The recent late night TV battle, which came to its sad but inevitable conclusion last night with Conan O’Brien’s final appearance as host of The Tonight Show, resulted in a lot of critical analysis of late night TV around the Internets. Most of the articles focused on NBC’s woes, but some took a more general [...]
Six Degrees: ‘The Daily Show’ writers at the Paley Center (2008)
January 22, 2010 By
Hey, kids! The Paley Center has posted clips from last year’s talk with The Daily Show writers and, if you’ve got the time, they’re funny and illuminating viewing. Watch Miles Kahn, Wyatt Cenac, John Oliver, Rob Kutner, Steve Bodow, DJ Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, JR Havlan, Adam Lowitt and more. I can’t embed the clips, but [...]
Episode 6012 (1/21/2010)
January 22, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6012 (January 21, 2010) GUESTS: John Farmer SEGMENTS: The WØRD: Two-Faced, Threatdown! VIDEOS: Thursday, January 21, 2010 Oh, tonight was so very full. It was full of laughs, and brilliant satire, and one of those delicious rants that we all love so very, very much. For those of you watching the Own A [...]
Daily Show Toss Recap – Week of 1/18/10
January 22, 2010 By
Before we go, let’s check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report… Zoners and Toss Fans, rejoice! Our long national nightmare is now over! Sure, the Democrats’ super majority might be gone, the chance at health care reform seems to be slipping away, and the Supreme Court may have just granted [...]
Fangirl Suit Report: Catching Up! – Week of January 11
January 22, 2010 By
Heya! Here’s another installment of my infinite part series, Catching Up With What Should Have Already Been Done! ~_~ Monday, January 11 Black thin pinstripe suit, cranberry tie with light-coloured polka dot pattern, white shirt, barrel cuffs ADDITIONAL NOTES: I realize this pretty much encompasses every segment of every episode, but I really do love [...]
Stephen Colbert on “Citizens United v. FEC”
January 21, 2010 By
Arrrrgh! The Supreme Court handed down a truly disturbing ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case today, and while I can’t say I’m surprised by it, I’m deeply, deeply disappointed. To remind everyone what this case was about (and why I’m so disturbed), here are the segments Stephen dedicated to the case [...]
Episode 6011 (1/20/2010)
January 21, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6011 (January 20, 2010) GUESTS: Dick Ebersol SEGMENTS: Stephen Colbert’s Skate Expectations: Kicking Ice and Taking Donations on the Slippery Slope Down the Icy Path to the Frozen Road Up to Vancouver ‘010 – Shani Davis Showdown VIDEOS: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Can I just quickly say that I adored the return of [...]
Apparently Richard Branson watched “Pitch”
January 20, 2010 By
Zoner Monica H. sent me this e-mail yesterday: When I saw this, I instantly flashed to the classic Stephen/Steve/Jon “Daily Show” sketch “Pitch” where Jon’s character tried to make every idea for a TV show better by putting it “IN SPACE!” Reality TV Goes To New Heights Owner of the Virgin Cooperation, Sir Richard Branson, [...]
Episode 6010 (1/19/2010)
January 20, 2010 By
EPISODE NUMBER: 6010 (January 19, 2010) GUESTS: Amb. Stephen Bosworth SEGMENTS: Stephen Colbert’s Skate Expectations: Kicking Ice and Taking Donations on the Slippery Slope Down the Icy Path to the Frozen Road Up to Vancouver ‘010 VIDEOS: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Normally I don’t put the Toss in the daily poll because, quite honestly, I [...]
Fangirl Suit Report: Catching Up! – Week of January 4
January 20, 2010 By
Hey everybody! Guess what! I’m in New York! I’ve been crazy busy with moving and organizing my classes and my apartment, but everything’s settled now :3. Get ready for a sort of huge fangirl update to make up for what I’ve missed! Week of January 4th today, week of January 11th tomorrow, and this week [...]