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The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Going HD in 2010

Dan Nosowitz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:40:00 EST

Comedy Central's two-pronged comedic attack on news is finally going HD (1080i, actually) on January 4th. Apparently continually filmed daily shows like these two take longer to upgrade the control room, which is why it took so long—but get ready for some HD satire early next year. [Engadget]

The App Store Is Just Like the Civil Rights Movement, and Other Lessons We Can Learn From iFart

John Herrman — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:50:00 EDT

The Daily Show tells the harrowing tale of iFart vs Pull My Finger, showing us the faces behind the farts. It's predictable stuff until about 3:00, when Pull My Finger guy compares himself to Jackie Robinson. Then, it's pure art.

I can't tell what's worse: the sleazy app developers' blithe comparison of one of history's great civil rights heroes to a stupid novelty app, or his apparent pride in leading the way in the transformation of the App Store from a great resource into a gurgling software cesspool. I mean, the first one, obviously, but I'm a little peeved that the Daily Show has managed to sum up the App Store better than a thousand app roundups ever could. [via AllThingsD]

What Does Your Cryptic Kindle Allusion Mean, Colbert?

John Mahoney — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST

We've heard Jon Stewart's feelings. And now this, right before the Report started last night. And no, he's not talking about shipping delays, nerds. But what he is talking about I have no idea. [Colbert]

Jon Stewart Is Totally Not Buying The Kindle 2

John Mahoney — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:54:18 EST

Jeff Bezos brought a Kindle 2 to the Daily Show last night, where Mr. Stewart lobbed some pretty hefty criticism at it. And all Bezos could do was laugh like a gassed hyena.

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And I must say I'm with Jon here. E-book readers still have a long way to go before I see them providing any benefit at all over old-fasioned glue and paper, which as Stewart puts it are "comfortably low tech." I want my shelves of books too.

Other great moments include Bezos admitting the Kindle reading voice is a "little freaky," Stewart dissing Amazon Prime, Bezos pushing the benefits of being able to read comfortably "with one hand" and Stewart feigning shock at the $359 price tag, which he was obviously well aware of: "Whoa, now that's a lot. Is that gonna come down? That's gotta come down."

Hey Jon, if you want to review gadgets for Gizmodo any time, let us know. I'm with you here buddy. Oh, and if any of you want to see the above video edited down to only contain Bezos's forced cackling, hit up Valleywag (and get ready for nightmares). [Daily Show, Valleywag]

The Daily Show and Colbert Report Return Jan. 7, Sans Striking Writers

matt buchanan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:00:20 EST

Like late-night white knights, Jon Stewart and Colbert are returning to save us from rerun/reality TV/web purgatory on Jan. 7—the news has been the exact same for weeks, right? But they won't have an army of writers to make sure every word out of their mouth kills, so we'll see just how much funny naturally spills out of their brains. I have faith, do you? [TechCrunch]

Brian Lam on The Daily Show

Charlie White — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:59:59 EDT

Don't miss our own Brian Lam, Editor of Gizmodo, appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. The segment originally aired Thursday night (6/28/07) at 11 p.m. Eastern, 10 Central, and 8 p.m. Pacific. If you missed Brian's hilarious segment talking about the iPhone (it starts about 15:00 into the show), the show will be repeated at the following times: 1 a.m. Eastern/10 p.m.Pacific; 10 a.m. Eastern/7 a.m. Pacific; 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific and 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. Or, come back here and we'll have the video posted soon.

The Internet Is Not A Big Truck: Featuring John Hodgman

Jason Chen — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:00:55 EDT

This Daily Show clip kicks the point through with a double-foot-to-face-stomp-of-fury that the internet is not a big truck. The clip stars our favorite Apple PC vs. Mac commercial actor and Daily Show "resident expert", John Hodgman, and tells us in G.E.D. terms what Net Neutrality really is. The best part? The throwout to the Apple ads, and the huge audience reaction afterwards. – Jason Chen

Once More For The Road: The Daily Show Reminds Us "The Internet...It's Not A Big Truck" [Jalopnik]