The Daily Show on The REAL America: Methburg, Alaska

[Bingley Joe]

Oh shit this is funny..

MoLn0I7Hz_o

I wonder if they just gave the writers a couple of days off ;)

[fitbabits]

The Daily Show shoots and scores! Bulges the old onion bag.

[ClannerDelta]

Ugh, Wasilla is that town on the way to Anchorage from Fairbanks that has an Arby's so you can have a roast beef sandwich on that last leg of the trip.

The whole state is a fucking shithole anywhere people gather together.

[DiBiddilyBop]

The nodding, dear-into-headlights look was priceless.

[Goronmon]

So, small town people help each other more because 9/11 happened in New York?

*boggles*

But hey, it's just one random guy. Pretty sure you could get someone to make themselves look stupid almost anywhere.

Then again, the mayor was pretty hilarious.

"What do you do?"

/queue blank stare

[Ghostbear]

That was incredible. I have more responsibility running my Warhammer guild than the Mayor of Wasila has.

[Generation ABXY]

That was incredible. I have more responsibility running my Warhammer guild than the Mayor of Wasila has.

Well, to be fair, if you're 35 and a natural born citizen, you're also qualified to be president; I say go for it. :p

[Doctor Setebos]

Well, to be fair, if you're 35 and a natural born citizen, you're also qualified to be president; I say go for it. :pI'd vote for someone who's run a Warhammer guild.

[J Arcane]

I'd vote for someone who's run a Warhammer guild.
Clearly leaves you more qualified than Palin.

[ClannerDelta]

Clearly leaves you more qualified than Palin.

Have you seen all of Ghostbear's rules and regulations? I certainly haven't, but he expects me to read them!

He would have the citizenry actually educate themselves on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This would be unacceptable.

[Ghostbear]

Have you seen all of Ghostbear's rules and regulations? I certainly haven't, but he expects me to read them!

He would have the citizenry actually educate themselves on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This would be unacceptable.

bwahahahahahaha! Though I don't think anyone would like my sales tax requirements ;)

[NoName]

Wow, that was awesome. And by awesome I mean horrifying that Palin even has a chance to become the VP.

[ClannerDelta]

bwahahahahahaha! Though I don't think anyone would like my sales tax requirements ;)

40% income tax would certainly make a few people flip out.

[King3567]

I found this segment pretty funny, but lately The Daily Show has had extremely awkward, cringe-worthy moments that make it very hard to watch. Then again, who watches the show for Jon Stewart? Everyone knows its correspondents that make the show.

[Stmfuller]

haven't watched the daily show regularly since I was in college. But it still seem to be one of the best shows on television.
My real question continues to be why some of the stuff that they show on the daily show (you know, the serious stuff that points out when the govt lies/changes the story etc) isn't shown more on CNN and stuff.

[fitbabits]

haven't watched the daily show regularly since I was in college. But it still seem to be one of the best shows on television.
My real question continues to be why some of the stuff that they show on the daily show (you know, the serious stuff that points out when the govt lies/changes the story etc) isn't shown more on CNN and stuff.

You almost answered your own question. The reason the likes of CNN don't focus on some of the things The Daily Show and Colbert cover is because they themselves can't tell if it's serious or not.

[Atepsflame]

I saw this episode and I have to agree with the Daily Show folks. Even as a person who comes from and loves his small hometown, I have to say that I find the McCain/Palin campaigns pandering to small town Americans by calling us the "real" America, is downright offensive. Those of us from small towns are no more or less American than those from suburbia or the big cities and saying that we are is willfully ignorant and offensive, and really, reflects badly on all of us. Ungh. I just wish the media at large would do more of this. How did none of the larger networks do an expose like this when Palin first got the nomination? Absolutely pathetic.

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

That was hilarious. Thanks for sharing!

[opsin]

but lately The Daily Show has had extremely awkward, cringe-worthy moments that make it very hard to watch.

Wow, for real? Like?

I mean... Really?

[fitbabits]

Wow, for real? Like?

I mean... Really?

Like, oh-my-gawd. For-real. I mean, like, I mean.

[digitalErich]

I originally grew up in a small town (2,000 people) and I've always hated that small town people think "loving America" unconditionally and uncritically is something to be proud of.

It's like they forgot or never learned the circumstances that lead to America being founded.

[ShivaX]

I originally grew up in a small town (2,000 people) and I've always hated that small town people think "loving America" unconditionally and uncritically is something to be proud of.

It's like they forgot or never learned the circumstances that lead to America being founded.

Well in my town there was a sizable number of people I went to school with who thought education was a waste of time. They thought they could just be farmers and not worry about it (somehow not realizing that you need things like basic math to run a farm).

I don't get how Palin can help play the unAmerican card when shes married to a guy who was part of a seperatist group. She makes a case of Obama "palling around with terrorists" while shes literally "fucking a seperatist." Guilt by association is viable to an extent, but when you have McCain involved with Keating and Hagee and Palin's husband being an AIP member its not a road you should go down.

I'll give Obama some credit for mostly avoiding these things. Ultimately they're meaningless and stupid and hes taking a higher road (though not the high road I wish he would take).

[King3567]

Wow, for real? Like?

I mean... Really?

Did you see the Jason Jones interview with the guy from Iraq? That was painful to watch. Ever since the Colbert Report came one, I just can't help but feel that the Daily Show is lackluster in comparison. Colbert is just so much more laid back (granted, he is acting and really has no repercussions for anything he says) and rewards the viewer for watching frequently with a plethora of inside jokes and such. The Daily Show seems so forced (like their "Best Fucking News Team Ever" promo bits). Don't get me wrong, I watch both nearly every night, I just feel like I am always waiting for The Colbert Report to come on.

[ShivaX]

Did you see the Jason Jones interview with the guy from Iraq? That was painful to watch. Ever since the Colbert Report came one, I just can't help but feel that the Daily Show is lackluster in comparison. Colbert is just so much more laid back (granted, he is acting and really has no repercussions for anything he says) and rewards the viewer for watching frequently with a plethora of inside jokes and such. The Daily Show seems so forced (like their "Best Fucking News Team Ever" promo bits). Don't get me wrong, I watch both nearly every night, I just feel like I am always waiting for The Colbert Report to come on.

I prefer the Daily Show's opening segment where John runs down the various events of the day or week and comments. Colbert tends to have better content overall. TDS tends to have much better interviews (sometimes they can be some of the best interviews on television) and once in a while they'll do a "news piece" thats downright gold, like when they went to Berkley where the hippies were protesting the Marine recruiter... I nearly died.

[opsin]

Did you see the Jason Jones interview with the guy from Iraq?

Don't think so actually. There was a Colbert Report guest my brother commented on seeing the other day, from sometime last month I hadn't seen either. I obviously missed at least a couple.

I know what you mean, about the Report being better in some ways. I felt that was the case shortly after it started, but then TDS seemed to get stronger, for me at any rate. Then I stopped caring for Colbert as much, but then that evened out too. I now rate them fairly evenly I'd say.

John Oliver probably makes me forgive most things though...

And yea, with the right guest a TDS interview is about as good as they get. I really dig Hodgman and Wilmore when they show up (alas no Demetri Martin in too long), Wyatt Cenaq I am liking, and Asif Mandvi too. The others I'm less bothered about, but the Jason Jones trip to Wasila I thought was him on form.

Like, oh-my-gawd. For-real. I mean, like, I mean.

Hey, to be fair, the like was a question for examples of episodes he had disliked. I'm so like not using a valleyism.

[Lance Uppercut]

John Oliver is a fucking riot.

[DeathtollWRX]

Alaskan Separatist movement!

Will they be bringing their droid armies?

I can't believe that guy said that on television.

Alaskan probably did a face palm a hundred times during the airing of this show.

[Spacetronaut]

Frankly I'm surprised they actually found people in there sober enough to not piss themselves on camera. Wasilla exists solely to make every other town in Alaska look better.

[DeathtollWRX]

Frankly I'm surprised they actually found people in there sober enough to not piss themselves on camera. Wasilla exists solely to make every other town in Alaska look better.


Do you guys really hate the "lower 48"? =(
I thought you guys were cool with your Auroras!

[Scaryfaced]

Do you guys really hate the "lower 48"? =(
I thought you guys were cool with your Auroras!

Seriously, Alaska....I thought you were cool.
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[Xerxes]

I'd vote for someone who's run a Warhammer guild.

I'd rather a Korean Starcrafter be over FEMA. :cool:

[VerseD]

I love the Daily Show, and this was a hilarious bit. One staff meeting and a few checks to sign. No wonder Palin spent so much time redecorating her office.

[Spacetronaut]

Do you guys really hate the "lower 48"? =(
I thought you guys were cool with your Auroras!

We do actually. But we generally refer to it as the "lesser 48."

[Xerxes]

We do actually. But we generally refer to it as the "lesser 48."

Pfft, we should let Canada ravage you.:p

[ClannerDelta]

Do you guys really hate the "lower 48"? =(
I thought you guys were cool with your Auroras!

Of course not!

You buy our oil, every one of us gets paid for it. <3 drivers.

Though, if you're a hippie, you suck.