#jon stewart
I’ve been watching a lot of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and I gotta say I’m always fascinated by the initial awkward call, since many guest seem kinda surprised when Jerry calls them, like they made plans a while ago and they weren’t sure it was actually happening. How does it work? Are they given a time frame during which Seinfeld might come pick them up and drive them around in vehicles that will probably put them in danger, forcing them to have a second breakfast? How long do they sit at home, decently dressed and presentable, waiting for the phone to ring? Do they live in fear for three days? A week? A month? A year? We just don’t know
- Jon Stewart’s last episode on The Daily Show
- GOP Debate
- Old Commercial meme
- Straight Outta meme
So everyone’s thinking of Amy Poehler to take over The Daily Show…
And she’d be great, no argument from me. But let me make the case for Marc Maron.
Both Poehler and Maron are wickedly funny. Both have experience with comedy news – Poehler with SNL’s Weekend Update, Maron with the Air America morning show Morning Sedition.
But here’s Maron’s edge: since Morning Sedition ended, he’s been the host of the successful WTF With Marc Maron podcast, where he’s shown himself to be a tremendous interviewer. His existential shaggy dog stories, laid back attitude, and deeply personal style of humor would mean a real gear shift for the show, but I think his interviewing skills would more than balance that out.
Anyways, it’s a thought. It probably won’t happen – and neither will Poehler – but it’d be nice to see.
Just playing “what if?”
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“Great Egret of the Internet!” (Phil LaMarr Instagram Fan Art Contest Entry, Top Three Winner) by Justin Bellman
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Film Hype #269.
Rosewater follows the Tehran-born Maziar Bahari, a journalist with Canadian citizenship. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who was the challenger to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Mousavi’s supporters protested Ahmadinejad’s victory declaration hours before the polls closed, Bahari endured personal risk by sending footage of the street riots to the BBC.
Bahari was arrested by police, led by a man identifying himself as “Rosewater,” who tortured and interrogated him over the next 118 days. With Bahari’s wife leading an international campaign to have her husband freed, and media outlets keeping the story alive, Iranian authorities released Bahari on bail and the promise he would act as a spy for the government.
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It just means that they don’t want antisemitism to follow them every time someone hears their name. You can change your name from something obviously Jewish to something not and still identify as wholly Jewish.
And it’s certainly not the place of gentiles to criticize Jews for making the hard choices goyim don’t have to.
