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[_rck_]

I cannot believe that the Jon Stewart crew, usually quite good in their research, used a segment from the Tapestry of Bayeux, which depicts the Norman invasion of Anglo-Saxon England, as a basis for a fake depiction of a "Plumber's Crusade" (occasioned by the shocking news that Joe the Plumber is now a war correspondent in the Gaza strip

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puerile humor

[askesis]

You will likely find this equally annoying.

Re: puerile humor

[_rck_]

Not really--they are not pretending to be about the crusade.

[mijopo]

You know that it's a *fake* news show on the *Comedy Channel*, right? :)

[_rck_]

Yes, I am complaining about the fact that they did not modify a depiction of the crusade. I understand that there are very few depictions of the crusades from that era, and as askesis pointed out in his comment, modifying the Bayeux Tapestry is almost a cottage industry of its own.

Example: For the new "Yahweh or No way" segment in the Colbert report, they used the head of God as per Michelangelo. They did not use his Moses or any other of his umpteen bearded important looking guys that they could have chosen from.

What makes it funny is that it is a depiction of the Crusades, with plumbers substituted for the knights. What the hell does it mean to show plumbers fighting the French?

[mijopo]

It wouldn't be much fun to watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure with you, would it?

[_rck_]

I doubt it, but I am not sure either. Bill and Ted is all about the historical confusion, is it not? I do not see what the temporal screw-up adds to the punchline in the Jon Stewart case and is therefore simply ignorance.

I hope that I rarely find ignorance funny.