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"The Daily Show" covers gay marriage, as only they can.Gay marriages started in California yesterday (in case you haven't heard), and like with all major news stories, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show had the final, and funniest, word. Jon starts out talking about the first marriage being performed "and yet, the state of California ... continues ... to ... exist". He then follows it up with the kicker, "BTW, if gay people are getting married in California, why is God taking it out on people in the Midwest?" He cracks wise about the historic implications, and makes a hilarious joke (which only he and Fran Drescher could get away with) about Jewish mothers, and then moves on to George Takei and his glistening abs (you'll have to watch the above clip to understand).
The second clip is the usual Daily Show shenanigans, with correspondents John Oliver and Jason Jones (both of whom I have serious crushes on) milking the situation for all it's worth, which includes John's soon to be oft-repeated line "I want to be sodomized by your constitution". You can see the second clip after the break, and kudos to The Daily Show for once again cutting through the B.S. of homophobia and finding the humour in its stupidity. Submitted by on Wed, 2008-06-18 11:22. |
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He's awesome
John Stewart is freaking awesome!! No one better to put those wingnuts in their places as far as comedy goes.
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Marriage Skit Not Very Funny
I didn't find the marriage skit about getting citizenship particularly entertaining since California marriage still does not provide the federally-endowed right to immigration for one's spouse. So it was pretty much making a joke out of yet another basic right our people are denied. See Immigration Equality (http://www.immigrationequality.org) for details. On a strange side note, it should be noted that the Canadian "news reporter" could have gotten the British "news reporter" Canadian citizenship by marrying him in Canada since Canadian marriage equality exists at the Canadian federal level. And the British "reporter" could have gotten the Canadian "reporter" British citizenship by getting hitched with a Civil Partnership in the UK.
Good points
Good points GaySpouseDotCom about the difference between Canadian marriage and California marriage.
However there is one thing that Americans still have over us Canadians. Access to these Daily Show clips. Curse this Comedy Central geolock!
Daily Show
Good points GaySpouseDotCom about the difference between Canadian marriage and California marriage.
However there is one thing that Americans still have over us Canadians. Access to these Daily Show clips. Curse this Comedy Central geolock!
Check out http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/ - you can access lots of clips from The Daily Show and other shows here. Go to Video Library - The Daily Show - Full Episodes - June 17th - Clip 1.
That clip was hilarious - John Oliver is awesome.