Comments on: Decision 2006

Decision 2006

Robot Johnny — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:28:47 -0800

"As a performer, I'm truly honored to be hosting the show,' Stewart says. "As an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can't help but be a little disappointed with the choice.'

By: digaman

digaman — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:33:01 -0800

Yay!

By: JPowers

JPowers — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:33:56 -0800

Why, oh why, not Conan?

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:35:37 -0800

JPowers, I just pictured an ancient warrior splitting Spielberg's head with a battle axe. Then I realized you were talking about O'Brien.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:36:00 -0800

What, Billy Crystal wasn't available? :P Seriously though, this is good news, and might make the Oscars worth watching this year, if only for a little bit where Jon tells some jokes. My only concern is that Jon might be forced to tone down his act like Chris Rock reportedly was when he hosted them. Oh well. One way or the other, it'll be interesting and at least a little bit funny. At least.

By: digaman

digaman — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:37:41 -0800

What I really want is Stewart to moderate the next presidential debates. But this will still be good... or an interesting train wreck. ("Has Stewart Jumped the Snark?" would be the headline of choice if it falls flat.)

By: Doorstop

Doorstop — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:41:47 -0800

...i may actually have to watch the Academy Awards this year.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:43:57 -0800

After watching the Daily show, watching Conan is like eating the day-old crusty rice at the bottom of the pan after eating a $500 meal at benihana and fucking devon aoki.

By: sellout

sellout — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:44:41 -0800

"As the Grammies demonstrated, self-deprecation and ironic detachment don't mix well with fuel-injected enthusiasm required of awards-show hosts." That sounds about right to me. My money is on train wreck, but at least I'm interested in watching the Oscars now.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:44:56 -0800

What I really want is Stewart to moderate the next presidential debates. But this will still be good... or an interesting train wreck. If McCain gets the republican nomination, that could happen.

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:54:50 -0800

Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care?

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:58:11 -0800

You shouldn't. Fuck off.

By: feelinglistless

feelinglistless — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:00:21 -0800

eyeballkid: I care.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:01:47 -0800

I had heard that it was gonna be Letterman and BOR.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:02:38 -0800

Actualy, I think they should just let Devon Aoki host. She is hot.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:03:39 -0800

I'll watch the Oscars for this. Jon Stewart is one of those people I wish could just follow me around and narrate my life.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:05:37 -0800

Billy Crystal's "edgy" political gags got appreciative, if insincere, laughter. Jon Stewart's scripted routine will probably not be afforded the same courtesy, so this will be a great car crash.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:06:34 -0800

Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care? Oh goody, the troll's here.

By: littleme

littleme — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:09:11 -0800

What, Billy Crystal wasn't available? :P Actually, that's apparently the case: according to the LA Times and Variety, he was offered the gig but declined because of a heavy work schedule.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:13:09 -0800

" Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care?" Could we see the document that appointed you as spokesperson for the rest??? and... oh, never mind.... troll fed, move along

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:13:14 -0800

A great choice. The perfect choice. And the show will still suck.

By: docgonzo

docgonzo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:23:35 -0800

Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care? Good point, 'cause no-one outside the US watches the Oscars.

By: raaka

raaka — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:24:52 -0800

"and fucking devon aoki." you're going to jail.

By: sexymofo

sexymofo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:27:01 -0800

If I was one of Stewart's writers, I would pitch him on the "Oprah met Uma" joke and hope he just didn't catch the Oscars that year.

By: JPowers

JPowers — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:29:53 -0800

After watching the Daily show, watching Conan is like eating the day-old crusty rice at the bottom of the pan after eating a $500 meal at benihana and fucking devon aoki. Stewart is the shit. But I would venture to say that there isn't a soul on earth that could make Conan look "day-old crusty rice."

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:31:08 -0800

eating the day-old crusty rice at the bottom of the pan after eating a $500 meal at benihana and fucking devon aoki.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:31:30 -0800

Why do that?

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:34:44 -0800

Jon Stewart's about the only thing interesting to me about the Oscars aside from the slow motion train wreck that is Joan Rivers. Conan's decently funny but would pretty well suck balls as the Emcee.

By: my sock puppet account

my sock puppet account — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:38:09 -0800

I'll be the first to say it, I didn't think he was that funny at the Academy Awards. He's a lot better on the Daily Show when he's making fun of politics. Everyone complains about the host anyway, I might as well start now.

By: tomplus2

tomplus2 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:39:58 -0800

Nothing like being runner-up runner-up. Apperently he was the third choice, Chris Rock and Billy Crystal turned it down.

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:44:21 -0800

They actually invited Chris Rock back?

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:50:25 -0800

Speaking for the part of the world that isn't represented by Joeforking, we'd prefer Conan.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:52:21 -0800

As much as I like Stewart, he's a political humorist. I just can't see him doing jokes about Nick & Jessica. I don't think it'll work. That said, here's to him doing a ridiculously offensive version of The Aristocrats involving some actor that Sean Penn respects.

By: scody

scody — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:53:17 -0800

Heh. This may be the only choice that will drive my mom more nuts than Chris Rock.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:58:57 -0800

Hey, I might actually watch this year. Here's hoping Stewart isn't forced to tone down and blows because of it. Which is probably what will happen.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:10:50 -0800

Crystal was only asked as a courtesy. He's doing a pretty decent Broadway show. (I am not a Billy Crystal fan! BTW.) Come on now, Jon Stewart + BareBack Mountain + Goodnight and Good luck + whatever = Boy are we gonna talk some shit about USian politics and fuck some shit right up. The high-flying pinky-finger raising Hollywood folks are gonna love it! I'm there!!!!! And can't wait!!!! Also, God bless Jon Stewart and his "fake" news/commentary.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:14:13 -0800

"and fucking devon aoki." you're going to jail. She's 23. She only looks like she's 13.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:14:58 -0800

Also, Daily Show is overrated. I haven't seen him in a while, but I'd prefer Conan too.

By: esquire

esquire — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:20:52 -0800

I don't think that Stewart will be a success in hosting the Oscars. The Oscars have become a decidedly middle-brow event that is watched by average Americans who have little capacity for with or nuance. Stewart's brilliance will overwhelm those poor simpletons. They might understand how biting his commentary about the Bush Administration is on so many levels, and they might in their ignorance assume that the Academy Awards are not an appropriate forum for rapier-like, brilliant political commentary and satire.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:25:05 -0800

Honestly I'd expect jon to just make jokes about the film industry, not the bush admin.

By: meh

meh — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:27:57 -0800

Count me in. If it's a train wreck, so much the funnier. Oprah and Uma agree.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:28:56 -0800

Yea, delmoi, yer probably right about that. Can anyone tell me why she is so pop? Is it the cartoon character fetish thing?

By: Gator

Gator — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:31:54 -0800

I think it's a stonefaced mute ninja hooker thing.

By: cassbrown1

cassbrown1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:34:08 -0800

Jon Stewart is the only amusing thing to come out of (available to non WORLD SERIES viewers) the US in a long time.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:34:49 -0800

President G. W. Bush should host. His quick wit works best in a scripted situation and his wry smirk would add just the right tone of uncomprehending us-versus-them divisiveness. Unfortunately, the broadcast would last way past bedtime.

By: cassbrown1

cassbrown1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:39:00 -0800

That's not a wry smirk - the dumb bastard just doesn't know what is happening around him.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:53:12 -0800

See, I actually believe George W. Bush would make a pretty decent Oscars host. Maybe in another timeline.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:56:07 -0800

"Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care?" posted by Joeforking at 9:54 AM AEST on January 6. By "the rest of the world", I assume you mean non-Americans. Well, I was one of the first posters in this thread, and I'm not American. I'm Australian. And I can say I definently care. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a four-times-a-week pleasure that I can't live without. It may be mostly about US politics (which, given that sphere's global reach, is important enough for 'the rest of the world' to care about), but it also occasionally includes a wider view of the world, which I find refreshing coming from an American show. And I appreciate good wit and great humour, regardless of where in the world it comes from. Jon Stewart and the Daily Show is all of that. So why should the rest of the world care? That's why. And given that in almost any given year, the Oscars constitute one long, boring, unimportant, self-serving wank-fest, any kind of refreshing personality like Stewart or Chris Rock should be interesting to anyone, even if the news isn't particuarly earth shattering or anything.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:06:09 -0800

MetaFilter: eating the day-old crusty rice at the bottom of the pan after eating a $500 meal at benihana and fucking devon aoki.

By: travosaurus

travosaurus — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:31:51 -0800

They should've asked Joe Rogan. But seriously, Jon Stewart was a comedian before sitting behind a desk - it was just acting that he was terrible at.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:36:49 -0800

This thread has been useful (in a sense, I suppose) for introducing me to this Devon Aoki person. Other than that, well, not so much.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:42:24 -0800

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a four-times-a-week pleasure that I can't live without The Daily Show is on in Australia? Where and when, please.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:46:32 -0800

I watch the Daily Show whenever it's new, I enjoy it and I'll continue to watch it. That said, Jon Stewart is not funny in an Oscars presenter way. I don't believe he's capable of delivering the pre-written one-liners they'll give him (what's the name of that so-unfunny fellow who writes the jokes each show?). It will be interesting none-the-less, he has a fine line to walk. Either do his schtick and appeal to those of us who watch him or delve into the ass kissing mode he does on interviews. I think a lot of it will have to do with how much material he's allowed to write and how much committee driven Viagra jokes he's forced to tell. The best would be if he were to gently make fun of the awards, the actors and Hollywood -- but we all know they are way too in love with themselves to let all but the most gentle jabbing get by. Didn't they learn the whole ironic, smug New York comedian thing did not work the first time?

By: sacrilicious

sacrilicious — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:52:27 -0800

I am actually looking foward to the Oscars! Please, oh please John, just ONE good Bush joke....

By: craniac

craniac — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:52:39 -0800

Who let the viral marketing agent for Devon Aoki and Benihana in the house?

By: sacrilicious

sacrilicious — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:52:57 -0800

I mean at least one, of course!

By: Dag Maggot

Dag Maggot — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:54:55 -0800

The Daily Show is on in Australia? Where and when, please. The Daily Show shows in Australia on a channel called bittorrent. And, I believe it must be part of the the ABC - as there are no commercials.

By: wilful

wilful — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:56:04 -0800

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a four-times-a-week pleasure that I can't live without The Daily Show is on in Australia? Where and when, please. On your intarweb. At least I learnt who Devon Aoki is. Attractive? Eww, if you like overfed little schoolgirls. Takes all kinds I guess.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:00:23 -0800

Eww, if you like overfed little schoolgirls. Overfed? Um, hardly.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:02:05 -0800

"what's the name of that so-unfunny fellow who writes the jokes each show?" That would be Bruce Vilanch, currently seen on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 3, which is about fat celebrities trying to get fit, not fat celebrities having fits, which I think could be a ratings monster.

By: UMDirector

UMDirector — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:02:41 -0800

I have hope for Jon...I saw him do stand up in Miami about ten years ago and he was fantastic. It was a college crowd and I don't remember there being any political jokes...he may be at his best when he is running a satarical scripted routine but even without those arrangements he is still fantastic. Now if the academy forces their own script on him...well then I just pity him...

By: TochterAusElysium

TochterAusElysium — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:04:00 -0800

Overfed? I never heard of Devon Aoki before today, but a little Google birdy tells me she's not exactly overfed.

By: herc

herc — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:25:28 -0800

Wondering which Oscar host has made the worst movies: Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, or Jon Stewart. My guess, they fall in that order, but "Mr. Saturday Night" and "My Giant" make this a tougher call than one might think.

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:32:05 -0800

I think just her cheeks are overfed. Oh, and I'm always disappointed with the host. Maybe Jon will change that.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:32:12 -0800

Well, I haven't watched the Oscars since they snubbed Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom (self-link) for his appearance in Skipalong Rosenbloom.

By: pithy comment

pithy comment — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:33:05 -0800

I'll watch, but I really don't think the host can do that much for the Oscars, maybe a monologue, and a few jokes here and there, but really the show is a lot of other actors talking about themselves and saying thank you, thank you, thank you, and tehn introducing other actors to do the same. Jon Stewart will make for a great opening, but I'd guess the rest of the show will be the same...we need to get some famous director/producer to direct/produce the Oscars. Could you imagine a Speilberg or Tarantino Oscars?!

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:43:32 -0800

Tarantino? "All right, right, this is one of the most kick-ass movies of the year, riiight? I mean, when I was a movie geek working at a video store, we thought this guy was a genius, riiiiiggghhht? I mean, he makes films with the worl'd most badass villains, riiiggghhtt? "Riggghhhhhttt? "Ladies and gentleman, I give you my personal hero: Jerry Lewis!"

By: jeff-o-matic

jeff-o-matic — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:52:20 -0800

The Daily Show is funny. But it feels like 5.5 funny minutes with 24.5 minutes of commercials. No, I don't have a TIVO.

By: deafmute

deafmute — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:58:55 -0800

This is a little disappointing, but I'll be interested to see how it turns out. I like Jon as an outsider, able to sit back, take a look at a ridiculous place like Hollywood and point out how ridiculous it is. This is a little too inside, and it could definitely blunt some of his sharpness. But good for him all the same.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:06:53 -0800

o god for tarantino to host

By: flarbuse

flarbuse — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:07:30 -0800

I expect that Conan will get the gig right around the time that he moves up to the Tonight Show. He already has signed a deal for that, and will be there in five or so years. I predict that he will become the Oscar host for a generation. He can get away with saying just about anything while still offending nobody. He also is an excellent writer, is tuned into celebrity goings-on, and will sing and dance. He is not afraid to look like an ass. Letterman will make himself look like an ass if he thinks that he secretly looks cool. Conan will make himself just look like an ass if he thinks it will be funny.

By: hank

hank — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:22:38 -0800

Now taking bets on which actor or actress is told "Stop. You're hurting America."

By: wilful

wilful — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:24:01 -0800

Overfed? I never heard of Devon Aoki before today, but a little Google birdy tells me she's not exactly overfed. Gross, even worse. Fat faces on freaky scrawny bodies. Anyhoo, Jon Stewart - from the little I've seen of him, quite a talent, and well up for the Oscars. Nobody outside of the US would have heard of him, but yeah it is a popular awards ceremony here in Aus (not that I've ever watched it).

By: horsewithnoname

horsewithnoname — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:35:21 -0800

Perhaps Ms. Aoki should consider eating at Benihana.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:59:49 -0800

Steve Martin should always host the Oscars.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:13:35 -0800

That would be Bruce Vilanch, currently seen on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 3, which is about fat celebrities trying to get fit, not fat celebrities having fits, which I think could be a ratings monster. posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:02 PM PST on January 5 Apparently irrelevant nobody Jeff Conaway flips out in the next ep of CFC3 so it should do pretty well. It's interesting: I watched the first episode, god help me, and Bruce Vilanch made absolutely no effort. I mean, all these resources at his disposal and he phones in like a bullshit 1' 6" in the fucking long jump. He is the laziest person I have ever seen, and it's pretty clear why. His confidence is non-existent, worse than anyone's I've ever seen, and he thinks that if he tries and fails that, what, I don't know, people are going to laugh at him, but not for his tepid one-liners and wacky red eyeglass frames. He reminds me of a lot of grossly overweight people forced to run or jump or participate in sports in any way - they do a purposefully shitty job to protect them from criticism, which only generates contempt and loathing from the people around them. I know because I sucked ass at sports as a youth and I did this shit until I was maybe seven and I realized that I sucked ass because I was afraid to try. Attention, people who are doing that: QUIT. If you are at the gym and you are huffing and puffing on the treadmill, no one is going to criticize you. If you walk .5 mph while reading the newspaper and drinking soda, they will. Make an effort and you are an inspiration and a friend; fuck around and you are wasting everyone's time. So anyway what's all this about Jon Stewart then?

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:37:12 -0800

If he keeps the political schtick to a minimum he might be funny.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:09:15 -0800

Evidently "round, unbelievably gorgeous face" equals "overfed." I'll just write that down in my little notebook of things that I had no idea about but probably should. Right next to "gravity" and "mortality."

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:09:28 -0800

How do you spend $500 at Benihana? Is this someone's idea of a fancy restaurant?

By: You Should See the Other Guy

You Should See the Other Guy — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:16:22 -0800

Nobody outside of the US would have heard of him ... unless they're connected to the internet and were alive in the last 5 years. I don't even have a television and I've heard of him and seen video (online).

By: pracowity

pracowity — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:44:56 -0800

The only really funny way to do the Academy Awards would be to frame it, something like MST3K. Any joke that gets Academy approval is not going to be one of the jokes that need to be made.

By: bouncebounce

bouncebounce — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:25:32 -0800

I've only just been exposed to Jon Stewart now that More4 is showing episodes. He's a funny guy and has great delivery but if that's as biting as your political satire gets, then no wonder you have a runaway administration. Plus, I can't be the only one who thinks the daily show would be better without the "whore your book/film/whatever to the masses" section at the end. But back to the point: I'm not sure he could carry the whole Oscars show. It's quite a long session and I haven't seen him really think on his feet yet. Oh and I'm with pracowity on the MST3k version of the awards - I'd watch that.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:54:11 -0800

Back when MST3K was on the Sci-fi Channel they did at least one Academy Awards spoof show. I'm pretty sure they used the standard promo clips that were available to everyone (because I can't really see James "Ego" Cameron giving the OK to "Sure, mock 'Titanic,' I'm fine with that...") Jon Stewart was a pretty good stand-up, and not really a political one from what I remember. One of the things I like most about his Daily Show is that he seems to be enjoying himself, even in the Johnny Carson-esque, That Joke Was A Bomb, But We Knew That Going In And Went With It Anyway sort of thing. If that same attitude carries over, the Oscars might merit a glance or two.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:33:45 -0800

She's not overfed, she's Japanese! (benihana is the only expensive resturant I could think of, and I'm pretty sure the founder is the father of Devon Aoki)

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:47:23 -0800

Not to be cynical, but you know they only asked Stewart to host so they could try to get a certain demographic to start watching the Oscars. So the hell with them, I'm not going to watch. Partly because I don't like being manipulated and partly because, no matter how much I adore the Daily Show, I've seen Jon's standup routines and they were pretty excruciating. Without the desk in front of him he falls flat, for some reason.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:02:33 -0800

What I really want is Stewart to moderate the next presidential debates. HA! I would watch that.

By: Todd Lokken

Todd Lokken — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:19:52 -0800

The only way to make the show dynamic from start to finish is to eliminate about 1/2 the awards. It's pretty hard for any host to be great for 3 1/2-4 hours. If they pulled it down to 2 hours, anyone who hosts should be able to carry the show. Even David Letterman.

By: snoktruix

snoktruix — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:09:34 -0800

It seems that the story with Devon Aoki is a slightly creepy white male fascination with a half-asian *underfed* innocent, pretty girl permanently caked in some sort of slut makeup.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:21:32 -0800

What, that's a bad thing?

By: the cuban

the cuban — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:52:47 -0800

Nobody outside of the US would have heard of him ... unless they're connected to the internet and were alive in the last 5 years. I don't even have a television and I've heard of him and seen video (online). Hardly. Granted, The Daily Show gets alot of mentions on Metafilter, but neither Stewart or his show are well know outside the US.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:56:32 -0800

It seems that the story with Devon Aoki is a slightly creepy white male fascination with a half-asian *underfed* innocent, pretty girl permanently caked in some sort of slut makeup. Being attracted to asians is creepy? What does that make her mom?

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:14:03 -0800

Being attracted to asians is creepy? What does that make her mom? A slightly creepy, fascinated white male.

By: snoktruix

snoktruix — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:14:16 -0800

I've known plenty of guys who are pretty much exclusively attracted to Asians, because they're so cute and adorable and, uh, childlike, which IMO is a tad creepy. Seems like displaced paedophilia or something. That said, my girlfriend is in fact Korean.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:19:56 -0800

...

By: Dormant Gorilla

Dormant Gorilla — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:37:09 -0800

Chuck Norris has only one rule: no Asian chicks.

By: Gator

Gator — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:39:40 -0800

"Walker told me I'm Asian." Sorry.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:27:48 -0800

By: stenseng

stenseng — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:29:33 -0800

Stewart is great, and will be as trancendently awesome as the limitations of the Academy Awards (*yawn*) allow anyone to be. Quentin Tarantino is an obnoxious weiner and a hack director, and I'd rather watch Abe Vigoda trim his own toenails than anything with Tarantino talking in it.

By: glenwood

glenwood — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:19:35 -0800

Speaking for the rest of the world, why should we care? Well THAT never gets old, does it folks?

By: glenwood

glenwood — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:21:39 -0800

Not to be cynical, but you know they only asked Stewart to host so they could try to get a certain demographic to start watching the Oscars. So the hell with them, I'm not going to watch. That's not cynical. It IS, however, tremendously goofy.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:33:35 -0800

snoktruix writes "I've known plenty of guys who are pretty much exclusively attracted to Asians, because they're so cute and adorable and, uh, childlike, which IMO is a tad creepy." I know this guy who's into Asian chicks, but only Central Asians, like Kazakhs and Uzbeks.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:38:56 -0800

Those Central Asian girls are so hot I can barely Kazakhstan it.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:58:33 -0800

This thread may only be limping along, but I thought I would share Dana Steven's (Slate) description of the three types of reactions that people are having to the announcement that Jon Stewart will host the oscars: 1. Yay! 2. Jon Stewart has sold out. 3. The choice of Stewart is proof that Hollywood is a seething vortex of Bush-bashing liberals (read: Jews). Did we hit all of those?

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:00:26 -0800

it feels like 5.5 funny minutes with 24.5 minutes of commercials ditto.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:13:23 -0800

I know this guy who's into Asian chicks, but only Central Asians... Maybe he wants to use their landing strips for incursions into the Fertile Crescent.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:28:50 -0800

Kazakhs girls actualy look a lot like Chinese. In fact, most people can't tell the diffrence. Just thought I'd throw that out there.