Ummm, Ryder Cup.

Uh...it's the Ryder Cup. The Davis Cup is Tennis.

Golf. It's nothing but a racquet anyway.

Glad to see others know it's the Ryder Cup and I don't even like the game of golf. I also wasn't aware that Jeremy Piven was an Actress. I thought he would be an actor.

So.... Jeremy Piven is transgendered now?

Of course Colbert and Jon deserved their awards. I would have bet that Don Rickles was dead. Good to hear that I would have been wrong.

Yes. By all means. Congrats to 2 millionaires who scabbed during the writers' strike and tried (for years) to keep the union out of Comedy Central. Kudos.

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

Ooo. I'm glad someone else said this. I too find that a-little-bit of Colbert goes a loooong way.

Dave
Viet Vet

Rickles is still alive? I haven't had a TV for 20 years.. I figured he'd be long gone by now.

Dave @ 17:

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

Ooo. I'm glad someone else said this. I too find that a-little-bit of Colbert goes a loooong way.

Dave
Viet Vet

Damn. That's interesting. I find myself thinking just the opposite. With Stewart's act getting old and stale like the success went to his head. And Colbert's comedy being more biting and fresh you know. Anyway. Whatever it takes to get the job done and to expose these criminals and bring justice and the rule of law back to our country. I'm all for it.

Paul @ 19:

Rickles is still alive? I haven't had a TV for 20 years.. I figured he'd be long gone by now.

I have a tv and I didn't know he was still around either. I didn't care for him when he used to be on tv. I was much younger and I thought he was just too mean to people. Made fun of people for things that weren't funny. I don't know if I would care for him today.

and grats to everyone connected with mad men

however, thumbs way down for the emmys for again refusing to even nominate the wire (in its final season)

im sorry, but the wire was without a doubt the greatest drama ever to be shown on the small screen

btw, 20 years ago, the cable industry had to create its own award show (the ace awards) because the emmys did not acknowledge that anything of quality was coming from the cable channels

it seems now that the over the air networks will have to create their own awards show, as all of the quailty is on the cable stations, as every major category was won by shows on cable

the big 3 are officially dead

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

You do realize, I hope, that Colbert is merely channeling Bill O'Really into a more appropriate genre. Don't you?

geazer @ 27:

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

You do realize, I hope, that Colbert is merely channeling Bill O'Really into a more appropriate genre. Don't you?

No!
Really?
You guys are hilarious!
I don't think there's a single person left in North America who doesn't know that!
That's why it's old.
That's why it's boring.
That's why it's predictable.
Capiche?

Saint Augustine @ 30:

Is there anything to the rumor (I just started it) that Stephen Colbert will purchase a tanning bed when Obama wins in November?

Did you jump the gun on the beginning of happy hour? ;)

Orangutan. @ 21:

Dave @ 17:

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

Ooo. I'm glad someone else said this. I too find that a-little-bit of Colbert goes a loooong way.

Dave
Viet Vet

Damn. That's interesting. I find myself thinking just the opposite. With Stewart's act getting old and stale like the success went to his head. And Colbert's comedy being more biting and fresh you know. Anyway. Whatever it takes to get the job done and to expose these criminals and bring justice and the rule of law back to our country. I'm all for it.

I'm gonna have to side with the Oragutan on this one. (And I've always wanted to say/type that sentence.)

SCP @ 32:

In Laura Linney's emmy acceptance speech (for her work on John Adams), she ended with a comment about the community organizers that have made this country great. Classic. A great response to Palin and Guiliani and the other republican hacks who have been denigrating Obama's background in community organizing.

want proof that we are devolving?

read abigail adams letters to john

that woman would be a better prez than either obama or mccain

and a woman like palin would make her sick

I hope Colbert keeps it up in spite your feeling that his act has become old and predictable. I enjoy Stewart and Colbert more than anything on TV. It's not always gonna be a gold but there is enough there to keep them going for years to come. I, for one, am grateful for this fact. I love Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. I don't care what anyone else thinks.

The Internet in a nutshell. One person say's they like something. Another person say's they don't. bleh!

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 35:

SCP @ 32:

In Laura Linney's emmy acceptance speech (for her work on John Adams), she ended with a comment about the community organizers that have made this country great. Classic. A great response to Palin and Guiliani and the other republican hacks who have been denigrating Obama's background in community organizing.

want proof that we are devolving?

read abigail adams letters to john

that woman would be a better prez than either obama or mccain

and a woman like palin would make her sick

Agreed. And Palin makes almost every thinking person sick.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, congrats! Well-deserved awards for both of you.

Most excellent!

The day that full length Colbert and Daily Show episodes came to my computer changed my life. Congrats to both of them!

Bert @ 42:

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 34:

Bert @ 13:

Yes. By all means. Congrats to 2 millionaires who scabbed during the writers' strike and tried (for years) to keep the union out of Comedy Central. Kudos.

truly an unfair attack
and please, link to anything that shows that either tried to keep the unions out

I wish I could link to the memories and minds of my fellow Daily Show writers who wrote for and under Stewart, but that would be physically impossible. For now, I'll leave it up to you to do the research. First, start with the fact Stewart was in control of the Daily Show for years before it became union. That the WGA had for years sought to unionize the writers, and even Comedy Central was for it -but Stewart refused (for 5 years at least), threatened writers with termination for suggesting it, and illegally, I might add, threatened to fire writers for even talking with union reps. You also might talk to the WGA and see if they've followed through with their discipline actions against him (under the radar of publicity of course) as well as Leno and Ellen. After working for years on the show, I can tell you Stewart is a verbally and physically abusive narcissist who'd become a Bill O'Reilly type if he thought it would make him more famous and more money. Sorry, but sometimes da people in front of the camera ain't who they seem. That's why it's called "show business."

Got to love the Internet. Anyone can say what they want and offer no proof of anything. Know what? I worked for the Daily Show for several years and I found Jon Stewart to be ABSOLUTELY NONE of the things you mentioned. I knew him to be a fair, kind and humble man, not in the least bit narcissistic. If you don't have to provide any proof for your accusations, then I guess I don't have to provide any proof for mine. Just one little personal acedote vs. another, right?

Bert @ 42:

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 34:

Bert @ 13:

Yes. By all means. Congrats to 2 millionaires who scabbed during the writers' strike and tried (for years) to keep the union out of Comedy Central. Kudos.

truly an unfair attack
and please, link to anything that shows that either tried to keep the unions out

I wish I could link to the memories and minds of my fellow Daily Show writers who wrote for and under Stewart, but that would be physically impossible. For now, I'll leave it up to you to do the research. First, start with the fact Stewart was in control of the Daily Show for years before it became union. That the WGA had for years sought to unionize the writers, and even Comedy Central was for it -but Stewart refused (for 5 years at least), threatened writers with termination for suggesting it, and illegally, I might add, threatened to fire writers for even talking with union reps. You also might talk to the WGA and see if they've followed through with their discipline actions against him (under the radar of publicity of course) as well as Leno and Ellen. After working for years on the show, I can tell you Stewart is a verbally and physically abusive narcissist who'd become a Bill O'Reilly type if he thought it would make him more famous and more money. Sorry, but sometimes da people in front of the camera ain't who they seem. That's why it's called "show business."

Comedy Central forced Stewart and Colbert onto the air by threatening to fire the rest of the non-writing staff. Thus, Stewart and Colbert were effectively 'working to rule.' This has been well documented. Furthermore, I don't believe you are a writer and I say this because everyone who has ever known Jon Stewart describes him as warm-hearted and modest. Heck, it's not hard to see the man's self-deprecation shining through during various skits and interviews. Even if you were a writer, why should we trust that you're not an asshole who is projecting all over Stewart? I have an uncle who never quite made it as an actor and now talks of how so many of those who have made it big are assholes, bitches, ad infinitum. That's show business for you.

Oh, and the link in your name doesn't take me to a real website.

Rickles and Bennett I can see, but Manilow?

Was Boon Vincent not still around?

Meat @ 47:

Bert @ 42:

Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 34:

Bert @ 13:

truly an unfair attack
and please, link to anything that shows that either tried to keep the unions out

I wish I could link to the memories and minds of my fellow Daily Show writers who wrote for and under Stewart, but that would be physically impossible. For now, I'll leave it up to you to do the research. First, start with the fact Stewart was in control of the Daily Show for years before it became union. That the WGA had for years sought to unionize the writers, and even Comedy Central was for it -but Stewart refused (for 5 years at least), threatened writers with termination for suggesting it, and illegally, I might add, threatened to fire writers for even talking with union reps. You also might talk to the WGA and see if they've followed through with their discipline actions against him (under the radar of publicity of course) as well as Leno and Ellen. After working for years on the show, I can tell you Stewart is a verbally and physically abusive narcissist who'd become a Bill O'Reilly type if he thought it would make him more famous and more money. Sorry, but sometimes da people in front of the camera ain't who they seem. That's why it's called "show business."

Comedy Central forced Stewart and Colbert onto the air by threatening to fire the rest of the non-writing staff. Thus, Stewart and Colbert were effectively 'working to rule.' This has been well documented. Furthermore, I don't believe you are a writer and I say this because everyone who has ever known Jon Stewart describes him as warm-hearted and modest. Heck, it's not hard to see the man's self-deprecation shining through during various skits and interviews. Even if you were a writer, why should we trust that you're not an asshole who is projecting all over Stewart? I have an uncle who never quite made it as an actor and now talks of how so many of those who have made it big are assholes, bitches, ad infinitum. That's show business for you.

Oh, and the link in your name doesn't take me to a real website.

To add on to that, Stewart offered to pay the writers out of pocket when the whole thing started. He was very unhappy throughout the times of *A* Daily Show which was changed to show his solidarity with the writers.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/245590

I read comments 1-18.
Up to that point, comments had all but nelected the weirdness of the post itself. I mean, really?:

congrats to Stewart and Colbert for mocking the _very real_ perception of mainstream media as dichotomous . . . too bad our economy is tankin . . . at least our golfers are good . . .

Really? . . . Crooks and Liars still surprises me sometimes.

Bert @ 54:

lysistrata @ 52:

Me II @ 44:

Bert @ 42:

But of course, you can't prove any of this. Why should we believe you?

I have to agree with Me II. Y'know, I have no idea who you are, Bert@42, but it seems to me you've been hanging around this board for some time, itching to bitch about Stewart on past occasions when he's received accolades. If Jon Stewart were a "physically abusive narcissist" who's been secretly hankering to be BillO, as you put it, for 10 years, there's NO WAY this would have escaped the press all this time. Absolutely none. They'd have that in the headlines while Bushco continued to secretly waterboard every "terrorist" in sight.

Jon Stewart may not have been the perfect boss for you--if you even worked within several states of him, that is--but for what he's accomplished with TDS, he deserves all the awards he gets. By the way, Tom Schulman, who's an official of the WGA and was screenwriter of Dead Poets Society, wrote a letter a couple of years back to Vanity Fair magazine commending Stewart for having ASSISTED the unionization of TDS/TCR at a time when it was very difficult to achieve unionization for writers on certain cable networks. After Jon unionized his writers, the other CC shows fell into line. Do the research; it's in the records. Now why would Schulman, of all people, write such a letter if it wasn't true?

And I'll tell you something else: No "narcissist" would have opened the door for Stephen Colbert to have created the career he has in the last few years. If Stewart were so self-involved, he couldn't stand sharing the limelight that way.

Oh, and BTW: That "scabbing" that Stewart and Colbert did saved 200 jobs of the tech staff of both shows.

OK, I'm done feeding the troll. Just had to get it off my chest. God forbid anybody should just be happy for these guys.

Wow. Did I hit a nerve? The truth is, the WGA was going to take action against your hero for doing what I stated above. If you think hard about it, you might realize that it's better publicity for a union, already hard-hit by the studios and wishing not to turn the star-struck public against it, to tell the press that the host of a show was actively assisting unionization, rather than fighting against it -and the striking writers. I, and many fellow writers, have spoken repeatedly to the head of the WGA about Stewart's illegal behavior. And they promised, that he, as well as Ellen and Leno would be disciplined. I don't think that's happened because that would be bad publicity, wouldn't it? Don't be so naive.

As for his behavior, it hasn't escaped the press. You just haven't looked for it. His abusive and anti-union exploits have been well documented in the New York papers as well as Nikke Finke (SP?).

" everyone who has ever known Jon Stewart describes him as warm-hearted and modest"

-How the hell do you know this? Has everyone who's ever known him honestly spoken to you? Has everyone who has ever dealt with him gone public with their experiences? What a ill informed thing for you to claim.
Do you know why I don't list a real email or real website? There's a little thing called "black listing" schmuck. Something I know he and his head writer, Ben Karlin did to another writer once. Again, you are naive and don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Regarding your last line, I find it hard to be happy for anti-union hypocrites. They're powerful, rich bullies. And Stewart, in particular, doesn't want his writers to be fairly treated or compensated. I know. I was there. YOU WERE NOT. You are just a typical star-struck hero-worshiper who can't believe their progressive beacon is a tarnished piece of tin you wouldn't deem worthy of allowing at your dinner table. GROW UP and find something worthy to put your hope and trust in.

I do believe we have found ourselves an O'reilly fan. I believe we're pretty much unanimous in not believing a word you have to say. Your use of the term "progressive beacon" is a bit of a giveaway. That and your complete whining humorlessness makes it unlikely you ever wrote comedy.

And congrats to Piven for absolutely owning the 5 "hosts" of the show. Classic comment.

Bert @ 54:

Wow. Did I hit a nerve? The truth is, the WGA was going to take action against your hero for doing what I stated above. If you think hard about it, you might realize that it’s better publicity for a union, already hard-hit by the studios and wishing not to turn the star-struck public against it, to tell the press that the host of a show was actively assisting unionization, rather than fighting against it -and the striking writers. I, and many fellow writers, have spoken repeatedly to the head of the WGA about Stewart’s illegal behavior. And they promised, that he, as well as Ellen and Leno would be disciplined. I don’t think that’s happened because that would be bad publicity, wouldn’t it? Don’t be so naive.

As for his behavior, it hasn't escaped the press. You just haven't looked for it. His abusive and anti-union exploits have been well documented in the New York papers as well as Nikke Finke (SP?).

" everyone who has ever known Jon Stewart describes him as warm-hearted and modest"

-How the hell do you know this? Has everyone who's ever known him honestly spoken to you? Has everyone who has ever dealt with him gone public with their experiences? What a ill informed thing for you to claim.
Do you know why I don't list a real email or real website? There's a little thing called "black listing" schmuck. Something I know he and his head writer, Ben Karlin did to another writer once. Again, you are naive and don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Regarding your last line, I find it hard to be happy for anti-union hypocrites. They're powerful, rich bullies. And Stewart, in particular, doesn't want his writers to be fairly treated or compensated. I know. I was there. YOU WERE NOT. You are just a typical star-struck hero-worshiper who can't believe their progressive beacon is a tarnished piece of tin you wouldn't deem worthy of allowing at your dinner table. GROW UP and find something worthy to put your hope and trust in.

OK, well, um, first of all, the VF letter I referred to by Schulman predated the WGA strike by over a year. The reason he wrote it was to contrast Stewart's behavior, which he found commendable, with that of talk-show host Tyra Banks, who had refused to allow her own writers to unionize, whereupon they all quit. So, in short, his letter had nothing to do with, and I quote, "better publicity for the union," and Schulman clearly had no problem calling out any TV host for what you insist is "illegal behavior." He praised Stewart because he found him worthy of praise. And used his own name to do so, which you clearly are having a problem doing here.

Secondly, I was not the poster who maintained that Stewart was "warm-hearted and modest." If you're going to insult someone, be sure you know who you're talking to. Otherwise, your claims regarding Stewart's behavior ring ever more false. But just for the record, I happen to have spoken to people who work on the Daily Show; in fact, I know one key person who's worked there since day one who thinks Jon is terrific. In fact, he's hosted some local benefits that Jon has participated in, on his own time. How many bosses do you know who help insure that their employee's projects are a success? Right.

Third, I'm not at all surprised to hear you bring up that muckraker Nikki Finke, one of the most biased bloggers around. For the record, I read Deadline Hollywood Daily religiously during the strike, and since it ended it seems to me her influence and following have dropped tremendously. As for the strike itself, its been over for six months and I have yet to read anything in any paper about any discipline for Ellen, Leno, or Stewart. I sincerely doubt it's coming. And I certainly having seen any sign that any of Stewart's writer's--or Colbert's--are leaving the shows in droves as a result of the strike.

As for that writer who was "blacklisted," if in fact that's true, dare I suggest that it was he/she who was engaged in bad behavior? Nooo, of course not. That's not possible.

Oh, and Bert? In case you didn't notice, that guy who stood by and congratulated every Colbert Report writer on their way to the Emmys stage last night would be Jon Stewart. Yep, he's a creep.

Regarding the Emmy show, I so enjoyed it when Steve Martin came out and presented Tom Smothers with his well-earned Emmy - 30 years late. As Martin explained, he (Martin) had been a writer for the Smothers Brothers show at that time and it was Tom who was leading the show, through his "passion and intelligence" as Martin said, towards liberal politics. For those too young to remember, it was the Smothers Brothers who had guests such as Pete Seeger, and he got the brothers in hot water with the CBS suits over the anti-war song he sang. But that did not stop Tom, and I couldn't wait for Sunday night to roll around (even though I knew the school week was beginning the next day) to watch this show which had become so politically intoxicating, exciting --- and funny, like Steward and Colbert are now. Watching Tom Smothers give his acceptance speech - with brother Dickie proudly watching in the audience - brought tears to these eyes.

And you -- Bert. Calling someone a 'schmuck' only helps to expose you as the troll that you are. Maybe it's you who needs to grow up and stop the whining???

Orangutan. @ 21:

Dave @ 17:

Canuknotusa @ 15:

Jon Stewart is brilliant, pithy and funny, but Colbert is just annoying.
If I see him adjust his glasses with his pinky extended one more time, I'll puke.
Colbert's schtick is old already, predictable and boring.

Ooo. I'm glad someone else said this. I too find that a-little-bit of Colbert goes a loooong way.

Dave
Viet Vet

Damn. That's interesting. I find myself thinking just the opposite. With Stewart's act getting old and stale like the success went to his head. And Colbert's comedy being more biting and fresh you know. Anyway. Whatever it takes to get the job done and to expose these criminals and bring justice and the rule of law back to our country. I'm all for it.

Agreed. Still like Jon and the gang a lot but Colbert's stuff seems consistently sharper these days.

McPale's Navy @ 6:

Rickles was rolling on the floor funny last night. He was the only thing that made the rest of the pick-the-wax-out-of-my-ear boring show worth watching. He deserved the award hands down.

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I've honestly enjoyed Rickles' brand of insult comedy since I became aware of him around '68 or so. I was a hockey puck then and I'm a hockey puck now.

He's also a very good character actor, imo.

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