Stephen Colbert's "Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow" independent expenditure committee has been raising funds to support the comedian's real/parody run for the presidency since last fall. As is required by the Federal Election Committee, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow is required to disclose its donor list, which it did just before the midnight deadline last night. Among the itemized receipts, which total $1,023,121.24 in donations for the Super PAC, a tipster spotted a familiar name — former mayor of San Francisco and current Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom: more ›

Once again, the Daily Show sees fit to make fun of us, and this time it's the entire state of California that takes the brunt of their comedic reportage. On last night's Daily Show, they looked into the ballot initiative sponsored by Amazon.com to overturn the state law requiring online retailers to pay sales tax in the state — which was a prime example of how the direct democracy thing in California has become perverted and regularly used by corporations and special interests to their own benefit. more ›

On last night's Daily Show, host Jon Stewart reprised his role as Occupy Movement PR coach to remind everyone (again) that, "if this thing turns in to throwing trash cans in to Starbucks windows, nobody's gonna be down with that." Which, of course, is exactly what happened when one group of the protesters turned violent on a Whole Foods store. more ›

In case you missed The Daily Show last night-- not that any member of the self-respecting Bay Area intelligentsia would dare to admit missing a second of sparkling political satire -- check out Berkeley and its Marine corps nonsense getting last night care of Jon Stewart's clan. It's chock full of funny. (Except the overt and cruel hippie-hating part, which we find not only a played out but a bit dangerous; there's nothing wrong with being a hippie, people.) Be sure to check it out. more ›

Oh, gosh, excuse us. Sorry. We just heard the unholy tale of Jean's cement Jesus statue, or lack thereof, and we're livid. Our Lord, it seems, is being held hostage. Why? Because Jean won't take care of her "poopies" or "weiners" [sic] -- at least according to the CNN reporter, doing his best to make it on Best Week Ever or the Daily Show. more ›

Seeing as how we don't drive an automobile in San Francisco because people in the Bay Area drive like crap because we want to keep the planet minty green, we don't feel the pinch as much as others do. About what, you ask? Well, gas prices, it seems, are going through the roof! (The only thing that concerns us about gasoline is its odor, which we love.) But before you get all "like, ride... more ›

We picked up on this over at All Shook Down today. It seems that a San Francisco convenience store cashier (or practical-knee slapper actor) received neither credit nor pay for his appearance in Will Smith's Oscar-baiting tear jerker The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). In this Daily Show segment ripoff, he goes into detail about being chewed up by the big, bad Hollywood machine. more ›

-- Oh noes: local homes sales are in the crapper. [SJ Merc] more ›

-- Aaah! Rosebud: This re-telling of Citizen Kane involves a "an evil sled, competitive curlers, an aspiring diva, and soul-devouring zombies." See, if Wells had jus incorporated those things into Kane, he might have won the Best Picture Oscar. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom (at Eighth Street); $20-$25. more ›

Last week's winner, the East Bay Express. Dream cartoonist: Fascist zombies versus Marxist ones. So hard to tell the difference sometimes! The situation with the Oakland Trib union. Internal disputes at an East Bay lesbian bar. Cover article: should you store your baby's umbilical cord blood or donate it? Hand-churned ice cream in Fruitvale. Hey, we didn't know I Like Eating is a teacher! We would totally be in I Like Eating's homeroom class! Yoshi's on their new SF expansion. And the Crowded House reunion tour. more ›

-- hey willpower at Glitterbox: At this "funk punk thrash electro discotheque" (what, no show tunes? Bah), local pop/R&B/dance band performs. DJs Javier Natureboy and Junkyard spin funk, punk, and electro well into the morning hours. At least until 3 a.m., anyway. Starts at 9 p.m. at Cat Club, 1190 Folsom (at Eighth Street). more ›

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An old crank's written a piece for the SFGate today either decrying or praising (we must confess we can't quite tell) our current crop of city supervisors as "a clown show." more ›

, which tells not only her story, but the story of three of her friends as well. $18, reception at 6, reading at 7, at 595 Market 2nd Fl. (x 2nd). more ›

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! more ›

First Viacom didn't want their stuff on YouTube. Then they did. Now, once again, they don't. So some poor schmos at YouTube are looking at missing the Super Bowl as they have to pull clips from Viacom shows. The guesstimate for the amount of clips on there is about 100,000. more ›

Every now and then, we try to watch the national news so we'll get the jokes on the Daily Show the next day. So, even though Comedy Central's fake news outlets are on break this week, we were watching the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer last night and turning away when the Saddam Hussein on the gallows footage was on (like a game of hangman, we keep expecting a half-completed word to appear under his feet, with the letters S, T, and E filled in) -- when what comes on for the second news segment of the show but a career biography of Nancy Pelosi! more ›

We've had a pretty good time these past couple of years going to the San Francisco Sketchfest and we're pretty excited it's coming around again. This year, Sketchfest starts up January 11th and promises to be just as good as the previous years. more ›

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Remember back to the giddy days of Napster? Remember how everything could be found online and for free and everyone did nothing at work other than download their favorite songs? Remember how there was a feeling that as great as it was, it was not meant to be as it was just too gosh darn great and how when it all came to a crashing end (thanks, Lars), we all somehow knew it was inevitable? Why are we bringing this up? Because YouTube is now running into problems. Sometime over the weekend, YouTube's new overlords, Google, took down clips from Viacom related shows. Big whoops, right? Wrong. The first things that were taken down were clips from Viacom owned Comedy Central. Which means we'll no longer be able to post clips from the "Daily Show" or "The Colbert Report" or "South Park". That sucks. There are still videos on there but not nearly as plentiful as there was before. And since they're all supposedly going down within days, no time like the present to show off the "South Park" episode that makes fun of us San Franciscans (see above). more ›

We've tried to make fun of this whole Hackgate thing and we thought we did a slightly better than a half-assed job, but we have been bested. And so now we bow to the Masters, the "Daily Show." more ›

Last week's winner: The East Bay Express. What? No letters about Cody's? Fret not -- there's an article. (We had no idea the reason why there's no books on the shelves there now is because they were behind on their bills!) Also -- neighbors rat out neighbors for loud parties and for opening day-care centers. Cover: Fat acceptance movement (medical, civil rights, artistic, online). Good article, which makes the no fatties cartoon running later in the issue seem a little weird. Peruvian food in Richmond. The Ivy Room closes down this week, and their rants column "Haters Stand Up," about annoying fans of "conscious rap." And Savage Love says it's wrong to take advantage of polyamorists. more ›

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This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it a few more times, just for fun? For example, SFist is sure the San Francisco Chronicle wishes they could blame server problems for this error. But this San Francisco man that appeared on "The Daily Show" is, sadly, no glitch in the system. more ›

We've often pondered how "The Daily Show" finds the idiots they interview for their news stories. More often, we've pondered why these idiots actually agree to appear on camera looking like idiots. Well, last night, "The Daily Show" visited San Francisco and found one of those idiots! more ›

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Apple released a new batch of ads for the new Macs, with John Hodgman of "The Daily Show" and McSweeney's representing the stuffy, nerdy Windows PC, and Justin Long of representing the... well, we guess every bit as nerdy but maybe they were going for younger and slightly less stuffy Macintosh. more ›

What is it with Chris Daly and MSNBC? Flush from his success on Countdown and the Situation, District 6's own got himself a tourist visa to Scarborough Country -- where it sounds like he spent most of his time getting cut off by the host. When we read through this transcript, we were like, "did someone not finish transcribing these sentences? Daly doesn't usually end a sentence without its direct object like that." So we went to the tape -- and whoo-ee! A clearly frustrated Daly does exactly what we left-wingers are always saying we should do -- he just starts shouting over Mr. Scarborough until they cut off his mike!!! YES! And then they tell Daly -- get this -- not to interrupt Mr. Scarborough!!!! "You need to stop talking. You need to respond to questions." (3:25) And Daly's response? "You do it." IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN THIS!!! (Note: don't read the transcript, watch the video. The transcript leaves out all the good parts!) Extra bonus moment (3:53). Did Chris just cut off Pat Buchanan? Yes, we think he did! Well, Chris, maybe you didn't get on the Daily Show, but this interview is definitely going to be the next Great Moments In Punditry As Read By Children. "You're out of control, Mr. Scarborough. You're out of control." (2:58). YES!!! more ›

Last week's winner, Bay Guardian: Craigslist is destroying the fabric of America. We love this new news shorts column: Daly! Mocking Jordana Thigpen. Tim Goodman the TV critic was on Nancy Grace the other day? About the murder rate? Was this an interview about Nash Bridges? British grocery stores. Cover article: indie boy and Mission resident Kelley Stoltz. Rilo Kiley overhype begins. Hey Trimethldioxypurist, check out this article on the French-press Starbucks challenge! Indiefest! Color a Curious George to win a family four-pack to see the movie. And SFist Eve's horoscope: recognize your own inner strength and don't be distractible (hey! look over there!) The SF Weekly: Cover article: Rilo Kiley overhype! Matt Smith on the central subway plan. PUNI suggests a "Folsom St. Prison Fair." Ha! In what was clearly going to be the cover article until the Rilo Kiley overhype began, an SF group producing radio shows for Nepal. Hey, the guy who produces the Daily Show is coming to town. Ced on Meredith. ...and oh no! Music columnist OK Then is leaving the Weekly too! What in the Tom Walsh is going on over there? After the jump: the East Bay Express and the Metro. more ›