January 26
...serving up your daily dish.
Last night, after describing New Jersey as the home of sharpshooters
Annie Oakley and Robert Blake, Comedy Central’s Steve Colbert spent a moment
with our five-term congressman to share the 8th district’s profile with the
rest of America. Bill described Jersey’s 8th (“Jersey” sounds hip,
cool, Bill reported) as more diverse (he’s using the “D”word) than New York
City. Commenting on Bush’s decision to invade Iraq, he said the president
“has screwed up royally”. Colbert also brought up Pascrell’s suppport of
legislation introduced to counter the negative Italian stereotypes which
are reinforced by…The Sopranos! Although Colbert cast doubts on the Congressman’s
own Italian heritage (Pascrell doesn’t “end in a vowel”) he was quick to
defend his ethnic roots. And when asked “Did you take money from Jack Abramoff?”
we noticed his quick Soprano-esque Jersey reply…”I dunno him, I don’t wanna know
him.”
To see a replay of last night's segment, tune in today to Comedy Central's, "The Colbert Report" at 2:30pm, and 8:30pm.
January 26, 2006 in Television | Permalink
Last year, my kid won a Columbus Day essay here in Bloomfield, and Pascrell handed out the awards. He took the opportunity to tell the 4th graders that they should boycott the movie 'Shark Tale' because it portrayed Italian-Americans in a negative manner. What an idiot!
Posted by: MadBrian | Jan 26, 2006 2:46:01 PM
I attended the high school art exhibit at MSU, sponsored by Pascrell's office, last spring. In his comments to the participating students and their parents/teachers he made remarks (I think it was in the context of Iraq and Bush -- but that's not the important part) using an analagy (or is it metaphor or whatever) about "you don't change your mind in the middle of foreplay". Ouch.
Posted by: jk | Jan 26, 2006 3:14:27 PM
Well, you can change your mind if you still have time...
Posted by: Conan the Grammarian | Jan 26, 2006 5:27:22 PM
well, I can safely say that I've never connected sex and Rep. Pascrell before.
Posted by: Kevin Lee Allen | Jan 26, 2006 6:54:34 PM
Shark Tale and foreplay aside, at the end of the day he's still a great congressman and I'm happy we have him.
Other districts should be so lucky...
Posted by: JustMe | Jan 26, 2006 11:36:08 PM
Join Colbert Saturday when he asks - You sure you're deaf? Seems lik eyou hear me. Whattayou read lips or somethin?
Next week - profile of a cracker sharecropper son who left shanty town for the big city of Moan Clear.
Do you find this funny?
Posted by: Uncle Tonoose | Jan 27, 2006 10:13:55 AM
Join Colbert Saturday when he asks - You sure you're deaf? Seems like you hear me. Whattayou read lips or somethin?
Next week - profile of a cracker sharecropper son who left shanty town for the big city of Moan Clear.
Do you find this funny?
Posted by: Uncle Tonoose | Jan 27, 2006 10:14:40 AM
could be Unc. Depends on the full context, but it sounds like it could be funny.
Posted by: Right of Center™ | Jan 27, 2006 10:19:16 AM
