Subject: Talk Shows

• Great Moments in Televised Hypocrisy from The Daily Show

  September 10, 2008

• Red State Update: Say It Ain't So, Oprah!

  September 23, 2008

• The Story of Naturally More

  October 16, 2008

• Grandma of missing Fla. girl says Caylee spotted in Tenn. on Larry King Live; TBI says 'no way'

  Caylee AnthonyCindy Anthony, the grandmother of toddler Caylee Anthony, who went missing in June and was reported missing in July, said on Larry King Live Wednesday night that she received a tip that Caylee had been seen at a Tennessee grocery store at 4 p.m. She didn't specify where.A spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the information is bologna. The tip actually came in months ago and was proven unfounded. As far as missing child cases that capture broad media attention

  December 12, 2008

• Daily Show Says: Invest in Assault Weapons!

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cMoney Shotthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorEconomic Crisis Assault weapons are a better long-term investment than blue-chip stocks? Well geez, gun nuts, if you'd just said this to begin with there woulda been no fussin' 'n' fuedin'!

  June 3, 2009

• Stephen Colbert on Tennessee Gun Nuts

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  March 10, 2009

• The Jim Cramer-John Stewart Showdown: Finally, Someone Takes on the Financial Media

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  March 13, 2009

• Interview: Augusten Burroughs Discusses Memoirs, Memory, Media and More

  Photo: Dennis PilsitsBest known for his harrowing yet hilarious memoir Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs will be in town to promote the paperback release of his latest, A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father. The reading, discussion and book signing, presented by The Brooks Fund, is free and open to the public 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at Vanderbilt's Ingram Hall. The Scene recently had the chance to correspond with Burroughs via email.For readers familiar with the cringe-worthy com

  April 1, 2009

• Conspiracy of the Week: Obama Appoints Wife-Beating Advocate

  The dark corners of AM radio are best left unexplored, lest you hear something you can't unhear. Yesterday, while fishing for distraction, I violated this rule and stumbled upon the newest (let's face it) right-wing conspiracy.On AM 760, Christian Talk on Trevecca Nazarene University radio, Janet Parshall was talking about President Obama's supposedly controversial appointment of Yale Law dean Harold Koh for State Department legal advisor. Had I owned something cool like an iPhone, I could've Go

  April 3, 2009

• Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza

  February 19, 2009

• Mike Huckabee at Davis-Kidd

  November 27, 2008

• Daily Dose

  May 8, 2008

• Words of the Week

  November 8, 2007

• Good Night and Good Luck

  Local Spanish-language TV news comes to Nashville

  January 11, 2007

• The Daily Show's Definitive Takedown of Dick

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cDick (Uncut)thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorEconomic Crisis

  June 5, 2009

• Off Limits

  October 26, 2006

• Our Critics Picks

  Mable John, Saturday 8th

  July 6, 2006

• Why All Smiles?

  We’re happy as long as we don’t consider life’s one unfortunate wrinkle: we’re Mexicans

  June 29, 2006

• Demetri Martin at TPAC's Polk Theater

  Hipster Comedy

  April 16, 2009

• Singer-Songwriter

  August 12, 2004

• Centers of Attention

  From The Bachelor to Bill Clinton, it seems everyone’s desperate for a little TV exposure

  May 16, 2002

• The Fabricator

  Legislature begins color-coded warning system

  March 21, 2002

• More Than Buzz

  Beautiful, rich The Secret Life of Bees transcends its trappings as a coming-of-age tale

  February 28, 2002

• The Week That Was

  Targeting TDOT

  October 26, 2000

• Two-Way Conversation

  April 27, 2000

• Fast Moves

  Retired TSU director fights for home

  January 20, 2000

• Words About Music

  April 3, 1997

• The Roasted Host

  January 25, 1996

• The Dead Weather, Anvil on Kimmel & More: Newsy Bits

  * Tickets on sale today right now for the big Dead Weather show at War Memorial July 30. Not that you've seen a banner ad anywhere recently mentioning that fact. (Ticketmaster.) * Brooklyn's Au Revoir Simone come to Nashville to play The End on June 1. * You may have already heard that Paste magazine needs you in order to stay alive. Idolator's down with that, sort of, although maybe not really. * New Hotpipes website is up. (Yewknee.) * I interviewed Anvil drummer Robb Reiner yesterday, rig

  May 15, 2009

• See Glenn Beck Squirm Under Withering Questioning By...Babwa Wawa and Whoopi

  Fantasy fulfilled. If you've ever desired to see Glenn Beck act as if he would like to crawl inside of his own ass and cower there, ashamed and utterly alone, check this clip from The View. The ladies play a video clip of Beck on his radio show, making shit up about an encounter with Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg. Verbal beatdown ensues, the thinking world is delighted and an emotionally unstable demagogue is publicly lashed. Ah, to have your journalistic integrity called into question by

  May 21, 2009

• John Oliver at Zanies

  May 21, 2009

• The Daily Show's Visit to that Quaint Little Antique, The New York Times

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cEnd Timesthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorNewt Gingrich Unedited Interview For those of you who hate the New York Times, or just the liberal press in general, the Daily Show offers this hilarious take on the Times and the newspaper world.

  June 11, 2009

• John Rich for Governor? Really? I mean, what?

  John Rich announced on Larry King Live last night that he may run for governor of Tennessee. Now, if you've been apprised of some of his more entertaining shenanigans indicating a very real and very self-destructive drinking problem, you may have been stunned and bemused, like I was.Let's take a look at Rich's recent local history and decide how improbable such a bid actually is.There's this awkward encounter at Legends Corner where Rich says something inaudible to Jared Ashley, a former contest

  June 12, 2009

• The Daily Show's Take on CNN's New 'Unverified Material' Theme

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGuantanamo Baywatch - Uighur, Pleasewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJason Jones in Iran

  June 18, 2009

• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Reports on Bonnaroo

  In case you haven't gotten your fill of Bonnaroo coverage in the last few weeks here is a little gem taken from an episode of the new Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien that features Triumph the Insult Comic Dog doing what he does best at the expense of 'Roo goers and performers. Unfortunately, the first of the two videos requires you to sit through a 15-second ad, but I promise it's worth the wait. Highlights include interviews with TV on the Radio and the Beastie Boys, plenty of insulted hippi

  June 22, 2009

• Bill Maher at the Ryman

  June 25, 2009

• The Colbert Report Honors Our Guns-in-Bars Law

  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cDifference Makers - Doug Jacksonwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJeff Goldblum The Colbert Report visits Tennessee to examine the guns-and-bar law and honor Doug Jackson. And while it may be comedy gold, it doesn't exactly paint Tennessee as a leading civilization.

  July 16, 2009

• The Daily Show on Birthers

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c

  July 23, 2009

• Bobcat Goldthwait at Zanies

  July 30, 2009

• Nashvillian Frank Dileo, Michael Jackson's Manager, on Larry King Live

  Frank Dileo on Larry King Live, part 1 At the time of his death, Michael Jackson was being managed by Frank Dileo, a storied music industry veteran who moved to Nashville several years ago and was the subject of a November 2007 Scene cover story. In addition to his prolific music biz career, Dileo played the roles of Tuddy Cicero in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and Mr. Big in the Wayne's World movies. You can read more about Dileo, and a statement he released the day after Jackson's death, her

  August 5, 2009

• Secret Service: Al Gore Was a Dick

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRonald Kesslerwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorSpinal Tap Performance It seems that former state Sen. Paul Stanley doesn't have a lock on hypocrisy among Tennessee politicians. In Ronald Kessler's new book, "In the President's Secret Service," he interviews agents assigned to guard various White House officials and their families. According to Kessler's reporting, the Obamas, Bush I and II, and the Cheneys were polit

  August 6, 2009

• The Daily Show's Death Panel Debate

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c

  August 11, 2009

• Third Man Records Open LA Location, KOL on Conan, Green Womb Is a Venue and More [Schedule-y Bits]

  Died Young, Stayed Pretty at The Belcourt Sept. 3. * The Dead Weather will be performing at the grand opening of Third Man Records and Novelties West in Los Angeles at noon on Wednesday. According to The DW's website, Third Man West will be open for a total of just three days, but at Wednesday's performance they'll give away a "'golden ticket' trip to Nashville to tour the original Third Man Records facility." So enigmatic. * Kings of Leon will be on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien this e

  August 24, 2009

• D.L. Hughley at Zanies

  September 24, 2009

• Double Bill: Frist and Maher Have a Shockingly Civilized Debate

  Former Tennessee Sen. (and literary powerhouse) Bill Frist appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday night, and the two Bills had an unexpectedly civilized debate. There was no mention of dead cats or Terry Schiavo, just polite volleys on the swine flu vaccine--Maher questions the wisdom of the vaccine, Frist says get it--and national health care reform. But what was most surprising was the congenial and mutually respectful tone, with Maher offering high praise for Frist's efforts in

  October 12, 2009

• Court-Ordered Hell — how an errant judge and a controlling sibling stripped Nashville rocker Danny Tate of his money, his livelihood and his legal rights

  January 21, 2010

• Harold Ford: Alpha Dog of the Week

  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

  January 26, 2010

• Colbert Thrashes Harold Ford in Face-to-Face Encounter: 'This Is Not Flip-Flopping?'

  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

  February 2, 2010

• 'Vanderbilt, Your Mascot's an Outdated Computer'

  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c

  February 10, 2010

• Flipping Channels: From Leno & Palin to Bigelow v. Cameron, What's on TV This Week

  From Scene staff writer Ron Wynn: The next chapter in one of contemporary television's biggest disasters begins tonight when Jay Leno returns as host of The Tonight Show (WSMV-Channel 4, 10:35 p.m.). By now the litany of stunningly dumb moves made by NBC is history, from Leno's five-nights-of-primetime-torment show to assuming Conan O'Brien would just automatically accept having The Tonight Show shifted to 11:05 p.m. It didn't help that Leno's show was drawing the kinds of ratings reserved for

  March 1, 2010