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Ryan Fogle: Diplomat Accused of Being CIA Spy in Russia From St. Louis, Went to Ladue School

Ryan Fogle, 29, graduated from Mary Institute and Country Day School in Ladue in 2002. His family reportedly has roots in Clayton and Richmond Heights. And yesterday, he was apparently detained and expelled from Russia after he was accused of being a CIA spy. In an incredibly bizarre story, Fogle w ... More >>

Jon Hamm Brags About St. Louis Cardinals, Ribs Jon Stewart About New York Mets

He knows his St. Louis Blues hockey and has lent his name to University of Missouri. And just in case anyone questions his hometown allegiances, this week Jon Hamm went to bat for the St. Louis Cardinals. The star of Mad Men was on Daily Show Monday night when -- among other things -- he discussed ... More >>

They Might Be Giants Celebrates 25 Years, Releases New Album

This isn't how things are supposed to work. "You're on Fire," the first track off Nanobots, the new They Might Be Giants album, is an urgent, antsy marvel, a disco-glittered pop stomper whose three killer hooks slide over, under, and through each other, all coiled up as tightly as snakes in a cave. ... More >>

Disappearing Act: Burt Wonderstone vanishes what Steve Carell's best at

Lip-Syncing: Immoral Practice or Necessary Evil?

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. Let's ignore the question of whether or not Beyonce lip-synced the National Anthem at Monday's Inaugur ... More >>

Veolia Water Contract Sent Back to Committee Over Concerns About Company's Reputation

Seemingly overnight, the fortunes of a lucrative contract between the City of St. Louis and Veolia Water have been reversed. Earlier this month, Daily RFT broke the news that the city's Water Division recently completed the bidding process for a consulting contract aimed at cutting spending at the ... More >>

As Pols Talk Tighter Gun Control, A Look at 5 Fast and Loose Firearms Laws in Missourah

Nothing wrong with a night of bullets and booze... at least in Missouri. In the wake of last week's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., St. Louis County Police Colonel Tim Fitch has said he'd like to see school officials and teachers carry concealed weapons to prevent such tragedies . Such a move w ... More >>

Mo. Speaker-Designate Tim Jones on Aurora Shooting: Let's Fight Violence with More Guns

State Representative Tim Jones (R-Eureka) went on KMOX 1120AM yesterday to talk about how laxer gun laws might have abated the shooting in Colorado... oh and also to slam those selfish, dirty hippies who would dare politicize [i.e. talk about reforming gun control laws] this completely unrelated tra ... More >>

Ride on the West Side

Comedy Central Returns to Missouri Legislature, Finds More to Ridicule

Hot on the heels of Stephen Colbert's Tuesday night bit on Missouri's destined-to-fail "Don't Say Gay" bill, Jon Stewart sent Aasif Mandvi to the Missouri House to speak with Rep. Wanda Brown (R) for a bit that ran last night. The topic? Civil rights, namely Brown's law protecting gun owners from ev ... More >>

King of Curmudgeon

The Muad'Dib of Facts

Battle "Artisan" Pizzas: Papa John's Vs. Domino's

​Domino's can't be credited for much in the realm of pizza-making, but their marketing campaign works. Sort of. After having tried Domino's many times, we'd written the crust off as cardboard and the sauce as flavorless. While the self-deprecating "we-used-to-suck-real-bad-but-we're-better-now ... More >>

Video: McCaskill says McConnell "Has Lost His Mind"

​Remember that scene in "Almost Famous" when the plane seems like it's about to crash, so everybody starts making all these outrageous confessions? I once hit a man in Dearborn, Michigan... If I took an extra dollar or two it's 'cause I knew I'd earned it... I slept with Marta... I'm Gay! Pe ... More >>

Comedian Mo Rocca Attempts to Explain My Plate

Who better to teach America about the new My Plate healthy-eating guide than former Daily Show correspondent Mo Rocca? And since when did the CBS Evening News become so hip? Or is Mo Rocca no longer hip? This is more confusing than the 2005 food-guide pyramid revamp, or as Rocca called it, "an Egyp ... More >>

Jon Stewart on the Food Safety Bill

From last night's episode of The Daily Show, here is Jon Stewart on the Food Safety Bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday -- except for that pesky unconstitutional amendment that might derail the whole thing. NSFW language is bleeped.The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Food, the B ... More >>

The Daily Show Investigates Missouri's Anti-Puppy-Mill Propaganda

Then again, Olivia Munn has also "bared it all" for PETA.​Sure, a majority of Missourians last week voted in favor of tougher state regulations for puppy mills. But those voters clearly had no idea what they were voting for as evident in the following: A) Missouri legislators announced this week t ... More >>

Rally to Restore Sanity in St. Louis is Getting Insanely Big

​So the little rally that could totally is. The satellite rally that started as a twinkle in the eye of local Daily Show fans now has around 1,000 people RSVP'd to attend Saturday's rally, and another 1,000ish marked as "possibly" attending. And who even knows about those non-Facebooking ... More >>

Blagojevich on The Daily Show: 'In the next trial, I hope to testify again'

​Everyone's favorite disgraced ex-governor, Rod Blagojevich, was interviewed on The Daily Show Monday night, and it was, pardon our language, fucking golden. Comedically, that is. "I would like to see you as a victim, but you make it so hard," Stewart told him, after Blago said that he w ... More >>

Blunt and Bond: Religous Freedom Doesn't Apply For Mosque Near Ground Zero

Image viaAn abandoned Burlington Coat Factory near Ground Zero? That's just wrong.​Campaigning yesterday in Kansas City, Republican senate candidate Roy Blunt told reporters that he opposes a plan to build a mosque two blocks away from "Ground Zero" in New York."We constantly talk about what's app ... More >>

St. Louis Teapartier Gina Loudon Wants You to BUYcott Stuff Associated With Arizona

Image viaLocal Tea Partier Gina Loudon on The Daily Showa few months ago.​From the uber-conservative local lady that brought you the Buycott of Whole Foods last fall (then went on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to chat about it): The St. Louis Tea Party's Gina Loudon is showing solidarity with Ar ... More >>

Senator Kit Bond Gets Frothy Over 'Terrorists' and 'Rights'

John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

Furry Vengeance is a movie with a message and not much else

Toyota Prius Subject of Transportation Dept. Investigation Into Faulty Brakes

WWJD now?​Toyota yesterday acknowledged that its popular hybrid vehicle has brake problems. The car maker announced the design flaws -- effecting its 2010 model Prius -- in an earnings statement in which Toyota reported a $1.3 billion profit for the fourth quarter of 2009. Now the U.S. Department ... More >>

Sen. Kit Bond Steals the Show on The Daily Show

Longtime Missouri Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, a stalwart Republican, has said more than a few things in his lengthy political career to draw the comedic wrath of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. In April, for instance, he claimed that punishing those responsible for Bush-era torture policies was som ... More >>

St. Louis Buycotters Featured on The Daily Show

The Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac spent some QT in Town & Country earlier this fall, hanging with the Whole Foods buycotters/teapartyers. Bill Hennessy and Gina Loudon, among others, get featured in the final cut:  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cWhole Foods Boyco ... More >>

The Morning Flu: Tuesday, 4.28

News of the swine flu -- or, as last night's Daily Show brilliantly dubbed it, Snoutbreak -- is coming fast and furious:Neighbors of a Smithfield Foods factory hog farm in Mexico think it could be the swine flu's ground zero. (AP)Smithfield strongly denies any connection. (Daily Press)The United Nat ... More >>

Undecided Voters Are Stupid, Some are Cubs Fans, Jokes Daily Show

The Great Starbucks Closure of 2008

Oliver!

Voter Fraud

Barry Levinson wags the dog again, but his bark is worse than his bite.

Lewis Blows His Top

Week of October 5, 2006

Cherry on Top

The 40-Year-Old Virgin gets a heart-on while telling wonderfully dirty jokes

Cursed

Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect. Absolutely nothing.

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, 05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Black Carrots

Eat 'em, they're good for you

Vote No

Silver City plants a shrub where it wants to dig up a Bush

Film Openings

Week of August 25, 2004

David Cross

It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)

Black Is the New White

Angry comedian Lewis Black is worried about St. Louis' mold count

Dem Blues

The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

Fear Factor

2002 proved that TV has no shame at any hour

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

It Happens

Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park's the funniest show on TV.

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

Short Cuts