Comedy! :) vs. Financial Skulduggery :(

Last night was a special Daily Show - interview with Cramer for the entirety to bring the bubbling fracas between him and Stewart to a head in a stew of uncomfortable yet delicious comedic gold.

It's worth watching the unedited 3-part videos over at thedailyshow.com. There are a few minutes of extra stuff, a few extra laughs, and uncensored profanity!

Jon did a great job needling Cramer. I'm interested to know the background on those vids - did Cramer not realize he was being taped? Were they not supposed to be broadcast? How did The Daily Show get the tapes? Very telling on the gray legal/ethical area in which Wall St. operates - and which begs for strict regulation.

Stewart:

It feels like [average people] are capitalizing [Wall St.'s] adventure...it is a game that you know...you go on television as a financial network and pretend it isn't happening.

[...]

I understand you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a fucking game. When I watch [videos of Cramer talking about how to manipulate the market for profit] I cannot tell you how angry that makes me.

[...]

[Wall St.] burned the fucking house down with our money, and walked away rich as hell.

Cramer:

Do you know how many times I've pantsed CEOs on my show?

Check it out.

Stewart Tears Cramer, CNBC the Proverbial New One

If you haven't been watching The Daily Show over the past week you've been missing out on a good ol' fashioned donnybrook:



Update: Cramer will appear on The Daily Show tomorrow night! This should be amusing.

More: Colbert had Cramer on the Report on 3/6.