Monday, August 06, 2007

Page 1 Consider (08/06)

  • The 'Daily' Rut: Thank god Jon Stewart is still funny because "The Daily Show" has lost virtually every one of its good correspondents (have John Oliver, Aasif Mandvi or John Hodgman ever said anything remotely funny?). Let's hope Indecision 2008 will breathe some fresh air back into the normally hilarious show. (AP)

  • Yesterday's News: Journalist and dot-com burnout Michael Wolff is back with a new Internet news start-up, but it seems Gawker's not very impressed: "It’s Yahoo! News without the exclamation point," Choire Sicha wrote in an Aug. 2 post. "It’s the dullest thing I've seen all day, and I've been staring into a jar of pennies for the last half hour." (Gawker)

  • A 'Jobs' Well done: The Fake Steve Jobs blogger gets outed. (NYT)

  • Norma Gay: A labor union for liberal bloggers? I don't know if I'm ready to shell out more union dues ... (AP)

  • As the Mundo Turns: You gotta love Los Angeles politics. It's just like on "Un Hermano, Dos Mujeres" (AP)

  • Swing Voter? I don't know what's worse. That Fred Thompson has an embarrassing trophy wife who is younger than his children -- or that he used to date lesbian political columnist Margaret Carlson. (Newsweek)

  • I Know Who He Did Last Summer: The rumor mill says Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon are trying a reconciliation after Ryan's much-publicized seven-year itch got thoroughly scratched. Somewhere Adolf Hitler is breathing a sigh of relief. (PageSix)

  • San Fran Sellout: California Senator Dianne Feinstein is taking a beating for casting the tiebreaking vote that allowed the nomination of documented gay hater Leslie Southwick to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to move to a full vote in the Senate. For shame, Dianne. Somewhere Harvey Milk is snapping in her face in the Z formation. (365Gay)

  • Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope? Wow! I didn't know there was an appeals court in this country that's not in New York or California that would rule that an anti-gay Oklahoma law is unconstitutional. I thought the Constitution only applied to some Americans. (365Gay)

  • The Days and Nights of Chrissy Dodd: Senator Chris Dodd late Friday pulled out of next week's debate by Democratic presidential candidates on LGBT issues. Dodd informed LOGO television, which will broadcast Thursday's debate, and the Human Rights Campaign, which helped arrange it, that his not "having a thing to wear" made it impossible for him to attend. (365Gay)

  • Sportswire: Alex Rodriguez got his. Tom Glavine got his. Barry Bonds is now one away from his. Maria Sharapova won her first title of the season. And Andy Roddick won in D.C. and is looking to get back on track for the U.S. Open, although everyone was talking about the young American upstart he beat in the finals, John Isner. Meanwhile, has illegal betting made its way into tennis?

  • Here's the Beef: The 50 Greatest Commercials of the '80s. (Giant)

  • Quote of the Week: "A few million doesn't go as far as it used to." Could someone please punch this guy for me? (NYT)
  • 4 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    First... his name is John Stewart.

    Second... John Hodgman isn't actually a correspondent.

    Third... All three of the men you mentioned are hilariously funny. If you want to talk about Daily Show people who suck, try Dan Bakkedahl.

    Anonymous said...

    Sorry, anonymous. In your attempts to be snarky YOU misspelled JON ... and I agree that the absence of Rob Corddry, Stephen Colbert and Ed Helms (to name a few) has really taken a toll on the show.

    Anonymous said...

    It wasn't an attempt to be snarky. It was an attempt to correct an error. In doing so, I made an error myself... which is something I can admit to. Thanks for your caps-locked YOU... without the caps, I'm incapable of reading words.

    I agree that the absence of certain correspondents has not been good for the show, but the point made by this blog is lost when John Hodgman (who isn't a correspondent) is included in the list of correspondents who aren't funny.

    Anonymous said...

    I'm afraid I must disagree (not that you care) on the Daily Show. I find Messrs. Oliver and Mandvi to be excellent; they are brilliant.