'The Daily Show' Rejoices Over Verizon's 'Liberation' Of The iPhone (VIDEO)

Tuesday night's "Daily Show" took a markedly different tone than Monday's somber address about the tragedy in Tucson, focusing instead on Verizon getting the iPhone to the delight of AT&T customers everywhere.

Stewart himself screamed "Freeeeedoooooom!" at the top of the segment, and revealed that it had gotten so bad, he's been carrying around his four-year-old daughter's pink toy phone to make calls when his AT&T iPhone drops them. And sending text messages? Stewart has had to resort to writing the text and then paying a boy to literally carry the phone to the recipient.

While Stewart was having some fun at AT&T's expense, correspondent John Oliver showed with some man-on-the-street interviews that people really are fed up with their current iPhone carrier. One woman goes so far as to say we're being held "technology hostages."

"That is definitely, definitely not overstating it," Oliver agreed.

Watch the rest of the segment below to see John Oliver's joyous outburst in the middle of Verizon's keynote address, as well as even more people bashing, cursing and flipping the bird to AT&T on the streets of New York City.

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Comments

[RichardEC]

03:34 PM on 01/14/2011

I've personally never had a problem with the iPhone or AT&T. I got my iPhone on day 1 at the 5th Ave Apple Store in NYC, and kept it up until the iPhone4 and switched to that.

Since that time I've lived in NYC, CA and TX. iPhones and AT&T the whole time, never had a problem. I might have dropped a call 1 time ever. Data rates on 2G and 3G networks always seemed good enough for what I wanted to do with them (email, maps, texting, light web use).

The only thing I wish would've been better about my experience is not having to pay through the nose just for the priveledge of having a cell phone. We all pay way too much for phones these days, that is, if you have a modern cell phone, and Cell Carrier profits have never been higher. They managed to find a way to rake us all over the coals for too much money. Obviously I've paid alot for my iPhones.

But like I said, never had a problem. Now I suppose I'm not the heaviest caller, I'm not really into making a phone call. But its never failed me either.

[independentjukebox]

10:09 PM on 01/13/2011

can't wait i travel to Ca and NY a lot and AT&T sucks there, even for my blackberry!

[Priori Decoherence]

05:45 AM on 01/13/2011

Was probably a very funny bit; don’t know, I lost the feed. Da m... T@ ………

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[oxjr]

05:01 AM on 01/13/2011

One of the best non-political skits ever. This wonderful, slick, shiny, and yet horrible phone. lol. And yet the love is so pure and so intense. I don't have an iPhone but my most recent phone does so many cool and wonderful things except dial, or switch to speaker easily, or adjust volume without going through two windows. I think we should all go retro and all get Jitterbug phones.

[jpvt]

05:59 PM on 01/13/2011

I tried the Jitterbug and couldn't get anything.

[SkreetGil1]

03:23 AM on 01/13/2011

AT&T=BAD

[audadvnc]

10:57 AM on 01/13/2011

As the old saying went... "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company."

[NoFactsJustTruth]

12:20 AM on 01/13/2011

The AT&T propensity for receiving a 'CALL FAILED' is not really the funny joke Jon made it, and one of the biggest reasons my wife and I dumped them when the 2 year contract was up. It always seemed like OUR connection was just pulled for someone with higher priority, or because they didn't have enough lines available or something. It never really sounded like it was breaking up or losing signal - when the call would just suddenly be gone. It's a VERY rare occurrence on Verizon, and Apple's made a wiser decision to allow both for iphone and let the consumers choose.

As with anything they do, The Daily Show take on this was hilarious.

[Rick Evans]

10:55 PM on 01/12/2011

I live in NYC and I've never had too much trouble with my iPhone. In fact, I've heard more complaints about Verizon from my friends than AT&T,

[NoFactsJustTruth]

12:32 AM on 01/13/2011

I've never been to NYC, but it's a quite different story across the rest of the country, as those who must travel a lot have discovered.

[lp4ju]

08:20 PM on 01/12/2011

eh, use Blackberries

[ameal]

02:23 AM on 01/13/2011

Couldn't agree more

[Mr Universe]

07:56 PM on 01/12/2011

Best reaming of AT &T ever!

[Scott Stevenson]

07:50 PM on 01/12/2011

I just don't get why "everyone" seems to have trouble with their iPhone. I've had one ever since the first one came out all the way up to the iPhone 4, and have never had a single problem with dropped calls, slowness with surfing or even that "antenna" issue. Wait, I take that back, I have had dropped calls, when talking to some using Metro PCS.

[Scott Stevenson]

07:55 PM on 01/12/2011

oh, and I live in a major city, Dallas.

[Crandlite]

10:32 AM on 01/13/2011

dallas is not a major city

[HSOL85]

08:12 PM on 01/12/2011

Well Dallas is pretty much in At&t's backyard since their headquarters are based in San Antonio. It's no surprised that most of the complaints about At&t are coming from the northeast since that's pretty much Verizon's territory.

[HSOL85]

08:17 PM on 01/12/2011

Correction, At&t is based in Dallas not SA. So an even better reason you have good coverage there.

[onlythetruthcounts]

06:49 PM on 01/12/2011

My next phone will be iPhone to replace whatever this Verizon phone I have is (a lg touch? I dunno. I hate it too much to care). But I only use it for text, not voice. Who is so intrusive and unkind as to voice call someone in 2011?

[BluestateWatchdog]

06:05 PM on 01/12/2011

I hear constantly about AT&T's horrid reception and service problems. I've been an AT&T customer, formerly Cingular, since March 2001 - continuously. I've had many different phones while being a customer. Prior to 2007, I had these kinds of complaints about AT&T and Cingular as well. Since then, I've largely had acceptable quality of service. I currently have a Samsung Captivate/Galaxy S phone, an Android smartphone also on AT&T's network. So let me ask you: Why don't I experience these same problems that iPhone users constantly whine about?

[Christopher Hendrickson]

06:26 PM on 01/12/2011

Because you don't have an iPhone. The reception in iPhone's are terrible. Trust me.

[Scott Stevenson]

07:52 PM on 01/12/2011

I guess it all depends on where you live.

[juancapez]

10:18 PM on 01/12/2011

because iPhone users tend to be whiney people who live in new york city. i know. i am one (an iPhone user and a whiney person who lives in new york city).

[IMeMine]

05:40 PM on 01/12/2011

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Imagine a phone that can do everything but make calls. One more thing: 4G isn't the answer either. 4G phones drain batteries BIG TIME. Just a thought...

[NYCSingleMom]

04:46 PM on 01/12/2011

New Yorkers hail Verizon getting the iPhone because the reception here is pretty bad and we are an apple town. I waited 2 years for my iPhone. Maybe Android is better but trust me know one hear wants to see your android.

http://www.nycsinglemom.com

[Lpeter]

04:44 PM on 01/12/2011

Those guys are too funny! Thanks HP for having the quick link!