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Monday, March 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Oscar castrates himself

The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart?

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  • Monday, March 6, 2006 06:24 AM

    Jon Stewart was himself

    Did we watch the same show? Jon Stewart brought exactly what you would expect of him--a detached, self-mocking attitude and some hilarious jokes. I laughed through his entire monologue and thought that a lot of the bits, which I imagine he had a lot of say in, were really good, such as Tom Hanks getting beaten with a violin, and the mock-political ads. I feel like you just couldn't wait to get to your computer and declare that the whole thing sucked, including Jon Stewart. I am not sure what you were expecting from him though. That was pretty much our guy from the Daily Show beat for beat.

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