Irrelevance Glorified » daily show http://www.ranjeetrao.com Infinity Simplified ranjeet.rao(at)gmail.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:31:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 This One’s For You, Bruce http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/04/18/this-ones-for-you-bruce/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/04/18/this-ones-for-you-bruce/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:58:49 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=989 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Sarkozy Visits the U.S. www.thedailyshow.com ]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/04/18/this-ones-for-you-bruce/feed/ 0 More Daily Show Sarcasm http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/03/27/more-daily-show-sarcasm/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/03/27/more-daily-show-sarcasm/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:33:52 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=969 I recently realized that I had a severe backlog of Daily Show videos to get through, over a month. Well, I buckled down one weekend when I had to do other computer work, and watched a bunch at a time. There were a number of good ones, but only a few that really had the level of sarcasm that I was looking for. I have found that John Oliver is really the best for this sort of thing; I think it helps that he’s British.

First up, a visit to an RNC meeting in Hawaii to discuss fiscal responsibility.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
RNC Meeting in Hawaii
www.thedailyshow.com

That video is good, but I don’t necessarily think that its all that hypocritical to have a summit on fiscal responsibility in Hawaii. Maybe they got really good group rates.

However, this next clip is delicious.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
The Apparent Trap
www.thedailyshow.com
]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/03/27/more-daily-show-sarcasm/feed/ 0 The Fine Art of Sarcasm http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/01/19/the-fine-art-of-sarcasm/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/01/19/the-fine-art-of-sarcasm/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:35:40 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=925 When delivering their distinct brand of satire, the folks at The Daily Show make heavy use of sarcasm, with devastating results. These two clips were from the January 5th show, and they are fantastic.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Even Better Than the Real Thing
www.thedailyshow.com

 

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
The Temple of Hume
www.thedailyshow.com
]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2010/01/19/the-fine-art-of-sarcasm/feed/ 2 I Love Brian Williams, Part Whatever http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/07/22/i-love-brian-williams-part-whatever/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/07/22/i-love-brian-williams-part-whatever/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:13:31 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=812 Once again, Brian Williams was a guest on Daily Show this week. I smiled when I saw the guest list on The Daily Show website, expecting Brian and John to do some verbal sparring and perhaps inadvertently getting some real news info as well. At least in my opinion, they did not disappoint.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Brian Williams
www.thedailyshow.com

If you need back story on what they’re talking about, you can watch this Daily Show clip or read on. Mark Sanford (Governor, SC) recently had a little bit of a scandal when he disappeared from the state for a few days. His office said that he does this from time to time, and he was ‘hiking the Appalachian Trail.’ Of course, it turns out that he wasn’t hiking, he was traveling to Argentina to see his mistress. Seriously. Although I’ll add the caveat that he went to South America to break it off. Anyways, before it broke that he had left the country, a number of media outlets e-mailed the Governor’s office offering easy interviews in exchange for exclusive interviews, and a number of them talked about how they would push back against the liberal media’s attempt at a fake scandal.

]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/07/22/i-love-brian-williams-part-whatever/feed/ 0 I Don’t Think That’s How Probability Works http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/05/27/i-dont-think-thats-how-probability-works/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/05/27/i-dont-think-thats-how-probability-works/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 06:10:02 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=772 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Large Hadron Collider thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		 Economic Crisis Political Humor
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c
Sh#t That’s Never Gonna Happen – Global Currency
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		 Economic Crisis Political Humor
]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/05/21/sht-thats-never-gonna-happen/feed/ 0 Confusing Tyranny With Losing http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/05/18/confusing-tyranny-with-losing/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2009/05/18/confusing-tyranny-with-losing/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 04:51:14 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=766 This is from over a month ago, but it’s still funny.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c
Baracknophobia – Obey
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		 Economic Crisis Political Humor
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The tag line : “Republicans debate the stimulus bill, forgetting that C-SPAN doesn’t destroy old tapes when a new administration steps in.” And a bonus — more monkey paw!!

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5-Pointed Star

Yet another star. I’m not real sure if I got this right, though…the instructions were sorta vague about this.

Gift Card Envelope

There’s an actual gift card in there. Who’s the lucky person who will get it? Well, I’ll tell you it’s no one who’s reading this. You bunch of ingrates.

Peacock

I feel like they have the same attitude as me. They’re not even trying anymore.

Scrunch Tree

Not sure what this is about, but once again it’s got a bunch of double folds and some reshaping, so it does not get the seal of approval from me.

Shell Decoration

This didn’t quite turn out the way it was intended. All those…ruffles were supposed to look like the pattern on seashells. Somehow…it’s less impressive than that.

As always, these origami designs were found in the Origami Page-A-Day Desk Calendar.

]]> http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2008/12/28/origami-week-51/feed/ 0 A Boon to Political Comedians Everywhere http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2008/12/15/a-boon-to-political-comedians-everywhere/ http://www.ranjeetrao.com/2008/12/15/a-boon-to-political-comedians-everywhere/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:21:39 +0000 ranjeet http://www.ranjeetrao.com/?p=660 So, Rod Blagojevich has been in the news recently, due to his ridiculous corruption complaint. Now, as a Illinoisian among Californians, this makes me the local expert in the nature of the Land of Lincoln’s corruption. I needed to explain to these people that although, yes, I voted for this bum (twice!)….you should see the people he was running against! Well, okay, in retrospect, I could have made some better choices. But in Rod’s honor, I humbly submit some Daily Show clips. In his honor. And thanks to Comedy Central’s new embedding code…it will look really strange.

December 9th, 2008

December 10th, 2008

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