The Daily Show

I love it! I missed it last night when I think he had Rice on, and hoping I can catch it at 7 PM in repeat.
Those guys are brilliant!

That sounds good but is Tivo (TIVO?) that expensive? I hadn't looked into the cost but Jon Stewart is always mentioning it... he must have stock in the company. My son says it "learns" your style and starts programming in a helpful way, which sounded like a good deal. I'd love to have some "real" AI around here.

I used to like Colin Quinn on SNL, but now I find him obnoxious. He's always telling people to shut up if he doesn't agree with what they're saying.
He is very lucky to follow the Daily Show.

Somebody tell me how the Daily Show runs a repeat the day after the President's 3rd Annual Press Conference? There was enough material there for a week's worth of shows. Any conspiracy theories?

MaN, I threw my full glass of Merlot across the room when I saw that (I'm still cleaning up wine stains off the TV). I'm sure Stewart (now voted the second funniest person in the Entertainment Weekly poll) will be back dealing with the burning question, "Is Bush drinking again?"

and if not, would it be a good idea if he would try it? (in vino veritas)

Pretzels go with beer...

Ack! Another repeat tonight! Ashcroft, is this your doing? (Yes, I know you're watching.)

The Daily Show hiatuses are programmed months before so the surprise news conference was timed so that Jon Stewart wouldn't be able to pounce on Bush's ineptness along with just about everyone else. Even Jonah Goldberg didn't have nice words for Bush's evasive answers.

Stewart and Co. must have spit when they saw the scheduling relating to all of this. The good news is that they'll never run out of fodder. Some fodder is just better than other fodder. What a peculiar word - fodder.

Mirriam-Webster:

Main Entry: fod·der
Pronunciation: 'fä-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fOdor; akin to Old High German fuotar food -- more at FOOD
1 : something fed to domestic animals; especially : coarse food for cattle, horses, or sheep
2 : inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand <routine entertainment fodder> <fodder for tabloids>
- fodder transitive verb

fodder fodder fodder
Yeah, it is!

Political fodder is news fodder and news fodder is politics.

most fodder is just grist for the mill.

Have you ever metaphor? Let me introduce you to 4.

I used to watch the Daily Show, until I discovered Conan

Oooh stop! You're killing me.....

Sorry, but Jon Stewart is miles ahead of Conan and they're not on at the same time.

sparky -- A pun my soul, thanks.

All last week while the Daily Show was pre-empted, Comedy Central showcased stand-up comedians. I was amused that they called Jon Stewart the first good-looking stand-up comic. <grin>

Here's the list. It must have been hard to do and it looks like they decided early on to limit it to North Americans. Actually I don't know a few of these guys, but it was fun to see what I did. (I still missed several -- long late TV shows put me to sleep.)

1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Woody Allen
5. Chris Rock
6. Steve Martin
7. Rodney Dangerfield
8. Bill Cosby
9. Roseanne Barr
10. Eddie Murphy

11. Johnny Carson
12. Jerry Seinfeld
13. Robin Williams
14. Bob Newhart
15. David Letterman
16. Ellen DeGeneres
17. Don Rickles
18. Jonathan Winters
19. Bill Hicks
20. Sam Kinison

21. Dennis Miller
22. Robert Klein
23. Steven Wright
24. Redd Foxx
25. Bob Hope
26. Ray Romano
27. Jay Leno
28. Jack Benny
29. Milton Berle
30. Garry Shandling

31. George Burns
32. Albert Brooks
33. Andy Kaufman
34. Buddy Hackett
35. Phyllis Diller
36. Jim Carrey
37. Martin Lawrence
38. Bill Maher
39. Billy Crystal
40. Mort Sahl

41. Jon Stewart
42. Flip Wilson
43. Dave Chappelle
44. Joan Rivers
45. Richard Lewis
46. Adam Sandler
47. Henny Youngman
48. Tim Allen
49. Freddie Prinze
50. Denis Leary

51. Lewis Black
52. Damon Wayans
53. David Brenner
54. DL Hughley
55. Alan King
56. Colin Quinn
57. Richard Jeni
58. Larry Miller
59. Gilbert Gottfried
60. Jeff Foxworthy

61. Bobcat Goldthwait
62. Eddie Griffin
63. Jackie Mason
64. Richard Belzer
65. Cedrick the Entertainer
66. Shelley Berman
67. Kevin Pollak
68. Dave Attell
69. Pat Cooper
70. Wanda Sykes

71. Red Buttons
72. Bernie Mac
73. Billy Connolly
74. Paul Rodriguez
75. Eddie Izzard
76. Robert Schimmel
77. Paul Reiser
78. Sinbad
79. Dom Irrera
80. Bobby Slayton

81. **BLEEP** Gregory
82. Howie Mandel
83. Norm MacDonald
84. Drew Carey
85. David Cross
86. Jay Mohr
87. Brett Butler
88. Paula Poundstone
89. Kevin James
90. Dana Carvey

91. Jim Breuer
92. Louie Anderson
93. George Wallace
94. David Alan Grier
95. Andrew 'Dice' Clay
96. Joey Bishop
97. Sandra Bernhard
98. Louis CK
99. Janeane Garofalo
100. Gallagher