Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert – Entertainment Weekly’s “Obama” cover
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Oh no, they didn’t — ! This is the best thing that could have happened to me this morning.
From Entertainment Weekly (click to enlarge the image):
And there’s a great big article and interview session (with more photos), too! Check it out (internal links omitted):
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: Mock the Vote
With just five weeks left until election day, our favorite pundits discuss the power of Sarah Palin, why TV news is about as credible as Muzak, and whether Barack Obama is going to be ‘’sworn in on a gay baby”By Josh Wolk
In the midst of re-creating the controversial New Yorker cover illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama for the cover photo that graces this week’s print edition of Entertainment Weekly, Jon Stewart stops briefly to pose a taste question. As he stands by the catering table in ‘’secret Muslim” garb, he ponders, ”Would it be weird to be dressed like this and have a bagel, salmon, and a schmear?” Pseudo-blowhard Stephen Colbert has his own worries. Striking his best Michelle-as-Black-Panther pose, he glances at the original cartoon and realizes that he’s ”hippier” than the potential First Lady. Gesturing at his own waist, he moans, ”I could drop a baby like a peasant.”
Other than that, though, their worries are few. Both of their Comedy Central shows just received an Emmy (The Daily Show won best Variety, Music, or Comedy Series, while The Colbert Report took home a best writing trophy), and they have five more weeks of an election battle starring three men and an Alaskan moose-skinner that has given the satirists more fodder than an infinite number of Dick Cheneys shooting an infinite number of friends in the face. We sat down with the comedians for a provocative talk about the political landscape, the way they (and other, more traditional media outlets) cover it, and whether or not we’ll ever see the alleged ”change” we’ve been promised by every candidate. ”Do you mean change we need, or change we can believe in?” asks Stewart. ”Any change is as good as a vacation at this point,” says Colbert, who set his conservative TV pundit character aside for the chat. ”I don’t know if you’ve paid much attention to the past eight years, but it has been a s—burger supreme. If somebody gives me an empty burger, it’s better than eating s—.”
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Now how am I supposed to get anything done today?!
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43 Comments
September 25th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I JUST saw this! *does the happy dance*
I knew before checking there would already be a post about this article :)
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:28 am
This is officially my favorite Jon/Stephen picture ever. How amazingly silly can you get?! And that article is really interesting and fantastic. I love hearing their perspective on reporting on politics in more than a one or two sentance perspective on the red carpet. LOOOOOOOVE this cover, seriously!
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Mine too! I don’t think I can even properly express how much I love that picture. And that article was really good. They’re both very intelligent and it’s so nice to get to see that. I especially loved their take on 24-hour news. That’s pretty much how I feel about those channels too. Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly love them any more….. *sigh*
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
it easily beats the Rolling Stone cover. easily. and i was particularly fond of the Rolling Stone cover as well.
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I love it. CANNOT stop laughing. ”I could drop a baby like a peasant.” and “COLBERT: Jon? If it comes down to it, I have a couple of interns I could toss in front of you.” Don’t ever change, Stephen <3
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Wow, what a great article, and there’s some great pictures in there. Thanks so much for the link!
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Wow. Brilliant cover, brilliant interview. I may have to frame that cover!
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:00 am
That is absolutely wonderful. I just started laughing so hard I cried when I saw this cover. I can not wait until I get this magazine in the mail. This will totally make my day.
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:09 am
BRILLIANT! I love it so much. Fantastic article, too. They’re so intelligent and articulate.
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:24 am
excuse me…
processing…
OMG!!!
I am at a loss!
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Just when I thought I couldn’t love those two anymore than I do they do this…priceless.
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am
No two other people could pull off a cover like that — there are no words for how fantastic it is. None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
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September 25th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
oh my god.
that is effing AMAZING. I MUST HAVE THIS.
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September 25th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
wow, I just finished actually reading that! I am endlessly impressed by just how intelligent Jon is when he talks about this stuff. he knows so much and put it together so well. then oh yeah, four nights a week he does hilarious faces and sounds and setups on television!
I have to say though I still don’t agree with their take of the current financial crisis. they simplify it way too much. serves their purposes…and it works in politics, where everything is all unnecessarily complex.
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September 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
OMG that cover (and the article too) just brightened up my day! I don’t normally buy magazines, but I might just have to buy this one on principle alone.
I loved the quote: “So my character can tell you exactly what’s going to happen: The Democrats are going to change everything. We’re going to have gay parents marrying their own gay babies. Obama’s gonna be sworn in on a gay baby. The oath is gonna end ”So help me, gay baby.”
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! this is fabulous!!!!! Does anyone know about the Combined election night coverage ?/this would be brilliant but I`m going to be in a such an unspeakably implacably foul mood if this is not shown on UK tv;
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm
It may last several years
Does anyone Know!! Anyone!!?
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09252008/tv/jons_got_game_130617.htm
It says in this link The Daily Show and the Colbert Report are doing combined coverage for election night.Does anybody Know if this will be shown o More4 in the Uk??!!
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
… Holy crap. I’m gonna have to steal my brother’s copy of this.
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
wow! genius idea! they can play the obamas!
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
God, I love laughing out loud in my cube at this cover and the article, while surrounded by political science guinea pigs. Could they have any inkling of their manipulation?
Thank you Colbert for nailing them again!
And thank you NFZ, for providing the best coverage of my heroes!
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Colbert said he got lied to when he ran for president. I wonder what those lies were? very interesting…
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September 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Stephen mentioned one of them that the people in SC told him it was going to be fine to be on the ballot before they kicked him off. I’m sure there were a lot of others during that time with people promising things they never had any intention of doing
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
best magazine cover ever
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Yes. Without question.
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
You know, this makes their comment about who would play the Obamas at the Emmy awards interviews just hysterical.
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Wow, you are right about that! This photo was shot, what, three days before the Emmys? What a great private joke for the two of them to have. They had to have an idea what the response would be when the mag hit the streets…good times.
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I can’t stop laughing at that image. GOD, what would I do without these two? Seriously!
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Wow. just wow. That cover made my MONTH.
and Stephen is just putting waaayyy too much hip into that pose, so much so that he looks even daintier than he should. which makes it all the more hilarious.
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September 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
That is awesome!! I love it!!
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September 25th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
That look Stephen’s giving Jon is so sextastic. *sigh* Nice to see the boys so in love ;)
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September 25th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
BEST THING EVAR!!
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September 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I LOVE the pic of them (as themselves) in the faux Oval Office. Stephen is eating of course:)
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September 25th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I need to buy this and frame this. Oh my god, that is just fabulous. Stephen’s face is just amazing xD He seriously needs to rock an fro in real life :P
I loved the article too though, it was really nice to read thoughtful, serious answers from these guys and some not stupid questions instead of just “Wuldn’t it be funneur if McCain wuz in office?!?”
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
wow, this picture is still making me laugh and it has been around for hours and hours now!
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September 26th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Ahahahahahaha! =D Love Colbert’s twisted feet. Truly *fabulous* cover. Good interview too.
recaptcha = originally he lol
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September 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
THIS. This is fantastic. Loved the article – man, what I wouldn’t give to talk politics with Jon and Stephen for a few hours.
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September 27th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I just realized that I have a pair of boots like the pair Stephen-as-Michelle is wearing, except they lace up to the knee (no zippers).
reCAPTCHA: reikard arctic
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September 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
My 12 year old son laughed his ass off when I showed him this.
I’m so happy to be the proud parent of an it-getter.
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September 29th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I *STILL* cannot look at this without bursting out in laughter. I may have to get 2 or 3 copies…
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September 29th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Why can I not find this issue of EW for sale anywhere? :(
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September 29th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I don’t think it’s out yet — on the last page of the online version, it says “Published in issue #1014 Oct 03, 2008″, so I’d say maybe around mid-week you’d have a better chance of finding it.
I’ve looked in about 6 stores myself and no luck yet…
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September 30th, 2008 at 12:11 am
¥eah, I felt stupid running around town here looking for that magazine. Then I realized that the timing would be wrong if it was out now since the Emmys were only a week ago. I figured out today that it will be released on October third. The cover page confirmed that. Oh the gas I’ve burned in the search for that great mag. I can’t wait to get it!
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October 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
FYI: It’s out today! Got my hands on a copy at my local 7-11, and it’s got some extra tidbits from both The Daily Show and <The Colbert Report writers that aren’t in the online version. Lisa happy. : )
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