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Colbert: Most important ‘Libya-gate’ question is ‘Which country is Libya, again?’
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert joined many other conservatives in parsing the moment in Tuesday night’s presidential debate when former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) zeroed in on a supposed misstatement by President Barack Obama, only to be corrected by debate moderator Candy Crowley. “Romney and his…
Stewart: ‘Binders of women’? Why not ‘book of broads’ or ‘notebook of nipples’?
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart recapped Tuesday night’s debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and dinged Romney on his awkward invocation of the “binders full of women” who were brought to him as prospective cabinet members. The…
‘Binders full of women’ musical parodies pop up on YouTube
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spontaneously gave birth to an Internet meme on Tuesday night after saying he had “binders full of women” as governor of Massachusetts. Along with the predictable photo captions and images, Romney’s comment has also inspired some musical parodies. Watch video, uploaded to YouTube by DumasDED,…
‘CEO’ of maxi-pad company personally responds to man’s complaint
The British maxi-pad company Bodyform has released a video responding to a Facebook user’s sarcastic rant. The ad features an actress playing the company’s CEO, who apologizes to the man for the company’s allegedly misleading advertising. On October 8, Richard Neill wrote on Bodyform’s Facebook page, “Hi, as a man…
Colbert asks viewers to ‘save’ Paul Ryan with ‘the photo ops he desperately needs’
Unlike his Daily Show counterpart Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert insisted there was “nothing to see” Tuesday regarding Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Ohio soup kitchen dust-up. “Ryan’s town hall ran a little late, so he missed homeless breakfast,” Colbert said. “What’s he supposed to do — charity on the needy’s schedule?”…
Jon Stewart rips apart Ryan over failed photo-op
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on his show Tuesday night, expressing astonishment that someone could make volunteering at a soup kitchen look bad. The GOP running mate had allegedly “ramrodded” his way into the soup kitchen to pose for a photo op, where…
Colbert on ‘Mystery Monkey’ attack: ‘Who knows who started it?’
Stephen Colbert revisited the case of Florida’s “Mystery Monkey” Monday, following reports that it bit an elderly woman last week. “I don’t believe you can call it an attack,” a local wildlife rescuer told WTSP-TV. “The monkey got on her shoulder, both sides freaked out.” Colbert was skeptical of that…
Jon Stewart: Fox News so desperate to spin VP debate they had to call a doctor
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned the reaction to the vice presidential debate at Fox News. Stewart noted that while the liberal hosts on MSNBC accepted that Romney outperformed Obama during their first debate, the hosts at Fox News did everything they could to…
Second City ‘Partisans’ mock Paul Ryan: ‘I’m really good at math, so I get extra numbers when I do stuff’
Second City’s latest parody video –Behind The Scenes At The Paul Ryan Workout Shoot– satirizes the now-infamous Time Magazine photo feature Paul Ryan: All Pumped Up for His Closeup. “Paul Ryan” begins the clip by saying, “There are a lot of politicians you want to have a beer with. This…
SNL spoofs Biden-Ryan VP debate
Last night’s edition of Saturday Night Live began with a parody of last week’s match-up between Vice-President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan. The spoof featured a constantly laughing and interrupting Joe Biden and a Paul Ryan who offered no details. A typical exchange follows: Biden: Martha, with all due…
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