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Jon Stewart Skewers Glenn Beck’s Massa Interview: Like Opening Al Capone’s Vault

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Can anyone blame Jon Stewart for not being able to resist Tuesday’s epic Eric Massa, Glenn Beck interview? No. And Stewart is in top form here, especially for those who missed either the interview or the lead up to it (as per usual, even Stewart can’t quite match the phenomenon of the real thing). Stewart’s take in a nutshell:

“To Glenn Beck’s credit no matter how badly Eric Massa screwed this thing up he tried to get him back on track…But the more Beck struggled the clearer it became that he was opening Al Capone’s vault only to find some dog-eared, well combed over, old men’s fitness magazines.”

Some sharp editing on the Daily Show’s part actually makes Massa sound like a voice of reason (they pulled the three reasonable things he said), which led Stewart to reflect on Beck’s shocked visage and wonder whether the FOX host perhaps needed a visit from the “tickle monster.” Also, Stewart speculates Beck may have stumbled upon his new nightly sign-off. Video below.


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  • The Real Royal King

    This is one of the funniest sketches on television since the Tina Fey/Drop Out Governor time.

  • roxsteady

    Hilarious! I love how Beck kept trying to get Massa to “name names”. After seeing his promos leading up to the show, and how he thought he’d get the goods, Massa couldn’t deliver. Only the truely brain dead can watch that show.

  • The Real Royal King

    I think we all learned a valuable lesson in over-hyping, Roxsteady. I bet every decent journalism and RTF school in the nation will be using Beck and Massa for years to come on how not to promote and conduct an interview.

  • Olby Sucks

    Massa is living proof that democrats cannot be trusted. The desperation of the 0(zero) administration gets more entertaining to watch every day!

  • Azarkhan

    “I think we all learned a valuable lesson in over-hyping…”

    Everyone except Real Royal A, who continues to overhype his own intelligence.

  • ImNotBlue

    Remember folks… it’s Beck’s fault he talked to Massa. Not the Democrats who elected him. Not the Democrats who allowed him to stay in office. Not the Democrats who, up until last week, loved having another member with a “D” after his name. Nope… this is Beck.

    I heard Pelosi talk about how sick and sad Massa is… what I don’t understand is how she can pretend like she bears no responsibility in the matter. You’re the leader! Shouldn’t you have done something?!

  • Azarkhan

    “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was notified in October by then-Rep. Eric Massa’s top aide of concerns about the New York Democrat’s behavior, two congressional sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday night.

    Joe Racalto, Massa’s chief of staff, was uneasy that Massa, 50, was living with several young, unmarried male staffers and using sexually explicit language with them, one source said. But what finally prompted him to call Pelosi’s director of member services, the source said, was a lunch date that Massa made with a congressional aide in his 20s who worked in the office of Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).”

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031003832.html

  • Ted

    INB – You are correct sir!! Sure, journalism schools are having a field day with this as they should but they are missing the point. You see, it was NOT Glenn Beck that asked Massa to be on his show for a full hour which “could quite possibly change the course of this nation.” And it was NOT actually Glenn Beck who interviewed Massa; and it was NOT Glenn Beck who apologized for what will go down in history as the biggest train wreck in cable history. No sir, it was NOT Glenn Beck, it was the “Democrats” disguised as Glenn Beck (sneaky bastards!!).

    Why isn’t the liberal media covering this story?! Maybe it’s up on Drudge.

  • writer

    According to the far left, they never claim to have morals, and so when any of them are caught doing anything unseemly it’s okay, because there’s no hypocrisy involved.

  • shootfromthehip

    Beck got owned. End of story.

    He so desperately wanted to prove his wild conspiracy stories. Instead he got tickled bombed.

    A seminal moment where he lost many con viewers, no doubt.

  • ImNotBlue

    Ted says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    So Beck dedicates an hour to a Democratic (former) House member… and you’re mad at Beck because “your guy” is a lunatic?

    Journalism schools will view this as an example of what happens when your guest is hostile, evasive, or unprepared to answer questions.

    HISTORY, however, won’t remember the Beck interview… it will remember a lunatic Democratic politician, who made of fool of his party.

  • The Real Royal King

    Olby Sucks says:
    March 11, 2010 at 11:56 am

    Massa is living proof that democrats cannot be trusted. The desperation of the 0(zero) administration gets more entertaining to watch every day!

    Yes, we all heard that the first 143 times you “said” it.

    Among the other things we have heard from you: Hillary will win the Democratic nomination, hands down; The Superdelgates will step in and nominate Hillary; Women voters will not rally around Obama; Palin will draw all of the disaffected Hillary voters away from Obama; Palin has rallied the conservative base and will sweep McCain into office; McCain will win Pennsylvania and Michigan as well as all the W 2b states and be swept into office in an electoral landslide; the Electoral College is going to vote its mind and make McCain president; Don O. Fritos will get an injunction prohibiting Obama from being sworn in; the Supreme Court has summoned Rush Limbaugh to Washington to help prepare the populace for riots when the Supreme Court Justices refuse to swear Obama into office; Orly Taitz, Extension School Attorney, Dentist, Real Estate Agent and Wig Model will file a suit which will remove President Obama from office; the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Orly Taitz’s suit which can only mean President Obama will be removed from office.

    Michael Wiener is going to win his lawsuit against CAIR and have the organization shut down.

    In light of the foregoing, is there any reason any of us should believe you, Jeff?

    ImNotBlue says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    I don’t want to speak for Ted, but if the Beck debacle proved anything, it is that BOTH men are fatally flawed.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    ImNotBlue says:
    March 11, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    I don’t want to speak for Ted, but if the Beck debacle proved anything, it is that BOTH men are fatally flawed.

    “Fatally” flawed? How is this fatal?

    Flawed… of course. “Fatally?” Ummmm?

  • writer

    Never let it be said the far left is melodramatic.

  • Epluribusunum

    Looks like a case of “When Greek meets Greek”–pun intended: two prize BS artists have a face off and Glenn got SMOKED!

    To paraphrase Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard movie–”Glenn, you just got Bu**F**ked on national TV.”

  • The Real Royal King

    Let me explain. In this instance “fatally” is an adjective (a word which generally precedes a noun in English and modifies that noun) which means disastrous or ruined. It can also be an adverb (a word often following a verb in English and modifying that verb), but that’s for another lesson.

  • Epluribusunum

    Beck should start booking talking dogs and mutes: they’re much safer interview subjects. Even “pigs with lipstick” give him trouble.

  • Ted

    INB – Never said I was mad at Glenn Beck, besides, as you know, it was NOT Glenn Beck that interviewed Massa but rather an unnamed Democrat disguised as Glenn Beck. Great disguise by the way.

    You are kidding yourself if you don’t think history will record that the Glenn Beck interview as one of the biggest flops ever; a cable news rodeo clown who made a complete fool of himself…again. Unless of course the msm uncovers the Democrat in disguise story. Let’s hope!!

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    March 11, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Wow… digging deep on that on, eh Royal. Yeesh.

    Ted says:
    March 11, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    INB – Never said I was mad at Glenn Beck, besides, as you know, it was NOT Glenn Beck that interviewed Massa but rather an unnamed Democrat disguised as Glenn Beck. Great disguise by the way.

    This makes even less sense than normal. Are you implying that Massa, despite being a Democrat, wasn’t a Democrat? What the heck are you talking about?

    You are kidding yourself if you don’t think history will record that the Glenn Beck interview as one of the biggest flops ever; a cable news rodeo clown who made a complete fool of himself…again.

    …who made a complete fool of himself, interviewing a disgraceful and foolish Democratic House member.

    I guess the point you’re trying to make is you’ll only see what you WANT to see. Reality takes a back seat, if it doesn’t fit your spin. Nice.

  • writer

    Yes, Ted. The history books are full of what happened on TV opinion shows. Perhaps we should put the tape in a time capsule.

  • Olby Sucks

    Even “pigs with lipstick” give him trouble.
    ——-

    When did Beck interview maddow? Can you post the link?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Boyer/602168764 John Boyer

    ‘Some sharp editing on the Daily Show’s part”…that sets Stewart up to mug for the camera.

    Yeah, that basically comprises about half of the Daily Show’s humor…

  • Epluribusunum

    Dear Olby Sucks,

    You seem to be the resident Beck expert here. I have a true/false question for you:

    GLENN BECK WILL SAY ANYTHING FOR MONEY

    Just to make it easier to answer I’ll give you a hypothetical example:

    1)Your mother works in a high enough profile public job so that she CANNOT sue for libel or slander

    2) Roger Ailes walks into Glenn Beck’s office and tells him “it’s in the national interest” that you call Olby Sucks’ Mom a WHORE today–oh, and by the way there’s a $50,000 cash bonus in it for you.

    Do you REALLY think your Mom wouldn’t be a HO by sundown???????

  • Olby Sucks

    Do you know who Olby gets his marching orders from if what you say is true?

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