Diane Watson and any others whose names I’m missing at the moment (sorry, I’m doing this off the top of my head).
Edited to add: Thanks go to Rep. Rush Holt, as well. Thanks for the reminder, VDOVault!
To those of you who don’t usually read the comments, VDOVault has helpfully provided the websites for each of the Reps. named above. Drop by their sites and express your thanks for their support, if you get the chance.
Further edited to add: Turns out the above footage of the debate is just a highlight reel. You can get the full six-part hearing here.
Not to change the subject… but is anyone else thinking how cool it is that we can recognize some of the Reps. thanks to BKAD? Whenever I see someone who’s been featured on BKAD I feel like – well – like I know them better.
Just saying that Stephen’s joke turned educational.
Thanks for the post, too!
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When I saw Hall, his singing w/ Stephen and the BKAD was the first thing that crossed my mind. Loved the warring T-shirters too.
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Wow. When Tom Purcell spoke, I heard so much of “Stephen’s” voice. Nothing-adjacent, fair-ish, reasonable-esque – especially his tone when he said that they now admit the internet exists.
Man, I miss those guys.
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I love how you recognize who writes for what show, even if you never seen the writers before. You see how the Colbert writers focus more on character and exaggeration and the Daily Show writers are all about satire.
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These guy s rock!!
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Indeed. I’ve been a little blinded by my adoration for Jon and Stephen – watching this, it’s *obvious* how much the shows need these guys back!!
It was definitely cool to recognize representatives from BKAD. TCR has done so much for political awareness, it’s crazy.
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I thought ‘America’s Brownest Walls’, was already on the schedule.
…does anyone need a speechwriter…? lol
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I’m so glad I got to see the whole debate! Gee, I miss our writers. That was just terrific. The two sides played their parts brilliantly. And the shirt guys were a riot.
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The Congresspersons in attendence were:
Sponsors
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/nadler/
Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
http://www.house.gov/weiner/
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/
Also there giving words of support were:
Stephen Cohen (D-TN)
http://cohen.house.gov/
Rush Holt (D-NJ)
http://holt.house.gov/
John Hall (D-NY)
http://johnhall.house.gov/
Diane Watson (D-CA)
http://www.house.gov/watson/
You can contact them through their websites to express your thanks for their support of the WGA in the current labor action (do it for Stephen & Jon too!).
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