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Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

DrFeelgood — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:08:44 PDT

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

DrFeelgood

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Crazydogggz — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:24:33 PDT

@D.B. Cooper-Nichol: Yeah, sounds that way to me too.

Crazydogggz

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Crazydogggz — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:23:09 PDT

I like 30 Rock a lot, but I gotta say The Daily Show's Larry Wilmore kicks Tracy Jordan's black stereotype ass.

Crazydogggz

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

SanFranBetsu — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:55:27 PDT

I blame the scientologists.

SanFranBetsu

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

PickleTitsTurner — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:51:52 PDT

I know Tina Fey considers her work to be the most important since Descartes "Meditations" but, if she could kindly go away, you know, NOW!, that'd be great.

PickleTitsTurner

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

CrankYank — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:24:58 PDT

I thought we were just snarking on Tina Fey, not making grand political statements. Don't go Wonkette on me Defamer!! Continue to be my shallow oasis in my otherwise newshoundy life.

BTW, with Readers Digest's and that wacked Parade cover on bike, Fey be rushing the middlebrow.

CrankYank

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

rudeboy7969 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:46:31 PDT

Tracy had good delivery towards the end. "If Hillary's last name wasn't Clinton, she'd be just another crazy woman. And believe me, I don't want to call that kind of woman at 3 in the mooonin'"@jackvinyl:

rudeboy7969

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

susiefaye — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:42:31 PDT

@cassius: No, it is not legal. In fact, that's where I originally read this article. That being said, I didn't really see this as a crack on Jon Stewart; I actually saw it as commiserating with him for the tough sell that political jokes can be sometimes.

susiefaye

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

rudeboy7969 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:31:58 PDT

As Tracy would say, if Tina Fey wasn't Tina Fey, she'd be just another crazy woman who doesn't like Jon Stewart@metroville:

rudeboy7969

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Storming the Floor — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:02:43 PDT

This is all just a UVA/William & Mary pissing contest.

Storming the Floor

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Magister — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:21:51 PDT

I wonder if Victoria is still with her cop?

Magister

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

sarah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:00:26 PDT

You are witnessing the beginning of the "Hate Hillary and all Opinionated, Smart, Threatening to our Manhood, Career Bitches Like Her" Backlash.

Interesting, considering that Howard Stern is a Clinton supporter.

(Just kidding. Love Howard - he's the biggest woman out there.)

sarah

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

KittyCarlisle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:48:08 PDT

Yes, Superawesomerad, indeed.
Wow. Pay close attention, incredibly savvy Defamer posters. You are witnessing the beginning of the "Hate Hillary and all Opinionated, Smart, Threatening to our Manhood, Career Bitches Like Her" Backlash.
You posters who are hatin' know who you are. And so do we.
Oh, and Tracy Morgan has it right.
Women are the new Black.
But not in the good way.
Just watch any nutsack commentator on MSNBC.
Time to lock up your brains, sisters.
(www.Mediagate2008.com)

KittyCarlisle

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

jackvinyl — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:59:20 PDT

@procrastinator, esq.: Tracy pretty-much killed his hilarious editorial throughout and his delivery, near the top of his talents... Tina's return to weekend Update (i love you tina) would've benefited had it been read by Liz Lemon.

That being said, this is clearly a minor dig said to be a joke to the reporter and yall are jumping all over her b/c she's a Hillaryhead or whatever you call those people... Which is fine, if that's your thing I guess...

jackvinyl

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Superawesomerad — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:59:16 PDT

@Superawesomerad: And I'm REALLY not seeing how this has anything to do with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Holy shit, you guys. I thought you were a little more rational that that.

Superawesomerad

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Superawesomerad — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:55:31 PDT

I'm not seeing where she says TDS isn't funny, or that she's funnier than Jon Stewart, or whatever other bullshit you're projecting onto this story. Come on guys, I know you love Stewart and all, and I like him too, but you can't really deny that his show has a hell of a lot of "approval applause".

Although any regular watchers of "Real Time With Bill Maher" know that TDS is far from the worst offender in this regard.

Superawesomerad

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

cassius — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:53:57 PDT

Is it legal to read Reader's Digest when you aren't in the bathroom?

cassius

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Det. Philangie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:25:58 PDT

HOLY SHIT READ THE WHOLE THING

Det. Philangie

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

D.B. Cooper-Nichol — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:16:42 PDT

She's as deluded as her preferred candidate - "but I'm supposed to be funnier!!!"

D.B. Cooper-Nichol

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

CrankYank — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:13:08 PDT

Why can't she be more like Liz Lemon and damage herself instead of others??

CrankYank

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

DianneRR — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:46:25 PDT

@Little Mintz Sunshine:

Snap! Made me spit out my beer!

DianneRR

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

junkie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:21:55 PDT

Team Stewart

junkie

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Little Mintz Sunshine — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:48:45 PDT

I have a feeling this is all going to end with an "I'm fucking Anderson Cooper" video...

Little Mintz Sunshine

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

BeAgrestic — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:45:39 PDT

@bess marvin, girl detective: Not at all. This seems like a joke taken completely out of context.

BeAgrestic

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

bess marvin, girl detective — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:31:08 PDT

@procrastinator, esq.: but it was still funnier. and that's all that is important.

with that said, i have an inkling that tina was just joking here. or am i way off base?

bess marvin, girl detective

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

sarah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:25:40 PDT

Whoa whoa whoa whoa...

Easy what we say here, kids. This type of in-party-celebrity-satirist-Hollywood fighting is exactly why McCain can take sit back and watch the Democrats run themselves into the ground.

NO ONE wants four years of "tiger cage" monologues.

sarah

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Sleepyhead — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:17:56 PDT

@metroville: Thumbs up for you, that's exactly what's going on here. I love Fey... but she's politicking in exactly the way that makes one seem bitter, ungracious, and un-funny (and wrong, when they stick with their losing horse to the end.)

Sleepyhead

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

OreGONE — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:06:15 PDT

Maybe Mrs. Hartmann should have capped Tina's ass. It would be sad, but at least SNL would have stayed funny.

OreGONE

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Sweet Panda Love — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:57:36 PDT

Um Tina. That's because the Daily Show manages to be informative, incisive AND funny. Weekend Update just tries to be funny, and usually doesn't even succeed.

Sweet Panda Love

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

clarknhilldale — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:45:49 PDT

Woah. Fey is dissin' Stewart in Reader's Digest, a dying magazine with a 1000-year history of sucking Republican dick? (Editorially speaking, of course.) Even my Republican father finally noticed that they never run negative stories about conservatives. Tina, Tina, WTF????

clarknhilldale

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

procrastinator, esq. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:28:07 PDT

@metroville: There's no way Tracy Morgan "got more laughs" with his "Black is the new president" routine. It bombed, was neither particularly funny nor particularly sincere, and is not something Obama's gonna rush to embrace. A well spoken, biting endorsement from a famous female comedian with her own prime time show? Great. A snarky, semi-uncomfortable shout out from a comedian known for racking up DUI's, wearing an alcohol detection anklet, and being generally incoherent and/or crazy? Not worth much, I'm 'fraid.

procrastinator, esq.

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

rabbitboy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:27:12 PDT

Fire them both and give their jobs (and severed heads) to Victoria Jackson!

rabbitboy

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

DianneRR — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:25:05 PDT

There must be something personal between Tina and Jon, otherwise this just sounds too catty. I love 'em both.

DianneRR

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

nick_r — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:12:51 PDT

I love Tina Fey and I love The Daily Show. Why can't they play nice with each other? Why?

Maybe we need to chain Tina and Jon together until they work out a compromise.

(Hold on, I think that's a chapter in Sarah Vowell's erotica compendium.)

nick_r

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

heidiho — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:11:36 PDT

@SuperUnison: Come on now. Nobody puts 30 Rock in the corner.

heidiho

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

SuperUnison — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:55:37 PDT

@metroville: Good point. The funny thing is she could have just let it go and nobody would have cared in a month. It isn't like Trey Parker and Matt Stones' somewhat Paultardian view of politics makes any of us (that I've ever met) hate them.

@Victor Ward: I skipped the Oscars because spending four hours watching Hollywood congratulate itself for making something other than "27 Fashionable Transformers Hasslle Ben Stiller" seemed like too much to bear.

SuperUnison

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Oxycontinmoron — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:47:21 PDT

Cue the inevitable "it was taken entirely out of context" excuse.

Oxycontinmoron

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

bitfactory — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:40:51 PDT

It took approximately one Reader's Digest excerpt for everyone to turn on the otherwise lauded Fey and her 30 Rock vehicle. Not that I give a shit one way or the other. Anytime politics gets injected into - well, anything, this is the kind of reaction one can expect.

Just sayin'.

bitfactory

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

metroville — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:35:48 PDT

There are very often "clappers" on 'The Daily Show' (and they can be somewhat discomfiting to behold), but let's call a spade a spade, here:

Tina's being an apologist for her unabashedly pro-Hillary routine during her guest appearance on 'SNL' a number of weeks ago. Tracy Morgan got far more laughs with his subsequent unofficial counterpoint ("Bitch might be the new black, but black is the new president, bitch"), so now Fey's couching her comparative failure as a bold refusal not to pander to the crowd.

metroville

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

judithvansteppes — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:34:54 PDT

Since when has Weekend Update actually been relevant outside of Fey and Morgan's arguments about Obama and Clinton?
Yeah, Stewart makes people feel so uncomfortable that he's the primary news source for Americans under 30, never mind that he and Colbert put Weekend Update to shame which is probably what annoys her.
The main difference between Jon Stewart and Tina Fey is that Jon Stewart has guts and doesn't pander to anyone.

judithvansteppes

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

NoGrumpys — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:31:49 PDT

OH SNAP!!!
Colbert wouldn't let her get away with that

NoGrumpys

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

Victor Ward — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:28:00 PDT

@SuperUnison: Because of his Oscar monologue.

Victor Ward

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Shumina — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:26:13 PDT

Her mouth has officially gotten as big as her ego. C'mon Stewart...let's see you do something here.

Shumina

Tina Fey Shoots Higher Than Choir-Preacher Jon Stewart

SuperUnison — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:24:01 PDT

So Daily Show is consistently funny and occaisionally great. Meanwhile Weekend Update blows, "Mean Girls" was only tolerable when I saw it cause I was blackout drunk on a fucking airplane, and from what I've seen of "30 Rock" it feels like "Arrested Development" watered down with a potent mix of self-loathing and Diet Pepsi. How is Jon Stewart, then, the bad guy for eliciting laughter with a tinge of political agreement?

SuperUnison