Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Actually Same Person?!
First of all, kudos to the marketing wizard who came up with the headline to this article: "Study Reveals Daily Show a Lot Like OReilly." I cant think of a headline better formulated to pull in the surfing 18-35 year old liberal male, except possibly "Cast of Saved By The Bell Reunites For Halo Tournament Against Worlds Largest Tits."
What does this mean, grabby headline? Has Stewart betrayed his loyal fanbase and become a frothing Conservative man-baby with a bad combover? Has OReilly pulled a reverse-Dennis Miller and become suddenly, inexplicably reasonable? Have you ever actually seen The Daily Show? You get that theyre jokes, right? And that that other asshole's serious?
Before you start freaking out and replacing the picture of Stewart over your mantle with one of Colbert, know that this intensive journalism think tank consisted of a bunch of guys watching a years worth of Daily Show episodes and concluding that they have the following things in common:
And even the last one is unverifiable. Frankly, the news to me here is that there are think tanks that involve watching a years worth of Daily Show episodes. Of course I originally assumed that by think tank, they meant Jerry and Ryan, the interns who agreed to stay late and know how to use bittorrent.
But NO. This study was performed by none other than the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Theyre based in Washington, too, so you know theyre legit. And gentlemen, if I may address you directly: I want in.
What are my qualifications? Well, right now I get paid to read about celebrities I hate and come up with witty things to say about their genitals. As such, Im already vastly overqualified for your project.
Especially with your director throwing out nuggets of insight like The Daily Show makes serious political commentary, but they use humor to do it. And my personal favorite They're not making jokes about Dan Quayle is dumb or Gerald Ford is clumsy.
Really? Because Im pretty sure the April 18th, 2008 episode was centered largely around footage of Ford missing a golf swing and comically falling onto the green. Plus, didnt last nights "Back in Black" have a bit about Quayles 1988 White House bid? He yelled about it, I think.
My point is, pay me to watch The Daily Show, you out-of-touch cocks.
When not blogging for Cracked, Michael upholds the credo of the Project for Excellence in Journalism with zealous ferocity as head writer and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!
Like, does Colbert ever actually say anything? Look at how he responds to criticism with jokes entirely devoid of substance. Stewart, in particular, hides behind the fact he is a comedian, but they can't have it both ways. If he uses the fact he has a comedy show to justify his not putting forward serious enough political commentary, then how can anyone take said commentary seriously?
ReplyThey don't. Because they're jokes, remember?
These videos just made Colbert and Stewart look like cocks. I'm British so don't really know, but I love the hypocrisy in the fact that Colbert and Stewart are just as biased as O' Reilly, but they pretend to hold themselves to some sort of higher standard.
ReplyThe higher standard is because they aren't bigoted, selfish p***ks. I certainly don't agree with Stewart and Colbert (I'm a lot farther left politically), but that's just the straight truth, and better to be 50% with someone (which I guess I am with them) than 100% against them (which I am with pretty much all of fox news)
Stewart got owned on Crossfire? As I recall, he beat them so bad they cancelled the show.
ReplyJon Stewart was owned on crossfire? As I recall, it was Jon Stewart that came out on top. I specifically remember them trying to rail him for not being hard hitting enough in his interviews, and him countering with the fact that he is a f***ing comedian, and that it is THEIR job to conduct real journalism. He then informed them on how they were definitely not performing the singular function they have as a 'real' news show.
ReplyYou may or may not like Jon Stewart, but there is no doubt he out did the hacks on Crossfire, handily.
What's all this shit about Stewart getting owned on Crossfire?
ReplyOr that Colbert is in anyway superior to Stewart?
John Stewart stopped being funny about a year ago. Even Colbert isn't as good as he used to be.
ReplyI wonder what they'll make fun of once Obama is president and the house is mainly democratic.
Did you honestly think a comedy actor who played a role opposite Adam Sandler in Big Daddy was going to handle himself well on Crossfire?
ReplyBecause you thought he was a serious newsreader?
ReplyI pretty much stopped watching Stewart after he got owned that time on Crossfire. That and the writers strike demonstrated that he and Colbert were really just actors saying lines.
ReplyFIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
ReplyTrue dat, Gary; both my alleged sense of humor and Cracked's consistent quality are highly subjective.
Reply"If I didn’t have a sense of humor I wouldn’t be reading this website on a regular basis, now would I? "
ReplyDebatable.
Actually, dude, I wasn't being particularly serious. If I didn't have a sense of humor I wouldn't be reading this website on a regular basis, now would I? You may feel free to calm down now.
Reply"Colbert is a fucking genius. I would’ve loved to see O’Rielly’s private reactions to that bloodletting after the show. He probably had to hire double the number of young male prostitutes to clean his pipes. I can just see him reporting nervously to a hologram of Satan (with Hanna Montana slithering around the foot of the throne) much like Vader to the Emperor. Fucking Republicans."
ReplyAnd all this time, I thought jokes had to be... you know... funny. Guess I can just throw that shit out now; bitter, angry, ignorant venom is the way of the future.
There goes racist Swaim again. Don't "Swaim" with the sharks! Get it? Also, I believe the world's biggest tits to be those of the statue of liberty. I'd hit that... then my penis would break of because fucking metal would definitely crush it or at least give me a bad case of tetanus.
ReplySorry I accidentally navigated here by searching for "touch cocks"
ReplyI apologize for the inconvenience.
Colbert is a fucking genius. I would've loved to see O'Rielly's private reactions to that bloodletting after the show. He probably had to hire double the number of young male prostitutes to clean his pipes. I can just see him reporting nervously to a hologram of Satan (with Hanna Montana slithering around the foot of the throne) much like Vader to the Emperor. Fucking Republicans.
ReplyAlthough I have a Colbert mantle I don't really remember having a Jon Stewart.
Reply"“Cast of Saved By The Bell Reunites For Halo Tournament Against World’s Largest Tits.”
ReplyIf someone doesn’t start writing that article right now, there’s going to be a problem."
As long as there is pictures.
All of which Swaim hates.
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