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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:46 PM
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I love Jon Stewart, but his Oscar hosting was a BIG YAWN.
What happened with Stewart tonight? He appeared unprepared and disconnected from the show. Also, aside from one tame Cheney swipe, we got nothing on Bush or the current state of shittiness in America.

I'll take the safe bet and predict that he won't be back next year.

JB
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:47 PM
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1. The entire show was rigged not to be too controversial...that is
my opinion...

No one wants to upset the Facistists
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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:49 PM
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7. maybe...I thought about that. But, still there should have been more.
The Tonight Show has been more harsh on Bush than Stewart was tonight.

JB
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:49 PM
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8. 100+ million watching? I would've slammed the living crap outta Bushler!




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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:48 PM
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2. I heard it was lame
I saw it right up to the Bjork-Cheney joke, and assumed it was going to get better. Too bad. :(
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11cents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 11:18 AM
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41. You heard wrong.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:48 PM
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3. I thought it was brilliant and the voice overs by Colbert inspired.
So how does it feel to still not be one of the cool crowd?
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:48 PM
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4. I thought Clooney's speech was good though. nt
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:49 PM
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5. I thought he was great and he brought it in under 4 hours. He'll be asked
back again.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:49 PM
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6. It's a tough gig...I thought he did fine
The Oscars tend to be boring...he has to stay within a certain set of rules...it was subtle, not hit-ya-over-the-head preachy nonsense,,,
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:50 PM
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9. The system is sucking him in, absorbing & bleeding off his outsider edge
In 5 years, he'll be Larry King.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:57 PM
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12. I agree with you, considering we usually talk about
Stewart everyday in GD, and this academy awards was very political in the subtle way that Stewart does it. Maybe they will reconsider.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:55 PM
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11. meh. I'm glad he doesn't go after Bush at every single opportunity
he has. That would marginilize him, and not get him invited anywhere else.

Not that long term planning, and DUers have ever had anything in common
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:41 AM
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37. What? Are you saying DUers tend to be shortsighted??
NOOOO!!!! IT CAN'T BE!!! :sarcasm:

Of course, that doesn't make us any different from any other group of Americans, or humans for that matter. Most people tend to be shortsighted.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:58 PM
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13. Oh, you wanted a political rally?
I thought it was supposed to be an awards show.

Perhaps you should be trying to get Stewart to host the next Democratic convention if you want hours of Bush-bashing?
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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:01 AM
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17. Not hours of Bush bashing, but maybe more jokes than those against Dems
Stewart skewered the Dems more harshly than Repukes tonight. I wasn't expecting a Michael Moore moment, but it would have been nice to have at least one or two jokes about the Dubai ports deal or Katrina. Bush is on the ropes and any joke touching upon those two issues would only further cement his incompetence in the eyes of Oscar viewers.

JB
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:21 AM
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28. I don't buy that at all.......
.....any Bush jokes would simply be labeled as Hollywood liberals spouting off.

Besides, I don't really think anyone watching the Oscars is using it as a barometer to figure out if Bush is an asshole.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:34 PM
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47. I was expecting a 30-minute explanation of MIHOP. n/t
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 11:58 PM
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14. Yes, he didn't scream
"Bush is this generation's Hitler" so he definitely SUCKS. I'm never watching the Daily Show again.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:00 AM
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15. I agree.
Jon Stewart is a talented, funny man...but he just looked very uncomfortable tonight...and it showed.

No, he won't be back next year.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:01 AM
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16. I thought he did a good job.
The show moved quickly and there was a laid-back style to the show, which I liked. People, it seemed, weren't taking themselves too seriously this year.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:01 AM
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18. What did you all really expect?
He did a class job. The Oscar's is not TDS. Give the guy a break. He did great.
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Punkingal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:02 AM
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19. Agreed.
He didn't seem comfortable.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:02 AM
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20. You don't think they give these hosts an open mike for the night
He stuck to the script and that's all that counts for the academy.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:04 AM
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21. His pre-recorded satire segments were hilarious, but his stand-up sucked.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:35 PM
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48. His stand-up has always sucked. n/t
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:09 AM
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22. There was the joke about pulling down the giant Oscar statue
He wondered if they pulled down the statue if there would be democracy in Hollywood tomorrow. (in reference to pulling down the statue of Saddam)
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:11 AM
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23. I thought he was very funny...
Same dry humor as on TDS. SHow was more streamlined than usual it seemed to me. I enjoyed it!
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:13 AM
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24. Whaaaaaaaaaaa????
don't pick on Jon.

We eat our own hero's too! Gawd!
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:17 AM
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25. It's a tough gig. I think he did fine, considering.
it's an awards show, afterall.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:18 AM
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26. well,...
It's not as if he was on stage that much. although he did get tit moving. on principle, i do not watch the oscars. i only watched for jon.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:21 AM
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27. I thought he was composed and relaxed and great! Funny and he
should have gotten bigger laughs methinks. I think he did a fine job and should totally be asked back. LOVED the self-deprecating opening montage...!
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:23 AM
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29. Why is that his job? He does that 5 nights a week......
Besides, I'm sick of Bush jokes. He's not funny anymore. Just a goddamn disgrace who needs to be removed yesterday.
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hopeisaplace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:42 AM
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30. You know what: The * regime is so blatantly wrong on EVERYTHING
Edited on Mon Mar-06-06 12:43 AM by hopeisaplace
and most common, clear thinking, rational people around the world
know this, so "laying it out" in an extravagant way at the Academy Awards
would be pathetically "obvious". I thought he did a great job. I watched the
entire awards show mainly because of Jon. His Cheney/Bjork joke had me laugh
hysterically out loud though - soooo funny. :)



edit: typo
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pookieblue Donating Member (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:46 AM
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31. well to tell the truth
the oscars are always boring to me. the only highlight was Jon.

and George.

the only reasons why I watched.
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:44 AM
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38. I agree, the only reasons I watched too.
And I was not at all disappointed, Jon did good.
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liveoaktx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:47 AM
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32. I agree.. he was okay but I liked Steve Martin or Billy Crystal better
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:51 AM
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33. I thought he did and excellent job.
I thought tonight was a night for film not politics. I think
all said politics can take a night off.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 01:40 AM
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34. I don't know what more
he could have done.

His digs at cultural conservatives were there but were subtle. The give and take between him and Clooney was great in that way - first he teased Hollywood about being a modern day orgiastic Soddom and Gomorrah giving Clooney the perfect opening to take his own direct hit. Him and Clooney also did a hilarious skit with them in bed and then Stewart introduced all those old cowboy movies.

I don't know how anyone could be confused by Stewart's politics. IMO, this was a very clever Academy Awards that clearly shot back at fanatical religious fundamentalist conservatives.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:38 AM
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35. I agree
It was subtle...if you were looking for it, it was there. If you were just trying to check out the people and waiting to see how "angry" the liberals were in Hoolywierd, you got nuttin'. Even Clooney's statement zinged without giving the Repugs ammo for Monday morning.

So they'll just spin that Jon "blew it" and that (insert hardee-har-har here) that girly-man film didn't win...

Jon and George were great considering the gig.
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:57 AM
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39. I thought the joke about how decadent hollywood is was going
to end up with a punch like like "and that's just at Jack Nicolson's place. The rest of hollywood is another matter." but the joke just petered out. (not that Jon Stewart needs me to tell him how to write a joke)
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 09:40 AM
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36. I mean what about his swipe at Democracy
when he said if we knock the academy statue down will we bring
democracy to hollywood. He had a lot of subtle innuendos.
Hey, if you needed more watch the Daily show. He was clever
without get lambasted.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 11:12 AM
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40. Good god, how much do you expect from people???
:eyes:

He is stuck in a job where he gets to throw out one-liners with no continuity allowed, and because of all these constraints put on him (or whoever does it) you blame him?

What a bunch of shit.

The host IS disconnected from the show - and that is the show's fault, not the host's.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 11:20 AM
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42. Did we watch the same show....LOL
I thought he was brilliant, especially working the toughest room EVER in his career. Not only the thoroughbreds of Hollywood, but seat fillers too!
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:10 PM
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43. I disagree
He was witty and charming. The best joke of the night was the one about the Baldwin brothers, which a lot people seemed to miss.
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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:25 PM
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44. Maybe they should call him Yawn Stewart!
:evilgrin: :hide:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:26 PM
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45. I thought the "going negative" ads were funny but they seemed to sail
over people's heads.

Sounded like Stephen Colbert doing the voice overs which was a plus. :thumbsup:

I thought he did just fine.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:30 PM
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46. Jon will definitely be asked back-
if you were expecting 'Daily Show'-type swipes/jokes about politics & this administration- you were expecting way too much...that's not what the show, nor the hosting gig, is about.
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