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The FINAL Daily Show with Jon Stewart - a thread had to be made
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Tawney Bomb
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Losing Stewart and Colbert sucks. I'm glad they're moving on, but from a selfish perspective, I don't want them to. Both highlights of TV for me for so long.
Trevor has some damn big shoes to fill. Not sure if Stewart had any say in who took over, but if he did and backed Trevor, I'll be optimistic.
Someone needs to keep the other news programs on their toes. O'Reilly too.
Trevor has some damn big shoes to fill. Not sure if Stewart had any say in who took over, but if he did and backed Trevor, I'll be optimistic.
Someone needs to keep the other news programs on their toes. O'Reilly too.
Conrad Link
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She's movie famous now!
Funny, my GF said the same thing about Ed Helms. "He looks weird!"
I have to admit I'm curious about how the new show will go, curious but don't have very high expectations. Jon just seems impossible to follow up, at least if we're all expecting not much then it could make things easier.
bodyboarder
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Great end to a fantastic run as host. So glad I made it to a taping this year.
I've watched this show since I was in 4th grade (2007) and now I am a senior in high school...
Ahh Jon! Ahh Humanity! How wonderful a show it was! This has to be the first comedy show I followed, and indeed the first news channel I followed as well. Colbert hurt, but John hurts more.
An interesting thing I've noticed is that Jon Stewart taught me how to be more expressive when speaking in public.
Ahh Jon! Ahh Humanity! How wonderful a show it was! This has to be the first comedy show I followed, and indeed the first news channel I followed as well. Colbert hurt, but John hurts more.
An interesting thing I've noticed is that Jon Stewart taught me how to be more expressive when speaking in public.
I've been reflecting on the show a lot today and one thing that I'm really glad that I did (obviously at the time without the knowledge that the show wasn't going to be on for too much longer) was attend the rally despite being a pretty broke university student in Canada. I identified quite a bit with the notion that ideological differences need not define the parameters of progress at the time and it was a big moment of clarity for me.
BUNTING1243
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That was such a great finale. I can't really think of more to say, just a fantastic last episode. Daily Show is definitely the longest show I've been watching and I'm going to miss Jon a lot. Such a great finale though. Man.
WanderingWind
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It's so weird watching this end. I was there for the beginning and now I've seen the end. It really is the end of an era. I dunno. I sort of felt like this show was going to always be there for to get a laugh out of the political theater that makes such a mess out of normal people's lives. It's really sad to see it go.
I don't know if this is the right thread for this, but I found it interesting: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-trevor-noahs-daily-show-plans-to-go-after-millennial-viewers-2015-8
Basically, it suggests that the Daily Show may refocus its satirical lenses away from cable news channels like CNN and Fox towards online news sites like Buzzfeed and Gawker.
Basically, it suggests that the Daily Show may refocus its satirical lenses away from cable news channels like CNN and Fox towards online news sites like Buzzfeed and Gawker.
Bobby Roberts
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So Trevor Noah's show would basically be Clickhole?
Like the Daily Show was the Onion? Sure. In fact, Jon actually poached many writers from the Onion during his time.
cj_iwakura
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I don't suppose Kilborn showed up, did he? Was funny seeing the old episodes with the Five Questions and moment of zen during the marathon.
Kilborn showed up on a live feed. Made a joke, IIRC, about Jon driving the show into the ground. Unfortunately it was quick and the crowd barely responded. Nice touch, though.
Seriously. Plastic surgery but I can't place what she ruined exactly. Looks like a different person.
Bobby Roberts
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To clarify - I wasn't making a negative comparison, just trying to shorthand it.
To clarify, nor was I taking it that way either. I was just pointing out that there was some overlap between the two that some may not be aware of.
But the format is now well-established. We will still have Oliver and even if Trevor doesn't work out, I'm sure there will be others who can pick up the slack eventually.
He and Jon had a falling out back before Wyatt left the show, and this poked fun, timidly, at that.
I had heard it was going to get more of a world news focus, or at least focus less on US news of the day.
Never heard of Clickhole.
Looking at their website, I am not sure what they are exactly.
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive. Great finale. Even had a mini-movie (the first person segment)
Nice, makes sense since Trevor Noah is more worldly. Plus HBO has US politics on lockdown
Nice, makes sense since Trevor Noah is more worldly. Plus HBO has US politics on lockdown
DrForester
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Don't know if going after online sites is the right move, but I'm all for them not just showing fox clips most night. They suck, we know, you are not changing anyone's optinion of them.
Yeah, the incessant Fox News coverage was my least favorite thing about the show. Fish in a barrel, etc etc. I'm all for a change in focus.
minor effort
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I felt it became something of an easy trap for the show to fall into. The Daily Show wasn't always best served being the Fox News Response Show.
I remember back in the mid-00s watching Keith Olbermann's MSNBC show. After a while i just tuned out because every single day he spent 30 minutes of his hour-long program going after Bill O'Reilly in particular. Every day he would just go over what Bill O'Reilly had said on The O'Reilly Factor the previous day. It made Olbermann's show seem narrow, small, and petty. I always grew a bit concerned when the Daily Show started leaning too much on Fox News in particular.
Seraphis Cain
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He did, actually.
Well The Daily Show is also a comedy show, they have to fill an hour each week which stuff that is timely contemporary and funny.
And I guess they also want to avoid overlap with Colbert/Nightly if possible
It was kind of terrifying how old he looks. All those wrinkles.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Yeah, he...did not age well.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Kinda presidential. Huh.
minor effort
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Probably also too expensive. He's a big name, just came off a hit TV show, probably has plenty of other projects in the works.
Besides, Aziz seems like he'd be more comfortable hosting a traditional network late night show than a Daily Show / Colbert Report type of show.
maybe, at least semi-traditional. I dont think he'd be super-super expensive, hes been in good stuff but i dont think he's that well known. And last i knew the ratings for those two shows were worth spending some money on. But alas, it isnt realistic. I really have no idea what to expect from this trevor guy. But if both him and larry pull 1/3rd the ratings of the old shows.. comedy central is probably going to be thinking about what else they couldv done...
Kibbles
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Damn now I want to see an Aziz talk show.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
He had a videotaped short message.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I really don't think it would work all that well: I just pulled a random interview of him off Youtube and I just don't see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2VsUCYw_JU
I won't try to judge his show before it even starts, but if Trevor's show focuses on stuff like Buzzfeed and Gawker, I suspect it can be funny and even necessary viewing but I find it hard to believe he'll be "culturally important" like Stewart was. It's impossible to discount him off the bat but it just doesn't feel right. Who looks at Buzzfeed as some serious cultural institution?
I guess I'm just outside of what one would consider a millennial but I go to buzzfeed for cat pics.
I think it's important to remember that The Daily Show as we know it is pretty massively different from what it was when Jon Stewart started. I'm not saying with a new host it'll follow the same trajectory, but I also doubt wherever Noah starts his take on the show will be where he ultimately takes it then subsequently ends it. Presuming he doesn't get the axe after like a month or something.
true, but in 1998 i think the 2 year old show was still searching for an identity. Now its very much entrenched, and i dont think they can go back to reducing the news-focus. Its also going to be the same writing crew, so id expect the show to be very similar still. The question for me is on trevor's delivery and vibe. Because you know that the same joke writing will still be there.
Yup focusing so much on Fox News was lazy writing. Felt like they were just using eachother for ratings after a while.
It had an identity, as Kilborn's Late Late Show was the exact same format but on CBS proper. The thing Jon had going for him when he took over is that the show had no clout or recognition. Comedy Central basically blew up around his Daily Show and South Park. Noah's coming in during a lower point in terms of ratings than Jon's high point, but not neatly the same tv landscape.
TheSadRanger
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All this material around from Trump and neither Jon nor Colbert are around anymore to clown on it.....
These are some dark times we live in now.....
I would watch Larry Wilmore but his half assed hybrid of a format of Maher/Chelsea Handler sucks.
These are some dark times we live in now.....
I would watch Larry Wilmore but his half assed hybrid of a format of Maher/Chelsea Handler sucks.
I just read an interview with Jon Stewart with Judd apatow in his new book and it really seems Jon is going to be going back to stand up in some capacity. Stoked to see what he ends up doing
Larrys show fucking sucks and they should be embarrassed by it. It's such a let down considering how much I liked him as a correspondent. Such a lazy show.
All this material around from Trump and neither Jon nor Colbert are around anymore to clown on it.....
These are some dark times we live in now.....
I would watch Larry Wilmore but his half assed hybrid of a format of Maher/Chelsea Handler sucks.
Larrys show fucking sucks and they should be embarrassed by it. It's such a let down considering how much I liked him as a correspondent. Such a lazy show.
DrForester
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I like "The Nightly Show". The news segments are hit and miss, but I really enjoy the panel discussions at the end.
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