The Day in Review

I spent most of the day just checking out a few shows of note and seeing how they were reacting to things. I checked out the Daily Show/Colbert's Election Special. Granted, it was just a smidge anti-climactic seeing it after the fact, but there were a few good bits there. In particular, it was entertaining to see Stephen Colbert interact with John and the rest of the Daily Show crew. It's almost like he's a guest star or something, but in a good way. It also makes you appreciate that Stephen does most of his show with almost no on camera support (he, of course, has the same corps of writers).

Much like fellow blogger Sam Johnson, I found myself hopelessly intrigued by what The View would offer up today. And boy, howdy. Sherri Shepherd had a breakdown just talking about the whole thing. Whoopi talked about how she cried the night before. Then Barbara talked about how she cried the morning after while seeing a clip of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech... then she showed a clip from said speech and dang!

And that was just the first fifteen minutes.

Elizabeth took a cue from John McCain and was disturbingly calm and congenial the entire show, and said she planned to support the new president. So if everyone follows The View's pattern, we'll all be one big happy family sometime in the next few days. And then suddenly, we'll be boring and no one will care about us anymore.

Then, of course, I goofed around too long, overslept, and didn't have enough time to go cross town and pick up my precious comics before work. And you just know I had prime reading time at work today, too. Ah, well. All the better to write with, I guess.

And since everyone else has an Obama image of some sort up, I might as well drop one, too.

Did I Just Hear That?

So I was watching The View yesterday...

... alright, get the laughter out of your system now. There, you happy? Now then, I was watching the... dangnabbit! I just like seeing them squabble at the beginning, okay? Are you done?

Anyways, the opening clip is here. I won't embed it because even though I'm man enough to admit that I watched The View, I can't bring myself to actively post it here. I'll direct you to the about the 1:30 mark, and I will quote Sherri Shepherd directly here:

"I always feel like, you know, 'cause I'm learning so much about politics... and I want to come to the table with what I've learned... that I don't want to talk about it with anyone else because I s---- my w--- so early..."

For those that are having trouble deciphering my elusive editing code, the phrase in question involves the firing of a projectile and is also something that Sherri technically can't do (and no, I am most certainly getting into that debate with anyone...).

Now for anyone who bothered to check the clip, my response at home is similar to the one that the other ladies have. Basically, I sat there for about 4-5 seconds to determine whether I had or had not heard her correctly. Then there was the additional second or two of trying to figure out if she was, in fact, allowed to say said phrase uncenesored. The fact that when she attempts to say it again, it is censored (the first time on the live show it went out completely uncensored) would seem to indicate that it is most certainly not allowed.

Sherri goes on to explain that she just learned that phrase recently, although she clearly isn't aware of all of its connotations. I know will argue that she may have been using it the literal alternative as it relates to some sort of economic or banking issue. And using that logic, I might also believe that certain rappers are just big fans of skeet shooting.

But Sherri... oh, Sherri. That you could say such a thing without knowing that it has such a blatantly slummy connotation... I have to admit, it makes you oddly compelling. What other things have you not learned yet? What can I teach you...?