- can i say something very quickly? why do we have to fight? - [laughs] - the two of you. can t we just say something nice about john kerry right now. - i like john i care about john kerry. - and something about president bush. - he ll be unemployed soon. - [laughs] - i think anyone who enjoyed paying attention to the news and watched the daily show will forever remember jon stewart going on crossfire and reading those guys the riot act. - you re doing theater when you should be doing debate, which would be great. - you do debate - it s not honest. what you do is not honest. what you do is partisan hackery, and i ll tell you why i know it. - you have john kerry on your show, and you sniff his throne, and you re accusing us of partisan hackery? - absolutely, you re - you have got to be kidding! - you re on cnn. the show the leads in to me is puppets making crank phone calls. - [laughs] - what is wrong with you? - comedians and satire, when done right, will take on hypocrisy no ma
should we stop airing it because it s a war story and now the country is at war again? - it turned out to be something that was necessary, because now almost every american, i think, felt as though they had enlisted in something that they had not enlisted in before. after 9/11, we were all part of something. - we deserve long and happy lives in peace. - do i know that face? - historical dramas of the founding of the nation have been overly rosy. - when i go to the cupboard, and i find no coffee, no sugar, no pins, no meat, am i not living politics? - one of the things that was amazing to me about john adams was it was done as realism. - people are hurt when they fight for what is rightfully theirs! - you approve a brutal and illegal act to enforce a political principle, sam! - just the grittiness of founding a nation.
and they could be terrific every week. - yep, class president felt really good. but later that night, i had a dream. - you know, critics loved that because it was something new. it was something that they weren t expecting. [tense music] - [screams] - [shrieks] - oh, you should see the traffic. the only thing moving is the carpool lane. - hey, daddy. you want a date with mama? - get in the car. - curb came because larry wanted to do a special. it was his, you know, just, [as larry davis] uh, follow my life, you know? but he would only make it with the stipulation that if he didn t like it, he could buy it back. lucky for us, he liked it. - you trying to act like you ain t with me? - no, i m not trying to act like i m not with you. what are you saying? - i will pull a [bleep] out in this thing. i will [bleep]. - don t you dare do that. - you know, the actors wouldn t get an outline for the show. they wouldn t even read what the scene was about. - judy! see it? - yeah.
the most in that category. - why are you wearing a tux? - it s after 6:00. what am i, a farmer? - tina fey, i always felt, was the best joke writer in america. - would you describe yourself as cat-competent? - oh, yes. i love cats. i used to have two cats, but then i moved to this place with hardwood floors, so we had to put them down. - so here comes 30 rock. it s probably the densest show ever, joke-wise. [musical sting] - [gasps] no. no high-def. - 30 rock was a critical success from minute one. it had a very passionate, very desirable audience watching it, from even an advertiser s standpoint, but it was not a highly rated show. - television on! pornography! - but critical success was a marker for, we re doing something right there. - all of my summer replacement shows were big hits america s next top pirate, are you stronger than a dog? milf island. - milf island ? - 25 super hot moms,