Entry #1796

Stuff You Should Know: How to achieve flow and happiness in your work.

Coming soon: Superfast internet.

This is what the 2008 electoral map would look like if the election was decided by [fill in the blank].

Morford: Permagrins for Obama.

Can The Daily Show survive an Obama presidency? I would say yes, but this article makes some very good points to the contrary.

“Beyond the problem of audiences souring on Obama jokes is the question of whether Jon Stewart even wants to make Obama jokes. Of course, The Daily Show has found ways to goof on the Obama campaign, but it's no secret that Stewart and his writing staff lean leftward. And The Daily Show differs from nearly all other popular political satire in that the show's strength is in its writers' outrage and anger at the powers that be.”

Comments

[Derryl Murphy]

There was a point in time when Stewart loudly proclaimed that his job wasn't to make fun of Bushco, it was to make fun of the media and how they covered things. That could keep him going, if he concentrates on that again and does it right.

D