Subject: Jon Stewart

• Journalists and Lawyers Suck Face

  December 1, 2006

• Chris Bell: S.O.L.

  November 8, 2006

• Didn't You Used to Be a Guitar Hero?

  November 6, 2006

• No Grammy, But an Emmy?

  July 12, 2006

• The DMN and Bill O'Reilly

  April 7, 2006

• The Daily Slow

  March 1, 2006

• Jon Stewart Buzzed on Ron Paul

  June 5, 2007

• Rushing to Judgment

  July 31, 2007

• Intelligent Design for Living

  November 20, 2007

• Hollywood on Ice

  January 18, 2008

• Oscar Overhaul

  February 22, 2008

• Shooting Rubberbands at Barack Obama

  April 22, 2008

• Tonight on The Daily Show, Jesuit Grad Wyatt Cenac Becomes Part of "The Best F*&#ing News Team Ever"

  June 25, 2008

• Dallas's Richard Bitner Explains the Subprime Mess to Jon Stewart

  July 22, 2008

• Worst Restaurant Ever? Chilabee's.

  August 5, 2008

• The Two Dicks

  September 16, 2008

• Texas Democrats Will Clean Up. Or Get Their Asses Handed to Them.

  October 24, 2008

• T. Boone Breaks Like the Wind

  November 12, 2008

• Jon Stewart Gets a Good Energy From T. Boone Pickens

  November 13, 2008

• Live from a Dallas Private School, It's ... Barack Obama on SNL? Maybe.

  Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown's Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live's Barack Obama -- and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas graduate Wyatt Cenac made his bow on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a regular correspondent. The other local is Greenhill School grad Jordan Carlos, who showed up on FrontBur

  November 21, 2008

• Night & Day

  March 4, 1999

• Slumdog Sportsionaire: Who's On Your "Shit List"?

  I'm not an autograph hound, but this is "1 of 1."Had a wonderfully weird weekend. On Friday I saw the Fort Worth Symphony's interpretation of Led Zeppelin. (Thumbs up.) On Saturday I attended a Polish 40th birthday party complete with a full, cooked pig on a skewer, potato vodka shots and, yes, a belly dancer. (Two thumbs up.) On Sunday I did something I haven't done in ages: Afternoon nap. (Thumbs down.) Somewhere in between I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire. Eye-opening,

  March 9, 2009

• Luke Wilson Scrubs In to Accept Rushmore's Texas Film Hall of Fame Honor

  As promised this morning, here's Luke Wilson accepting the Texas Film Hall of Fame award for Rushmore -- though, as I vociferously and rather drunkenly pointed out to Texas Monthly president Evan Smith after the ceremony, Luke's in the thing for all of the one scene, so how'd he get the honor? Hell, Andrew Wilson has a bigger role, and he was there last night -- at least, I think that was Andrew Wilson behind Zac Crain's beard. Maybe that's why Luke didn't really, ya know, talk about, ya know, R

  March 13, 2009

• Apparently, Central Kia Will Never, Ever Have to Pay For a Spot During The Daily Show

  Waaaaaay back in June, Jon Stewart first got the WTF giggles over that Central Kia spot in which a Barack Obama impersonator sells cars at low, low prices. You've probably seen the ad plenty since then; in fact, Central Kia -- which has locations in Plano, Irving, Carrollton and Lewisville -- is still featuring that guy on its Web site, because, look, it never gets old.Which is something Stewart reminded viewers of only last night, as he whipped out the entire ad yet again and juxtaposed it with

  March 31, 2009

• Richie Whitt: Unplugged, Unmasked and Universally Apologetic

  This is by far the most difficult post I've ever written. But it's time. I can continue this charade no longer. Over the past 11 months on this blog I've spewed forth a plethora of radical opinions, most of which this morning I'd like to officially denounce. I admit, most of them didn't come from my heart, but only my warped and perverted head. In short, The Sportatorium is one big contrived, fabricated attempt to attract attention, prompt reaction and cash a payche

  April 1, 2009

• The 10 Most Compelling People on TV

  With the Rangers over and the Mavs resting and the Stars playing a meaningless hockey game - ugh, is there an uglier phrase in the English language? - I flipped around DirecTV for a moment last night before wondering aloud: If I had my choice, who would I watch right now? Then I answered myself. With a list. 10. Dave Chappelle - Yeah I know he walked and his show is kaput, but every once in a while you'll stumble upon a rerun and it's a week-sweetner. Don't you dare die before seeing

  April 10, 2009

• What Garry Didn't Know

  April 19, 2007

• You'll Laugh Dying

  October 11, 2007

• Odds & Ends

  Jack FM, Fatty Fest 2004 and Hard (Rock) Lessons

  September 2, 2004

• Screen Lingo

  July 6, 2006

• Evan Can Wait

  Why in God's name did Steve Carell take the paycheck?

  June 21, 2007

• Oscar Oversight

  Never fear, we won't let the Academy Awards ignore sports

  March 1, 2007

• New Year's Resolutions

  Resolution Guide 2007

  January 11, 2007

• These Dogs Still Hunt

  October 26, 2006

• Letter-Box Edition

  Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle

  June 22, 2006

• Oscar Overhaul

  The Academy--y-a-w-n--Awards desperately need a shot of sports

  March 9, 2006

• Friends in Need

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  September 22, 2005

• The Hustle

  Why the biggest deal at Sundance was no big deal at all

  February 3, 2005

• Vote No

  Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

  September 16, 2004

• Rescue 9/11

  This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

  January 3, 2002

• Bunk Whack

  Barenaked in America is an exercise in self-pleasure

  September 28, 2000

• The talking penis

  Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

  August 3, 2000

• It's a Black thing

  Lewis Black is the smart guy as smart-ass

  March 23, 2000

• Buzz

  February 16, 1995

• Because I'm Better Than Bitter, 20 Things I Love

  I love sports and stuff and, oh yeah, freaky things like, say, baby heads in glass vases.​No, no, no. You got me all wrong. Am I skeptical? Cynical? Inquisitive? Smart-assy? Guilty. But bitter? Hardly. I consider myself more tell-it-like-it-is realistic rather than jump-off-the-high-five negative. I don't think the Rangers will make the playoffs. I think Josh Hamilton should've come clean before he was caught. And I absolutely despise squirrels. But, honestly, I'm general

  August 13, 2009

• Who's the Most Trusted Man in Dallas/Fort Worth? On TV? When it Comes to Sports?

  Ah, the bad ol' days.​When Walter Cronkite punted the bucket recently, the title of "Most Trusted Man in America" fell to - believe it or not - Jon Stewart. While this news made me, a Daily Show devotee, click my heels, it also got me to thinking: Who's the Most Trusted Sportscaster in the Metroplex? I've appeared on Fox 4's Sports Sunday with Mike Doocy. I predict Channel 11's Babe Laufenberg will feel some love in next month's annual Dallas Observer "Best Of" issue. These days I

  August 20, 2009

• Before Her Stroll Down Project Runway, a Brief Interview With Dallas's Louise Black

  Louise Black​Finally, Project Runway returns tonight at 9 on its new home at Lifetime -- and, if nothing else, Jon Stewart shares my enthusiasm. Of course, locals have two good reasons to take note of this dramatically long-delayed season: And as we've mentioned a couple of times, Shirin Askari of Richardson and Louise Black of East Dallas are among the designers this sixth go-round. So, yes, expect a wrap-up tomorrow. Well, look, it's either that or a report from Avi Adelman's appearance befo

  August 20, 2009

• Better Off TED: SMU Campus to Be Filled With Deep Thinkers in Deep Conversation

  William Kamkwamba will be at SMU tomorrow.​Perhaps you saw William Kamkwamba on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Wednesday night and thought the co-author and subject of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope just might be The Most Interesting 23-Year-Old in the World. And maybe you said to yourself, "I'd sure like to meet him some day." In which case, your some day is tomorrow: Kamkwamba is among those scheduled to speak on the SMU campus during the TEDxSMU e

  October 9, 2009

• The Daily Show Gets Motivated With Dubya; The Rachel Maddow Show Visits The Lodge

  Megan, of course, attended George W. Bush's coming-out as a motivational speaker Monday at the Fort Worth Convention Center; we've also got the slide show to prove it. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart weighed in; the Star-Telegram's reporting on the Get Motivated! founders gets a brief shout-out. And, by way of a bonus video, after the jump you'll find, as promised, Rachel Maddow's follow-up piece on The Lodge's close encounter with Newt Gingrich. Says reporter Kent Jones, "Best assignm

  October 28, 2009

• Lowe Blow: Get Motivated! Co-Founder Says Dubya Was "Inspirational," Not a "Caricature"

  ​Seems Tamara Lowe, one half of the couple behind Monday's Get Motivated! sell-or-be-sold hoedown at the Fort Worth Convention Center, isn't too keen on the coverage of the event. Her peoples have sent word that Lowe wants to right the media's wrongs: Per the press release freshly landed in the Unfair Park in-box: "President George W. Bush delivered an inspirational, articulate and engaging speech at a Get Motivated seminar in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday afternoon. The crowd of 15,000 gave him

  October 29, 2009