Trisha: do Jason Jones and Nate Corddry even have a style yet? I guess it's been too sporadic, but so far all I can pick up on is funny news, not real characters. And Dan Bakkedahl is kind of a non-entity. But according to the promos Jason Jones will do a "New Year's Resolution" about being a new father, so that ought to be interesting.
Oh Lord, the coverage of the Katrina hearings...was I the only one who started cussing Michael Brown? "Whose Job performance evaluation has been downgraded from 'Heck of a ' to 'Faulknerian Idiot Man-Child'"! And the Olympics opening...
I did like the crack comparing the shooting with Alexander Hamilton. And the dig at just how difficult it is to drive up to pen-raised, fat, not-flying birds armed with a shotgun. But what struck me was Jon Stewart's dumbfounded, can't make-this-up expressions. "Makes you almost wanna return your paycheck!" At least he didn't go after Whittington himself, and made the little "Please get better!" comment to show he didn't mean harm. But I loved "Duck Hunt" when I was little, so I fell apart on Monday night.
Accidents happen, it's Texas, it's hunting. I'm not really sure how I feel about this, while I'd like to think the delay was out of concern for the Whittington family I doubt that's the case. But how exactly does this affect the welfare of the country? Newshour commentator was right when he said that the firestorm is due not so much to the hunting accident itself, but as just the buildup of previous acts.
But back to The Daily Show. I'm not a fan of Demetri Martin--I think his previous segments have been stupid and not funny, but "Trendspotting" about the social networks was spot-on.
Some other articles I found: these are my official confirmations about births and pregnancies. FIrst one is a little older, second one is the press release about Maggie.
--Catbird
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The Daily Show Has a Baby BoomFriday Jan 20, 2006 5:45pm EST
There's a baby boom going on at The Daily Show.
On-air correspondent Samantha Bee is a new mom, host Jon Stewart announced Thursday on the Comedy Central program.
During a call-in segment Bee, who Stewart said is "taking some time off after the birth her child," was featured over the phone and shown in a series of still photos, the last of which had her breastfeeding.
"Sam, are you, are you, are you, are you... breastfeeding right now?" Stewart stammered.
"Why do you ask?" replied Bee, who is married to fellow Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones.
"No reason," said Stewart. "Thanks for calling in."
Also expecting a baby is the usually embarrassing (on purpose) correspondent Rob Corddry and his wife Sandra. The new arrival, which will be the couple's first child, is due in the late spring, the show's publicist confirmed to PEOPLE.
Stewart himself is also an expectant dad. His wife Tracey is due to give birth to the couple's second child, a girl, in February. Their son, Nathan Thomas, was born in the summer of 2004
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A Baby Girl for Jon StewartTuesday Feb 07, 2006 12:30pm EST
By KC Baker and Stephen M. Silverman
Daily Show host Jon Stewart and his wife, Tracey welcomed a healthy baby girl, their second child, over the weekend, Comedy Central announced in a posting on the network's Web site.
"Mom, dad, baby and big brother are all doing great," the site says. Stewart, 43, and Tracey, a 38-year-old veterinary technician, had their first child, Nathan Thomas, in July 2004.
As for their new daughter, "Maggie Rose Stewart was born on Saturday afternoon in Manhattan and she was 6 lbs., 9 oz.," Stewart's spokesman, Matt Labov, tells PEOPLE.
Stewart took Monday night off from his satiric news show but was expected back at his desk Tuesday, according to the posting on Comedy Central.
Last October, while appearing on David Letterman's Late Show, Stewart expressed some reservations about parenting a daughter. "I don't know that much about women," said Stewart. "A boy child, I feel like I'll know how to deal with it if he has a problem. I'll just be able to say to him, 'Well, repress it,' and he will hopefully swallow that, as I have. And then you figure you have 30 years before it comes out over dinner where somebody spills the gravy and then you're like 'I hate you!'
"A girl, she's going to want me to have tea with her and her panda. Like, what am I going to do with that?" he added.
Whether or not Stewart wants to join in, the little girl will have plenty of room for tea parties: Last year, the TV star – who is hosting the Oscars next month – paid $5.8 million for a 6,000 sq. ft. loft in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood for his family and their two pets.
