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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It’s kind of comforting that enough
people get the joke of the right-wing news personality to sustain a television
show based solely around that premise. I hope it’s a sign
that these obnoxious newscasters, to use their phrase, are out of touch with
the mainstream. I agree Colbert’s parody is very entertaining and
well-crafted, I think it offers a lot more than the Daily Show does.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
lbo-talk-bounces@lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces@lbo-talk.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>frank scott<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 08, 2005
4:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [lbo-talk] Re:stewart and
colbert</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"I'm a regular watcher of the Daily Show and I usually watch a few <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>minutes of the Colbert Report..."( chuckO )<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></blockquote>
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suggestion: if you can only watch one, try colbert...<br>
<br>
no puff interviews, at all...in fact, his interviews are always pointedly funny,
even when the guest is selling a book or film...and he rarely - if ever - sinks
to getting laughs about matters of pain-violence-death-hypocrisy
committed by others and not us ...<br>
<br>
of course, he supports all our wars and excesses and generally scores,
heavily, by acting like a fox personality on acid and never breaking
character...<br>
<br>
stewart is good and the writing and supporting cast on the show is often
inspired, but i find colbert's wit, performance and the writing a cut above...<br>
<br>
he should be on before the daily show...<br>
<br>
comments?<br>
<br>
fs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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