The Daily Show: March 10, 2008
by Annie Wu, posted Mar 11th 2008 8:21AM
As if to tease the fangirls, Jon briefly talked about his salt-and-pepper hair situation, the mention of which was probably prompted by a pre-show audience question. Yes, Jon, girls are dirty. Actually, now that I think about it... I spent most of Monday morning perusing the new ColbertPics.com site (note: they're calling for fans to upload their Stephen Colbert photos to help replace the former ultimate online collection of Colbert images, WonkyEar.com, RIP) on the hunt for a decent high-res photo of Colbert's greying temples. Don't ask why; just pretend it was for artistic research. I had neglected to mention my giddiness in seeing them in person in my Colbert Report taping report from February, but, man, that silver in sweet in person.I may have said too much. Let's move on to a classier topic... like prostitutes.
Unless you have somehow managed to avoid any and all kinds of media in the last 24 hours, you're probably sick of hearing about Eliot Spitzer's sex scandal thing. Something about prostitutes and shaming his family? Situations involving prostitution, wiretapping and fairly prominent political figures tend to linger in the news, so coverage will be saved for Tuesday night. I'm looking forward to more "Spitzer [Spits Or] Swallows" jokes.
"Indecision 2008": Coverage moved on to the Wyoming Democratic Caucuses. Go, graphics department, go! On a break from my Colbert picture-hunting, I watched some clips from a couple of 2003 Daily Show episodes and it was incredible to see how far the graphics have come. Right on, design and technology, right on. Samantha Bee, the lone correspondent in the Election Center, attempted to explain the significance of Wyoming in the bigger picture. Are they going to mention Bee's pregnancy every single time she's on the show? Because it seems like that's been the case so far.
Then, Rob Riggle filed a report about the Marine Corps' new recruiting office in Berkeley and the controversy surrounding it. This piece wasn't exactly hysterical (save for Riggle busting through a wall), but I thought it was really well done and made an interesting point. I'm well-aware of how people who aren't Daily Show fans often perceive the show, and I'm sure the presence of a segment such as this, making fun of the anti-war protesters, may come as a surprise. By the end of this piece, my irritation towards the grating cries of the Code Pink ladies had grown ten-fold. If I ever see them in person, I may join the Marines purely out of spite. It's like how I'm struck with the need to put on leather pants and down a couple of steaks whenever I read about PETA.
The night's guest was Lt. General William Caldwell, talking about the Army's new field manual. Caldwell seemed like he already had his points planned, because any jokes that Jon threw in there seemed to catch him really off-guard. I suppose the interview was sort of interesting, but I was mainly distracted by the awkwardness of it.
Moment of Zen: Hillary Clinton reminisces about sliming fish.

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