*nochannel

*wtf
*terrible
*latenight
*comedy
*canada
*dark

*military

Well, I agree that torture and imprisonment cause people a lot of pain, and that they shouldn't be downplayed or made to seem less horrible than they are, but I don't think this bit does that. Yes, a detainee version of a cute cuddly muppet from Sesame Street is rather silly, but Stewart's comments are meant to be sarcastic and shouldn't be seen as his approval of how the U.S. government is handling the situation.

Besides, humor and satire are a valid way of trying to make sense of serious and distressing issues, or at least coming to terms with them.

What does this inherently have to do with politics? Sure, dropping a TV set off a cliff can symbolize a number of things, but I see no indication in the video that its creator did it to make some kind of political point.

Thanks for your support. We'll see if it fares better this time around.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
My favorite Ted Leo song.

Good luck with this, I tried to sift it ages ago and it went nowhere.

Anyone notice the subtle differences between this version and the subtitled version? The cat doesn't hang himself and the sidekick (Kikkogirl?) is more covered up when in bed with Kikkoman in the subbed one.

Lyrics:

Had we never come across the vastness of pavement
The barrenness of waves and the grayness of the sea
Never lost or ne'er been misguided
We'd have ne'er reached seas so shining

Or come from out of a hansom in Camden
To a bar in the basement
While all the while it rained
Or come around to the friendliest of faces
Handsomest in ugly places

Or come from out of the tunnels we dig in
To see that tunneling's not living
And working doesn't work
Or come to find that loving is labor
Labor's life and life's forever

Or come to see that keeping's not giving
You get what you've given
You get what you deserve
And in the midst of all of the action
Maybe only there found satisfaction

Chasing sea-foam dreams
Around another dirty old town
Parallel run streams
Toward the gray ocean from the green ground
'Oed und leer, das meer
But look beneath the glassy surface
All the songs you hear
Down there they have a purpose

All in all we cannot stop singing
we cannot start sinking
We swim until it ends
They may kill and we may be parted
But we will ne'er be broken hearted

Title is somewhat misleading, as he doesn't actually drop THE F-bomb.

Thanks for the excellent articles you posted in the comments section of the "abortion protesters" video.

Oh, another new source. This one for the Conan O'Brien 1864 Baseball video. The current one doesn't seem to be working anymore.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8722039846211089963

A new source for the Gary Numan "Cars" video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLKFEq6Zu14

*dead

My, what a low, monotone cackle that witch has.

*dead

Huh. Well, I stand corrected. Considering how Bakshi's movie is sometimes marketed with this one, I see how I might have gotten confused.