Robert Caro on Lyndon Johnson

Jon Stewart on The Daily Show had a fascinating interview with the late president’s biographer. Johnson was a complex man, good on civil rights, terrible when it came to Vietnam.

(This clip appeared on May 10, 2012. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post.)

The truly discriminated people of Missouri

How stupid/bigoted/ignorant (circle all that apply) people like Wanda Brown ever get elected to office is beyond me.

(This clip appeared on May 3, 2012. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post.)

All Hail Buddy Christ!

From the 1999 film Dogma. (Thanks to Norm)

There is something richly ironic about casting the late George Carlin, an atheist whose tirades against religion in his comedy routine were legendary, as a Catholic bishop.

Here’s one such performance with some brilliant theological insights. (Language advisory)

So, guys, what do women think?

No one on The Daily Show is as convincing in caricaturing clueless sexism as Jason Jones.

(This clip appeared on April 17, 2012. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report outside the US, please see this earlier post.)