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clash of the comedy titans

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Tina Fey, arguably the most powerful vagina-having joke force in the universe, has rarely minced words in the past when it comes to some of her lesser-abled collaborators, whether describing Paula Abdul as a "disaster" or Paris Hilton as "a disease-ridden fucktard" [Ed.note: Could we have an intern verify that?] But we never expected the 30 Rock star and showrunner to run off so freely at the mouth about her comedy giant equals, such as in the case of her surprisingly harsh assessment of Jon Stewart's more politically solicitous material:

COMEDY queen Tina Fey says that while she makes people laugh, political pundit Jon Stewart only makes them uncomfortable.
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3:09 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Seth
9,570 views, 44 comments

Latest by DrFeelgood: Anyone who worked 9 years at SNL understands every version of the cheap, easy and predictable audience reaction game. She should not throw stones. more »

grudging returns

Stewart, Colbert Go Back To Work Unibrowed, Biblically Bearded, And Without Writers


With somewhat less fanfare than accompanied The Return of Late Night on January 2nd, in which network talk shows made a mass return to the airwaves in various writer-having/writer-free and hirsute/clean-shaven configurations, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert reported for duty Monday night—initially sporting a Strike Unibrow and Strike Moses-Beard, respectively, to show their solidarity with their still-missing scribes.

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9:10 AM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Mark
3,869 views, 23 comments

hollywood strikewatch

Stewart, Colbert Going Back To Work

With Conan, Jay, Jimmy, and the rest of the late night gang announcing they're reluctantly headed to back to work without their striking writers, it seemed inevitable that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert wouldn't be far behind. They've released this joint statement on their January 7th return: "We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence." A more disappointed than ambivalent WGA has already issued a reminder that writerless versions of the shows aren't going to fill the Colbert and Stewart-shaped holes in our lives: "Comedy Central forcing Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert back on the air will not give the viewers the quality shows they've come to expect. The only way to get the writing staffs back on the job is for the AMPTP companies to come back to the table prepared to negotiate a fair deal with the Writers Guild." [AP, WGA.org]

5:32 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Mark
2,567 views, 14 comments

Latest by OldTowneTavern: This is a bone-headed decision. Having the hosts disappoint their audiences night after night while trying to fill out thirty minutes with three jokes could kill these shows for good. Stewart and Colbert should save themselves by just reading more »

trade roundup

Trade Round-Up: Fox News Finally Gives Itself A Forum For Bashing Liberals

Fox News Channel plans on supplementing its regular, round-the-clock fake news coverage with a still-untitled "Daily Show for conservatives," which the network hopes will finally provide them with a much-needed forum for taking shots at liberals. Next on the FNC development slate-of-mirrors: a Colbert Report knock-off starring a comically delusional blowhard. [Variety]
Nielsen studies iPod users' viewing habits, discovers that most people don't use their devices to watch video downloads, perhaps finding the experience of squinting through an episode of Lost on a three-inch screen not as desirable as Apple had once hoped. [THR]
· Var reports on how your favorite supermodels (Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Padma Lakshmi) have overcome their perfect genes and fabulous racks to find great success hosting popular television shows. [Variety]
Fox Searchlight picks up the dark comedy Bonzai Shadowhands, which Rainn Wilson is writing as a starring vehicle for himself in which he'll play "a once-great ninja living a life of mediocrity." Whatever they gave him, he deserves three million more. [THR]
Imprisoned P.I. Anthony Pellicano writes a "guest column" for Variety (if your definition of guest column is reprinting an excerpt from a book of essays) "stating his case." But unlike OJ Simpson, he seems unwilling to go the "If I wanted to conduct illegal wiretaps of various Hollywood figures, this is how I would have done it" route, seriously reducing the piece's news value. [Variety]

12:09 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Mark
77 views, 6 comments

Latest by n/a: Sweet Jesus! I think you have an argument but it certainly makes no sense. I thought this website was for people with real senses of humor, not people that actually capitalize the words liberals and conservatives. Between more »

terry gilliam

Directors Guild To Decry Terry Gilliam's CBA-Violating Alternative Compensation Plan

Comedy Central's Insider blog sent a reporter down to street level to document director Terry Gilliam's "crashing" (i.e., pre-publicized attempt at organizing a "flash mob") of The Daily Show's audience line yesterday afternoon, where Gilliam tried to generate some buzz for Tideland, his latest movie: More »

10:16 AM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Mark
123 views, 10 comments

owen wilson

Breakfast With The Butterscotch Stallion: Owen Wilson Suspiciously Mellow On 'Daily Show'

Not surprisingly, Owen "The Butterscotch Stallion" didn't say much during his Daily Show interview last night—the Stallion is a creature of majestic, beautiful deeds, not words. But at the onset of his chat to promote You, Me, and Dupree, Wilson seemed to be having so much trouble coaxing from his brain appropriate verbal expression of his Stallionness that a bemused Jon Stewart felt compelled to ask, "How high are you right now?" Wilson's resulting laugh and hypnotic swiveling in the guest chair gave us all the answer we already knew: Very, very high. More »

9:57 AM on Fri Jul 14 2006
By Mark
3,856 views, 4 comments

Latest by Boobs Radley: I did catch this yesterday... Maybe he got a contact high from rimming Michele Rodriguez. more »