07-28-2011, 10:53 PM | #51 | ||
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
||
07-29-2011, 11:39 AM | #52 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
08-20-2011, 07:34 PM | #53 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
09-28-2011, 11:42 PM | #54 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
01-12-2012, 03:52 AM | #55 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
01-12-2012, 01:01 PM | #56 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Dayton, Ohio
|
Jesus CNN, what the fuck
|
01-12-2012, 01:17 PM | #57 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
|
Agreed. But of course it's okay when Comedy Central does the exact same thing, because hey they're a comedy channel!
__________________
-- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities |
01-12-2012, 01:18 PM | #58 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
|
Just...wow. just FUCKing .... wow.
|
01-12-2012, 01:39 PM | #59 | |
College Starter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The Dirty
|
Quote:
It's ok when they do it because it is moderately funny. They aren't randomly calling Kennedy folks at 5:30am, and they also aren't a news organization. CNN = cable news network, comedy central = comedy channel.
__________________
Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5) |
|
01-12-2012, 02:09 PM | #60 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
|
|
01-12-2012, 02:22 PM | #61 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
WTF CNN.
Does anyone remember when they did that dumb hologram thing? |
01-12-2012, 02:24 PM | #62 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008
|
I instanly knew what clip was posted when this thread got bumped. Amazing the lack of logic in deciding to do a segment like this.
__________________
Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table. |
01-12-2012, 02:43 PM | #63 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
|
Quote:
Yes, we hold news channels to higher standards than comedy channels. I think that's a good thing. If you disagree, that's your opinion, but it's a pretty fucking bizarre one to hold.
__________________
Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner |
|
01-12-2012, 03:01 PM | #64 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cary, NC
|
Quote:
My opinion is that crank calls are never a good thing, they are always pretty mean. You're saying that if Crank Yankers or some other show called a wrong number and said "FBI" and scared some guy out of his wits that would be okay and funny because it was a comedy show? Or a radio station did it? My point is that what CNN did was bad in general, worse because they are CNN and a news show and should be reporting on idiots doing this stuff, but bad no matter who was doing it, and I find it hypocritical of a Comedy Central show to be calling them on it.
__________________
-- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities |
|
01-12-2012, 03:43 PM | #65 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
|
Quote:
Well, the context that it would be worse for the news organization was certainly missing from your original post. I never said it would be okay. I'm not familiar with Crank Yankers or any other prank call show as such humor does not interest me at all. But to suggest that the Daily Show cannot criticize a news organization for a prank call segment just because they happen to be on the same channel as a prank call show that last aired five years ago is an insanely silly argument to make.
__________________
Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner |
|
01-12-2012, 04:15 PM | #66 | |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
|
Quote:
It's just as silly as stewart and his followers insisting that his show is nothing more than comedy, because it happened to be on the same channel as a prank call show. (stewart has made that exact point) I think its a spectrum rather than a black and white thing. The daily show is more news commentary than that awful am cnn show. Using humor to express the commentary doesn't put it in the same genre as crank yankers. |
|
01-12-2012, 04:57 PM | #67 | |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
|
Quote:
I don't think anyone has argued that it's "just a comedy". The argument is that being a comedy oriented show on a comedy channel, he shouldn't be held to the same standards as a news organization just because he incorporates news commentary into the show. I think Stewart would agree that he should be held to a higher standard than a prank call show.
__________________
Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner Last edited by larrymcg421 : 01-12-2012 at 05:00 PM. |
|
01-12-2012, 06:32 PM | #68 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
|
I still love you guys beating the drum that a comedy show should be held to the same standards as a news organization. Was your next point that it's the reason why it's ok for Fox to be the way it is because I think we've heard this one before, too, and it's no less laughable the 5th time than the 1st
SI
__________________
Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 01-12-2012 at 06:33 PM. |
01-16-2012, 05:44 PM | #69 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
The first ad from Colbert's Super PAC since he relinquished control.
Last edited by mckerney : 01-16-2012 at 05:49 PM. |
01-24-2012, 12:59 PM | #70 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
02-03-2012, 08:39 PM | #71 | |||||||||||
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
|
Good news, everyone!
Well, you can save 25% on consumer electronics and all you have to do is have them made in a 3rd world country for 31c an hour. Those jobs are totally not coming back SI
__________________
Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" |
|||||||||||
02-16-2012, 03:39 PM | #72 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
|
So, what's up, Steven?
|
02-16-2012, 03:44 PM | #73 |
Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
|
Evidently his mother is seriously ill, and the show is on hiatus until he returns.
__________________
Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
02-16-2012, 03:54 PM | #74 | |||||||||||
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Georgia
|
Being raped too much is definitely a bad thing.
__________________
Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner |
|||||||||||
02-16-2012, 06:28 PM | #75 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
|
"When WASHINGTON gets its prostate checked it tickles YOU!"
|
02-16-2012, 06:41 PM | #76 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
|
Quote:
Was that John Lithgow's voice doing the Narration?
__________________
http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png Last edited by RendeR : 02-16-2012 at 06:42 PM. |
|
02-16-2012, 06:52 PM | #77 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
I didn't realize Colbert lost his father and two brothers in a plane crash when he was young. Supposedly really close with his Mother.
|
02-16-2012, 06:58 PM | #78 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
|
|
02-17-2012, 10:12 AM | #79 |
Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
|
SeaWorld of Pain - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 02/15/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central
So much win.
__________________
FBCB / FPB3 Mods |
02-17-2012, 10:49 AM | #80 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bath, ME
|
Anyone else having problems with the Daily show web site? If I go there to look at videos, on Firefox at least (my iPad reads it fine), it just hangs and takes forever to load anything.
|
02-17-2012, 04:31 PM | #81 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Louisiana
|
Quote:
Saw this one the other night, so great. |
|
02-17-2012, 04:51 PM | #82 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Dayton, Ohio
|
Not the show, but Stewart was on Letterman and I found this bit hilarious.
|
02-20-2012, 12:14 AM | #84 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Lowcountry, SC
|
The superPAC stuff is genius TV, and they deserve an Emmy/Peabody/anything else for it. Closer to real journalism than the crap on MSNBC, CNN, or Fox.
|
02-20-2012, 12:41 AM | #85 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
"I feel like I gotta call the lawyer for my Super PAC."
"Not before I call the lawyer for the exploratory committee." "Well who should we call first?" "Well since they are the same person why don't we just call at the same time?" "Right! Still can't believe that's legal." "Oh yeah." |
02-24-2012, 01:08 AM | #86 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
Last edited by mckerney : 02-24-2012 at 01:13 AM. |
02-28-2012, 10:41 PM | #87 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
04-12-2012, 07:22 PM | #88 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
|
I know, it's a really stupid clip but it had me laughing pretty darn hard. Kudos to Bill O'Reilly for being a good sport
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook SI
__________________
Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" |
04-17-2012, 07:17 PM | #89 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
|
And, as I'm catching up on the last month's Daily Show and Colbert, this was one of my favorite episodes of the Daily Show in quite a while:
Good Morning Real America - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 04/03/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central In the first half, Stewart has such vitriol for Palin but it gives him a sharp edge he normally doesn't have in the first segment. Then John Oliver has a little bit of a generic segment (ghost of Reagan karate chopping Palin, tho, was nice). In the second half, John piles on a kindof scary Supreme Court case involving strip searching and then Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog has an excellent interview. Just a really solid episode all around. SI
__________________
Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" |
04-19-2012, 05:14 PM | #90 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
Last edited by mckerney : 04-19-2012 at 05:18 PM. |
04-19-2012, 11:37 PM | #91 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
04-24-2012, 09:02 PM | #92 |
Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
|
The Colbert Report
__________________
Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
04-25-2012, 06:54 PM | #93 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
|
Sadly, not a plant or skit
SI
__________________
Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" |
05-04-2012, 10:22 AM | #94 |
College Starter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The Dirty
|
For the Missouri folks out there...
__________________
Commish of the United Baseball League (OOTP 6.5) |
05-04-2012, 07:36 PM | #95 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
fucking moronic lawmaker who doesn't understand law.
__________________
... |
05-05-2012, 03:14 PM | #96 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
My god, they couldn't have asked for anyone better to have sponsored that law.
|
05-07-2012, 06:04 PM | #97 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
05-09-2012, 03:05 AM | #98 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
05-09-2012, 07:58 AM | #99 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
|
I just watched the last 4 and my head just about popped off. Lol.
__________________
He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam |
06-16-2012, 11:40 PM | #100 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|