Off: Unscripted Scripted Comedy at Its Best
There are several things that keeps you entertained. TV, perhaps? Could be one of them. While I do not directly watch TV, I sure watch some of the shows that get broadcast there. And especially my good friends over at Comedy Central; Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
However, recently, these two got into a dispute with Conan O'Brien from the Late Night show on NBC about whom made Republican candidate Mike Huckabee.
To summaries. Colbert claims to have made Huckabee because he gave Mike Huckabee the "Colbert Bump" with his appearances on his show. While O'Brien claims to have made Huckabee because he had Chuck Norris appearance on his show, whom in return endorsed Mike Huckabee. But when he was told of Colbert's claim, he thus claimed that due to the larger amount of viewers on Network TV (Comedy Central is Cable), he would give Colbert a boost in his career, and thus if Colbert made Huckabee and he made Colbert, ergo O'Brien made Huckabee.
But this is where my good friend Jon Stewart from the Daily Show steps in. He shows a clip from 1994 where he introduces Conan O'Brien on the Jon Stewart show, thus making O'Brien.
So let's recap, Jon Stewart made Conan O'Brien, whom made Stephen Colbert, whom made Mike Huckabee. Ergo, Jon Stewart made Mike Huckabee. But O'Brien was not going to let it slide. So when he claimed to have helped given birth to both Colbert and Stewart, Colbert appeared on the Daily Show Monday night informing Stewart of it. And during the talk, O'Brien walks in and it is time for ass kicking!
But Jon Stewart asks them to postpone it a bit, since he still has to do his show. Then when he is done, Colbert has to tape his show, whom ask Stewart and O'Brien to postpone it till he is done. And as you can expect, when he is done, O'Brien has gone to tape his show. But on O'Brien's show, Colbert and Stewart appears and now it is time for ass kicking! And this time we get it. For five to ten minutes, we see the three beating each other up in various fashions. Also Stephen and Jon hitting each other for some reason.
Who won? Who cares who won?! I certainly do not. This is entertainment that I enjoy. The writers may be gone, but the comedians' fantasy for how to waste time on their shows sure hasn't. I hope the strike ends soon, but keep up the improvisational till then, my friends.