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I'm definitely in the camp of people who don't care for Jon Stewart because of the way he flirts with the line between comedy and actual journalism. While I do agree that comedians are often advocates and "reporters" by nature, there's a world of difference between Carlin talking about politics from his perspective on stage and Stewart sitting down with actual major world leaders to have conversations. Every time I hear him say "I'm just a comedian" it comes across to me like him trying to have his cake and eat it too and it doesn't sit right with me.
More to the point, while a comedian talking on stage might heavily influence his audience's beliefs, there's still a clearly defined relationship of one person sharing his feelings with a group in order to provoke them. In Stewart's case, "I only get my news from 'The Daily Show'" has become a popular statement that a large percentage of people under 40 won't think twice about. To those people, he's more than just sharing opinions—he's reporting The News. His fans look at him as Webster but he thinks of himself as UrbanDictionary.com and he needs to stop pretending like he doesn't know it.
It's not necessarily his fault that people take him more seriously than he claims to want, but when a guy gets an interview with a sitting president, he's setting himself up to be taken seriously. I don't think that he should be allowed to just chose to ignore the social responsibility issues that he's privy to because he doesn't like them.
I can agree that the world in general is probably better with him than without, but my personal world will remain as Jon Stewart-free as I can keep it...
Media compares Jon Stewart to Edward R. Murrow: Aren't most comedians advocates, though?
When Congress finally, belatedly passed legislation to help fund health care for the 9/11 responders, the New York Times -- with thanks to the media's favorite pop-culture professor quote machine for more than a decade, Syracuse's Robert J. Thompson (full disclosure: I've even called him for a q...
I resent the fact that "Glee" is considered to be a comedy. As far as I'm concerned, it barely counts as a musical.
And your nominees for 2011 WGA Awards in comedy are...
The Writers Guild of America announced its TV nominees for 2011 WGA Awards, which will be handed out on Feb. 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City. Among the things that stick out: Glee and Nurse Jac...
The impression is good but the sketch was pointless. I'm hoping that he doesn't fall into the "I do 4 impressions really well but nothing else" trap that new guys on SNL sometimes get into. The same thing looked like it was happening to Hader too at first, but he's doing very well for himself on the show and off, so hopefully Pharoah can do the same.
What did Denzel Washington think of Jay Pharoah's impersonation of him on SNL?
The folks at Access Hollywood asked Denzel Washington on the red carpet for his new movie, Unstoppable, what he thought about comedian Jay Pharoah's impersonation of Denzel on SNL. His answer may surprise you. Roll it!
I went to the taping for the MJR/Mirman/Huebel episode last night and it was a lot of fun. I'd definitely recommend watching the show itself. I've got a reserve for the nest taping as well and I believe it's Sarah Silverman and Tom Lennon so that should be great.
Preview Doug Benson's "The Benson Interruption," from its debut on Comedy Central, Friday at midnight
Doug Benson's The Benson Interruption has been entertaining live audiences for years in Los Angeles and New York City, and when Friday turns into Saturday at midnight, he'll be entertaining audiences everywhere else as he brings the concept to Comedy Central. Benson explains the premise right at...
Robin Williams as a Bengal tiger? Why do I have the feeling that this will involve a super racist accent of some kind?
Robin Williams, Chris Rock cast in separate 2011 productions to make their Broadway acting debuts
Just as Colin Quinn and Pee-wee Herman launch their own new Broadway productions, word from the street brings even more casting news for spring 2011, with parts for both Robin Williams and Chris Rock to make their Broadway acting debuts. Williams will star as the titular tiger in Rajiv Joseph's ...
I like Gilly...
SNL #36.3 RECAP: Host Jane Lynch, musical guest Bruno Mars
Some people like to analyze Saturday Night Live so much that they forget that, for casual viewers young and old, it's just an entertaining way to wrap up a Saturday night at home in front of the television. They don't assign points to cast members. They certainly don't hit the pause button to ta...
Boo-urns.
FOX orders two animated series for 2011-2012, but only one reunites the cast of Napoleon Dynamite
Word came in this afternoon that FOX had ordered up series commitments to two new animated shows for sometime in 2011 or 2012. Remember early this year when Jon Heder dropped out last-minute from a Comedy Central series that had been written for him, because they couldn't agree on his characte...
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