Stewart asks for another commitment - if he becomes president and decides to invade a country will he come on the show to announce it? "I kept this stupid promise," Edwards responds, joking.
2. Stephen Colbert interviewing Don King, Al Sharpton, and Bob Graham in a segment titled “Interviews I Can Get,” as in he was able to get an interview with Graham after Graham dropped out of the presidential race. Colbert has gone on, of course, to have his own show, a drop-dead hilarious parody of conservative blowhard Bill O’Reilly’s show.
But in these interviews you can see what makes Colbert hilarious and biting, sometimes at the same time. Between good questions, sharp reactions, and some (I assume) tape editing, the interviews by Colbert are some of the funniest things around. For example, Colbert asks King, who has his own checkered past: “Are you afraid that associating with the Republican Party might bring a taint of corruption to boxing?”
3. Samantha Bee’s coverage of Rock the Vote on a segment titled “Block the Vote.” She points out that during the years Rock The Vote has been around, since 1990, youth voter turnout has been plunging.
Bee asks a Rock the Vote spokeswoman the tough questions, such as if they really want to encourage voting why do they publicize the support of such artists as Hootie and the Bluefish, Elton John, and Coolio. “Coolio was cool at one point,” the spokeswoman responds.
"Donny Osmond?" Bee asks. The spokeswoman says Donnie Osmond has many fans. “Name one,” Bee says. The woman thinks for a minute and asks Bee if maybe she is a fan. She just shakes her head no.
The whole piece is just hilarious.
Article comments
1 - Amrita
I love TDS and have been hooked from the first show I ever saw. The great thing about it is its continued level of writing despite losing people like Colbert, Carrell (although frankly the best thing he ever did on that show was Steven vs. Stephen), etc.
The only problem with TDS is that its on Comedy Central, a channel owned by a company that has no idea what to do about the demographic it attracts. They know its a good audience to have but pulling silly stunts like the Youtube one isn't winning them fans and in my opinion, its putting a cap on the audience it could attract.
2 - Waiting for Craig Kilborn
I dunno. The current daily show isn't exactly Johnny Carson-esque. Johnny Carson didn't get too political on his show because he didn't want to split the audience. Thats why Leno has more viewers than Letterman, and thats why the TDS ratings are dropping.