Be sure to watch the Daily Show this week for something different: frontline reports from Iraq without the use of green screen special effect. A regular bit on the show is to have "live coverage" from various places around the world, when in actuality it's in the studio 10 feet from Jon Stewart's desk.
But this time it's real. Correspondent Rob Riggle, who has combat experience as a major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, spent five days in Iraq last week filming segments while on tour with the USO. While the Daily Show is a "fake news" show, they have a great opportunity to reach out to the troops in Iraq. Riggle is ideally suited for this story, as a comedic actor with experience in combat theatre having served in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He was likely better suited than most of the press corp embedded with the army. And the point of the stories are to entertain the troops as much as the audience, so I'm looking forward to watching.
The Daily Show airs Mon - Thurs at 11pm on the Comedy Network, and 12:05am on CTV.
There's a good full write-up at "Daily Show" comics venture to Iraq (Yahoo News).
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