World Cup on Comedy Central

[SoccerScout]

Jon Stewart, a soccer fan, just did a funny piece on the World Cup...good positive funny exposure!

[nyrmetros]

I'm watching the MLS game. What did he say ?

[SoccerScout]

it will be on again at 1am..it was a whole skit...

[SoccerScout]

Colbert Report on Comedy Central also had a skit on the WC...the Daiy Word was "Goaaaaallllllllll". Colbert played the role of soccer hater...but was funny and in the end said we should root for the US.

With His character on that show I knew he would be a anti-soccer person...but thats also good exposure and everyone knows he was kidding.

[kebzach]

and everyone knows he was kidding.

Everyone....except the 100 people who will come on these boards and declare him to be the devil, of course.

[Atlemar]

If Colbert hadn't attacked soccer, I would have been bitterly disappointed.

Unfortunately, the lines were too close to what actual soccer-bashers say and mean, so it feel sort of flat for me. I thought John Hodgman on the Daily Show was hilarious, but then he always is.

[catenaccio_L'pool]

I love to watch Colbert Report...I always come back for more TRUTHINESS:D

[monster]

Merged and moved these.

I'll need to check the reruns this weekend.

[TarheelJTK]

Colbert Report on Comedy Central also had a skit on the WC...the Daiy Word was "Goaaaaallllllllll". Colbert played the role of soccer hater...but was funny and in the end said we should root for the US.

With His character on that show I knew he would be a anti-soccer person...but thats also good exposure and everyone knows he was kidding.

My favorite line of Colbert's last night was when he said something along the lines of soccer being the metric system of sports so the US should reject it.

[ricecloudnine]

Everyone....except the 100 people who will come on these boards and declare him to be the devil, of course.
Yeah, some times his parody is TOO good and some "true believers" can't recognize it as such. Which in someways makes it funnier. :p

[Dr. Wankler]

Yeah, some times his parody is TOO good and some "true believers" can't recognize it as such. Which in someways makes it funnier. :p


Let's hope that none of them writes him a letter that winds up getting the letter writer interviewed on The Colbert Report as a representative American soccer fan. <shudder>

[Beau Dure]

Funny thing is that Colbert made almost exactly the same point as St. Paul columnist Tom Peters -- use the World Cup to spot illegal immigrants. Except that Colbert was joking.

I'm figuring we'll see a major backlash against Colbert because he said he doesn't trust a sport in which U.S. women are "better" than U.S. men. That'll take about 10 posts to degenerate into a Julie Foudy bashfest.

[roobert]

Colbert Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFQ9mQ9OT9Y&search=colbert%20soccer

[roobert]

John Stewart World Cup Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXap6IBWNgk&search=stewart%20cup

[roobert]

John Stewart World Cup Video #2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twNDtixvG64&search=stewart%20cup

[roobert]

John Stewart World Cup Video #3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMSVDIAd3c&search=stewart%20cup

[billreeves]

The WC was also the subject on Rob Corddry's "This Week in God" skit on yesterday's Daily Show (Thursday 29 June).

[DoyleG]

The WC was also the subject on Rob Corddry's "This Week in God" skit on yesterday's Daily Show (Thursday 29 June).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9skQoH28M&search=This%20Week%20in%20God