A-Holes of Philadelphia Slighted by Jon Stewart
Some of my fellow Phillies fans seem to be taking exception with a joke from last night's Daily Show in which Jon Stewart — a Mets fan, unfortunately — jokes that launching a missile toward Hawaii on the 4th of July would be like "being an asshole in Philadelphia".
Here's Patrick Rapa from the Philadelphia City Paper…
Last night, in the middle (around the 2 minute mark) of a segment on Kim Jong Il's latest missile threat, the Daily Show host took the opportunity to take a swing at Philadelphians, saying, basically, that we're all assholes. Why does this fill me with douchey irrational rage?
I understand how he feels. In fact, after seeing that clip earlier this afternoon, I was — for, like, twelve seconds — kind of similarly annoyed.
But then I remembered that we're the reigning World Series Champions and currently leading the division, and the Mets are pretty much made of ass.
And then I felt a lot better.
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So Dennis, it's not you? He trashed Phila awhile back and got that incredulous look and said something like he knows Phila, have you ever been there? I've got people from Phila and it's awful (something like that). I know he was here a few years ago but that was the Tower Theater at 69th Street, which is not actually in the city but I can see how that could make an impression. If it's just sports, then ok. Otherwise he's trashing a good part of his fan base. But now he has new fans in Iran so I guess he doesn't need the rest of us in a city that figured out how to win some baseball games.
Go Cubs. OK, I know they've lost 4 in a row, but still…Go Cubs!