i was just discussing with my friend, witch last night how much i tend to like tv shows for guys. no, i dont have lesbian tendencies just to be perfectly clear. if you do not have a mind like mine well you wouldn’t understand. but that’s not the point of this whole entry of mine. most of my favorite shows (not counting oprah and queer eye for the straight guy), are stuff that guys mostly like to watch.
i am really a big fan of the daily show which is hosted by jon stewart. one example of a show which guys prefer. some years back , i think i was watching CNN late one night (back home in cdo when i was still a college kid), when i found myself watching his show, not even understanding what the hell jon was talking about. i didnt have any idea who he was back then. but there was something about him – you know he knows what he was talking about. it was the way he intelligently took on the topic albeit poking fun of whoever/whatever was the hot topic of the day. during those times, i only catch him during late weekends in cnn. when i came to hong kong, i chanced upon him once again in cnn. and there i was, a few minutes later checking the site. they actually how clips of the show. i got so hooked. and what do you know, just a few months ago, full episodes were already posted. that was a really happy day for me. funny though, coz i hate politics, at least philippine politics. but i am so hooked with american politics ever since i started watching the daily show again.
the show, which has been hugely popular and wildly successful in cable television blends humor with the day’s top news stories, usually in politics,while simultaneously poking fun at politicians and many newsmakers as well as the news media itself. oh my god, you should hear me laugh when i watch it. since watching the show, ive been so aware of all the latest political and financial happenings in the states. i give credit to the writers. they are always spot on – touching on real and serious issues while presenting it in a really funny way. they make fun of just about everyone, believe me. i would think people would not mind being mentioned on this show (be it positive or negative). i mean come on, a slight mention of your name on this show just means you’re there – you’ve arrived, you’re famous. one element i love about the show is the way corespondents typically present absurd or humorously exaggerated takes on current events against Stewart’s “straight man”. if you watch the show, you’ll instantly understand that jon is not so fond of george w. bush – infact, he is the biggest critic. he has also has gained significant acclaim as a vocal, outspoken critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular the coverage of the U.S. news media networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC.
my favorite segment of the show is when they do interviews and the interviewer asks such out of topic or totally insane questions. i do think the people interviewed have been already briefed about this style of presenting the news. it really is funny when you see the correspondent give out his question and the one being interviewed gives a blank stare (or an “are you serious?” look). it’s just hilarious.
anyway, a few weeks back, the New Yorker cover featured “a parodied scurrilous (and arguably racist) attacks on barack obama, democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency, and his wife, michelle”. The cover was perceived as an accusation that Barack is a closeted Muslim, that Michelle “hates whitey” and, most bizarrely, that a fist-pounding gesture between them was a “terrorist fist jab” according to the national post. Canadian-born illustrator Barry Blitt intended to aim the joke at Obama’s ignorant detractors, but some Democrats took offence anyway.
the new yorker august cover
it was a hot topic all over the news channels. this now-infamous cover was brought to life by jon and his fellow comedy central host stephen colbert in the latest entertainment weekly out in sept 29.
entertainment weekly spoof
vanity fair august cover
