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[–] [email protected] 58 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

If anyone can do this it's Jon Stewart. I know he's mentioned on several occasions that he doesn't have any political ambitions whatsoever, and he's been true to his word. But sometimes circumstances allow great men to take great leaps, and on rare occasions, do great things.

The fact that The Hill is already running a piece trying to play him off as a comedy star from an era that has all but vanished due to the corporate landscape, is all I need to know to believe what he has to say. They're already trying to downplay and dismiss the results before they've occurred.

What are the terms of the interview? Will it be in person in front of an audience, via webcast, in front of the burning reichstag, etc...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Zelenskyy was also a comedian first.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

People forget that popular comedians are usually incredibly intelligent. Conan graduated MCL from Harvard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Damn I didn't know Harvard issued medial cruciate ligaments

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

What are the terms of the interview?

Musk just wants it to air unedited. Which means no matter what they do, he would be able to claim it was edited if things don't go his way and he ends up looking like (an even bigger) fool.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

So do a single camera and air it live.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Do multiple cameras, but display them all continuously, and then do all the tricks people use to try to make it obvious no editing was done and put them in the foreground and background of all the angles.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

Nah...He'd still play the it was edited bullshit. The only thing that is nearly impossible to defend is "it was edited while being played live". There, his embarrassments are his own, and they're very very hard to downplay to any other causes.

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[–] [email protected] 263 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Here’s how it’s going to go down:

  • Jon will ask pointed questions.
  • Elmo will respond with rhetoric, lies, half-truths, incendiary nonsense, &/or dumb jokes.
  • Jon will call him out on his bullshit.
  • Elmo will respond with more rhetoric, lies, half-truths, incendiary nonsense, &/or dumb jokes.
  • Jon will be appalled at Musk’s lack of integrity, ethics, intelligence, or humility.
  • The next day, right-wing pundits will spin it as a victory for Musk - saying he made Stewart “speechless and dumbfounded” with his amazing performance.
[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We know how Jon handles this exact situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCuIxIJBfCY

Musk will be roasted and embarrassed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

Oh holy shit what a take down. That ending was incredible. I'd be terrified of one day meeting Jon Stewart and accidentally voicing an opinion within earshot just in case he takes issue with it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

God damn, thanks for this link. I’m not sure how I missed this year old video. I wish I could keep my cool as successfully as Stewart does in situations like this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's amazing how surgical he is while you can see he is literally shaking from anger. It's like the anger just adds fuel to the fire of his rhetorical wit.

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[–] corsicanguppy 103 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You forgot

  • musk buys wherever the Daily Show is produced
  • musk fires Jon
  • "The Daily Show, with Sean Hannity"
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mean, Jon Stewart and maybe some of the writers are the value there. Even if you imagined that happening, he can just go do a new show.

Something like Twitter takes a lot of doing to build; network effect favors incumbents.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yep-- apple didn't want Jon to talk about China (and maybe a couple of other things) on the show they were paying him for. He left, started a new show (slash podcast), and got back on the Daily Show.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/20/media/jon-stewart-apple/index.html

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

musk fires Jon

Maybe he'll come back and lead the resistance with Bernie and AOC

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't you threaten me with a good time!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah we don't want this to happen no sir! Oh please save us put our best on the case, elmo and his mutts, those Christian spooky people, the shaved gang, get your best ai and please use your competence to not make this happen!! It would be truly just awful!!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Have you seen the current speaking ability of Musk? I'd be surprised if he produces a single coherent sentence.

I hope Jon Stewart really pushes him through his filler speech and reveals Musk as stupid as he actually is.

Tho I still dont think this will happen. Musk would have to be incredibly stupid to accept this, like even more stupid than he actually is.

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[–] [email protected] 279 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Place your bets on muskrat chickening out.

Stewart is going to rip him a structurely superfluous behind.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Jon would "win" if it happened, but it won't matter.

After seeing Trump utterly dog walked across the stage in his debate performance and still win the election, I have lost any remaining faith that some great Aaron Soorkin-esque moment will change a fucking thing in this country.

It would be entertaining though; so that'll be fun.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If he doesn't chicken out, he might storm out mid interview when John absolutely stomps on every misleading or false thing he says and pushes him to actually define his role in DOGE which could open him up to legal trouble (if that term meant anything anymore)

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd be so happy if he throws a hissy fit and storms off.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Wouldn't it be funny if they had 2 guests. Elon Musk and Bill Burr.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

The closest we ever came...

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elon comes out without his kid and the Mario Bros theme starts playing

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[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Pigs will fly and my shit will turn to gold before he sits in front of Jon Stewart live, and or unedited

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 22 hours ago

Just keep his security goons away from the production facilities and equipment. In fact, they should hire three times the amount of security Musk has. Just remember, they have been deputized by the U.S. Marshall Service, so they have the power to arrest people.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just like the cage match he had with Zuck.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This'd be much much better. Even Joe Average can see muskrat is physically unfit, but his intellectual dishonesty is much easier to cover up.

[–] breakfastmtn 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The headline makes it sound like they were in talks with each other. Musk gave his "terms" to a random Twitter user. I seriously doubt this will happen. Stew beef would completely humiliate Musk and his mediocre white guy confidence wouldn't save him.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The thing I hate though is whenever someone interviews Elon it seems like they can't help but crawl right up his ass. If you wanna see real cringe look at Bill Maher's interview with him. Now he criticizes Elon, but when he had him on I'm pretty sure he was what that AI video of Trump and Elon was trained on.

Maybe stew beef is different, but I figure if Elon detects he can't get the interview he wants he'll bail.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago

I am so excited to tell you this.

When Tucker Carlson (right-wing shithead) was hosting a show called 'Crossfire,' and still wearing a stupid bow tie, he made the mistake of agreeing to have Jon Stewart on his show. Here's a link to the wikipedia page. There is a whole page for this one incident.

Here is a line that might appeal: "Three months after the appearance, Crossfire was cancelled and Carlson was fired; commentators differ as to how impactful it actually was, but generally agree that Stewart was at least part of the reason."

And one thing is for sure, Tucker Carlson may have kept his incredibly stupid "man just asking questions" expression... but he stopped wearing that stupid bow tie.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Bill Maher is pretty damn conservative tbh

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Musk will never wear a bow tie again.

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