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Jun 07, 2009 -
Sad. The students at UCLA were trying to get new Los Angeles resident Conan O'Brien to give the commencement speech at their upcoming graduation, but he said "no." I think they were on the right track with a comedian (especially one who has done well with this in the past) instead of an actor, like their earlier choice of James Franco.
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Mar 13, 2009 -
Note to self: Do not make Jon Stewart mad because he can and will unleash a world of pain on you. I, like many others, tuned in to the epic smackdown between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer last night after a week of observing the two TV personalities feud, and it was breathtakingly somber — not to mention intense.
It started with funny yet biting commentary from Stewart on The Daily Show earlier in the week about the role of CNBC in our current financial meltdown and ended last night with a brutal "interview" of the host of Mad Money (my friend Citizen has the clips and more background on the feud).
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Jan 22, 2009 -
The Daily Show is celebrating 10 years with Jon Stewart as host this month, which seems amazing to me — I remember watching some of his earliest shows when I was still in high school! Variety has some awesome coverage of Stewart's anniversary, including a list of some of the most important moments in Daily Show history.
Most important is one thing — but what about funniest or most memorable?
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Nov 22, 2008 -
Not surprisingly, given what I do for a living, I often turn to my favorite TV specials (A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Snowman, and A Muppet Family Christmas, among many others) to get me in the holiday spirit. Well, this year, there's a new special on the scene, and it already seems destined to become a seasonal classic.
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (hee) premieres Sunday at 10 p.m.
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Nov 04, 2008 -
Throughout this crazy election season, whenever I've needed a quick pick-me-up or a laugh at the day's wacky events, I've turned first to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. So it's only fitting that the two of them will be a big part of today's election TV coverage, with a live Indecision 2008: America's Choice special airing at 10 p.m. EST, 7 p.m.
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Sep 21, 2008 -
Nothing like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to liven up the Emmy press room! The two were just back here in the press room with their whole crews to talk about their awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program (Colbert) and Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series (Stewart).
"It's always great to come out here and win," Stewart quipped.
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Aug 18, 2008 -
As most of you know, I've got my head buried in entertainment news all day and so — I'm not going to lie — sometimes when I turn on Comedy Central at night at watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report I'm definitely looking to learn about the news of the day from comedians.
I felt a little less guilty about this when I read a recent New York Times profile of Jon Stewart that calls his show "a genuine cultural and political force," and notes that in a study about the most admired journalists in America, Jon Stewart came in fourth place.
I find this kinda funny considering neither Stewart nor Colbert is an actual journalist.
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Feb 24, 2008 -
Jon Stewart is back tonight with his easy wit and funny political commentary. His opening monologue addressed many of the topics one would expect this year, like the writers strike and how hilarious it is that Norbit was nominated. What did you think of Jon Stewart's opening monologue?
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Feb 21, 2008 -
- MTV Movie Blog's Josh Horowitz makes his very own Oscars opening montage, and it's rather hilarious.
- Popwatch wants to know: What are the greatest duets of all time?
- The TV Addict jokingly (I hope) imagines what Friday Night Lights might look like on various other networks.
- Cinematical wonders if Jon Stewart will rock the Oscars. What do you think?
- Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily says brace yourself: There's much, much more on the way from Paula Abdul.
- TV with MeeVee wonders who's to blame for the demise of Bionic Woman.
- Stereogum has us take a listen to Janet Jackson sampling Daft Punk in her song "So Much Betta."
- TV Squad weighs in on whether the presidential election is shaping up like The West Wing's final season.
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Feb 12, 2008 -
- Popwatch's Michael Slezak hilariously acts out his own episode of America's Next Top Model with the new ANTM dolls.
- Stereogum found a super funny/awkwardmockumentary video of Aimee Mann trying to get celebrity acts for her Christmas show. My favorite part includes John Krasinski being funny and adorable, as usual.
- Cinematical lists off the seven worst first dates on film, including ones from Pulp Fiction, License to Drive and, well, Hard Candy.
- In other list-y news, TV Squad has a great rundown of things that only ever happen on TV, like how nobody seems to get change after paying.
- Want to see Jon Stewart with a trash can over his head? Late Night Underground has some hilarious outtakes from the Jon Stewart/Conan O'Brien/Stephen Colbert brawl.
- geeksugar lets TiVo guide her V-Day viewing.
- FilmExperience carefully dissects the upcoming remake of The Women, comparing the new actresses with those of the original 1939 film.
- Vulture would really like to know: Are you one of the 3,219 people who paid to see The Hottie and the Nottie?
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