For David Twersky, my long-lost older brother.
It is the worst week of the worst month of the entire Jewish calendar, and my friend is dead.
It is the month of Av, the anniversary of the gamut of calamity of the Jewish people. It is the birthday of the thought of Diaspora, and of the creativity and [...]
David Letterman won’t let Rush get away with anything, even selling his home. He took the talk show host to town by mocking his bathroom contents. With a take that’s nothing if it’s not only one of its kind, Jon Stewart kept up his critique of the new Arizona Immigration Law that allows officials to [...]
With 2.4 million listeners, Daniel Tosh has taken the lead over Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as Comedy Central’s top-rated show host.
Who’s that?
In its second season, Tosh’s show “Tosh.0″ follows a video clip format like E!’s “Talk Soup.” Tosh takes viral videos, internet news, and original content — and gives them his own twist.
WATCH:
Tosh.0
<td [...]
Jon Stewart opened the show last night riffing on all’s favorite immigration law, and mocking John McCain and Fox News in the process.
With McCain supporting Arizona’s crack down and insisting that many immigrants “need to be sent back,” Stewart suggested an accurate battle slogan for the Senator: “Just Tell Me What To Say And I’ll [...]
Jon Stewart opened the show last night riffing on all’s favorite immigration law, and mocking John McCain and Fox News in the process.
With McCain supporting Arizona’s crack down and insisting that many immigrants “need to be sent back,” Stewart suggested an accurate battle slogan for the Senator: “Just Tell Me What To Say And I’ll [...]
Jon Stewart opened the show last night riffing on all’s favorite immigration law, and mocking John McCain and Fox News in the process.
With McCain supporting Arizona’s crack down and insisting that many immigrants “need to be sent back,” Stewart suggested an accurate battle slogan for the Senator: “Just Tell Me What To Say And I’ll [...]
The moment last night’s “Colbert Report” started, you knew some gold was a-comin’. The show opened with guest Steve Carell, who was visibly not content with just plugging his movie. Nope, he took over the entire intro, dubbing it the “Carell Corral.”
But the real magic happened later as Colbert’s attempt to interview his former [...]
Jon Stewart took on unemployment benefits Tuesday night. With the Senate dropping the ball on an additional room of the benefits, he rattled off clip after clip of its opponents claiming that they reward people for not effective. Stewart joked:
“You hear that people who have lost their jobs and are skatin’ by on your [...]
At the end of 2009, Jay Rosen offered the world his “Simple Fix for the Messed Up Sunday Shows.” “Meet The Press” went out and bought some new furniture. But ABC’s “This Week”, paced by the enthusiasm of interim host Jake Tapper, took it to heart, and they have transformed the show into a [...]
The “Daily Show” came under fire last month when Jezebel.com published a piece called “The Daily Show’s Woman Problem.” In it, writer Irin Carmon describes the well loved comedy as “a boys’ club where women’s contributions are often ignored and dismissed,” and goes on to tale the tales of former and would-be newspapers. This came [...]