It's Friday: Daily Show explains why gas prices are so high

Posted Mar 7th 2008 at 4:32PM by Lascelles Linton

Filed under: Green Culture, Legislation and Policy

On a recent episode of the Daily Show, the spike and price of a barrel of oil was explained (see videos below the fold). The comedy news show's explanation includes $15 of the $104 for a barrel of oil going towards trying to convince the public that the oil companies are not raping the environment. Another $25 goes towards blackening the oil because oil actually comes out of the ground rainbow colored. Who knew? The Daily Show also took a shot at President Bush for his press conference where he said he was unaware of the predictions that gas prices could reach $4 a gallon and for his speech at the WIRC.

[Source: Daily Show]

Tags: Bush, comedy, Daily-Show, funny, gas, oil, President, price, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-07-2008 @ 5:28PM

Dad said...

"The Daily Show also took a shot at President Bush "

Doesn't everybody look to the Daily Show for wisdom, truth and insight?

3-07-2008 @ 6:43PM

ug said...

It's a sad commentary that we have to rely on satire for wisdom. This is really not a laughing matter.

3-07-2008 @ 9:04PM

Ricardo Parker said...

"Doesn't everybody look to the Daily Show for wisdom, truth and insight?"

Hmmm... no. A very small segment of the population actually watches The Daily Show. It blows my mind when people make statements like "doesn't everybody..." Jeez.

I used to watch The Daily Show regularly, but now I have no TV, so I miss Jon Stewart and haven't been watching. I decided years ago it was not worth paying big money for cable just so I could watch Jon Stewart and the Discovery Channel.

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