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inanna Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 09:36 PM
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Blair to appear on US satire show
Source: BBC

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to appear on US satirical TV show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Mr Blair guests on the late-night show, which will be broadcast to a national television audience on Thursday.

He is the sixth current or ex-leader of a country - including two former US presidents - to have been on the show.

Mr Blair is appearing on the programme a day before he begins a teaching course on "faith and globalisation" at Yale University.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7620222.stm
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Doctor Cynic Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 09:57 PM
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1. He's been on one for, what, the past six years?
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 03:46 AM
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2. Is he going to impersonate a Prime Minister?
He's had a lot of practice at doing that (though not too convincingly).
:shrug:
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 04:50 AM
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3. A course on 'faith and globalization'?
It will be hard for the satirical program to beat the real thing!
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 04:51 AM
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4. Wanker
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 11:58 AM
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5. The Daily Show is satire?
WTF? I'm confused now.
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Terry in Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 02:03 PM
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6. Working frantically to keep satire one step ahead of reality
A challenging mission, since Bushco has made satire pretty much redundant.
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