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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Jars wrote: »
    Henroid wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Also, this is apparently his fifth appearance on the show. And he's going to be on Mythbusters on December 8th. Which could be interesting if they are busting Obama myths. ("Obama a muslim? BUSTED!")

    That is fucking hilarious. But y'know what? What could be more American than getting on popular television all over the place?

    coming soon: keeping up with the real presidents of the DC shore

    How bad should I feel that I know what shows you just referenced?

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  • DacDac Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You know, I could understand appearing on the Daily Show. It's an extremely popular program, smart, with the potential for real intellectual back and forth on the interview.

    But Myth Busters? Admittedly, I've only seen one episode, but there HAS to be something better Obama could be doing with his time.
    Please tell me I got trolled and it's a joke.

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    25 min bloomberg report on this John Stewart guy

    http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63932062/

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  • DHSDHS Chase lizards.. ...bark at donkeys..Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Dac wrote: »
    You know, I could understand appearing on the Daily Show. It's an extremely popular program, smart, with the potential for real intellectual back and forth on the interview.

    But Myth Busters? Admittedly, I've only seen one episode, but there HAS to be something better Obama could be doing with his time.
    Please tell me I got trolled and it's a joke.

    Not really no. Mythbusters is actually a very important show as a popularizer of science, it is in no way some dumb show, and any exposure for that is a good thing.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Mythbusters seems to hit a pretty good balance between entertainment and education/skepticism. It's reality TV that runs on people's curiosity, rather than people's desire to watch people do something stupid/degrading/or fighting each other.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Spoit wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    So I read 'I Am America!: And So Can You!' for the first time yesterday. Oh my gods, I couldn't breathe through some of the parts.

    The audiobook is also fantastic.

    I can't imagine how earth: the book would work in audio format. Which is too bad, since america: The (audio) Book was great.

    Yeah, I tried listening to the Earth audiobook. It's OK, with voice work from Jon and the correspondents, but i dunno... I like Colbert as a narrator more than Stewart.

    Colbert does have the experience as a voice over actor and MIND TAKER!

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  • DHSDHS Chase lizards.. ...bark at donkeys..Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    And explosions.

    Explosions are science.

    AWESOME SCIENCE.

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    and lighting farts on fire

    it's like if obama showed up on bill nye the science guy

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I really enjoy Mythbusters for making science fun and interesting.

    And blowing shit up.

    The one shot of them vaporizing a nearly full cement truck never gets old.

    And that Jon mini-documentary was interesting. Thanks for linking it.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    DanHibiki wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Spoit wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    So I read 'I Am America!: And So Can You!' for the first time yesterday. Oh my gods, I couldn't breathe through some of the parts.

    The audiobook is also fantastic.

    I can't imagine how earth: the book would work in audio format. Which is too bad, since america: The (audio) Book was great.

    Yeah, I tried listening to the Earth audiobook. It's OK, with voice work from Jon and the correspondents, but i dunno... I like Colbert as a narrator more than Stewart.

    Colbert does have the experience as a voice over actor and MIND TAKER!

    Ha HA! Pop Culture References

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Jars wrote: »
    and lighting farts on fire

    it's like if obama showed up on bill nye the science guy

    This post has led me to the depressing realization that Bill Nye is not on Netflix. At all.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Goolsbee is on the show again tonight. Sen. Kaufman Tuesday. The President Wednesday. No guest listed yet for Thursday, wouldn't be surprised if it's just Stephen or something as they do rally promotion.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    isn't this week supposed to be new and from Washington WHAT IS GOING ON

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    If you're Canadian...well, apparently Comedy Network screwed the pooch for new eps at 9 central again.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Shadowen wrote: »
    If you're Canadian...well, apparently Comedy Network screwed the pooch for new eps at 9 central again.

    seriously does anyone know what the deal with this bullshit is?

    Tasteticle on

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's Comedy Network?

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fuck it i sent them an e-mail, probably in vain

    "Hello,

    I have noticed on numerous occasions recently that repeats of either the Daily Show and/or the Colbert Report have been aired instead of the new, current episodes that air on Comedy Central on the same night. Take this week for example: It is advertised right on your site that this week the shows would air from Washington D.C. (http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Displayblog.aspx?bpid=161f134d-9567-4e82-a6e0-525456f50f72), but instead I turn on the television to discover you guys are airing yet another repeat of both shows. Is there some sort of technical bug or something that is causing this issue to persist so often, and if so, is it being worked on?

    Thanks!"

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Your email will be lost in obscurity. D:

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I sure am glad we get the show at 10 now! Instead of that awful reliable "can't remember the last time there was a glitch at 11".

    >:-(

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    seriously these two shows are the only shows I watch actively on TV

    everything else is online

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oooh, Live!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Okay Olivia's bit was pretty great.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I wanna seeee

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ahahaha that was an amazing bit. Shifty eyes!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON A BUS

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I can't believe it's already been 5 years. Congrats to the Report!

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wyatt, Jon, & Jason segment looks very promising. Liked the first instalment.

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  • enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Aegis wrote: »
    Wyatt, Jon, & Jason segment looks very promising. Liked the first instalment.

    On The Bugle, John said that at some point they fire a T-Shirt cannon at a cop car. We'll see if that makes it to air.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Aegis wrote: »
    Wyatt, Jon, & Jason segment looks very promising. Liked the first instalment.

    On The Bugle, John said that at some point they fire a T-Shirt cannon at a cop car. We'll see if that makes it to air.

    It might. When they tried to get into the Clinton wedding earlier this year they were able to air footage or play audio from when security was pushing them away.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Yay! TDS will be live on election night.

    It would be great if it were live in time zones other than eastern, rather than 3 hours old :( Though probably less relevant for a midterm election

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    On Colbert's retrospective montage:

    The side effects of Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA segments are some of my favorite parts. Also, it was pretty obvious they wanted to use "You're The Best" by Joe Bean Esposito, but I guess licensing fees prohibited it.

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  • VeritasVRVeritasVR Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Wow. This setup is a [strike]bit[/strike] lot larger than their last midterm election location.

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  • Lord PalingtonLord Palington he.him.his History-loving pal!Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Tamin wrote: »
    Jars wrote: »
    and lighting farts on fire

    it's like if obama showed up on bill nye the science guy

    This post has led me to the depressing realization that Bill Nye is not on Netflix. At all.

    Check out your local library. Mine has a ton of Bill Nye DVDs in the Family DVD section, all for free.

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  • HooverFanHooverFan NCRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    hahaha... I lost it when I saw they chose a guy from Winston-Salem, especially considering I know exactly where that is, right next to Forsyth Tech. Comm. College

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  • tallgeezetallgeeze Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I watched last night's TDS during lunch. That damn Wyatt is something else.

    I'm hoping that Lewis Black is driving that bus.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Finally caught up on both shows, and both really hit it out of the park.

    However, I noticed something; Colbert mentioned that they poured over 785 shows from the previous 5 years.

    Which means that, for all the bitching we do about them taking breaks, they produced an average of 157 shows a year out of a possible ~208 (mon-thurs weekly), thus being on the air roughly 3/4 out of the year.

    ... that's actually pretty impressive, in my opinion.

    I assume the Daily Show's statistics are similar, and they've been doing it (at least in terms of Stewart's participation) for over 11 years.

    At least, assuming Colbert's initial number is accurate.

    Edit: this yelling montage is golden.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    OBAMAAAAAAAAAA

    RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I miss Stephen's feud with Rain

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  • NailbunnyPDNailbunnyPD Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I miss Even Stevphen.

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