Finest commencement speech ever
 

Jon Stewart at his alma mater, William and Mary

"We declared war on terror. We declared war on terror—it’s not even a noun, so, good luck. After we defeat it, I’m sure we’ll take on that bastard ennui."

Never heard of Jon Stewart but brilliantly written speech - worth reading if just for the bit at the end (!).

Great speech, but "terror" is indeed a noun. I know what he meant, but sometimes I gotta nitpick.

Get thee to Comedy Central, Mon-Thu at 11pm! Best fake news show available.

ahem... 11pm Eastern time.

Sometimes I gotta nitpick. :)

Not to nitpick or anything but Catwoman is in the UK. I don't think they get Comedy Central. :)

Was just going to ask - can I get it in the UK. Maybe it's on sky?

It's too culture-bound to be funny to Brits - just like Not the Nine O'Clock News was culture-bound to Brits and not as funny to 'merkins.

Are you saying we have no understanding of American culture even though we have simply osmosised, ectyped and shrunk-to-fit everything you have sent over on your really big ships?

Apologies for my lack of global awareness. You can get highlights from the web site.

I think that much, perhaps most, of the humor is universal enough to traverse the oceans. Stupid politics is stupid politics.

No CW, I'm saying that comedy is more culture-bound than any other form, and that while some people would be able to understand all the subtle cultural tones needed to enjoy it 100%, others would be mystified and not entertained and would ignore it, in large enough numbers to justify the decision to broadcast something else.

Now I know why you didn't get Hollyoaks.

I had the worst commencement speaker ever. The people in the spring semester graduating class got former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney. We (the fall semester graduating class) got the head of Edward Jones. Goddamn, he was boring...I can't remember a thing he said.

I didn't even bother going to any of my commencements (well, ok, that's not true, I went to my high school graduation.)