So in the future fewer people will not get the joke, methinks.
The Daily Show was always able to find rubes.
Their explanation was--people just want to be on TV, and TV makes people stupid.
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§ ita § - Jan 17, 2006 8:09:01 am PST #761 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:21 am PST #762 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I gotta say that those are my favorite interviews, where the guest thinks the Colbert persona is so funny that he cracks up Colbert himself.
Me too. I find the ones where the guest doesn't get it uncomfortable to watch -- it's much more fun when they realize they're meant to be arguing with a straw man.
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:28 am PST #763 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Daily Show was always able to find rubes.
Their explanation was--people just want to be on TV, and TV makes people stupid.
But I would think that the political types guesting on the Colbert Report would be more aware of pop-culture stuff like TDS and TCR.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:52 am PST #764 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He (and the show) are getting pretty famous, as I've seen a number of articles about the show. So in the future fewer people will not get the joke, methinks.
I certainly think the volume of guests that don't get is going to go down, though somehow Ali G managed to get away with it for longer than I would have expected. That's why I'd send him out on the street - even with the press, there are bound to still be a lot of non-media people who don't know because they don't read the press and don't follow Comedy Central at all.
Lee - Jan 17, 2006 8:11:57 am PST #765 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Shouldn't it be against the rules to feel both apathetic and pathetic at the same time?
Stoopid Mondays Tuesdays.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2006 8:16:37 am PST #766 of 10002
But I would think that the political types guesting on the Colbert Report would be more aware of pop-culture stuff like TDS and TCR.
As was demonstrated in the past year, that's a HUGENORMOUS assumption.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2006 8:16:46 am PST #767 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I find the ones where the guest doesn't get it uncomfortable to watch
This is me, and it doesn't matter if they are someone I'd likely agree with politically or not, at least for the interview guests. Either way it makes a little uneasy.
I wouldn't have quite the same issue with folks on the street, for some reason, even though in some ways it's more unfair than making someone who agreed to be on the show look clueless - they bought their own ticket, so to speak, if they agreed to do the show (and usually have something they are trying to publicize).
Megan E. - Jan 17, 2006 8:26:25 am PST #768 of 10002
I'm getting my haircut after work today and I'm ready for a change. What do people think of this [link]
too mullet-ty?
tommyrot - Jan 17, 2006 8:27:51 am PST #769 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
As was demonstrated in the past year, that's a HUGENORMOUS assumption
Well, yeah. Sometimes I like to assume that people have brains....
Jessica - Jan 17, 2006 8:28:24 am PST #770 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I wouldn't have quite the same issue with folks on the street, for some reason, even though in some ways it's more unfair than making someone who agreed to be on the show look clueless - they bought their own ticket, so to speak, if they agreed to do the show (and usually have something they are trying to publicize).
True, but I don't expect folks on the street to have prepared for an interview -- there's no reason they shouldn't be clueless, so it's less embarrassing that they are.