PuegotDaddy Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 UPDATE ; Stewart called Racist by some on his "Black Walnut' parody of Herman Cains sexual escapades ... I found it pretty funny ...what is your take ? Link to comment
husker_hurdler Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 The round-table that they did tonight was pretty good Link to comment
HeyBurke Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 UPDATE ; Stewart called Racist by some on his "Black Walnut' parody of Herman Cains sexual escapades ... I found it pretty funny ...what is your take ? That segment was freaking hilarious. Of all the sketches Trump could call racist, he picks that one. Makes no sense. Link to comment
zoogs Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Catching up on TDS, you guys. Interesting extended interview with an Egyptian activist Gigi Ibrahim from early June. Covers a lot of perspective about the struggles going on there I usually don't get to explore; it's what I love about Jon Stewart and interviews like this are why he's my favorite show on TV. Wonder what Bassem Youssef (an Egyptian Jon Stewart, basically, who was recently forced off the air) is doing these days -- he's the topic of the final third of the interview. Link to comment
True2tRA Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/jon-stewart-conservatives-dont-want-anti-isis-strategy-from-obama-just-military-porn-talk/ I had to share this. If I can find a way to just post the video I will but you have to watch the video at the bottom of the article. The hilarity and sadness of it all at once. Sad that people refuse to listen to the logic of President Obama on the Approach to ISIS and sad that Donald Trump actually has people that listen to him when he speaks. Holy sh#t. Hilarious either way, Stewart just owns it. Link to comment
True2tRA Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/745wi9/syntax-city Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 So...Trevor Noah, huh? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I have to admit something. I just don't find the humor in these shows. I don't find our political situation in this country funny. This goes back to when I used to watch David Letterman religiously. Then, at some point in the Clinton administration I just stopped finding him funny. He constantly did nothing but trash and make fun of our President even though it was a President I didn't like. I just didn't find that humor funny. These issues are very serious issues I know I'm probably a minority here. Link to comment
ZRod Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I have to admit something. I just don't find the humor in these shows. I don't find our political situation in this country funny. This goes back to when I used to watch David Letterman religiously. Then, at some point in the Clinton administration I just stopped finding him funny. He constantly did nothing but trash and make fun of our President even though it was a President I didn't like. I just didn't find that humor funny. These issues are very serious issues I know I'm probably a minority here. I don't know, obviously I watch it for the humor (some things are just so stupid you have to laugh) but at the same time they also hold everyone accountable. Obviously there's a bias to the show but they call bullsh#t on everyone, even their own network. Really The Daily Show is the only major media that holds Fox News accountable on a consistent basis. You have to have some levity about this stuff otherwise you would just get too angry and stressed out about it if you didn't have a laugh every now and then. As far as Trevor Noah; We'll see I guess. Hopefully he's better than Wilmore. The Nightly Show was ok for the first week or two, I gave it sometime for it's growing pains, but now every show seems to be about race and that's wearing pretty thin at this point. Noah obviously has some big shoes to fill, and I'm not sure how I feel about an unknown South African commenting on US events. Really John Oliver is the only "foreign" guy I wouldn't mind seeing in the role. Link to comment
zoogs Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I have to admit something. I just don't find the humor in these shows. I don't find our political situation in this country funny. This goes back to when I used to watch David Letterman religiously. Then, at some point in the Clinton administration I just stopped finding him funny. He constantly did nothing but trash and make fun of our President even though it was a President I didn't like. I just didn't find that humor funny. These issues are very serious issues I know I'm probably a minority here. It's more poignant than funny. The bits that are there purely for humor -- like Stewart dicking on Arby's, or most of their correspondent features -- often fall kind of flat for me, at least relative to the times when Stewart has a good point to make, is calling out Fox or CNN for something particularly atrocious, or when he's engaging someone he disagrees with passionately in an interview. There was segment I especially enjoyed from this January, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the purpose of which was to get at the same point as the "Muslisms and terrorism" thread here. They covered a piece on some recent controversy about overly aggressive Heck cattle (brought to us by the Nazi Party), then turned it over to Senior Moo-slim correspondent Aasif Maandvi, who protested why he should be the one to have to explain or apologize for this. His 36-minute 2012 interview with Marco Rubio, which still might be my favorite interview I've ever seen him do on that show: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/extended-interviews/j9qw8m/marco-rubio-extended-interview They go toe to toe, never really see eye to eye, but both articulate their respective sides in the debate very well. @Z, yeah, I'm not really feeling Larry Wilmore as a host, though I haven't seen his show either, to be fair. I'm skeptical about anyone but Stewart but I think a foreign perspective would be great. I was actually wondering if they'd get Bassem Youssef, but perhaps his rendition of Let it Go culled him from the list Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I guess I'm glad someone is there calling out these networks that try to fill people with loads of crap. But, I just don't find it funny or entertaining. I think it's because I used to be one of those Fox News junkies and their brain washing worked on me. I would finish watching it and be angry at the world and think I needed to tune in the next night to stay well informed. I stopped watching that crap and realized what it was doing to me emotionally and to my point of view of the world. Now, when I watch shows like the Dailey Show, I feel that same anger I felt back then and I'm very uncomfortable with program that does that and makes me feel like I should be watching it to make sure I know what is going on. 1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 April 29th episode: http://www.hulu.com/watch/785891 Long interview (starting from first commercial break) with journalist Judith Miller, in which Stewart more or less goes after her relentlessly for her (and other journalists') role in leading the American public down the path to the Iraq war in service of the Bush Administration. Not the typical interview. 1 Link to comment
ZRod Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 That was a good episode. Obviously he's disagreed with guests before, but I can never recall him being so relentless and then just disappointed dad dejected at the end. Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 The Daily Show was in Lincoln and I missed them. Double darn! 'Daily Show' crew in Lincoln for segment on Nebraska's 'death penalty mess'"The Daily Show" with Trevor Noah came to Nebraska Tuesday to satirize the state's death penalty tug-of-war.The TV show sent one of its new correspondents, Desi Lydic, for an interview and walk around the Capitol with Sen. Colby Coash. Lydic was either very pregnant or playing a very pregnant correspondent for the bit.Coash and Lydic did some filming in the Capitol, with part of the interview taking place outside the glass doors of the legislative chamber.The crew later showed up at The Mill in the Haymarket and Lydic did a monologue, of sorts, with barista Alison Schuerman."They were poking fun at our death penalty mess," said Mill co-owner Tamara Sloan. I think Trevor Noah has really hit the ground running with his version of The Daily Show. I really like him as host and some of the new correspondents, including Lydic, are pretty good. Sadly, can't say that I'm really thrilled with Colbert's late night show. It's incredibly awkward. Link to comment
zoogs Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Really? I'm the opposite. I love Colbert's late show, but I'm not really feeling Trevor Noah. That said, I was a big fan of the three latest Daily Show correspondents and I'm sure they're still crushing it (Hasan, Jordan, and Jessica). Noah is alright, but he's a little awkward as an interviewer in the shows that I saw. I'm sure he'll come into his own. The Late Show is just the Colbert Report without the conservative persona and with more music. Given the 40-minute format there's some filler, but it's sublime. I like seeing real Stephen talk to his guests, and from the CBS platform he's always able to get some real heavy hitters. Link to comment
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