Grand Theft Auto IV takes late night comedy world by storm

by Griffin McElroy { May 3rd 2008 at 3:00PM }

Comedy starved night owls are probably already aware of the attention that Rockstar's latest crime drama has received on the late night entertainment scene. We chuckled at the Daily Show's coverage of the game's midnight release, but thoroughly LOLed at Conan O'Brien's previews (embedded after the jump) of the toned-down version of Grand Theft Auto IV (if only Stephen Bishop's classic "It Might Be You" really were available on Liberty City's airwaves).

However, we didn't truly board the ROFLcopter until we saw the above skit from The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson (the former unitesticled boss on "The Drew Carey Show"). Perhaps it was the visit from "Saturday Night Live" veteran Tim Meadows that made it our fave, or perhaps it was their subtle send-up of the criticism the game has endured due to it's adult content. On that note, if there's anything funnier than the actual media coverage of Rockstar's mature blockbuster, we've yet to see it.

Tags: conan, conanobrien, craigferguson, grandtheftautoiv, gta-iv, latelateshow, rockstar, rockstargames, rockstarnorth, timmeadows

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lord Bowser @ May 3rd 2008 3:07PM

Oh, hey, wow. More GTA coverage. Just when we weren't saturated enough, here comes the Griffin to drop some more.

Kujel @ May 3rd 2008 3:15PM

Why do we have to see you here again?

Noshino @ May 3rd 2008 3:18PM

easy there Bowser, easy there...

If you don't want to read about GTA, then DON'T...

Donald @ May 3rd 2008 3:27PM

Maybe they should've put a "GTA-free" feed on the site like TUAW/Engadget did with the iPhone and TVSquad did with reality shows.

Also, for those who care, the podcast is up and I'm listening now. No Ludwig though thanks to a random cheetah:
http://podcasts.aolcdn.com/joystiq/podcasts/Joystiq_Podcast_048.mp3

Ethan @ May 3rd 2008 4:11PM

I think that feed's called Wii Fanboy.

icqpimp @ May 4th 2008 3:11AM

fuck grant theft auto

Kujel @ May 3rd 2008 3:12PM

"This is bloody, it's going to effect my other hobby" *holds up his hand. :D

Patrick @ May 3rd 2008 3:58PM

I like how he says "right-wing propaganda" when it's usually left-wingers who are against violence in videogames.

rivaldi22 @ May 3rd 2008 4:17PM

Not necessarily. It's really both parties. It's a rare case of bipartisan dispute.

Right-wing favors economic independence over social independence, left-wing favors social independence over economic. So by that generalization, left-wingers would be opposed to censorship, etc.

But it seems in this case, everyone's shitting their pants, whether it dirties their left cheek or right does not seem to matter. CRAZY.

LaughingTarget @ May 3rd 2008 4:35PM

You got it all wrong.

Right Wingers favor whoever fills their pockets with cash.

Left Wingers favor whoever is filling their pockets with cash as long as it isn't the same guy as the right wingers.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ May 3rd 2008 4:38PM

Yeah...well, right-wingers have Rush and Glenn Beck so let's call it even.

john @ May 3rd 2008 4:58PM

Guess you havent heard of Rush, Beck, Bill, Savage, Michelle, Gibson hell especially Jack who have all made comments about GTA or violent video games.

LaughingTarget @ May 4th 2008 12:08AM

I see your conservative talk show hosts and raise you the entire Screen Actors Guild, Writer's Guild and, oh Hell, the entirety of Hollywood. The right has a remarkably small footprint.

Lekko @ May 4th 2008 1:20AM

Actually... I'm pretty sure any politician is "against violent videogames" regardless of side.

If any of them said they were "pro virtual dead hooker refund simulators", a LOT of voters would take it the wrong way since the gaming public doesn't get up off their ass and vote.

Now if only you could vote via dashboard/XMB/Channel....

Ken Seang @ May 3rd 2008 3:17PM

LOL...

ogvor @ May 3rd 2008 3:20PM

Glenn Beck: Guaranteed to make you scared, racist, and above all, stupid.

klitorisaurus @ May 3rd 2008 3:24PM

Craig Ferguson Rocks!

Kujel @ May 3rd 2008 3:26PM

Sweet Mario Hussein.

Matt B @ May 3rd 2008 5:46PM

I can understand Craig about as much as I can Little Jacob.

Tiptup300 @ May 3rd 2008 9:38PM

Welcome back my naughty monkeys!

Klepto @ May 3rd 2008 3:31PM

Hahahaahahahhahahhah

theturtle363 @ May 3rd 2008 3:38PM

"That's just right wing propaganda! *BANG*"

CB @ May 3rd 2008 3:41PM

Conan's were hilarious!

jackbauer(ssbb:0087-2222-7531) @ May 3rd 2008 6:28PM

I! LOVE! SPRINGTIME!

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ May 4th 2008 3:22PM

"Have you accepted Jesus as your personal saviour?" To lol with me.

BigD145 @ May 3rd 2008 4:25PM

I was bored in the first 30 seconds.

LaughingTarget @ May 3rd 2008 4:36PM

Someone has a short atte...oooh! Shiny!

BigD145 @ May 3rd 2008 5:25PM

No, it just wasn't funny.

Zorink @ May 3rd 2008 5:12PM

Crabs would've made an interesting game play feature...

Robotochan @ May 3rd 2008 5:14PM

So does everyone pronounce Craig as Creg?

Pedobear @ May 3rd 2008 5:50PM

yea

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 3rd 2008 5:15PM

Not funny. The Conan bit was 100x better.

Markusdragon @ May 3rd 2008 5:22PM

Wow, that's not funny.

Kokomadeta @ May 3rd 2008 6:10PM

Hey Tim Meadows, that's LEFT wing propaganda. More Democrats have spoken out against GTA than Republicans. Hilary Clinton, Joseph Leiberman, the list goes on...