The Even Stevphen segment from the The Daily Show when Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell were still there were some of the funniest Daily Show moments. The Halloween one is very funny as well as timely. Poor Stephen has never trick-or-treated. Here is it.
President Bush recently met with the Dalai Lama in D.C. Congress also bestowed its highest civilian honor (the Congressional Gold Medal) on the Dalai Lama despite objections from China. David Letterman has a great top ten list about what President Bush might have asked the Dalai Lama.
Al Gore was recently awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for his efforts raising awareness about global warming. The Late Show has a list of the Top Ten phone messages left for him.
The original premise of the Caveman commercial for Geico was pretty funny but was it really good enough to carry an entire show? Is it just a joke taken too far? A review of Cavemen on Boston.com suggests that the show isn't very funny.
Despite ABC's affection for "Cavemen," which premiered Tuesday on Channel 5, any sitcom about Neanderthals as an oppressed minority in homo sapiens America has very limited potential. The question regarding the series has never been "Will it be good?" so much as "Just how bad will it be?" And the answer is, "Cavemen" is pretty bad. It's definitely among the stalest pieces of bread in the loaf, which already includes "Two and a Half Men" and "According to Jim." And it's certainly the most tasteless.
Oddly enough, ABC aired a re-shot pilot on Tuesday, since the original pilot was offensive as well as unfunny. But some of the worst material made the new cut, as the cavemen face the same stereotyping as black people - that they're good in bed, for instance, or that they all look the same to white people. Also, the lead caveman, Joel (Bill English) takes flak from his caveman roommate Nick (Nick Kroll) for dating a white woman - excuse me, a "sape." Nick, a bohemian know-it-all, is a fount of lines such as "Crave the cave." It's as if the show is delivering retro black jokes thinly veiled as cavemen jokes.
Other reviews are similar. A USA Todaystory says Cavemen "collapses under weight of its own stupidity." The show did well by winning its time slot on its premiere night but ratings have since fallen over 20%. ABC keeps pushing the show so it might survive despite all the negative reviews.
Desperate Housewives Producers Apologize to Phillipines
Watchers Watch reports that the producers of the show Desperate Housewives have had to apologize over a joke about medical degrees from the Phillipines.
The producers of Desperate Housewives got an earful from the Phillipines government over a perceived slur against Phillipino medical personnel that aired during the show last Sunday night. It caused such an uproar, the producers have issued an apology. During a scene in which Susan visits the ob/gyn he gives her a shocking diagnosis that she thinks is wrong. She then asks to see his medical degree to make sure it's not from the Phillipines.
Mukamo Phillipines has more about the Desperate Housewives "joke" and says a couple of the Filipino congressmen - who were angry about the joke - incorrectly referred to Teri Hatcher as Teri Thatcher. Access Hollywood has yet more details and Global Voices Online has a roundup about the "joke." If you still need more details and thoughts on this try Citizen of the Month, Mike in Manila, Defamer, PinoyBlogosphere, Geeky Guide, Misteryosa and Daily Dish. There are videos on YouTube as well.
The original premise of the Caveman commercial for Geico was pretty funny but was it really good enough to carry an entire show? Is it just a joke taken too far? A 
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