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Posts Tagged ‘the young turks’

Mondays With the Great White Bear

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Out of all the fallout of last week’s story of bear David Phillips and Sen. Larry Craig’s seedy Hill hookup, and Phillips’ non-response to the story, we most enjoyed Air America Media’s The Young Turks coverage hosted by the talented Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Kimmell’s distant cousin, who was able to give a newsy, casual recap of the latest developments without giggling.

The Young Turks [YouTube]


Radio Person Suing TV Star For Stealing Klingon Joke

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007


This is Cenk Uygur from ‘The Young Turks,’ Air America’s morning show. He is suing Stephen Colbert for $65 million, just like the pants guy, for stealing a joke about Klingons. You can see both jokes in the clip. Of course, we’re bloggers, so we steal all of our material, but apparently standards are different for basic cable and niche radio people. Still, you can sue for a “stolen” joke? Milton Berle is shaking in his boots while rolling in his grave. After the jump, a fun assignment! MORE »


Remainders: With the Benefit of Hindsight

Monday, March 20th, 2006

* According to David Brooks, many pundits correctly predicted the direction the Iraq war would take. But not David Brooks. [Radosh.net] MORE »