Binghamton University Pipe Dream - NY, USA - Many people believe the writers’ strike affects mostly the viewers, but after a series of unfortunate and strangely humorous events on late night television, it apparently affects the hosts as well.
The feud between
Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert and
Jon Stewart over Mike Huckabee’s success in his run for presidential candidacy has been central in all of the hosts’ programs. Of course, I use the term “feud” lightly as it’s obvious that they are, as
Jon Stewart said, “wasting time on all three of our shows.”
It began with Colbert claiming that he made Huckabee because he was on “The Colbert Report” several times. O’Brien refuted this claim, saying that he played “Walker, Texas Ranger” clips on his show, which starred
Chuck Norris and who is also the most prominent “celebrity” (I use this term loosely as well) endorser of Huckabee. O’Brien said he made Norris who in turn made Huckabee, so by logic only conceivable to stoners, O’Brien made Huckabee (they really need writers … badly).
Colbert had an “angry” response on his show threatening to kick O’Brien’s “translucent white ass.” O’Brien responded, “My ass is not translucent. It’s white with streaks of pink.” He also made another startling claim, saying he made Colbert when he was on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”
This is where Stewart comes into the picture. He went on Colbert’s show and provided a VHS tape (come on, seriously?) of Stewart introducing O’Brien on his old show on MTV years ago. Stewart recapped: “Colbert made Huckabee. Conan made Colbert.
Jon Stewart made Conan.
Jon Stewart made Huckabee!” (Quotation mark usage overload!) This resulted in Conan showing a Photoshopped picture of Stewart’s and Colbert’s faces crudely pasted on the bodies of two babies and Conan holding them in the ER room (they even showed the private areas … disturbingly).
