MeFi on Daily Show?

October 20, 2005 8:49 AM

Daily Show shoutout to MeFi? During last night's show, Jon Stewart punctuated a piece on 24-hour news channels with the timeless phrase "They...have cameras!" Was it a wink at this piece of MetaFilter history? The clip is here ("Baghdad Legal"), and the words are spoken at the 1:25 mark. You decide!
posted by contessa to MetaFilter-Related at 8:49 AM (45 comments total)

I think this is just an example of associative thinking on your part.
posted by dios at 8:55 AM on October 20, 2005

Do any of the writers of The Daily Show post here? Or read this site? Speak now!
posted by SeizeTheDay at 8:57 AM on October 20, 2005

At what price did this information come by? AT WHAT PRICE??
posted by naxosaxur at 9:00 AM on October 20, 2005

Also, the studio's background is blue. These connections cannot be ignored.
posted by mullacc at 9:00 AM on October 20, 2005

I am 100% positive it had nothing to do with MeFi. He was just pointing out that that's basically all they had. No information on anything, just cameras with which to film it.

Though he did tell Ed Helms he was a fuckwit and he should get his own blog.
posted by bondcliff at 9:02 AM on October 20, 2005

Dios, this is kind of what I thought too, which is why I decided to sleep on it and re-watch the clip. But I couldn't be the only one who did a double-take upon hearing it last night!
posted by contessa at 9:08 AM on October 20, 2005

Ahem! My lady...
posted by mds35 at 9:08 AM on October 20, 2005

I think this is just an example of associative thinking on your part.
posted by dios at 8:55 AM PST on October 20

Jesus Christ dios you are such a stupid troll I can't even believe how stupid you are and I hate you.







No, wait: it's probably just associative thinking on contessa's part.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:14 AM on October 20, 2005

?!

This is what passes as humor these days, eh Optimus?
posted by SeizeTheDay at 9:19 AM on October 20, 2005

In other news, truckers ♥ wendell.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:20 AM on October 20, 2005

I did a double take, but then realized that of course that was the simplest way to phrase what they were saying.
posted by smackfu at 9:28 AM on October 20, 2005

SeizeTheDay : "This is what passes as humor these days, eh Optimus?"

I actually found that pretty funny.
posted by Bugbread at 9:42 AM on October 20, 2005

No.
posted by ColdChef at 9:57 AM on October 20, 2005

No way he reference mefi, everyone knows Jon Stewart is a goon.
posted by moift at 9:58 AM on October 20, 2005

yah he said comedy gold once duh
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:12 AM on October 20, 2005

Okay, I did a double-take, too, but there's no doubt it was a coincidence. Although I did notice a strange tagline in a teaser for tonight's episode:

The Daily Show: Stealing from Metafilter since October 19th, 2005
posted by grateful at 10:12 AM on October 20, 2005

I also did a double-take. Although, if they were really trying to do a callout, they would have probably been more obvious about it.

If Jon plays the "summon Bevets" card tonight, we'll know for sure.
posted by callmejay at 10:28 AM on October 20, 2005

"--in other almost unrelated news, Lauren Ambrose (with hubby) looked glowingly divine recently at Cafe Mogador--"
posted by philida at 11:00 AM on October 20, 2005

Perhaps we need to start a campaign to get MeFi mentioned on The Daily Show? Perhaps we can do something flattering for Colbert.
posted by VulcanMike at 11:09 AM on October 20, 2005

damn. i agree with dios.
posted by terrapin at 11:16 AM on October 20, 2005

Isn't agreeing with dios a subscription service these days?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:20 AM on October 20, 2005

We have Gameras.
posted by sonofsamiam at 11:21 AM on October 20, 2005

Nice Gams, sonofsamiam.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:37 AM on October 20, 2005

Can I get this juicebar sign to qualify as a shout-out as well?
posted by krix at 1:17 PM on October 20, 2005

This is what passes as humor these days, eh Optimus?

Actually, that's the funniest comment I've read in a couple days.
posted by soyjoy at 1:39 PM on October 20, 2005

hey, gamera is really neat. he is fully of turtle meat.
we are eating gam er ah ♬♫♨
posted by philida at 4:17 PM on October 20, 2005

sorry, i forgot y
*takes it back*
posted by philida at 4:18 PM on October 20, 2005

Stewart is so jealous of me.
posted by NortonDC at 4:55 PM on October 20, 2005

If you play the audio backwards, you can distinctly hear him say "welcome back quonsar."
posted by horsewithnoname at 5:07 PM on October 20, 2005

Heh, I was startled by that when I was watching it too, but I just don't think it was a shoutout. Funny, though.
posted by livii at 7:48 PM on October 20, 2005

I decide 'No'.
posted by 27 at 9:50 PM on October 20, 2005

how on earth did you remember that comment? it was funny, but it wasn't "remember it four years later and distinctly associate any mention of a farily innocuous phrase with it" funny.

I'm still waiting for a "this [X]... it vibrates?" joke to think that anyone famous reads us. (besides adam savage.)
posted by shmegegge at 4:00 AM on October 21, 2005

Screw the cameras. The important thing is that we have mammeries.
posted by orange swan at 6:54 AM on October 21, 2005

mullacc writes 'Also, the studio's background is blue.'

Ah, but is it #006699 blue?
posted by signal at 6:56 AM on October 21, 2005

I'll believe Jon reads Meta when he names a child Mathowie, until then it is all wild speculation!
posted by HuronBob at 7:20 AM on October 21, 2005

how on earth did you remember that comment? it was funny, but it wasn't "remember it four years later and distinctly associate any mention of a farily innocuous phrase with it" funny.

Uh, yeah, actually, it was.

Or more accurately, no matter how intrinsically funny the comment was at the time, it's become well established as a crucial piece of Mefi lore. That's how on earth we remembered it.
posted by soyjoy at 8:50 AM on October 21, 2005

Consider that perhaps maybe .001% of the US population even knows what Metafilter is. The answer is no.
posted by angry modem at 9:14 AM on October 21, 2005

Sorry, I mean .08%
posted by angry modem at 9:15 AM on October 21, 2005

Well, there is certainly reason to believe that the Daily Show staff is aware of MetaFilter.
posted by stuart_s at 9:49 AM on October 21, 2005

i don't watch the daily show daily but i swear i've heard stewart make some other comment in the past few months that was uniquely metafilterish, though i imagine someone here would have caught that...
posted by troybob at 12:42 PM on October 21, 2005

Yeah their humor and topic choices are somewhat metafilterish at times. Could just be like minds. Jon Stewart apparently loves Doom and I believe Colbert is a big LOTR fan. Etc
posted by Smedleyman at 1:23 PM on October 21, 2005

that would be the other steve.
and their emmy nomination montage was of the bunch in front of their computers (or not) and various sites. no, metafilter was not one of them. yes, they know of it. yes, that is all. no, i will not clarify.
*surfs away*
posted by philida at 5:56 PM on October 21, 2005

Can I please choke on self importance?
posted by AllesKlar at 7:23 PM on October 21, 2005

Line forms to the left.
posted by mediareport at 9:36 PM on October 21, 2005

sure, you say left--
posted by philida at 1:20 AM on October 22, 2005