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Tina Fey Blames Crafty Editing For Anti-Jon Stewart Comments

We're thrilled to report the extending of an olive branch in the East Coast-East Coast comedy wars that have devastated the industry since a Tina Fey quote in Reader's Digest appeared to openly question Jon Stewart's ability to earn sincere laughs, vs. politically aligned "clapter." Fey told cinemablend.com that the quote was taken out of context:

Fey: That thing was edited kind of weird.

I was really talking about audiences and how audiences respond weirdly to things. When I was talking I said, 'Like you know, on Weekend Update or anything' and that kind of went away so it seemed like I was saying something bad about those guys. I think they know that I think their show is great and would actually never be disparaging on their show."

While that should be satisfactory for most, we'd still like to see some sort of symbolic gesture to finally put this ugly chapter behind us: Perhaps Fey can appear as a guest on The Daily Show, at one point shedding her brightly patterned sun-tunic and climbing onto a circular bed for a gauzy-lensed, multi-position lovemaking session with the mistakenly maligned host, to the rapturous clapter of the studio audience.

30 Rock's Tina Fey Clarifies Her Remark About The Daily Show [cinemablend.com]

5:23 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Seth
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TheStarterWife at 05:43 PM on 03/26/08
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"Fey: That thing was edited kind of weird."

Hard to believe that a publication with the word "Digest" in the title would give the truncated version of an interview.
TheStarterWife at 05:46 PM on 03/26/08
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(Also, so they still pay $25 for "Humor in the Workplace" and "Campus Comedy" submissions?)
nojo at 05:49 PM on 03/26/08
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No need to waste a good quote -- just apply it to Dennis Miller or Bill Maher instead.
Little Mintz Sunshine at 06:26 PM on 03/26/08
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Sure
Det. Philangie at 07:19 PM on 03/26/08
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@TheStarterWife: It's not truncated, it's edited. It's not Q & A Digest.
TheStarterWife at 07:50 PM on 03/26/08
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@Det. Philangie: I'm letting my word selection stand, just because they publish abridged stories.
Delicious Pundit at 09:11 PM on 03/26/08
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Shouldn't this have the "Toward More Picturesque Showbiz Feuds" tag? Or "I Am Joe's Critical Darling"?
jackvinyl at 09:42 PM on 03/26/08
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To the rapturous clapter indeed.
hack-a-rific at 12:02 AM on 03/27/08
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See, I knew my girl would never commit such comedy sacrilege. SEE....
cardboardbelt at 06:22 AM on 03/27/08
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I love the daily show, but she was totally right. The hooting audience is the worst thing on that show. Jokes aren't just met with spontaneous laughter, but with that clapping to signify "I agree, Jon! I Agree! Woooo!"

When you watch it at home, you just laugh, right? You dont suddenly slap your hands together.
CourageousCoward at 07:08 AM on 03/27/08
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That...thing...was...edited...kind...of...weird.
PickleTitsTurner at 08:11 AM on 03/27/08
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"I think they know that I think..."

I think they know that you think yourself a deity.
jasonelias at 08:47 AM on 03/27/08
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I'm Tina cleared this up, Jon Stewart was just minutes away from signing with Deathrow.
NefariousNewt at 09:03 AM on 03/27/08
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Tina Fey is a class act, and other than dissing Paris Hilton (with which we whole-heartedly agree), I don't think I've ever seen or heard her speak ill of anyone. And I should know, watching her around-the-clock as I do... but perhaps I've said too much.
Shumina at 09:25 AM on 03/27/08
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Comedy is no longer comedy when it's taken so damn seriously.