Lately, I have been spending my boring sleepless summer evenings watching old clips from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Now, I used to watch The Daily Show with my dad during the summer back in the day when my mom still allowed political satire in her house, however I didn't watch it religiously. Even though I remember key moments such as Jon's first day back after 9/11 and the Evan Stephvan segments, I still missed a lot. In my digging, I have found a wealth of classic clips that I felt like sharing with others, if just to make someone laugh. Thus, here is the first installment of Classic Moments in The Daily Show/The Colbert Report History! (Say that in the voice of Jon or Colbert, that's how my mind wrote it.)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Prince Charles Scandal
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Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Drink Responsibly
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Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Jon's Napoleonic Complex
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Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day

Because both are just too awesome for words. Randomly generated words.

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Sarah Palin Will Be Missed
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Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Mark Sanford

Backstory: Once a week (sometimes more), before the Moment of Zen at the end of that night's The Daily Show, Jon will toss it to Stephen Colbert at the Colbert Report. This bit is slightly prerehearsed, in that they test the connection and chat about what they want to say before going live with it. Since I love to see them crack up and Stephen fall out of character, this was the best toss ever:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Daily/Colbert - Universal Health Care
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Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Joke of the Day

If you haven't, don't worry. It'll be all over the place soon enough!



To quote the article I found it on:

"Watch it. You might cry. You may get up and dance. You may break into instantaneous giggle fits. You may even be slightly horrified. But while you’re watching and tapping your feet, notice the look in the attendees’ eyes. Hear their laughs. Look at the faces of the bride and everyone else involved. Feel what’s happening in that room. That’s what happens when you do something people aren’t expecting. When you don’t allow yourself to get caught up in the pomp and circumstance of it all. When you finally stop taking yourself so seriously. When you embrace the moment, remember what life used to feel like and go for it."

From Grand Teton National Park when I lived there. I miss it.

Last Thursday, Rachel Maddow had her long-time sparring partner, Pat Buchanan, on her show to discuss the SCOTUS confirmation hearings of Judge Sotomayor. Now Pat and Rachel are ideological polar opposites, however both are well-spoken, smart and love a good debate; hence why he ends up on Rachel's show so damn much. Usually he is treated as sort of the "crazy uncle" of MSNBC, the one who gets drunk at Thanksgiving and goes all hate-monger racist even before the pie is served. Well, this time Pat went overboard...so much so that even smooth-tempered, logical, gets-along-with-everyone Rachel came back three days later with a "Yeah, what he said? Not true. Totally not true. Here's loads of proof. Sorry Pat, but you are WRONG."

Here is the original debate that caused all the hubris for context:

Here is tonight's Rachel Re: response that she obviously spent all weekend thinking about:


Ms. Maddow, you done good.

I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my Flickr page to an unlimited Pro account, so I have been uploading stuff from Jackson, Florida, DC, old stuff, new stuff, more stuff, red socks, blue socks, fox in socks..... Ok maybe not those last few. I can only post a few pics on my blog at a time, so if you want to see more, check out my flickr page at: www.flickr.com/jennylp or click on the widget at the bottom of the right column of this page.

These were taken by Nicole McDonald, a member of my pyro crew. More to come!

We have dogs, not kids. And our mother hates us for it.

L to R: Alan (holding Lucy), Kristi, Warren, Kimberly (holding Leo), Tim, Jamie, Kira, Me (holding Wyatt)