The Daily Show: October 4, 2006
by Annie Wu, posted Oct 5th 2006 1:37PM
"Paged Heat": Groans for the "GOP BBQ and nude Cub Scout wrestling" joke. Well, actually, the reaction for all the Mark Foley coverage can probably just be summed up in one massive, disgusted groan. How could Jon have possibly been surprised when the audience got all grossed out from his joke about Foley finger-banging two sophomores from Model UN on the catwalk of the rotunda? Eww.Foley and f(r)iends are scrambling to cover their asses right now, and the best way to cover one's ass is to play the blame game. Foley revealed that he's had a history of sexual abuse... and he likes to hit the bottle... so, it's not his fault that he's sexually attracted to little boys. Right, right. Individual Republicans continued to pass the buck. The "flood of jizz" joke got a lot of groans, as did the bit about Foley masturbating to the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The "Assistant Manager at Applebees" joke got a lot of laughs. The "I Gained Weight; Ask Me How" button? Not so much. Oh well. I liked it.
The media continues to flip out over the scandal. FOX News couldn't handle the truth, so they bent the truth, making Foley a Democrat. Blame Democrats, blame Democrats! That deserved a slow clap, so Jon gave them one.
"America: America's Fastest Growing Nation": Samantha Bee filed a report about the States' huge population. Soon, we will hit a milestone, as the population hits 300 million. I liked how she used Lost to represent America's demography (including the smoke monster and the polar bear that showed up for some reason).
The night's guest was Ian Bremmer, author of The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall. Fairly solid interview. Bremmer was pretty on the ball and quick to respond to Jon's jokes for the most part. "Seat of Heat": Jon made Bremmer pitch the movie version of his book... Bremmer actually had an extended response to it! Wow. And you know the sad part? I'm sure it would kill in the box office.
Jon/Stephen: Coming up on The Colbert Report... JD Salinger! Moment of Zen: Woodrow Wilson's VP is going to give the page boys big Christmas Dinners.
