About (Late) Last Night: Howard Stern, Jon Stewart discuss Charlie Sheen [Video]
When he's in the guest seat, Howard Stern has a tendency to get a bit solipsistic. He's also an indefatigable gossip who loves to trash other media personalities. To wit, Tuesday night on "The Daily Show," Stern sat down for a chat with Jon Stewart and was clearly eager to talk shop.
As one does in polite conversation, Stern opened the segment by asking Stewart how much he makes. He also brought up something he'd read in Bill Carter's book, "The War for Late Night" (he mentioned the book on "The Late Show" earlier this month) about NBC trying to woo Jon Stewart to replace Conan O'Brien. It was a touch awkward to see Jon Stewart deny the rumors, though he did so gracefully.
The conversation, naturally, turned to the subject of Charlie Sheen. Stern told Stewart that he had tracked down Sheen's cellphone number and that star had tentatively agreed to appear on his show on Wednesday. Stewart seemed genuinely bemused by Sheen's "lunatic" antics, which provoked Stern to ask a question: "Who is more insane, Charlie Sheen or Glenn Beck?
Stewart didn't hesitate to answer. "I'm gonna go with the guy whose skin you can flake off and smoke like crack." In case it's unclear, he meant Charlie Sheen. Stewart seemed to think that the tough-talking Stern might be the only talk-show host who could really talk some sense into the former "Two and a Half Men" star.
Stern agreed. "Like Chinese water torture, we wear you down until we get the truth."
What do you think?
-- Meredith Blake
What did Michael Jackson try to say?
Charlie Sheen questions Obama about 9/11
despite AIPAC controlled media censorship.
Mel Gibson does not play dumb about 9/11 either.
Posted by: NadePaulKuciGravMcKi | March 01, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Solipsistic? Indefatigable? Are you trying to impress us with your ability to use a thesaurus? Or do you think there are actually people who read your column that actually know the meanings of those words? I'll give you a hint... they don't. Just say "self-absorbed" or "constant" for the words you seemed to so easily thrust upon your unsuspecting and unimpressed readers. Just tell us the story. No one cares about your vocabulary.
Posted by: Mike | March 01, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Mike:
Hold on dude. Why are you so angry about the word choices. A varied and extensive vocabulary is beautiful. If one reader in one hundred reaches for a dictionary to look up an unfamiliar word they come across in a blog, article, etc., the world could be a more educated place. Not such a bad result, eh?
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 01, 2011 at 01:08 PM
BTW, Meridith, I will be waiting to here what Howard Stern can get from Charlie Sheen tomorrow. I think it is fair to liken Charlie Sheen to Lindsay Lohan: walking train wrecks we want to look away from and just can't. I just hope the Stern people have medical personnel on hand just in case.
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 01, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Seems like less of a report and more of an opinion. Why is it so difficult to acknowledge that Mr. Stern has created an empire by being opinionated?
Posted by: Keith Dillon | March 01, 2011 at 04:27 PM