Cramer Comics
MStreeter Savannah Morning News Mar 15, 2009 |
The little i-don't-know-what in the bottom corner says, "Courtesy of Jon Stewart, in a Russert-worthy performance." Tim Russert had performances like that? When? A huge problem with the media is that Jon Stewart, host of a fake news show, has to perform tasks that Russert and others were and are supposed to do.
Friday the web was buzzing about Stewart's take-down of Cramer. Every liberal blog posted the video with their two cents thrown in, which illustrated that vast array of original content they all provide. The reason the interview was such a great sensation is that things like that almost never happen. If this type of thing were going on every Sunday on Meet The Press and the other political talk shows, it would hardly be news. In fact, it probably wouldn't have happened because Stewart, as he said at the end of the interview, would like to get back poop jokes.
Another point on the comic: "Cramer vs. Cramer" was used by Stewart last week so it's probably not wise to put it in your cartoon. This cartoon released Friday simply illustrates a joke Stewart told in the interview. If cartoonists are going to idolize Stewart and steal his jokes, then he deserves the accolades and we deserve to die.
Unfortunately, I'll be late to the party since my Cramer comic comes out Wednesday, which is a full week after I drew it. Only having comics released two days a week can mess you up when you want to address a fresh topic. However, I did make it without the aid of Comedy Central writers.
posted by Matt Bors at
3:28 PM
4 Comments:
The same thing Cramer did has been going on in Norway too - and probably most other countries. The people commenting on current financial trends in the newspapers often have no other experience in the field than working (and profiting from) or having worked in the financial system. The former are to blame for the overpricing of real estate and apartments that has been going on for the last ten years: They have known that the prices had to go down sometime, but because they profit from a growing economy (slowly spiraling out of control) they all kept their mouths shut about that and screamed "prices up!"
Why don't the media interview the people who are supposed to know: professors (preferably those who don't put much of their money in the stock market)? If they aren't the safest bets, then who are?
Luckily, even though the Norwegian columnists are crooked, they still haven't gained access to soundboards such as the one Cramer has... yet.
Russert NEVER performed like that. Jon Stewart puts the entire mainstream media to shame.
Seeing as how the film won a best picture Osacr, isn't it reasonable to assume two different humorists writing about a man named Cramer can both reference Kramer vs. Kramer without one directly plagiarising the other?
A Google search for "kramer vs kramer" and "michael richards" isn't really a dead end, either.
Oh yeah, it's definitely possible. But since they clearly watched John Stewart use it, I thought it would be best to use something different for their joke.
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