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It's a cult classic with fine performances by established actors like Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood and Usher
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Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show "later this year"
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It's a cult classic with fine performances by established actors like Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood and Usher
DrForester
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I remember watching a few episodes, I remember absolutely none of the content.
I've watched Stewart and Colbert almost every day for nearly 10 years. Losing both so close together hurts a lot.
I would say Asif Mandvi and Jessica Williams would be the best picks to replace. Jessica might be a little young to take over though. If Jon had stayed another couple years she'd probably be perfect.
I would say Asif Mandvi and Jessica Williams would be the best picks to replace. Jessica might be a little young to take over though. If Jon had stayed another couple years she'd probably be perfect.
I watched it from the beginning. I was in college when it started. Kilborn was okay, but Stewart took it to another level, and there's a part of me that fears that I'll become one of those grumpy old men who focuses too much on how he misses the old days (kinda like older folks who miss Johnny Carson).
Jessica Williams, young or not, is the funniest person working on that show right now (other than Jon) except for maybe Schaal, so I hope she gets it.
It wasn't all that different from his take on The Late Late Show if I remember correctly. That is to say, not worth remembering.
edit: Aasif or Jessica Williams as replacements would be great choices. You just know in th next couple weeks, they're going to have a correspondent-off skit where they all kick the shit out of each other to get the desk. Or they'll just tear into whoever takes over like they did with Oliver over the summer.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yes, it was a very odd sense of humor.
LurkerPrime
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I can't help but agree. I was trying to find a clip of Jon Stewart's first episode hosting the Daily Show and instead ended up with Kilborn interviewing Jon just before the switch. (To promote the Faculty!) To put it lightly, I do not approve of Kilborn-era Daily Show.
Was that five question thing commonplace? It is horrible. The entire segment felt like Jon was the one interviewing Kilborn...
LurkerPrime
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Eugh. It's all I can think to add.
She's great but I'm not sure she's the best fit. They need someone with the comedic chops of Jessica Williams, but who can also completely make someone look like an utter moron in an interview. Right now, I don't think she fits. In three or four years from now? Totally. I just don't think the timing is the best if they want her to take over.
Part of me thinks they'll have Jon take a week off in a month or two and throw their five best candidates out there and see which one does the best job.
Probably the reason he is leaving
Did you end up finding the first episode he did?
Jons a pretty terrible interviewer. (Does anyone actually care about that stuff? I hate interviews on late night shows. Stop hawking shit! Your not an infomercial!)
Colbert was ok because he was a character interviewing people generally.
Clinton/Stewart 2016?
I would do terrible things for Warren/Stewart 2016
LurkerPrime
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No. Seems like everything except that first episode is up on Youtube.
Freyjadour
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Don't think any of the correspondents have the chops to do what Jon does. Which is fine, just don't call that show The Daily Show.
It is on Comedy Central isn't it? Was Michael J Fox his guest by chance?
Battersea Power Station
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Don't hate on Kilborn. His style of deadpan mixed with absurdism is a rarity on TV, maybe only matched by the first couple of seasons of Family Guy. As far as pure comedy goes, I miss watching him on Late Night.
You can be a comedian and still be that though. I mean, it's sort of a testament to that quality that his show is what it is and yet you still came to that conclusion. Must be doing something right, no?
I mean Jon Stewart is a comedian, that's what he does and where he feels most comfortable. But he is also adept at merging that comedy with relevant political quips. If he dumps Daily Show, it's not going to be to be some random political pundit. He's either going to get another, longer show for more money, go full blast into directing, or find some other high paying outlet for his unique mix of talents... he's not going to become some MSNBC panelist or something hehe.
I just hope he does not go full into directing or acting because frankly the evidence so far shows he is not particularly good at either ;P
And whichever path he chooses to go full time, it's going to be laced with Jon's trademark sense of humour. It's what he has always done since he was a teenager, he's not going to stop now I imagine.
Orbis Tabula
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When the news breaks, who's gonna fix it now, Jon? WHO'S GONNA FIX IT, NOW?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
This must be how our parents felt when Johnny Carson retired.
PhoncipleBone
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I just remember the five questions. And that the intro to it introduced me to Riki Oh.
The Lamonster
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This news is surprisingly upsetting. It makes me feel old. It makes me dread having to live in a world without the daily Stewart/Colbert hour. The Colbert wound is too fresh. Ughhhhh
I don't even have cable anymore either. It's not like I ever even watch The Daily Show when I'm not out traveling and staying in a hotel.
I don't even have cable anymore either. It's not like I ever even watch The Daily Show when I'm not out traveling and staying in a hotel.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I feel like Jason should be doing something but for the life of me I don't know what it is
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
what if they get that Egyptian dude who had a similar show on in Egypt that was bannd?
Hyperactivity
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NOOO!!
Who's going to cover the 2016 election?
We NEED someone!
Who's going to cover the 2016 election?
We NEED someone!
LurkerPrime
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Bo Knows GAF
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Whelp. This blows.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I pity whoever has to follow him. I would really like Show to keep the same quality, but I doubt it.
Yeah wtf.
Leave after the election, hack.
Yeah wtf.
Leave after the election, hack.
Nappuccino
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I mean, they still have Broad City.
The Faculty is pretty damn great, by far the best thing Kevin Williamson ever wrote.It's a cult classic with fine performances by established actors like Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood and Usher
Anyway let's share some of our favorite Daily Show moments that encapsulated why Jon Stewart became such a staple in our homes.
I already mentioned two before:
1. Jon Stewart's first show back from 9/11 - The humour was stripped bare and he just said the simple truth everyone felt. It's not that it was complicated or profound. It's that what he said was authentic and you knew it. On par with David Letterman's reaction.
2. Jon Stewart is rendered speechless over the non-indictment in Eric Garner case - Sometimes there are things that are so self-evidently fucked up that it's hard to know how this happens side by side in a supposed rational and civilized country. This reaction represents what many of us felt... anger and confusion and why.
3. When Jon Stewart went after Bill De Blasio's approach to eating Pizza - All New Yorkers know the problem here. Jon Stewart's hilariously straightforward attack on De Blasio's pizza eating ways though just was gut splittingly funny in action.
4. Jon Stewart's Indecision 2000 - was the first time comedic coverage of a Presidential Election seemed more relevant than the 24 hour news networks themselves. The sheer absurdity of it all was never more perfectly highlighted than Jon Stewart's genuine shock at how this is even possible in a modern country.
5. Jon Stewart vs. Betsy McCaughey - Remember the conspiracy about death penalties, living wills and abject nonsense that almost single handedly derailed the health care debate as Obama sat idly like a fucking moron letting this nonsense criticism accumulate until it literally almost destroyed his entire signature health care proposal? Yeah, Betsy McCaughey was the person who started that. And Jon Stewart eviscerated her.
6. Jon Stewart illustrates the nuttery of Glenn Beck-isms with Glenn Beck-isms - I rarely laughed as hard at the show as I did when Jon Stewart broke out the black board and began to deconstruct Glenn Beck's intentionally misleading brand of conspiracy nuttery. Glenn Beck knows what he does and why he does it, he admits it's an act. But only Jon Stewart was so effective at illustrating the type of damage this act does, through humour.
7. Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer - this feud was hilarious from the get-go, with both taking shots at each other through the show. But when Jon Stewart took Jim Cramer to task on the show, the sheer level of incompetence on Cramer's part almost made one feel bad for the dude. It was like seeing an ugly snowman melt before your eyes.
8. Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly, The Rumble 2012 - I'm a little unsure whether this should count, since it was related to a Daily Show debate challenge but obviously due to the format gave both sides way longer time to articulate their answers than usual. When Jon Stewart called O'Reilly the king of shit mountain though, you knew you were watching Gold. The debate wasn't particularly in depth stuff, but it was comedy gold. Their back-and-forth friendly feud is long term, but this was the peak.
9. Jon Stewart vs. War on Christmas - Also related to O'Reilly, Jon Stewart underlined perfectly in one simple attack on the absurdity of politically reactionary nonsense why the level of discourse in this country has gone so wildly off track. He deflated the attack for the irrational garbage it was, eviscerated those who were pushing it as intellectually bankrupt frauds and made the entire thing anathema to even discuss. Then he got O'Reilly on the show to embarrass him further. At least O'Reilly is a good sport ;P
10. Jon Stewart attacks BP and Obama's address to the Nation - This to me illustrates the crossover appeal he could have. Jon Stewart throughout this crisis was particularly critical of Obama's half-measures and stating of the obvious with less regard on practical matters at times, but his entire attack on BP and Obama was a hilarious thing to behold start to finish. Party lines don't matter when you're wrong.
I already mentioned two before:
1. Jon Stewart's first show back from 9/11 - The humour was stripped bare and he just said the simple truth everyone felt. It's not that it was complicated or profound. It's that what he said was authentic and you knew it. On par with David Letterman's reaction.
2. Jon Stewart is rendered speechless over the non-indictment in Eric Garner case - Sometimes there are things that are so self-evidently fucked up that it's hard to know how this happens side by side in a supposed rational and civilized country. This reaction represents what many of us felt... anger and confusion and why.
3. When Jon Stewart went after Bill De Blasio's approach to eating Pizza - All New Yorkers know the problem here. Jon Stewart's hilariously straightforward attack on De Blasio's pizza eating ways though just was gut splittingly funny in action.
4. Jon Stewart's Indecision 2000 - was the first time comedic coverage of a Presidential Election seemed more relevant than the 24 hour news networks themselves. The sheer absurdity of it all was never more perfectly highlighted than Jon Stewart's genuine shock at how this is even possible in a modern country.
5. Jon Stewart vs. Betsy McCaughey - Remember the conspiracy about death penalties, living wills and abject nonsense that almost single handedly derailed the health care debate as Obama sat idly like a fucking moron letting this nonsense criticism accumulate until it literally almost destroyed his entire signature health care proposal? Yeah, Betsy McCaughey was the person who started that. And Jon Stewart eviscerated her.
6. Jon Stewart illustrates the nuttery of Glenn Beck-isms with Glenn Beck-isms - I rarely laughed as hard at the show as I did when Jon Stewart broke out the black board and began to deconstruct Glenn Beck's intentionally misleading brand of conspiracy nuttery. Glenn Beck knows what he does and why he does it, he admits it's an act. But only Jon Stewart was so effective at illustrating the type of damage this act does, through humour.
7. Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer - this feud was hilarious from the get-go, with both taking shots at each other through the show. But when Jon Stewart took Jim Cramer to task on the show, the sheer level of incompetence on Cramer's part almost made one feel bad for the dude. It was like seeing an ugly snowman melt before your eyes.
8. Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly, The Rumble 2012 - I'm a little unsure whether this should count, since it was related to a Daily Show debate challenge but obviously due to the format gave both sides way longer time to articulate their answers than usual. When Jon Stewart called O'Reilly the king of shit mountain though, you knew you were watching Gold. The debate wasn't particularly in depth stuff, but it was comedy gold. Their back-and-forth friendly feud is long term, but this was the peak.
9. Jon Stewart vs. War on Christmas - Also related to O'Reilly, Jon Stewart underlined perfectly in one simple attack on the absurdity of politically reactionary nonsense why the level of discourse in this country has gone so wildly off track. He deflated the attack for the irrational garbage it was, eviscerated those who were pushing it as intellectually bankrupt frauds and made the entire thing anathema to even discuss. Then he got O'Reilly on the show to embarrass him further. At least O'Reilly is a good sport ;P
10. Jon Stewart attacks BP and Obama's address to the Nation - This to me illustrates the crossover appeal he could have. Jon Stewart throughout this crisis was particularly critical of Obama's half-measures and stating of the obvious with less regard on practical matters at times, but his entire attack on BP and Obama was a hilarious thing to behold start to finish. Party lines don't matter when you're wrong.
DataStream
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Bring over Chris Morris.
Orbis Tabula
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New face.
Experienced satirist.
Inspired by The Daily Show
Smart.
Funny.
Charismatic.
Currently has his face on The Daily Show website, front and center.
Man, I'm really leaning towards this.
Gentleman Jack
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Kilborn was amazing, but Jon improved the show in every single way.
My issue is I'm not sure Bassem Yousef has the emotional center Jon Stewart did. I'm not aware of any moments of emotional maturity displayed when he discussed some of the more intense and complicated political stories of the day. And I sort of think that is important for a true contender for the crown.
I like the guy, just not sure he can fill what I think is one of the most important roles Jon Stewart played. That emotional center grounded all Jon stewart's work, because it felt incredibly authentic.
I like the guy, just not sure he can fill what I think is one of the most important roles Jon Stewart played. That emotional center grounded all Jon stewart's work, because it felt incredibly authentic.
DataStream
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It would be really great if after he leaves Comedy Central they put up an archive of the entirety of his run along with The Colbert Report.
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