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The corruption of Jim Cramer

Listen to this asshole in this 2006 interview calmly brag about lying and cheating his way into big profits. Dude's practically a sociopath.

Are all the Wall St. guys like this?

Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer

I'm not sure what is going to happen to Jim Cramer after his disastrous interview on The Daily Show, but I would not be surprised if he not only loses his ridiculous show on CNBC but loses his career as a media personality altogether.

Not only was he self-serving, rationalizing, and basically defenseless in the face of Jon Stewart's very cogent and well-reasoned criticism and anger, but several video clips exposed him as a bald-faced liar and a man without scruples.

I think it would be hard to overestimate at this point the role Jon Stewart plays in the national conversation and the public psyche. His dressing down of the hosts on the CNN show Crossfire effectively ended that show, and I think there's a real possibility that CNBC will not recover from Stewart's laugh-laden expose of their gross negligence and charlatranry.

Not to get too overwrought, but Stewart's a national treasure; he's the closest thing to Edward R. Murrow we have in this age of multi-national, profit-driven news.

Here are some clips of the prelude that led up to the encounter.

Linateria:

• The interview unedited (TPM)
• You will like him when he's angry (Steve Benen, Political Animal)
• To Catch a Predator (Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish)

Local celebrity Dave Sikula...

...is on Jeopardy this week.

Letterman on Spitzer

This one's a doozy:

• Top Ten Messages Left On Eliot Spitzer's Answering Machine

Kimmel the new Conan?

I might have to start watching this show, because everything I see on the web is hysterical. Plus he's fucking Ben Affleck.

Christina Aguilera as Samantha

I have to admit I hardly know who she is, but check her out in this SNL Sex & the City skit. She does a dead-on Samantha.

Last night's "Office"

A particularly good episode, New York magazine says. And we here at Get Down! agree.

David Chase has the last word

But doesn't reveal much.

• David Chase Speaks! (Newark Star-Ledger)

Sarah Silverman on Paris Hilton

IMPORTANT ALERT:

New source for the video.

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In her monologue, at the MTV Awards for Something Thingie, Sarah Silverman made a few jokes about Paris Hilton, who was in the audience. Didn't look like Paris took it so well.

Linkateria:

• Tina Fey recalls career highlight of working with "That piece of shit Paris Hilton" (Defamer)

Battlestar Galactica/Lost

Just one more year. On the other hand, 48 more episodes of Lost will be produced. That's not nearly enough  for the writers to scrabble their way up the hole they've dug themselves into.

What bothers me most about Lost is its implausibility. For instance, I just don't believe Kate would pick Sawyer over Jack. Other than that, it's almost documentary-like in it's gripping realism.