Just to make sure he squeezed the most TV time he possibly could out of the day, Barack Obama made an appearance on last night's episode of The Daily Show. It's fun watching politicians and journalists get interviewed by comedians — they never know how to respond to their jokes.
Comedy Central's first attempt at black (as in African American) comedy following Dave Chappelle's untimely 2006 departure, Chocolate News, premieres tomorrow night. In the same vein as prime time heavyweights The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Chocolate News will attempt to mock news of the day with a wry, liberal bent. From what I've seen, it's not going to work.
Perhaps the best part of any presidential debate/State of the Union/political speech is the great fun in creating drinking games for the appropriate speakers. In college, every time George Bush would smirk, everyone would take a drink. Every time he stuttered, another drink. And terrorism mentions warranted a shot of whiskey.
So in preparation for the debates tonight, a lot of blogs have begun formulating their pre-fab list to getting wasted when Sarah Palin and Joe Biden take the stage.
Comedy Central's Indecision 2008 has perhaps the best rule yet, and we have a couple suggestions of our own.
ALIENS GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR OWN COLBERT "Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday. In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the station and deposit Colbert's genes for an 'Immortality Drive.' 'I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the end of 2001,' Colbert said in a statement, referring to the 1968 landmark science fiction film '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Garriott, one of few private citizens to travel into space, is collecting material for a time capsule of human DNA, a history of humanity's greatest achievements and personal messages. The host of 'The Colbert Report' will essentially be preserved so that aliens can clone him."
YAY OR NAY? "Comedy Central has greenlighted 'The Gong Show With Dave Attell,' ordering eight half-hour episodes of an updated version of the classic talent show to premiere July 17. The series — from Sony Pictures Television, Happy Madison Prods. and executive producer Andrew Golder (NBC's "Identity") — will feature offbeat acts judged by a panel of three revolving celebrity judges. A talent search is under way. … Holly Jacobs, senior vp syndication and reality at Sony, called 'Gong Show' an 'iconic' format … Added Attell: 'Stars will be made; feelings will be hurt.'"
• Flavor Flav was recently roasted in a Comedy Central special. The event varied only slightly from Flav's real life in which white people only laugh at him behind his back. [SH]
• The girls are keeping it as fair and gentle as you'd expect on Rock of Love. Listen for one to make light of another's car accident scarring. YAY, women! [DListed]
• In one of the smartest parenting moves of her career, Pamela Anderson puts her son in the care of others. [ICYDK]
• Tara Reid, again. [HT]
• Comparing Mel's drunken states. [CityRag]
• I can recall when I first heard my mother demoralize a man and call him a "fat fuck" and a "pussy." Oh, memories! [Yeeeah]
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