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Cheers: Daily Requirements

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Jon Stewart courtesy Comedy Central
Cheers to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for proving The Daily Show and The Colbert Report must go on. The Comedy Central cutups returned without their writers and mined rich laughs from the strike (Stewart's "solidarity unibrow" and reference to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers as "NAMBLA") as well as the presidential campaign (Colbert's suggestion he should run as Mike Huckabee's vice-presidential candidate on the "Huckleberry" ticket). Sure, some of the jokes could've used (re)writers: Stewart's facetious likening of the strike to the AIDS crisis and 9/11 fell flat. But I'm voting with my remote — Stewart/Colbert in '08!

For another take on the returns of Stewart and Colbert, read the Roush Dispatch.

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Posted by Bruce Fretts
Jan 8, 2008 7:54 AM
Wouldn't be it be nice if there could be a Stewart/Colbert ticket? I have to say I enjoyed The Daily Show alot more than The Colbert Report. From the five minute applause to the overuse of clips of the last written show in November, Stephen Colbert was obviously not made to be "Stephen Colbert" without his writers. Jon, I thought, was funny and insightful and found ways to fill up his time without being too awkward or like he was just trying to fill up time. But still, I am just glad both of them are back. They were missed.
Posted by abbeyroad21
Jan 8, 2008 9:08 AM
As much as I prefer watching Stewart & Colbert over my local news, I'm going to refrain from watching them again until they get their writers back. I sympathize with the need to get the crews back to work, but fair is fair. Both returns relied heavily on clips from previous episodes, which were... written. So did the writers get any compensation for the re-use of their work? (I didn't notice whether there were any "written by" names in the end credits.)
Another thing I'm curious about: why is only SAG apparently refusing to cross the WGA picket lines? What about the directors' union, editors' union, crew unions (teamsters?), etc.? I'm assuming that just about everyone behind the scenes is a member of at least one union. Of course, how is anyone going to come up with a formula to re-compensate those people for "new media" use of their hard work (even though there'd be nothing to put on the "new media" without them)?
Posted by t75jjs1
Jan 8, 2008 12:43 PM
SAG won't cross the lines because their own contract is up later this year...
Posted by sfAMCfan46
Jan 8, 2008 7:18 PM
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