Illinois Governor Confused by 'Daily Show'
Friday, February 24, 2006
ST. LOUIS — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn't in on the joke. Blagojevich says he didn't realize"The Daily Show" was a comedy spoof of the news when he sat down for an interview that ended up poking fun at the sometimes-puzzled Democratic governor.
"It was going to be an interview on contraceptives ... that's all I knew about it," Blagojevich laughingly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a story for Thursday's editions. "I had no idea I was going to be asked if I was 'the gay governor.'"
The interview focused on his executive order requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency birth control.
Interviewer Jason Jones pretended to stumble over Blagojevich's name before calling him "Governor Smith." He urged Blagojevich to explain the contraception issue by playing the role of "a hot 17-year-old" and later asked if he was "the gay governor."
At one point in the interview, a startled Blagojevich looked to someone off camera and said, "Is he teasing me, or is that legit?"
The segment, which aired two weeks ago, also featured Illinois Republican Rep. Ron Stephens, a pharmacist who opposes the governor's rule. Stephens has said he knew the show was a comedy.
"I thought the governor was hip enough that he would have known that, too," Stephens said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185928,00.html
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02-24-2006 16:52
Yes and Ron Stephens lives in the town where i grew up... Lets just say that southern Illinois is not a good place to be if you don't conform to the "norm".
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02-24-2006 16:59
Daily Show is funny, but given the chance to interview a state Governor, you would think you might actually ask him something worthwhile.
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02-24-2006 18:06
Daily Show is funny, but given the chance to interview a state Governor, you would think you might actually ask him something worthwhile. He did. For a comedy show. Jon Edwards is not a journalist, and he'll be the first to tell you so - his occasional bouts of hardball are more disgust at the current state of journalism that a parody show is often considered more accurate and unbiased than the actual news broadcasts and newspapers. _____________________
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02-24-2006 23:30
He did. For a comedy show. Jon Edwards is not a journalist, and he'll be the first to tell you so - his occasional bouts of hardball are more disgust at the current state of journalism that a parody show is often considered more accurate and unbiased than the actual news broadcasts and newspapers. Jon Stewart. John Edwards is the fake psychic guy. _____________________
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02-24-2006 23:36
I saw that interview! I almost fell over laughing when the interviewer asked the govenor if he was "the gay govenor"!
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That's hilarious, I wonder how many on the Colbert Report don't realize it's comedy as well
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That's hilarious, I wonder how many on the Colbert Report don't realize it's comedy as well The Colbert Report is comedy? *hehehe, just kidding* _____________________
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Jon Stewart. John Edwards is the fake psychic guy. You're right. I knew that, really! Although I find John Edwards just as funny, in a way... _____________________
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