O’Reilly: Daily Show Viewers Are Drunken, Stoned Slackers

[the-dude]

HEY, I RESEMBLE THAT!!!

Here is a transcript of John Stewart on Oreilly.

Look for the story on this page (http://www.newshounds.us/2004/09/20/) (9th story down)

[jps]

O’Reilly: Daily Show Viewers Are Drunken, Stoned Slackers

Has Stewart responded yet? O'Reilly is a tool.

[tobedawg]

It's called COMEDY and SATIRE O'Reilly..

It's fake news kinda like "Inside Edition" was.

[Necromancer]

This just in:

Man who runs news comment show feels threatened by comedy show. Developing...

[slow-dog]

Jon Stewart was there, so I don't think he's going to respond after the fact. I read the transcript, and *surprise* Jon Stewart is funnier than Bill O'Reilly. Well, actually, O'Reilly didn't come off funny at all, but that's not that much of a surprise.

[motorcitysonics]

I think O'Reilly was just joking around and having fun with Stewat just like Stewart does with him. I wouldn't overreact to it.

[slow-dog]

Originally posted by motorcitysonics
I think O'Reilly was just joking around and having fun with Stewat just like Stewart does with him. I wouldn't overreact to it.

Actually, that's what I meant to say with my post. O'Reilly was *trying* to be funny. Maybe he succeeded better in real-life than on the transcript.

[the-dude]

Originally posted by slow-dog


Actually, that's what I meant to say with my post. O'Reilly was *trying* to be funny. Maybe he succeeded better in real-life than on the transcript.
Yeah. I wish I would have seen it, i have a feeling it was funnier than it reads. I didnt start this as a bash oreilly thread, I just thought a lot of us would want to read it.

[purdueman_in]

That was most excellent!!! Thank you!

[Buzzstein]

that was funny

[groovcat]

Thanks for posting that - I wish I knew about it when it was on!

It always angry's my blood a bit when people make a generalization about the Daily Show such as "only stoners" watch it.
Yes, I get a lot of my news from Jon Stewert, but NO, I do not smoke pot and am rarely drunk on a weeknight, and if I was I would not be sitting at home in front of the TV.

Jon has to budge a little on his self and show deprication. He has big name politicians on - the last couple of months they out weigh the entertainment guests. I don't really watch any of the other "news" channels, so many of these politicians I only know of through his show, and on his show they are talking about current pertinant issues and Jon many times asks the questions I would ask if given the chance. Reporters on the other news shows are either not asking the questions because they're not allowed to, or can't get away with it because of their target deomgraphic.

Given written words are harder to feel then watching the interview, but to me O'Reilly sounded jealous and a little worried.

[brainslosh]

Originally posted by motorcitysonics
I think O'Reilly was just joking around and having fun with Stewat just like Stewart does with him. I wouldn't overreact to it.

I prefer the grumpy, unintentionally funny O'Reilly.

[Johnnylama]

O'Reilly's show cracks me up. You know, the part where he pretends not to be biased? HAHAHA!!! They call Fox News a NEWS channel! HAHAHAHAHA!!! That kills me. :)

[the-dude]

The reason Stewart IMO is self deprecating is that it allows him to do whatever he wants on the show. The second he admits that it is a NEWS program, then he will start coming under fire.

Thats just my take on it.

[groovcat]

Originally posted by the-dude
The reason Stewart IMO is self deprecating is that it allows him to do whatever he wants on the show. The second he admits that it is a NEWS program, then he will start coming under fire.

Thats just my take on it.

That's it.
Then he doesn't have to feel the responsibility he pretty much already has.

[akip]

o'reilly viewers are lazy, uninformed cement-heads.

[postfeminist]

i've been known to tune in to o'reilly...

know your enemies.

i love jon & the daily show. i got the book this weekend. it rules!

[akip]

Originally posted by akip
o'reilly viewers are lazy, uninformed cement-heads.

Originally posted by postfeminist
i've been known to tune in to o'reilly...


present company excepted.

[DogStarMan]

O’REILLY: “It’s true. I mean, you’ve got stoned slackers watchin’ your dopey show every night, OK.”

STEWART: “Yeah.”

O’REILLY: “And they can vote and you can’t stop them.”

STEWART: “Yeah. I just don’t know how motivated they would be, these ‘stoned slackers’.”

O’REILLY: “It just depends if they have to go out that day.”

STEWART: “What am I, a Cheech and Chong movie - ‘Stoned Slackers’?”

O’REILLY: “Come on. You did do your research. You know the research on your program.”

STEWART: “No, we don’t.”

O’REILLY: “87% are intoxicated when they watch it.”

STEWART: “Oh, (inaudible) don’t say.”

O’REILLY: “You didn’t see that?”

STEWART: “No. I didn’t realize that.”

O’REILLY: “We have that there.”

STEWART: “We come on right after, I believe, puppets that make crank calls.”

O’REILLY: “Yeah.”

STEWART: “We are, I think, the appropriate follow up.”



Hillarious!

[matt]

Originally posted by postfeminist
i've been known to tune in to o'reilly...

know your enemies.
I'm with you there. When I'm not particularly feeling the need to listen to music on the way home from work, I will sometimes turn on Hannity's show on 550AM. I usually just get disgusted with him and turn off the radio and roll down the windows. I sometimes try to stomach Limbaugh during lunch, but listening to him just angers me.


His 2004 commencement address at the College of William and Mary (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/147/story_14743_1.html) is worth a read.

[Duemellon]

Originally posted by DogStarMan
Hillarious! that's what O'Reilly gets for tryin to get him riled up.

he just doesn't appear to care... or buy into it... however u wanna look at it.

[groovcat]

Originally posted by postfeminist

i love jon & the daily show. i got the book this weekend. it rules!

How is the book? Do their "quips" transfer to the written word well?

[the-dude]

Originally posted by matt

His 2004 commencement address at the College of William and Mary (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/147/story_14743_1.html) is worth a read.
Thanks for posting this! My bro is gonna love the part about the Psi U guys making bongs, as he used to be the Prez of the Miami Chapter!

[the-dude]

Comedy Central's Comeback (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040927/ap_en_tv/tv_stewart_o_reilly_2) :)

"Whether it's the slacker or no-slacker zone, O'Reilly is entering it Oct. 7, when he's scheduled to appear on "The Daily Show."

[Marlowe]

Originally posted by groovcat
Thanks for posting that - I wish I knew about it when it was on!

It always angry's my blood a bit when people make a generalization about the Daily Show such as "only stoners" watch it.
Yes, I get a lot of my news from Jon Stewert, but NO, I do not smoke pot and am rarely drunk on a weeknight, and if I was I would not be sitting at home in front of the TV.

Jon has to budge a little on his self and show deprication. He has big name politicians on - the last couple of months they out weigh the entertainment guests. I don't really watch any of the other "news" channels, so many of these politicians I only know of through his show, and on his show they are talking about current pertinant issues and Jon many times asks the questions I would ask if given the chance. Reporters on the other news shows are either not asking the questions because they're not allowed to, or can't get away with it because of their target deomgraphic.

Given written words are harder to feel then watching the interview, but to me O'Reilly sounded jealous and a little worried.
Well I'm frequently stoned (okay, about twice a year) and almost never watch the Daily Show, so somehow I eluded their demographic targeting too.

I happened to catch this as I was surfing, and O'Reilly was being tongue-in-cheek. Stewart bristled a bit during that part, whereas he probably should've played along and been self-deprecating. But it wasn't a hostile interview by any means.

Getting John Kerry to appear on his show lends the Daily Show and Stewart some sense of legitimacy. The Daily Show is probably feeling in a bit of a pinch -- they want "gets" like Kerry but they don't want to stray too far from their knitting, which is their irreverance. Stewart's interview of Kerry was pretty flat and unfunny (on both ends), which to me says they should concentrate more on the laughs rather than the Blossom-esque 'very special episodes'.

[jps]

Interesting retort from comedy central. Some very similar things were found out regarding howard sterns show as well. Though the humor and guests and the wack pack of freaks is what people see of the show, the vast majority of its listeners are college educated, and make decent money. Many of them are also (according to research) choosing to vote for the first time in their lives, or at least in a long time this election cycle. For anyone not familiar, Stern rallied voters in new york in support of george pataki, and christine whitman in new jersey. Both are republicans, but stern is outspoken regarding his distaste for GW Bush.

[tobedawg]

Whether it's the slacker or no-slacker zone, O'Reilly is entering it Oct. 7, when he's scheduled to appear on "The Daily Show."

Awesome!! O'Liely on the Daily Show October 7th!! I am SOOOO there!!

[Johnnylama]

Survey reveals late-night TV viewers better informed (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/comedy.politics/index.html)

"...In a recent survey, viewers of Stewart's "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central tested better than Letterman and Leno viewers on a six-question politics quiz. ..."



:D

[the-dude]

Originally posted by Johnnylama
Survey reveals late-night TV viewers better informed (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/comedy.politics/index.html)

This is the more shocking quote:
"Daily Show viewers know more about election issues than people who regularly read newspapers or watch television news, according to the National Annenberg Election Survey. "
"Just 42 percent of those who read a newspaper four days a week aced the test. Only 40 percent of those who watch network news four days a week got every answer right." compared to 60 percent for Daily show viewers!

I believe this is accurate. Those questions were cake.

[Johnnylama]

How come so many newspaper readers missed them? That's what scares me.

[the-dude]

Here is a Similar Article (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040929/ap_on_el_pr/uninformed_americans) minus the late night takshow hosts.

"Importing drugs from Canada? That's a Kerry issue, but nearly half either didn't know or thought Bush also supported changing federal law to allow for drug imports from Canada.

Making abortions more difficult to obtain? Nearly one-third of those surveyed didn't know Bush alone supports more restrictions on abortion.

Eliminating the tax on estates? Two-thirds didn't know that's a Bush proposal."

[jps]

no matter who wins... we need 4 more years of the daily show with john stewart.

[the-dude]

did anyone see the daily show post-debate coverage. I like how stewart didnt let guliani get away with misrepresenting what kerry said in the speach.

Brokaw and Russert interviewed Guliani just minutes before on NBC and rudi said the exact same thing, but they just let it slide. I lost a ton of respect for ol Rudi last night. And no, its not because i disagree with him, ive always known that, its because he insulted the inteligence of anyone who watched the debate. By comparison, Wes Clark did the typical partisan spin, which is what I expected to hear out of Rudi. Instead we got a blatant misrepresentation of what mr kerry had said just minutes before, in an obvious attemt to keep the "flip flopping" image intact.

[Johnnylama]

Yeah, that's one thing I wish Kerry would have blasted harder last night- the flip-flop myth. It's total BS. Whenever I hear that out of anyone I know I'm just getting the party line.

True- Stewart will call people out on dumb comments like that. Right on!

[groovcat]

Originally posted by the-dude
did anyone see the daily show post-debate coverage. I like how stewart didnt let guliani get away with misrepresenting what kerry said in the speach... I lost a ton of respect for ol Rudi last night. And no, its not because i disagree with him, ive always known that, its because he insulted the inteligence of anyone who watched the debate

Agreed. Rudi should've known who he was talking to and how smart his audience was.

[postfeminist]

mr. postfem mentioned the guiliani thing too...jackass.

i'm stoked for 10/7 when bill o'reilly's on daily show.. rad!

America the book is awesome. :) i love it.

[the-dude]

Originally posted by tobedawg

Awesome!! O'Liely on the Daily Show October 7th!! I am SOOOO there!!
This is coming up on Thursday, mark your calendars!

Tonight is Desmond Tutu... That should be interesting as well.