I had high hopes going into last night that the Daily Show would do something to cleverly mock the uproar of the NFL’s referee dispute, and boy did they ever skew it brilliantly, bringing in Patrick Stewart — recently seen bitching about his cable provider on Twitter — to lend a hand.
The surprise of the segment came when Stewart tossed to British correspondent John Oliver, only to find none other than Sir Patrick Stewart standing in his place as the “senior replacement correspondent.” Stewart (the British one) mixed the powerful rhetoric of a Shakespearian monologue with trite phrases like “toad in the hole” and “up your bum.”
The British Stewart explained that the Daily Show correspondents have gone on strike, and are temporarily being replaced by actors like himself and Mandy Patinkin. Stewart (the American one) found one little flaw in the plan, telling the other Stewart, “you’re better than them.”
Enjoy! Here’s the first part…
And here’s the second…
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He’s the best. He even manages to get away with cosmetic eye surgery, because you know he saved us from the Borg.
I want to hear Patrick Stewart and Tom Baker in a competition to see who can read the phone book more interestingly.
Only to have Christopher Lee walk in out of nowhere and show them both up.
Then David Warner enters the room only to have Patrick Stewart scream about the lights in the room at him.
You have to love the irony of Patrick Stewart’s popularity. The crowd goes crazy because of his work as a starship captain, professor X, and voicing a cartoon character, while 90% of his career is based on his fantastic stage and theatre work.
It’s the equivalent of a doctor saving hundreds of lives over the course of decades, but gaining mainstream acclaim doing a medical segment with muppets on Sesame Street.
And the alternative to his embracing the whole thing is Sir Guinness’ take on it.
Can’t please anyone if you’re an acclaimed actor who takes part in some banal science fiction nonsense.
You mean a guy is popular in America because he has participated in big budget, mass media offerings that enjoy support throughout a broad spectrum of the population? That is Ironic.
Actually, I found Stewart’s classical training, accomplished career on stage and all around top notch ability to make him that much easier to like. There’s something comforting about seeing a guy enjoy his line of work that much.
I can’t believe they got through that whole thing without him saying “Make it so” or “Engage”. Hell I would have taken “Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”.
This was great, but the entire Ottoman Empire bit on Colbert was incredible.
Oliver had me at “Now is the winter of my desk and contents”
$62 every 15 minutes? That’s an odd price for a BJ.
Never put a wig on Stewart, ever.