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DVD The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Indecision 2004
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is so laugh-out-loud funny that Indecision 2004--which could have been a dated recap of a time many would rather forget--is instead a hilarious time capsule of the follies and foibles of the 2004 presidential election. What also helps is that many of the issues being lampooned, such as the Iraq war, are still in the news in 2005. The 10 episodes included in the three-disc set are the four reporting on the Democratic National Convention, the four from the Republican National Convention, the episode following the first Bush-Kerry debate, and the hourlong election-night episode, subtitled "Prelude to a Recount." The Daily Show mimics the format of a news program, with Stewart as the anchor and his troupe of "senior correspondents/analysts"--Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee, and Ed Helms--filing their "reports" from the field. Stewart is always quick to dismiss his show as "fake news," but an increasing number of people have taken to the Comedy Central staple as the way to get their news. Political news is mostly sound bites anyway, so Stewart piles the video clips together at their most incongruous or contradictory, then follows up with a wisecrack or a marvelously deadpan look of disbelief. As further proof of its impact, The Daily Show won a 2005 Peabody Award for electronic media excellence for its "satire that deflates pomposity on an equal opportunity basis." (Stewart admitted during the campaign that he himself was voting for Kerry, and his audience is very anti-Bush, but he takes the opportunity to skewer anyone who deserves it.) He also attracts a number of "legitimate" guests. Appearing on these episodes are Ted Koppell, Joe Biden, Chris Matthews (shortly after he'd been challenged to a duel by Zell Miller), Al Sharpton on election night, and a wry John McCain not looking like the combative party zealot that had appeared at the convention podium the night before.
In addition to the 10 episodes, the three-DVD set has more reports by Colbert (whose survey of Democratic minority groups has something to offend anyone), Corddry, Bee, and Helms. There's also John Edwards's 2003 announcement of his presidential candidacy on The Daily Show, the Schoolhouse Rock! spoof about midterm elections, a surprisingly musical four-correspondent rendition of the national anthem, and other lunacy. --David Horiuchi
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classic
A lot has already been said about this boxset, so I'll keep it to what I feel are the most important points.
1. For the price on Amazon, this set is definitely worth the money. The special features alone are very desirable from a fan's point of view on top of the stellar episodes from the convention weeks. No one that likes the daily show will have buyer's remorse here.
2. (Perhaps the most important point) Think about this...the daily show has gotten liberals to buy a dvd boxset that covered their worst nightmare! I can't think of anything that would be a clearer indication of how good this actually is.
where did all the black folks go?
pithy social commentary? certainly. stewart gets "it"... or does he? on one hand, stewart consistently picks apart the bush administration -- its constant rhetoric (iraq, war on terrorism, 9/11, etc)... flat out lies... corporate bias.... energy consumption.... "no child left behind"... evolution vs. creationism.... homophobia.... breach of the establishment clause.... republican scandals..... incompetence at FEMA and other levels of government... the list goes on....
This is why it was, well... SHOCKING to see him and his ALL WHITE CREW accept the emmy for "best comedy writing" or something like that. his guests are all white. his co-anchors are all white. his writers are all white. There's a credibility issue for stewart here. how can he legitimately suggest that the president did not respond to the hurrican katrina disaster in a timely and effective manner because the victims were mostly black -- to accuse bush of being disconnected with race relations in the united states -- in effect, a "racist," BUT have ZERO representation of black folks on his show....? hmmmm -- how does he reconcile the two? If you're out there John, i'd love to here your response -- better yet, i'd love to see some black folks in critical roles on the Daily Show.
Always great when John Stewart is in it.....
Indecision 2004 is the Daily Show's hiarious take on the whole mess that took place in mid to late 2004. With Ed Helms, Steven Colbert, Rob Corddry, and Stewart himself taking us to levels which we might not find funny on a regular news channel, this is definately worth seeing.
This set comes with three disks with 10 episodes full of laughs. I especially liked the election night itself, with the title, "Prelude to a Recount." John Stewart's remark on how the blue and red states have turned into a Blood and Crip gang war had me in tears.
Thats just one of the reasons why The Daily Show is so great, Stewart always comes back with a great joke or a wide eyed expression on just how stupid the polliticians can really get. He never fails to make people laugh and if he says a joke that might go too far for some people, he just smiles and says, "Sorry, too harsh?"
The disks themselves have some good guests on them as well, with guys like Ted koppell, Al Sharpton [Who is always good for a laugh on The Daily Show] and John McCain. Some may not be as good interviews as others, but I reccomend Sharpton's interview, very good and humorous.
Other things you will see will be eight episodes with each of the four Democratic and Republican National Conventions. {I liked the Republican episodes better just to hear Stewart's George Bush impression.]
If you are a fan of the Daily Show, you should really give this a look at. Sure some of you might have already seen all the episodes on Tv, but get the DvD to remember them for the laughs....
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