The Week's Top 5 Funniest Videos: Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Alan Partridge and More

Returning to TV/the internet this week was Steve Coogan's classic character Alan Partridge. I can't think of a more perfectly awkward clip than this one to re-introduce the talk radio host to the world.
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Each week, I post the five funniest videos from the past week's Gotcha Media right here for you to enjoy. If I missed anything good, please don't hesitate to correct me in the comments below.

I spent the first few days of this week recovering from the
, along with about 200,000 other people, including Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The two hosts got off to a slow start but quickly had to get their act together for their
. The
coverage mainly consisted of people in the
about how the main target of the rally was the media (or in the case of
, grasping at straws to make it seem evil). The backlash culminated with
on Friday night, calling out the rally for failing to truly stand up for the sanity of the Left over the insanity of the Right (especially in light of what happened on election night). In the end, I think the rally achieved what it intended to achieve, its message neatly summed up by
, neatly
below.
In the final week leading up to Conan O'Brien's big return to television, we saw the host show up for the first time in a long time on
and give us
as to who his first guest will be. And of course we got sneak peek at a four minute version of what
Conan
might look like when he streamed
on the internet Monday night.
Also returning to TV/the internet this week was
. I can't think of a more perfectly awkward clip than this one to re-introduce the talk radio host to the world.
Saturday Night Live
was off this week, but instead we got to see
reunion of the
in prime time. Aside from a couple of gems (Jane Lynch as your
,
,
with Fred Armisen) this was one of the funniest sketches of the season so far. I can't say that I've ever watched a
Real Housewives
reunion show, but I still thought this was hilarious.
And now, because we all miss
Mad Men
so much,
for a minute and a half.

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