Basic Cable Beatdown

So after more than an hour of struggling to post the unedited full length three part Jim Cramer - Jon Stewart Interview / Face Off denouement we've finally got it up, albeit in multiple posts. (Blogger and Comedy Central embeds are not playing well together)

The three parts each appear below in their own posts, they are unedited so turn the sound down or plug in some headphones if you're in a setting where a few f-bombs will be unwelcome.

Further down there is a link to the full episode viewer (which contains the on-air version of the interview) you can visit The Daily Show's site for the intro and opening segments which are both quite funny as well.

I was happy to see Jon Stewart lay in to Cramer at times and on the whole not back down and give him a break. It's what we've come to expect from Stewart, and his honesty and determination to call it like he sees it (generally in the harsh light of reality) is the main reason for the show's popularity as well as the reason that The Daily Show gets cited by younger adults as one of their main news sources.

Also, Jim Cramer does deserve some credit for going on The Daily Show, yes he got his ass handed to him over the course of this brouhaha (several times over probably) but he still showed up which is more than can be said for some of his colleagues.

As an aside, this little dust up really has taken on a life of its own, google is currently returning about 2,690,000 hits for Cramer Stewart.