Matt from Mac Hall linked to this,which is a transcript of a meeting between TedKoppel of Nightline and Jon Stewart of the DailyShow. It’s an interesting read. Slate hasan article about the encounter, and I thoughtit was an interesting analysis of the whole thing.To sum up, the author thinks the interviewreflects the rift between two generations. Here,I’ll just quote straight from the article:

What was at stake in this debate between twomen, a generation apart in age (Stewart is 42,Koppel 64), both of whom host some version of alate-night daily talk show on current events?Clearly, Koppel’s beef went far beyond thequestion of whether most folks who watch The DailyShow do so for yuks. (As a long-term viewer, Iwould contend that of course they do, and thatanyone who can’t tell the difference betweenStewart’s out-there satire and actualinvestigative reporting is too dumb to understandthe “real” news anyway.) No, the battle of thenetwork anchors was about nothing less than thefuture of TV journalism.

It’s really a reasonable interpretation. Whatbothers me, then, is the unwillingness of Koppelto listen to Stewart, and to continue the debate.The Nightline anchorman just cuts Stewart off.Furthermore, Koppel was scheduled to appear on theDaily Show the following Thursday, but nevershowed - presumably because, when not on his show,he wouldn’t have the power to end the interview.That sounds like a big message to me - one guywilling to talk, and one guy’s refusal to talk. OrI may be reaching. I hope I am, anyway.

Since I have already revealed that iheart jon stewart, I’m going to linkto an archive of celebrity interview videos thatComedy Central keeps. The description of theBill O’Reilly interview made me grin: “BillO’Reilly stops by and Jon threatens to cut his ownmic off.” And actually, if anyone gets them towork (because I sure couldn’t), drop me a line andlet me know. I’ve tried in both Firefox and IE,and it just won’t load up the videos.

I’m starting to like Painter more and more…Shit, did I just say that? I mean…I Love Photoshop!

I’m pretty sure I have more to say, but I can’t think of anything right now. I’m sitting here, trying to stay awake, but I’m failing. So before I go to la la land, here is another Nightcrawler picture I did in Painter. Yeah, I know he doesn’t look exactly like him…I wasn’t trying to be perfect.

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The hell?

Posted something and then found something usefulto post about. Oops!

My bro dropped me this link to aSarah McLachlan video … it’s hot. Basicallywhat she did was, instead of paying producers anddirectors and so on to make a video, she made avideo on a handcam, and gave away most of themoney to various charitable causes around theworld. The way the video is done is pretty cool… anyway, go take a look.

… do I ever miss nerf guns.

It’s one of those things about being a kid that’llalways be unique to the generations that grew upin the 80s and early 90s … like Nintendo.

Maybe I go better go dig up one of my old ones …

Why is it so freakin cold already??

Did some random art over the weekend..here is one of them.

… i also heart jon stewart

He went on Crossfire, which is the politicaldebate show on CNN, and … well … dear lord.Jon Stewart is my hero. Here’s a transcript of theepisode: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/15/cf.01.html

[Edit:]Hawk dropped me a link to the clip, whichhas been hosted online by iFilm. Hereit is.[/edit]

Thanks to my bro Edge who pointed out thetranscript to me.

In completely unrelated news, the 30th anniversaryof Dungeons and Dragons happened recently. CNNdid an article on it - this is linked purelyout of respect for the oldest school gamer, asI’ve never personally played D&D before … alwayscurious, though.