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'Daily Show' Hot on the Trail of AWOL Wisconsin Lawmakers
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWhere are the "Wisconsin 14"? "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver tried to track down the missing Democratic state senators who are frustrating Gov. Scott Walker's bid to curtail the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. Monday on the Comedy Central program, the trail led faux reporter Oliver to the "notorious, lawless region" of Illinois, where he was forced to go through a series of checkpoints -- fast food drive-throughs on a tacky commercial strip -- in the "Rockford Province" before finding former Illinois governor (and "notorious former warlord") Rod ...
The Dugout Roast of Ozzie Guillen
By Brandon Stroud - AOL NewsOn January 21st, The Score will be holding a celebrity roast of Ozzie Guillen. The event was going to be held by The Donruss, but something fell through. It will be a night you won't forget as Ozzie's closest friends, frenemies, enefriends and friendenenemies gather to raise their glasses and insult Ozzie for a couple of hours because I guess that is something fun and funny to do. Warning: Tonight's Dugout is not funny. You can't take a roast concept and make it funny. It used to be funny, when Dean Martin and those guys who were actually close friends would get together and get drunk and ...
Thousands Crowd National Mall for 'Sanity' Rally
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Thousands answered the call of comics Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday, thronging the National Mall for an uber-hyped rally to "Restore Sanity and/or Fear." ...
The Stewart-Colbert Saturday Rally: Can Theater of the Acerbic Stop the In(s)anity?
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyAll the Mall's a stage, and all the men and women merely players, except, of course, Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert, Comedy Central's superstars who will headline their hyped-to-the-heavens "Rally to Restore Sanity/Keep Fear Alive" Saturday circus on the National Mall. There is nothing "merely" about either of these guys or their extravaganza. Three days before the midterm elections -- marked by some seriously nasty political ads and jibes -- and three months after FoxNews conservative talk-meister Glenn Beck drew many thousands to his "Restoring Honor" convergence at the Lincoln Memorial ...
Should News Outlets Ban Staff From Stewart-Colbert Rally?
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Oct. 27) -- Alert the media. Journalists have opinions, too. Whether or not they're allowed to express them has sparked the newest round of hand-wringing among members of the Fourth Estate about whither goest the future of reporting. The catalyst? Saturday's left-leaning satirical rally by Comedy Central's faux journalists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Charles Sykes, AP Saturday's planned rally by Comedy Central hosts Stephen Colbert, left, and Jon Stewart, shown Oct. 2 at the network's "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit, has sparked an ethical debate about the conduct of members of the ...
Larry King Gives a Porta-Potty to Jon Stewart for Mall Rally
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Oct. 21) -- Larry King has gifted a portable toilet to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart for his upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity on the National Mall in Washington. Stewart received the unusual gift on CNN's "Larry King Live" Wednesday night, after King noted that there had been some question about whether the organizers of the Oct. 30 Comedy Central event -- meant to poke fun at conservative pundit Glenn Beck's recent Rally to Restore Honor -- would be able to obtain enough portable toilets for its anticipated thousands of participants. Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that ...
Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' to Be Broadcast Live, Streamed Live
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 13) -- First the nation watched live as honor was restored. Soon, it will have the opportunity to see the same done to sanity. As with the Glenn Beck rally before, millions of Americans who cannot physically travel to Washington, D.C., will watch rallies hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in our nation's capital on their television and computer screens. On Tuesday, Stewart announced to viewers of "The Daily Show" that the show's website would host a live feed of the event, and that Comedy Central would also broadcast portions of the two rallies. "Comedy Central is willing to ...
Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' Is Coming to a Town Near You
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Oct. 12) -- They're not mad as hell, and they plan to politely let you know about it at even-tempered gatherings across the country. As the official date, Oct. 30, for Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" approaches, plans for dozens of independent satellite events are springing up around the nation for people who share the event's aims but won't be able to travel all the way to Washington, D.C., to participate in it there. Jason Kempin, Getty Images Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity," set for Oct. 30, has sparked plans for similar gatherings across the country. Since he first ...
Stewart, Colbert Rallies Looking for a Few Good Porta-Potties
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Oct. 7) -- The Marine Corps Marathon has a lock on the portable toilets on the National Mall. Literally. Organizers of the 26.2-mile event have made it clear that they won't share their portable facilities with participants from Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rallies. Indeed, the Marines plan to put padlocks on their 800 Porta-Potties later this month, as both marathon runners and political naysayers descend on the Mall over Halloween weekend. "We've paid for 'em. They're already there for our race, our event. We've taken care of our event, and our event is very separate ...
Jon Stewart Goes on 'Oprah' as Rally Picks Up Steam
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Sept. 21) -- A little more than a month before his "Rally to Restore Sanity" will be held in Washington, D.C., Jon Stewart appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to promote a new book and poke more fun at Glenn Beck. Stewart's latest interview with Winfrey was officially set up to hawk copies of "Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race," the comedian's new book, but when Oprah flashed a picture of Beck and asked for Stewart's instant reaction, "The Daily Show" host couldn't help but chide the man whose "Restoring Honor" march provided much of the inspiration for his own upcoming rally. ...
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