# Tds/tcr 2/1/06 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727 "2006-02-02T21:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/1 "2006-02-02T21:10:23Z")
no comments really on the Daily Show - I think it’s always good but Cobert - That guy, supposedly a midwest liberal public radio personality - is he for real? - he reminds me of some stand up comedian, whose name escapes me. And the interaction was SO rehearsed. They’re both clever men, and the bit was funny, but as to the radio show - what’sthe real deal? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/2 "2006-02-02T21:11:53Z")
MODS: Please fix the letters in the thread title to all uppercase. Thanks (I have no idea why that happened) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/3 "2006-02-02T21:13:24Z")
That was David Cross. He’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/4 "2006-02-02T21:14:54Z")
Nope - that’s [David Cross as “Russ Leiber”](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189144/) - IMDB says he is uncredited. – Damn — must - type - faster. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/5 "2006-02-02T21:16:03Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > That was David Cross. He’s awesome. DAMN! I \*\*knew \*\* he looked familiar! The long curly hair threw me off, but the voice and mannerisms - dead give away Thanks guys ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/6 "2006-02-02T21:16:04Z")
John Hodgeman’s segment about the future of the country post-Greenspan was pretty good. I’ve been reading his book _The Areas of My Expertise_, and the segment contained some of the same unusual style that was in his book. I wonder if he wrote it. (He’s a funny-looking guy, which helps his style. When he was intereviewed by Stewart about his book in an earlier episode, it was just funny, the way this nerdy-looking man talks straight-faced about a extremely bizzare hobo rebellion in the 1930s.) ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/7 "2006-02-02T21:21:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > no comments really on the Daily Show - I think it’s always good > > but Cobert - That guy, supposedly a midwest liberal public radio personality - is he for real? - he reminds me of some stand up comedian, whose name escapes me. And the interaction was SO rehearsed. They’re both clever men, and the bit was funny, but as to the radio show - what’sthe real deal? I didn’t see that episode yet, (I’m generally a week behind), but if it’s the same guy (assuming this is to become a recurring bit) as in the bit a week or 2 ago, I believe that’s [David Cross](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189144/). In fact, now looking at the IMDB link he is indeed the one playing “Russ Lieber”, though I guess they haven’t updated it to include the 2006 CR appearances yet. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/8 "2006-02-02T21:22:34Z")
> [@Papermache Prince](#): > > Nope - that’s [David Cross as “Russ Leiber”](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189144/) - IMDB says he is uncredited. – Damn — must - type - faster. You and I both. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tds-tcr-2-1-06/342727/9 "2006-02-03T01:58:01Z")
That bit had me cracking up, I was searching around on google for a little while before I figured out who it was. That interview was hilarious - I was hoping that “Dissenter’s Guide to Fighting Back - Politely” was a real book.