Three Daily Show alums on the art of poking fun at Fox.
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And I was looking at those correspondent roles and thinking, like, I think I could do that. And that was very, very exciting. And I chased it.I will. Katie Couric had just gotten a colonoscopy on camera, right. For the Today Show. And, uh, obviously it was a very legitimately courageous move to go on camera while getting a colonoscopy and a very meaningful public message.
And one that was just so juvenile and like so dumb but based on the Katie Couric piece was, I’m going to ask this doctor with a straight face, will the tubes in my anus be uncomfortable? I could not get it out without laughing. And this doctor was very confused, he was one of the few people at the time who was not familiar with the Daily Show and didn’t know we were being silly. But I kept kind of like, choking on these laughs. Finally, I got it out and his response was so perfect.
And we all showed up together and we’re showing our credentials. Uh, but you also had to provide your driver’s license or you know your photo ID. And Rob Corddry had forgotten his driver’s license. And it was like, Oh God, this is catastrophic. It was just part of a much broader publicity push about The Daily Show’s coverage. So I think Rob and I went in just kind of being like, this’ll be just another publicity appearance and we’ll just sort of chat. It’s a morning show, so we’ll just chat and be goofy with the hosts. We’re backstage and there are all these powerful people, you know, mingling backstage and it’s sort of exciting to be back there.
So Rob and I turned to each other and we’re kind of like, uh, sorry, we can’t hear you. We, we can’t hear you. And we keep saying that. And then we could see, I can’t remember if it was one of the anchors or someone in the studio next to us that just got so mad. And they were like, they’re messing with you.
It just was so overt and strident, that the claim of being fair and balanced almost felt offensive to me.Whether it’s about the Daily Show writ large or just you, like when you would critique or satirize Fox on the show, was it because you disagreed with its politics or was it about the cynicism or hypocrisy rather than they’re conservative so I just want to go out and, and satirize or mock or disagree with that.Yeah, it is an important distinction to make.
Um, and it seemed like these personalities were certainly more than willing to do it. I mean, Sean Hannity is the most guilty of this, of anyone I can think of. And it’s like, how many times does that guy say, Oh, I’m just a personality. I’m not a news guy.
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