Althouse: "Good News! You're Not Paranoid."

June 11, 2013

"The Daily Show" does a great job with the NSA story here, with John Oliver doing his first day substituting for Jon Stewart.

victoria said...: Oliver was hysterical last night. I only hope he is that funny and topical all summer.

Vicki from Pasadena; 6/11/13, 4:00 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: To the extent that Snowden has helped, looking at the bright side and all that jazz, the, what-are-we-going-to-call-it? has help us come to terms with the conditions of a service contract almost nobody reads or cares too much about.

That's what friends like Althouse and Volokh are for.; 6/11/13, 4:09 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: He was a little nervous... I detected a little tremor... but other than that he did oright.; 6/11/13, 4:14 PM
Patrick said...: John Oliver did a pretty funny thing about going to speak with the Dems that split town to avoid the vote on Walker's budget bill.; 6/11/13, 4:27 PM
The Godfather said...: That wasn't John Stewart? Does whoever-he-is work cheaper than John Stewart? Cause if he does, I've got good news for the producers.; 6/11/13, 4:42 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: He reminds me of Simon. Of course, bespectacled and British are key to that similarity.; 6/11/13, 4:44 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Bad news is Althouse has gotten so wrapped up in this Snowden Trojen, she has neglected her Cafés.

Just saying.; 6/11/13, 11:07 PM
Bob Ellison said...: I watched about four minutes of this.

The writers are the same. The punchlines and gestures are the same. Only the faces and accents are different.; 6/11/13, 11:35 PM