On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:35, Jean Nathan wrote:
One of my favourite TV programmes is the "Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. We get it on digital TV the day after it's broadcast in the US. I like any satirical political show. We have some really good ones in the UK.
I don't watch the Daily Show -- don't watch any TV anymore -- at least in part because it's aired late in the day (while I'm on the 'puter) and half of it is commercials (advertisments). But, whenever I visit my son, he has a treat for me: several weeks worth of it, stripped of all the ads, so that each segment is no more than 20 minutes or so. He himself can't always watch what he wants when it's being shown and, like me, he has little patience with the ads. So he's invested in one of those gizmos (TiVo?), which both record a programme and clean it up at the same time.
I, too, like satirical political shows; suprisingly, there were quite a few of them in our old, commie Poland, and I got addicted. Still miss Mark Russel, which used to come, 20 yrs ago, on PBS (no ads <g>); I think that's when Danek (my son) got his addiction; we (DH and I) had to explain some of the references to begin with but then he started reading/watching the news and could enjoy the show without our help.
If you like Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show", you might also like Steve Colbert's "Colbert Report". Colbert is much more restrained in his demeanor and less obvious than Stewart about his political leanings (to the extent that he had once been quoted as a *conservative*, to the amusement of all the bloggers. Also, his seeming conservatism might have ben what got him the invite to the White House Press dinner), but he slams just as hard. Danek records all Colbert's shows also, and we must have spent close to 10 hours watching both, during my last trip to CA. Bliss :)
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