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"We're Going to Take a Commercial Break, and I'm Going to Put My Head in Ice Water"

Open thread for discussion on Professor JY's appearance on the Daily Show.

I guess my thoughts on this have been replayed over and over and over . . . With respect to tonight, I thought JY was commendably calm, collected, and intelligent. So was Stewart -- I really appreciated that at those times it became clear that Stewart wasn't following, he stopped and listened.

Anyway, without getting further into it, I'll limit this post to a few memorable quotes (not necessarily from the JY segment), links to the online interviews when they are available, and open the forum for comments.

• [After Stewart asked how it felt to be infamous] Well, the same thing must happen to you. As soon as they heard I was coming on here, my students started emailing me, asking how tall you are, how much you weigh, etc.
• We're going to take a commercial break, and I'm going to put my head in ice water.
• That is an established fact of conventional thought.
• It's the republicans who will keep you warm and safe, to enjoy the hell-scape the world will become.
• I hope that someday in the future, you'll get a chance to, uh, write humane, um, briefs.

And another comment, not from the show, but overheard in the room while I watched:

• [About Rod Blagojevich]: His poor, poor publicity team. This last year must have been so hard!

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).