Toby apologizes, Jon Stewart makes a bad joke and Bill Maher isn't funny.

Dr. Toby Cosgrove of the Cleveland clinic has apologized for making remarks that he would fire or not hire fat people.  However even though Dr. Cosgrove might have realized he overstepped his bounds, this doesn't make him size friendly, nor will he stop pushing weight loss as the key to good health. 

Meanwhile Jon Stewart made an ass of himself wearing a fat suit on the Daily Show.  Apparently if you eat cheese steaks and shakes for three weeks you can double your body weight.  You also give yourself diabetes. I am really tired of fat suits and jokes.  The jokes are old and have run their course.  Fat jokes are lame and low-brow.  Daily Show has much more high-brow humor and this has put a damper on the show.  Sorry Jon, you lost me as a true believer fan.  I'm not the only one.  In times like this when we have to fight to get better health insurance, the last thing we need is blaming people instead of getting the health care they need! Health insurance companies would love to hear people blame fatties instead of themselves.  I haven't yet found direct email for Jon Stewart, but please post in the Daily Show forum that this is "humor" we don't really need. 

You can also contact them by snail mail:

Comedy Central Studios
The Daily Show
513 W 54 St 
New York, NY 10019

Also apparently Bill Maher criticized nominee Regina Benjamin for her size.  I don't have any details yet.   Thank you anonymous poster for providing me the link to Bill Maher's hateful rant.  Bill, I never really thought you were funny.  Jon Stewart is funny which is why his wearing a fat suit was more hurtful that your ignorant comments.  Even if the obesity stats are right and we are spending 10% of health care costs on it, that still leaves 90%.  What's the 90% from?  Some can be from smoking but it's most likely the cost of taking care of an aging population.  We are getting fatter AND living longer but the longer we live the more it costs.   There are plenty of things to make fun of the teabaggers about but being fat isn't one of them.  We need real health care reform, not blame.  

Comments

[Anonymous]

Bill Maher did a lot worse than that in the same breath: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-you-cant-complai_b_291852.html

[Sally Sahrp-Paulsen]

I love Jon, so I thought that the fat suit was hurtful too--I hope he realises the error of his ways. He's a genuinely nice man, so I imagine hë́ll apologise for his insensitivity..I hope so!
Bill Maher is NOT a nice man; he's said Down Syndrome kids are the "same as dogs" and should be chained in the yard; and he only dates Penthouse centerfolds and strippers with big fake boobs (health hazard right there!)...Wait a minute, he IS a big fake boob! "Boobs of a feather"....

[Kim]

I think the comments made by Ricky Gervais on the Daily Show on 9/16 were worse. Apparently, if we ate carrots instead of cakes we'd all be thin.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-16-2009/ricky-gervais

[Sarah]

Bill Maher, first and foremost, is a misogynist. Also, he has always held a disdain for fat people. You can only imagine how he feels about fat women.