Comedy Central bumps Lost for top spot in iTunes

Oh, and here's a Mac-friendly backdoor to Comedy Central's videos that I found with some Googling; I can't get Flip4Mac to load the videos, but it works with Microsoft's now defunct but still distributed player:

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/browse.jhtml

Randy Kagan -- now there is a comic I would like to see available. But maybe iTunes is still focusing just on the big names(?)

Unfortunately, if Viacom's other networks (MTV and Nickelodeon, namely) are any indication, the reason that Comedy Central requires Windows in order to use MotherLoad is that it uses the Windows-only DRM extensions to the Windows Media format to prevent people from ripping the stream. Grr.

I think Daily Show and Colbert Report are a great idea, but $1.99 for 22 minutes of show? That seems a bit steep for shows that are on 4 days a week. I'd say .99 per show would be more reasonable.

But, hey, I think free with commercials would be the most reasonable :)

I love how they keep on adding new shows. I wish they would add Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. They had huge followings and I think would sell great, not to mention Angel rocks!

Since Comedy Central's website "Mother Lode" is fiercely anti-Mac,
they need to add the shows to iTunes that EVERYONE wants...

1. The Daily Show
2. The Colbert Report
3. Chappelle's Show

Since TDS and TCR are both daily programs, they should add them as free podcasts, but leave the commercials in (I don't think anyone would mind).


And, by the way, "Drawn Together" is a horrible, horrible show.

What a "dog bits man" post. LOST fell because of the re-run this week.

Comedy Central, what about Stephen Lynch? Also, as much as I love the Daily Show, I don't think I could see myself paying $1.99 per episode since there are four episodes per week.

Mitch Hedberg and Dane Cook here, waiting for Brian Regan. Now how about daily show episodes? Not 1.99 for skits SNL style, but the full 20+ minute show for 1.99, just sayin' Comedy Central, just sayin'...

Lost has been absolutely horrible. My girl got me into it, and season 1 started out slow enough... then it picked up near the end. THEN the first few episodes of season 2 were really great, lots of wild sci-fi mystery bits... then... "Sawyer gets a haircut."

Huh? Lost on an island, crazy eletromagnetic thingy behind a giant door, creepy video, old computer preventing like, the world from exploding, out of control nanotechnology, and SAWYER GETS A GODDAM HAIRCUT?! The last two eps have put me to sleep.