Posts tagged with ‘the daily show’

Jon Stewart/TDS’ take on the Harlem Shake.

The Daily Show comes back from vacation, Jon Stewart delivers a must-watch rant on gun control

I know I’m kicking the hornet’s nest by posting this, but after everything in the world seemed to happen while The Daily Show was on vacation, it returned Monday with a look at the fiscal cliff situation and last night, Jon Stewart nearly lost his voice taking politicians to the wood shed for their unwillingness to pass any meaningful or effective legislation to try and curb gun control. 

In case you missed it from the convention, here’s the Barack Obama feel-good video, “It Could Have Been Worse”, narrated by Larry David.

Jon Stewart blasts Viacom for stupid blackout; Viacom sheepishly turns web content back on

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The Daily Show on Tucson’s ban on Mexican-American studies. Facepalm doesn’t even begin to describe it.

The Daily Show has interviewed a number of ridiculously idiotic people, but this one takes the cake— I could barely watch it all the way through because the stupid was giving me a headache. In a nutshell, Arizona gov. Jan Brewer signed a law saying school districts could prohibit “ethnic studies classes”, and Tucson took her up on that, banning Mexican-American studies. Why? Because the school board was terrified that Mexican kids learning about the history of the state would prompt them to take the state back in bloody revolt. No, I’m serious. Just watch.

Morning lulz: Ricky Gervais on The Daily Show and panda fucking

Ricky Gervais on The Daily Show turns into the greatest 7 mins of television as the conversation quickly turns to panda and raccoon fucking.