we now interrupt our regularly scheduled Oscar musing

For a discussion on how badly I want to hang out with Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Jimmy Fallon:

The Daily Show... Sings!

man, they're charming

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Jon Stewart is my hero

There are many great moments from yesterday's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (one of the few times I've wished I live in DC), and I'll try to add some others up here in case you missed it, but to start with, here's the man of the hour's closing statement...

when funny people get together...

funny things normally happen. and occasionally some mind-blowing things.

Get ready for your head to explode around the 3:30 mark...



From Jon Stewart's "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit for autism education...

Even Stephven

apparently this is the week of warming Jessica's heart with fabulous reunions. First, we got the mysterious picture of the mini-Firefly reunion (we miss you guys), now, the return of Steve Carell to late night Comedy Central...

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and, for more fun, the intro of last night's Colbert Report (excuse me, Carell Corral)

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Reasons to live in NYC

When I went to see Conan in Seattle the only "special guest" we got was Dave Matthews. New Yorkers got a Stephen Colbert/Conan/Jon Stewart dance off. not cool, NYC, not cool.

UPDATE: that video wasn't enough for you? here's the longer one, courtesy of teamcoco.com


and just in case that didn't make you jealous enough, apparently a few other friends stopped by, including Paul Rudd, Bill Hader and John Krasinski. Sigh...

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No surprise here

Looks like Hugh Jackman has officially turned down hosting the Oscars this year. That was pretty expected, but now all the guessing has to start over who it will be. As loyal readers know, we were surprisingly happy with Jackman's hosting, so this actually makes me a little sad. Especially given some of the names I'm seeing thrown around as ideas for potential hosts. Mariah Carey? I don't care if she is awesome in "Precious," I don't want her hosting my Oscars. Will Smith? I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Plus, the Oscars now have to contend with the (previously always host-less) Golden Globes and their genius hire of Ricky Gervais.

I will miss another year of this:


but let's hope the Oscars have their heads on straight and remember how awesome Jon Stewart was. Or, listen to that quiet chanting coming from my corner: "NPH, NPH, NPH!"

was there ever any doubt?

that NPH would be amazing at the Emmys? Our love affair with Neil Patrick Harris has been well documented, but it was nice to see other people give him some love on stage, including Jon Stewart and member of last year's five host debacle, Survivor host Jeff Probst.

Here are a couple of my favorite moments:




side note: living in a household that loves sports almost as much as it loves pop culture, i missed part of the awards due to Sunday night football. Please, tell me what other favorite moments I missed.

and finally, because it won an emmy and I love it, let's relive the opening number from last year's oscars. Just a little over 5 months until Oscar day!!!

I'm sorry, but Rachel McAdams is so damn charming

Probably best not to watch this if you don't want major plot points of The Time Traveler's Wife revealed (but do you really care that much?)

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This is the kind of film that I think would be recognized by the Oscars if they were holding them...

...which they are not because if they were I would obviously be hosting them. -Jon Stewart

oh holy awesome.