Saturday, October 16, 2004
Jon Stewart kills Tucker Carlson
Appearing on CNN's ridiculous debate show, Crossfire, supposedly to promote his book, Jon Stewart went distinctly off script and attacked Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala for doing a terrible disservice to American democracy with their horrific show. Wonkette has already begun to lovingly describe the encounter as Tuckergate. I think Begala and Carlson fundamentally misunderstood Stewart's show -- they thought he was into political comedy when in fact the show is really a biting satire on the state of the news media in America. They thought he would show up on Crossfire and make fun of politicians. If they had understood Stewart's show any better, they would realise the joke was on them (the media). I think Begala figured this out at some point and stayed out of it, while Carlson dug himself in deeper.
Anyway, there's a bunch of sites when you can watch the encounter. This is where I downloaded the clip from (probably the best quality too). Wonkette has a bunch of links. If you'd rather read just the transcript, go here.
Sullivan points to this most memorable exchange.
Tucker Carlson: You always scold people like this at dinner at your house?
Jon Stewart: If they have a show that's as stupid as this one.
Tucker: You know, you're not as fun as you are on your tv show.
Jon: You know what, you're just as big a dick as you are on your tv show
Anyway, there's a bunch of sites when you can watch the encounter. This is where I downloaded the clip from (probably the best quality too). Wonkette has a bunch of links. If you'd rather read just the transcript, go here.
Sullivan points to this most memorable exchange.
Tucker Carlson: You always scold people like this at dinner at your house?
Jon Stewart: If they have a show that's as stupid as this one.
Tucker: You know, you're not as fun as you are on your tv show.
Jon: You know what, you're just as big a dick as you are on your tv show
