Jon Stewart is near, if not at, the top of my list of entertainment heroes these days. I know that doesn't make me unique, but whether or not you're a fan, if you missed Thursday's episode of The Daily Show, I encourage you to try to catch the Friday repeats at either 10 AM or 7 PM. You don't need to watch the whole episode, but the last 10 minutes featuring an interview with Jennifer Love Hewitt plugging this weekend's opening of Garfield: The Movie are priceless. I've never seen any talk show host blatantly ridicule his guest's film the way Stewart scoffs at Garfield , but I suppose he just couldn't help himself. For her part, Hewitt couldn't stop squirming.
Stewart starts by asking some fairly basic questions: Why would anyone make this movie? Wasn't Garfield popular in the '80s and not so much now? He then continues by marvelling at Bill Murray's involvement in such a project -- Murray is the voice of the famously fat cat. Stewart states that Murray must have agreed to do Garfield's voice simply because he was bored and wanted a quick payday to buy a new suit.
If it wasn't so damn funny, it would have been flat-out rude. But it wasn't -- rather, it was utterly hysterical. Catch it, if you can.
"Bill Murray must be some kind of crazy whore for money" is flat out the most hysterical interview line ever. Damn!
Posted by: MercuryX23 | Friday, June 11, 2004 at 10:26 AM
"The Daily Show" is the only reason I miss having cable. Way to rub it in.
Posted by: Marleigh | Friday, June 11, 2004 at 05:45 PM
JLH is such a twit, but an extremely good-natured twit. It was a pretty funny bit. Betcha those celeb pr types though will be thinking twice about trying to get their Hillary Duff Duff's and the like on Jon's couch from now on.
Posted by: karen | Friday, June 11, 2004 at 07:57 PM