February 24, 200620 yr ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn't in on the joke. Blagojevich says he didn't realize "The Daily Show" was a comedy spoof of the news when he sat down for an interview that ended up poking fun at the sometimes-puzzled governor. "It was going to be an interview on contraceptives ... that's all I knew about it," Blagojevich laughingly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a story for Thursday's editions. "I had no idea I was going to be asked if I was 'the gay governor.' " The interview focused on his executive order requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control. Interviewer Jason Jones pretended to stumble over Blagojevich's name before calling him "Governor Smith." He urged Blagojevich to explain the contraception issue by playing the role of "a hot 17-year-old" and later asked if he was "the gay governor." At one point in the interview, a startled Blagojevich looked to someone off camera and said, "Is he teasing me or is that legit?" The segment, which aired two weeks ago, also featured Illinois Republican Rep. Ron Stephens, a pharmacist who opposes the governor's order to pharmacies. Stephens has said he knew the show was a comedy. "I thought the governor was hip enough that he would have known that, too," Stephens said. Hahaha. Awesome. :lol :lol :lol
February 24, 200620 yr Exactly. If you're dumb enough to do a sit down interview and you don't know for who or what, I don't see a problem if you're made to look like a fool.
February 24, 200620 yr The fake interviews on the Daily Show are the best. I remember that one from last week, it was good. The same "reporter" did a funny segment last night where he was trying to take care of his newborn son, and does a pretty lousy job of it. He tries hitting on a parenting advisor woman during the interview.
February 24, 200620 yr The daily show should be on prime time regular news perhaps it would calm down some of the far left and far right. great show :notworthy
February 28, 200620 yr The daily show is hysterical. It's just stupid how some people actually use it as a news source (which some ppl do by the way). It's a great spoof and a good time altogether.
February 28, 200620 yr Clearly that govt. has his finger on the pulse of the people and modern culture. Holy crap hahaha!
March 1, 200620 yr Author The daily show is hysterical. It's just stupid how some people actually use it as a news source (which some ppl do by the way). It's a great spoof and a good time altogether. I use it as a news source but I don't take what they say literally. I just find it to be the least biased news source on earth. :lol That and the Colbert Report are my favorite news shows right now. In the words of Colbert, they bring a certain "Truthiness" to it all. :mischief
March 3, 200620 yr The daily show is hysterical. It's just stupid how some people actually use it as a news source (which some ppl do by the way). It's a great spoof and a good time altogether. I use it as a news source but I don't take what they say literally. I just find it to be the least biased news source on earth. :lol That and the Colbert Report are my favorite news shows right now. In the words of Colbert, they bring a certain "Truthiness" to it all. :mischief i hope you were joking. Using that as a news source is asking to be biased. The truth is if ppl really want to get the unbiased news, you need to use several sources and forumlayte ur own opinion
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