Hail Satire! with Vic Shuttee

FEBRUARY 1, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In a week full of Iraq propaganda with guests Peter Jennings and Oliver North, the stuff that works is the SILLY – Rob Corddry stumping for SCOTUS, Stephen Colbert breaking down the science world's funniest joke and We Love Showbiz kills former correspondent superstar, Lauren Weed...

The 2019 Oscars are just around the corner and we're reteaming with Wesley Moon to backseat filmmaker these pictures as Hail Satire! discusses the surprises, snubs and smart money for each of the major categories (picture, directing, writing, acting and animation). Can anyone stop the Netflix groundbreaker ROMA, or will the once favorite A STAR IS BORN come back into the picture. Will the controve...

JANUARY 24, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! With Lewis Black bringing the Brick-a-Brack and Ed Helms poaching Steve Carell's body image problems, this week is a WTF of Midterm-less oddities. Never gotten more Helms, and boy are we… watching. Could he be the NEW Steve Carell, who seems MIA. The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and C...

Ernie Kovacs was a pioneering force in early television and helped lay the foundations of what would later become Late Night Comedy. Ben Model is a renowned silent film accompanist and as an archivist has help preserve and restore lost and damaged films. He's also one of the leading voices who helped the Library of Congress acquire the massive back catalogue of Kovacs films in 2015, and helped cur...

JANUARY 16, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Jon steps up his attacks on Team Bush as a War with Iraq seems more inevitable, and his perceptiveness even scares him. Plus, the return of Lauren Weedman and Stacey Grenrock-Woods – and a new TDSW intern! The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler Rewatch is an unofficial fan podc...

DECEMBER 27, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! It was the gaffe heard through-out the Bush years, as the expression FOOL ME ONCE is mangled and we get full team coverage. Damon Wayans pushes the line of taste beyond Jon's comfort, Rob Corddry goes FULL EVIL and RIP to the BattleBots! The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler...

Which came first: the idea or the rip-off? When that fact is too close to call, we usually assign this phenomenon the label of TWIN MOVIES, and there have been a lot of great ones - from ANTZ vs A BUG'S LIFE, from TRANSFORMERS to GO-BOTS, and the trilogy of GREMLINS, GHOULIES and CRITTERS - this is a trend indeed. Plus, a few more under-the-radar original film recommendations from two big time fan...

DECEMBER 26, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! The Problem Taker Awayers returns with a force as Ed Helms combats Global Warming, Jon Magazine releases its 3rd issue and future Daily Show contributor Sarah Vowell clocks in her first spot on the couch. Plus, in a week of 9/11 news – we take the silly route and ignore it with j...

DECEMBER 12, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In a week of great guests like Denis Leary and Robin Williams, it's hard to get greedy – but we also have the genesis of Stephen Colbert's The Word, Mo Rocca dives head-first into local Washington Indecision 2000 and Jon is taken to task for BAILING on his pal's fledgling Comedy...

2018 was a YEAR for the books, and Vic is joined by Dallas Comedy House Improviser David Allison to break down the achievements in funny films, television programs, stand-up specials, sketches, and tip our hats the interesting stories, those who fell from glory and those we have lost along the way. Originally recorded January 1, 2019. Hail Satire! is hosted and produced by Vic Shuttee.

DECEMBER 11, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Steve Carell snatches Frank DeCaro's bit, Rob Corddry gets undermined by OUR boy Chuck O'Neill, Ed Helms digs up Nancy's old segment MARK YOUR CALENDAR and Jon gets schooled on the Iraq Situation – NOT GREAT. The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler Rewatch is an unofficial fan...

DECEMBER 6, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Down goes an OG as Nancy Walls hangs up her Showbiz Sunglasses in a low-key exit from the show and into the life off-camera. Plus, Corddry eats Nancy's legacy, Chandler's former boy Chuck gets a pass and Bush golfs through the War on Terror. The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandl...

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In the darkness of THOSE INFERIOR ANIMALS and AUSTIN POWERS WEEK 2, there is but light: perhaps the GREATEST Out At The Movies of All Time as FRANK DECARO goes full Meta-DeCaro to review Disney's much maligned cult film THE COUNTRY BEARS. Spoiler alert: Frank LOVED it, and so do...

NOVEMBER 28, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! There's a lot of dry bits in these parts, between Sledge Crotch, a Penis Costume and a weird nipple rubbing Steven Weber interview. Plus, the difference between Mo Rocca and Steve Carell is finally drawn in concrete: one can Dollars and Cents solo, and the other CAN'T! But that,...

NOVEMBER 20, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Jon lets a vampire into his house and is UNPREPARED as Conservative Supervillain Ann Coulter slithers by to hock her product. But besides a goofy fun Colbert segment about sharks and a WTF Masterclass with a Hillbilly Ed Helms – there is NOT much to say in the deep summer days of...

NOVEMBER 13, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! There's a great selection of guests from Sandler, to Steve Irwin and Busta Rhymes! More Corddry than you can shake a stick at as we bag on Corporate Crooks, All-Star Baseball Losers and WOMAN'S HEALTH in an all-time segment HOOHAH BREW-HA-HA! The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chan...

NOVEMBER 4, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)!As World Com falls, the show's mind is back on corporate scandals with great pieces built around Rob Corddry and Steve Carell in a Dollars and Cents all his own. Then in a shocker: MATT WALSH FALLS and is left to die in the desert. The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler Rewatch...

Conversation #175, recorded on November 13th 2018. Susan Silver is back for another conversation! Susan is a veteran sitcom writer, known for penning early episodes of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW, PARTRIDGE FAMILY, SQUARE PEGS, LOVE AMERICAN STYLE and the pilot episode of MAUDE. Her saucy memoir HOT PANTS IN HOLLYWOOD: SEX, SECRETS AND SITCOMS in paperback and now in AUDIO FORM...

OCTOBER 31, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In a Daily Show rarity, Comedy is on the menu! Jon gets a visit from Mr. Show legends Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, Ed Helms undergoes major surgery for a laugh and Corddry prepares for a break-up fuck! Plus, the return of Even Stevphen (YAY!) and THOSE INFERIOR ANIMALS (Boo!). Th...

What a difference two years can make, maybe? After enduring a President Donald Trump through witch hunts, fake news, confirmation battles, porn stars, baby cages and more controversy than you might have imagined: where is America on Election Night eve? The Midterms are oft-overlooked, but in a world turned upside down... it seems to be all consuming. And how has our gentle mistress comedy faired t...

THE EPILOGUE – After watching a series of films (and one TV show) that span over 30 years, it's time to take stock of the Guest List, because this very well may be the end of the road. Get the low-down on the parts with skipped (apologies MORTON AND HAYES, not so much to ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN). Plus, we break down the Best of Guest and in perhaps a bridge too far, the boys imagine where all...

OCTOBER 25, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! It's the week of DIRTY DIRTY BOMBS, as nuclear fever is on everyone's mind. We see the return of SKEEVIN' COLBERT, a quick pop-in from future savior of The Daily Show Ed Helms and Jon gets to chat with current Mayor of NYC, Michael Bloomberg for a quick TRUMP ROAST. The Daily Show...

What was once a complex and varied month, October has lately turned into ONE THING: 31 days of HALLOWEEN. Well, frankly, we're sick of it. It's almost like YOU have to survive the month ITSELF! Pulling from the tropes of horror classics, Scott White breaks down the activities to avoid, the jobs to fear and the tunes to listen for. Also, get a heap of under-the-radar Horror Movie recommendations fr...

CHAPTER 9 – After a long vacation away from the silver screen, and brief pitstop on television, the Guest Next Generation tour stops somewhere a bit between with Mascots on Netflix. His first mockumentary film since 2003's A Mighty Wind, and it is clear there are some cobwebs. Many new faces and recent additions in the main company, with only a few veteran making time to cameo. But with the first...

OCTOBER 18, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! The summer is here, but there appears to be some spring in the show's step. There's a killer headlines about the FBI and 9/11, the RETURN of Jon's new favorite desk bit: WHAAAAAA? and the advent of the much-sought after Daily Show Board Game! But with Jimmy Kimmel returning to the...