Podcast Moments: The Bugle and the Florida Voter Purge
June 21, 2012 Leave a comment
Are you interested in BritWit? Fond of John Oliver’s antics on The Daily Show? Or just looking for a new podcast to check out? You might be interested in The Bugle.
Podcast Moments: John Oliver’s Bugle
May 10, 2012 1 Comment
After professing my admiration for Jon Oliver’s “Inside the Political Curtain” interview of Herman Cain, several people recommended Oliver’s podcast to me. I had never even heard of The Bugle, which he co-hosts with Andy Zaltzman.
OLIVER (deep voice): I’ve come to fix your photo-copier.
OLIVER (high voice): I don’t have a photo-copier.
OLIVER (deep voice): I know.
John Oliver Interviews Herman Cain
April 25, 2012 8 Comments
When I consider which Daily Show correspondent might branch out from the main show and found his or her own Comedy Central project à la Stephen Colbert, my vote goes to John Oliver. True, there other plausible choices, as the Daily Show is stacked with talent. Oliver impresses me with his ability to both write and perform, to handle sketches as well as stand-up, and with a distinct political take on the world.
Best of the Week: The Daily Show with “You Might Be a Romney if…” and more
March 17, 2012 Leave a comment
MONDAY (March 12, 2012)
Did you see Jon Stewart reveal the Mitt Romney / Jeff Foxworthy connection? That was my favorite part of Monday’s show.
Everything Romney knows about the South he learned from a Jeff Foxworthy routine. I swear to God, it’s like “If you have a working 52 inch plasma TV on top of an also working 52 inch plasma TV, you might be a Romney. If your favorite kind of fireworks is firing people at work…” I mean seriously, where is Romney getting this stuff?
Best of the Week: The Daily Show on Contraception, Republicans, and more…
February 25, 2012 Leave a comment
MONDAY
Calling this segment “The Punanny State” is both funny and politically clever, as it points out that it’s the conservatives who are actually pushing for a nanny state. Stewart’s got great points that Catholic charities that pay their employees money may already be indirectly funding contraception and, hey, food stamp money can be spent on non-kosher food, so the religious outrage is a bit selective.
