"But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a... a restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one."

-- Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Doily Show!

When I come home from work in the mornings, the one thing I do before I go to bed is go online and watch the previous night's episode of The Daily Show. For those who don't follow it, the regular host Jon Stewart has taken the summer off to work on another project; substitute host John Oliver has been starting each show with a deliberately corny joke about why Stewart isn't there. Well, on last night's episode, the joke was that due to a mix-up, Jon Stewart had inadvertently been hosting "The Doily Show" instead-- and they showed his face with, yes, a large tatted doily in the background. Crocheted doilies are also shown, but the tatting is most prominent! You can watch it here; the bit with the doily is 29-34 seconds into the show (not counting the commercials at the beginning), so you don't have to watch the whole thing if you don't want to. Yeah, that's right, tatting was featured on one of the most popular shows on American television-- probably without the producers even knowing what it was, much less most of the audience, but hey, it was there!
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7 comments:

  1. FoxAugust 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM

    Hilarious! Love the show and the host ( for YEARS) and even more so because Jon Stewart is one of my NYC top celebrity sightings!

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  2. tattrldyAugust 13, 2013 at 3:44 PM

    Thanks for the heads up! That is certainly a tatted doily behind him! :-) Pretty cool.

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  3. CindyAugust 13, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    Too funny! Who'd a thunk?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 14, 2013 at 12:17 AM

    Yep, caught that too! Tatting's 15 seconds of fame!

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  5. Margarets designer cardsAugust 14, 2013 at 1:24 AM

    I followed the link unfortunately the show only plays in the USA, but that's great that tatting had a showing. It would have been nice if they had said it was tatting never mind can't have it all.
    Margaret

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  6. IsDiharaAugust 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    This gave me a hearty chuckle. Because Margaret was not able to play the clip, I have captured a "screen grab" of the image in the video and will email it to her (at least I think I have her email address...)

    Thanks for sharing this!

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  7. Margarets designer cardsAugust 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM

    Thank you Karen, I did get the picture and have sent you an email.
    Now I know what it was all about.
    Margaret

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