must see TV replaying at 8:00 tonight on Comedy Central
Stewart Turns CNBC Into A Pile of Steaming Goo
by Edgewater Joe
Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 08:45:50 PM PST
You see THE DAILY SHOW tonight?
Oh, man, you HAD to see THE DAILY SHOW tonight, above all nights.
If the Emmys gave an award for balls, truth, and hilarity, they'll retire the award after tonight.
If you hadn't heard, CNBC blowhard Rick Santelli was supposed to be Stewart's guest - but was pulled, apparently at the behest of his bosses.
Bad decision. Really bad decision. REALLY bad decision.
* Because that is where Jon Stewart and his writers drew their knives, measured up CNBC, and proceeded in a series of bits through the entire show to expose CNBC as the empty, dumbassed shills for corporate power and Wall Street that we all knew they were.
From showing report after report about rosy scenarios at Bear Stearns and AIG to the absurdity of using the Dow Jones as a reliable barometer of what the Obama Presidency was all about, to a simple but devastating slam of Ponzi schemer Alan Stafford, THE DAILY SHOW was in rare, angry, truth-telling form.
If you didn't see it, you MUST. And when it goes viral, show it to your friends. It'll be cathartic and it will be funny, and once again Jon Stewart proves why he is not only one of the funniest men on the planet, but has more journalistic cajones than pretty much all of cable newsdom.