In honor of The Television & Radio Correspondents Appreciate Fortnight, we present to you fourteen of our favorite Colbert Report interviews with media personalities…

14. Stone Phillips

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It's pretty cool to learn that Barack Obama is a fan of Entourage and SpongeBob SquarePants, but what I found more interesting was this nugget of info from Politico…

Jon Stewart's smackdown of CNBC's Jim Cramer? Obama was eager to see it. But when it comes to the real news, and not the fake kind, Obama takes a pass — rarely ever tuning into 24-hour cable chatter or replays of his own performances.

But what I found really cool was this…

But some of Obama's choices definitely have an edgier bent — such as the HBO drama "The Wire." His favorite character is Omar, a gay stickup artist who steals from drug pushers to give to the poor. ("That's not an endorsement. He's not my favorite person, but he's a fascinating character," Obama said last year.)

That's excellent news. Omar is unquestionably the best character on the Wire. Okay, I guess I also could have accepted McNulty or Stringer.

But, if he said Cheese… I'm sorry, but that just might have been grounds for impeachment.

The Recession Is Over!  Bald-headed financial oracle Jim Cramer is totally right 110% of the time, which is why when he says the recession is over, it's great news!  [businessandmedia.org]

Nuclear Weapon Free World! President Obama is going to cancel nuclear Armageddon! Amazing! Now Europe has to love us, they just have to!  [yahoo.com]

It's Not Unemployment, It's FUNemployment! There's a bright side to being laid off, and these recent hobos can admit that there's a bright side! Like more time to oneself! Alot more time! [themorningnews.org]

Man Finds Super Old Message In A Bottle! It's like a Sting song come to life! A Spokane, Washington man took a stroll and discovered a message in a bottle from 1913! Oh, what could be inscribed on the 96-year old message?  [kings5.com]

Sometimes you tune in to The Daily Show because you're interested to see what kind of comedic insight the slightly-nerdy and generally-amicable Jon Stewart has to offer for the day's headlines.

And other times, you just want blood.

Here's a collection of some of Jon's most ruthless, gloves-off moments from The Daily Show…

Lou Dobbs

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Remember that kid in grammer school who would just constantly mumble a stream of shit about how tough he was and how he'd kick anybody's ass who looked at him wrong until finally one of the bigger kids would get sick of hearing it and beat him down just to shut him up?

And then the kid would apologize and cry so that everybody felt so sorry for him that they couldn't beat him up without feeling like a dick. But then as soon as they turned away, he'd start mumbling a stream of shit all over again?

I think Jim Cramer was that kid…

Appearing on one of CNBC's sister-networks and friendly media platform NBC, Cramer told Today Show host Meredith Vieira Thursday morning that Stewart was "naive and misleading" for laying so much of the blame of the financial crisis on poor reporting by financial reporters at CNBC.

Noted Vieira of the interview, "He was very tough on you. He was very tough on CNBC. He basically said that you guys had been cheerleaders for the financial bubble, that you had also allowed CEOs to come on the shows and essentially lie to the American public without really challenging them… Did he have a point?"

"I don't think so. I think it was naive and misleading to attack the media," Cramer responded. "CNBC, in particular, has been out front on this."

Just ignore him. Pretend you can't hear him and walk away. Believe me, being dismissed always hurt me worse than the beatings.

I mean, hurt him. Hurt the kid. That's what I meant.

(In case you're one of the four people who hasn't seen Jim Cramer on The Daily Show last week, here y'are.)

If brilliantly hilarious transparent attempts at relevancy was ice cream, Tucker Carlson's attack on Jon Stewart from yesterday's Reliable Sources would be Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chip with Chocolate Diamonds and Extra Million Dollar Bills.

Here's just one small spoonful…

CARLSON: No, I think Jon Stewart is dishonest. And by the way, I also think he's a sacred cow. There's nobody who has the huevos to attacks Jon Stewart because he's too popular. The press sucks up to him like I've never seen — it's like Oprah. Jon Stewart, all the kids watch Jon Stewart. He's brilliant. I would like to see somebody have the stones to come out and say, Jon Stewart's kind of a pompous jerk, actually.

ZURAWIK: But he's not. That's why people aren't saying it.

CARLSON: But he is!

Here's the full transcript. But be careful. Too much will make your brain morbidly obese.