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January 27th, 2010, 03:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_screen_shot_2010-01-26_at_6.57.24_pm.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/screen_shot_2010-01-26_at_6.57.24_pm.png)Bill Gates (http://gizmodo.com/tag/billgates/) is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart (http://gizmodo.com/tag/jonstewart/) antagonizing him with anti-Zune and pro-iPhone barbs? Oh, right. Because it's funny.
Warning: Clips are from Hulu, which means they're US-only. Sorry, foreigners, but, well: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Last night's The Daily Show (http://gizmodo.com/tag/dailyshow/) featured Bill Gates as a guest; great choice, except for a little awkwardness early on when one of Jon Stewart's bits included a casual reference to iPods. On the plus side, Jon learned that "Zuuuuune" is a fun word to say. The setup: President Obama has been feeling "detached" from everyday Amurricans, but his attempts to ingratiate himself haven't gone that well:
Bill was good-humored about the whole thing though; after all, this is Jon's mistake. Evidently he doesn't read my reviews, that I work so hard on (http://gizmodo.com/5360126/zune-hd-review-the-pmp-evolved), because if he did he'd know that the Zune HD is great, a far cry from the punchline the Zune line once was. Thanks a lot, Jon. Way to make me feel small. My insecurities aside, Jon later asked Bill if his retirement opened him up to new opportunities, like, say, owning a certain extremely popular smartphone:
When will this Microsoft/Apple war end, Jon? It's like the Israelis and Palestinians, except in every way. [Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/123032/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mon-jan-25-2010)]
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Warning: Clips are from Hulu, which means they're US-only. Sorry, foreigners, but, well: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Last night's The Daily Show (http://gizmodo.com/tag/dailyshow/) featured Bill Gates as a guest; great choice, except for a little awkwardness early on when one of Jon Stewart's bits included a casual reference to iPods. On the plus side, Jon learned that "Zuuuuune" is a fun word to say. The setup: President Obama has been feeling "detached" from everyday Amurricans, but his attempts to ingratiate himself haven't gone that well:
Bill was good-humored about the whole thing though; after all, this is Jon's mistake. Evidently he doesn't read my reviews, that I work so hard on (http://gizmodo.com/5360126/zune-hd-review-the-pmp-evolved), because if he did he'd know that the Zune HD is great, a far cry from the punchline the Zune line once was. Thanks a lot, Jon. Way to make me feel small. My insecurities aside, Jon later asked Bill if his retirement opened him up to new opportunities, like, say, owning a certain extremely popular smartphone:
When will this Microsoft/Apple war end, Jon? It's like the Israelis and Palestinians, except in every way. [Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/123032/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mon-jan-25-2010)]
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