Jon Stewart’s video takedown of CNBC host Jim Cramer has gotten over 1.3 million online views. What better way to capitalize on that than to take the fight to “The Daily Show” ring? Variety reports:
The feud will get a fuel-injection Thursday night when Cramer goes mano a mano with Stewart as a guest on “The Daily Show.” Cramer’s “Daily Show” appearance follows a week of counterpunches delivered on various other NBC Universal-owned platforms, which included guest spots on NBC’s “Today” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Stewart threw the first punch on March 4, following the last-minute guest-appearance cancellation by CNBC correspondent Rick Santelli, he of the now-infamous “Tea Party” rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange days earlier.
Santelli had called ill-fated home buyers “stupid” for getting themselves into mortgages they ultimately couldn’t afford, and Stewart took him and his network to task, effectively making the point that consumers weren’t always given the best financial information from money media sources like CNBC.
“If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice I’d have a million dollars — provided I’d started with $100 million,” the comedian quipped.
Jim Cramer (I think I called him “Jon Cramer” all day yesterday — ah well) is also appearing on Martha Stewart this morning, where she is also featuring her favorite banana cream pie recipe — that long-standing favorite pie of comedians.
12. March 2009 at 11:51 am
The last thing Jim Cramer should be doing is the Martha Stewart show, nothing says insider trading quite like Martha does.
13. March 2009 at 8:35 am
Maybe he was warming up on one Stewart to prepare for the other . . . And did you see that Martha talked about how much she loves Jon Stewart? I bet the banana cream pie was Jon’s idea . . . .