Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive, 10/30/10!
 

Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Keep Fear Alive
10/30/10

Yes! Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are both holding rallies at the in Washington DC in true satire fashion!
(Can you tell I'm excited?)

It looks like a ton of fun, I'm really torn about going. I love these guys. This could be a once in a lifetime chance, but I don't think I should spend the money getting there (plus I'd have to take off work and lose money to begin with, and I'm in school and probably will have school work to do....ugh!)

I thought I'd just make sure y'all were informed in case you do have the opportunity to go and want to.

Here
http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/

http://www.keepfearalive.com/

I'll go, if I can swing it.

I think it is important that I attend this event.

I would love to go! What a hoot.

I fully intend to be there with the wife and kids. My son has a soccer game that day, and my daughter has the car wash, but I think this is more important. Plus, it will be fun.

The permit filed with the Park Police said 25K people are expected to attend, but these things can change.

Lets see how easy it is to take short clips of what a person says and turn them into a douchebag...sounds like a fun game to me!

That's why you're not writing your paper about me. :p:

Hey, this is fun.;)

P.S. I've never seen anyone so afraid of a comedian. Also, compared to O'Reilly/Beck/Coulter, Jon Stewart is Walter Cronkite.

The KKK also got angry and nasty when people laughed at them. "White Flour!!!"

Yup, it sure is fun doing this.

Wow, you really don't get the point do you?

Here is the FULL interview with Jim Cramer that The Daily Show posted online for everyone to watch.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

The full interviews can't always be played at actual airing. But if you watch the actual interview rather than some chopped up youtube video of it, you'll see that Jon Stewart, as always, gave the guest due time to respond. Yes, Jon Stewart makes jokes as well, he's fucking comedian and makes this shit interesting.

You don't get the point. Jon Stewart is a pompous ass who makes holier than thou points when he is actually only a satirist trying to sound like he knows more than the people he attacks.

That point is not made by that shitty video.

Actually watch the damn videos. Especially starting on Part 3, about 6min in.

Part 3

Having an opinion does not make him a pompous ass. He is honest that is show is about the laughs for the most part, but it is a show about current events/news, there are gonna be some serious bits. IMHO, he treats his guests a lot more respectful than you see on actual news/commentary shows.

How is Stewart's infotainment any different than Limbaugh's? Just in style, not substance.

Although most people are watching Stewart for the comedy value, compared to those who listen to Rush for the editorial value, its interesting to note that Stewart attracts a more moderate/independent audience than Rush could ever hope to.

From here:

A much younger one as well. I'd think Rush would have to be screaming louder and louder so that those still alive listening to him could hear.

Stewart is funny, Limbaugh is laughable.

I've seen just part of one Stewart show. I've heard pieces of a half dozen or so Limbaugh shows. So I'm not an expert by any means. But I bet if you put a hate-o-meter on both shows you'd see a wide difference.

Loved it. Pithy.

I agree Pete. Stewart is usually making fun of those people, like Rush and Glenn Beck, who use emotionally-charged (and often hateful) political rhetoric.

I wonder if they will have those posters of Palin painted to look like Hitler?

They're appealing to different audiences, but just opposite sides of the same coin imo. Limbaugh uses outrage, Stewart uses arrogance, both pretend to be telling the truth.

From Wiki:

:thumb: I can't agree more. To hold Stewart up as something to emulate would be to hold up Rush as something to emulate. Both are asshats.

I think it was.

I see what you did there Jinx...the outrage vs arrogance comparison. Truth is Jon is just a comic who mostly picks on the conservative side because for the last two decades they have provided much more fodder for comedy...they are just that much more ridiculously funny. I find it refreshing. The other side finds it arrogant.

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Pawt 3

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WTF?

I don't think this thread was suppose to be funny but I'm laugh'n.

me too - that was a pretty funny post.
The best part is that video has been around for like a year+
and suddenly it seems to draw so much fire.

If'n you're not with us, you're against us, eh? Ironic.

What does he do that you view as arrogant?

His comedy style is almost entirely "Look at those morons doing stupid shit" and making a funny face. I'm not saying he's not funny, I'm just saying he's as funny as Rush is all fired up.

Do you also view "America's Funniest Home Videos" as arrogant?

Oh please. :rolleyes:

Then what does he do that you view as arrogant? Making fun of people who do stupid stuff isn't apparently quite it.

Yes, it is.
You can disagree, but comparing americas funniest home videos is retarded. It's not political and it's laughing with, not at.

Stewart makes fun of both Republicans and Democrats. Probably why he has such a huge moderate base. His views tend to be moderate, there is NO moderation to Limbaugh. If he were the opposite of Limbaugh then he'd be purely wacko left since Limbaugh is a wacko right. Making fun of stupid shit in the media (all news programs altho primarily Fox) and politics does not make him arrogant. You're also completely forgetting about The Daily Show's writers, although Jon Stewart is the face, he is not the entirety of the show.
Rush Limbaugh is purported as a serious commentator, Jon Stewart says himself that he is JUST A COMEDIAN. How is that arrogant? He will also admit to mistakes, will admit he does not know everything, and that he could be wrong about a certain point. That is the opposite of arrogance.

What about other comedians? Is Bill Maher arrogant too? Lewis Black?

Or how about the only right-wing comedian out there- Dennis Miller. Is he arrogant too?

I prefer Louis CK to any of the above.
Funny how politically polarizing Stewart the comedian is.

IMHO, comparing Jon Stewart to Rush Limbaugh is retarded. Jon Stewart and Rush both use politics/current events for material for their show, but the mediums and presentation style are completely different. Jon Stewart and AFV both use comedy and slapstick, just different subject matter. So sure, you can compare those 2 shows just as well as Rush and Jon compare.

Which SIDE are you on if you don't like AFV?

If you don't agree with what someone says, they must be arrogant, right?

Their audiences are very different generationally.

Does anyone really like AFV anymore? Hasn't youtube kinda usurped it anyway?
I guess there could still be old people who don't know much about youtube and watch AFV...

My new favorite is Greg Warren. I just saw him in Indy at the Bob and Tom Comedy All Star Tour. He does a really funny bit about 1 star people in 4 star hotels.

Jinx, my point is that I find that I don't care for right-wing comedians...I find them arrogant...I really hate Dennis Miller. (Actually his style comes off as hateful to me) So it just makes me wonder if that is why you dont like Stewarts political humor, because its not your politics.

eta: I use to like Dennis Miller.

Bill Maher is arrogant as all hell.

Dennis Miller seems arrogant but actually is not.

Jon Stewart is not arrogant.

Arrogance is one of the primary qualities of the character Rush Limbaugh has refined.

Same is true for Stephen Colbert.

There is ZERO comparison between AFV and either of them. It is not political in any way.
That has to be the stupidest comparison made here in a loooong time.

Stephen Colbert's arrogance is satire.

There is ZERO comparison between Jon Stewart and Rush, Rush is not a comedian in anyway.

Thats what I think too, but Jinx is characterizing him as merely 'outraged', which gives it a whole different angle.

What are my politics? As far as I know, I've got some from both sides...
Really, I just don't like infotainment in general. Takes the funny out of it for me. I say "arrogant" because as much as conservative like to be told they are morally correct, liberals like to be told they are smarter than conservatives. I just see the Daily Show as catering to that.

Are we saying Tom Bergeron AFV is arrogant, or Bob Saget AFV?

Because I always thought Bob Saget was like the Rush Limbaugh of Jon Stewarts.

:lol:

:rotflol:

So it's more arrogant to make fun of politicians (and other celebrities) than non-celebrities? Is it that the AFV entries were sent in (laugh with vs laugh at; let me know if you meant something else by that)? Politicians live in public. They may not always like that someone outside of their intended audience hears a particular stupid thing they say, but not every AFV subject is the one who sent in the video.

Stewart is the "anchor" of his "news" show. He doesn't play an overt character like Colbert, or like his "reporters" or "experts" do on their segments, so he doesn't do satire along the lines of "A Modest Proposal"; he does humorous political commentary. Do you consider humorous political commentary inherently arrogant?

The Daily Show makes fun of BOTH sides of the aisle. How is it catering to liberals if its makes fun of them?