AP covers Jon, Stephen and PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA!
It feels like a dream to me, but it must be real, because I went to sleep, woke up, and Barack Obama is still the next President of the United States. Holy crap!
The AP reports on the Daily Show and Colbert Report joint coverage of the election and Jon Stewart’s real-time announcement of the big news (emphasis mine):
Stewart, Colbert parody election in real-time
By JAKE COYLE – 2 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) — Culminating their satirical coverage of the campaign, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert teamed up for a live one-hour comedy special — though Stewart had his Cronkite moment, too.
Stewart became the first comedian to announce presidential election results on live national television.
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But comedy eventually subsided to the magnitude of the election results. After the broadcast — held in front of a raucous and partisan crowd — the cast exchanged hugs and Colbert and Stewart both went to the audience to embrace their wives.
In a brief interview after the broadcast backstage, Colbert was still rattled.
“I’ve never had this feeling before, which is: Things went well on Election Night,” said Colbert, whose political views are not his character’s. “I’m a little stunned. I don’t know what to do with my happiness. I’m still afraid someone’s going to take it away.”
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That last quote I copied says it all. How fitting that, once again, I can say that Stephen Colbert speaks for me.
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