Silliness and Moral Indignation
Friday, July 25, 2014
Brooke examines how comedians like Jon Stewart, John Oliver, and Stephen Colbert make us laugh by combining silliness and moral indignation.
Brooke examines how comedians like Jon Stewart, John Oliver, and Stephen Colbert make us laugh by combining silliness and moral indignation.
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I'd also like to know the name of the tune that closed out this segment. Vaguely sounds like _early_ Genesis @ 1974 or so. Anybody with a better trained ear ?
What was the music that played at the end of this segment?
The audio of Jon Stewart at the beginning of the segment reminded me of the reason why I refuse to watch or hear his TV program by choice: his tendency to use rude expletives while either commenting on a certain subject or interviewing a person (his interview with Jim Cramer of the Consumer News and Business Channel in 2009 was a good example).
The audio of Jon Stewart at the beginning of the segment reminded me of the reasons why I refuse to watch or hear his TV program by choice: his tendency to use rude expletives while commenting on a certain subject or interviewing a person (his interview with Jim Cramer of the Consumer News and Business Channel was another good example).
Is it accurate to attribute the remark about the universe and human stupidity to Einstein? There is a lot of room for doubt about this:
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/
My nitpicking about sourcing this quotation doesn't bear on the point of your thoughtful piece. But a skeptical bent and a concern with accuracy seems always relevant for OTM--right?
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