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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah |OT| same chair, different ass
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Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Probably the most indirectly informative segment of the new show. Great work by the team there.
Retromelon
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I used to religiously watch the show, now i'll catch one a week or two. I gave noah a chance but in the end it dawned on me that i was mostly watching for jon's jewish impressions and chastising the crowd for laughing too much at the pun graphics. Dude just had an unmatched humor about him that always made me never want to miss an episode. The writing now is the same as it was back then but trevor just is not as entertaining. I hope he gets better but for now im out.
I found Trevor pretty funny. His humor is different, but still funny. He interacts very well with the respondents too.
What he seriously need to work on is his interviewing skills. All he does is fawn over his guests and sometimes there are even brief moments of dead air. It's season 1 Jon Stewart bad, perhaps worse.
But then celebrity interviews have always been the worst part of the Daily Show so I just let it run in the background unless there's an interesting question.
What he seriously need to work on is his interviewing skills. All he does is fawn over his guests and sometimes there are even brief moments of dead air. It's season 1 Jon Stewart bad, perhaps worse.
But then celebrity interviews have always been the worst part of the Daily Show so I just let it run in the background unless there's an interesting question.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i can see that. the writing is there, but the entertainment value isnt nearly what it used to be. Noah does a good job of delivering the jokes, but doesnt have much of his own comedic added value at the moment
I think that is not entirely true.
He has a pretty good new palate of impressions. And his African perspective is nice to have every once in a while.
He needs to firm up, but I think he is doing very well.
And after last night's episode, I gotta say, the correspondents are doing much better now.
Every time I've tuned in and he has a segment he's been gold.
Yeah, sounds like you were enjoying TDS for the wrong reasons to me. I'm loving Trev, he's on the right track, hitting all the right notes for me. I'm kind of glad I don't have to watch Jon fake-chuckling behind his notes anymore when he used to flub a joke.
The Nightly Show took a while to grow on me that's for sure but now Larry is my connection to all things black and I love his teams perspective.
BigJonsson
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rofl @ that Klepper focus group
It really made me upset tbh. The dude in the blue shirt when asked why he's voting for Trump had no answer. He just sat there with his mouth open unable to think for himself. Why?
Fucking tired of morons voting.
Retromelon
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Haha i always loved when that happened, organic moments in comedy are the best. It wasn't fake, it was the self deprecative laughter of a comic knowing he bombed on tv in front of millions of people
Seriously. Or not voting. If you're voting for republicans it's like do you even know what you're supporting?. And same thing if you don't vote.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
If Klepper keeps it up he will probably be the next Colbert on the show. I wouldn't mind seeing him do something goofy/satire as a show
Just caught up on Tuesday's episode. Good grief.
Cute.
Retromelon
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i'm not trolling or saying jon sucks, its just inevitable that on a comedy program not every single joke will be a winner. how much scripted setup -> punchline material do u want to hear.
By going back to one of the older formats the Daily Show used to have, and then tweaking it to suit the current team has really helped.
You can see the Nightly Show doing some of the same things. The debate segment the other night was a retooled Even Stephen, and had me dying. It looks like they're both digging through old Daily Show bits and seeing which one works for what show/cast.
Which night of the week? I've basically stopped watching Nightly Show episodes, so if it's getting better, I'd love to take another look.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i believe it was Wednesday's episode
"Pardon the Integration" was the name of the segment
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Jordan Klepper is legitimately funny, he's honestly probably my favorite correspondent.
Disagree on him being better than Jason, but he's been doing a good job.
Only segment I saw off Ronny was the voting segment, thought it had a good premise but not only did I find him unfunny, the ending being about mobile application made little sense in context.
I don't think Jason Jone and Klepper are playing the same 'role' to be honest. Jones started out aping Colbert and ended up 'just not giving a fuck' and playing it basically straight faced and snide (or most of the time anyway). Klepper is like if Colbert's character was unaware that he was a conservative and when actually confronted with it, is afraid of being labeled as such and runs away from it
Well I was more talking about the comedy style of being a goofball, but yeah if you look at the characters they are very different.
Ronny Chieng is the only dud from the new guys, everyone else is really good.
Yeah every other correspondent old and new is pretty great right now. I am happy that they are trying to diversify even more, but hopefully they can find a better comedian or Ronny gets better.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Agreed. I like all of the correspondents new and old except for Ronnie.
He is awful in every possible way. None of his 'jokes' are funny and I can rarely ever understand him. I hope they ditch him.
The guy wouldn't even be good enough for SNL and that's saying A LOT.
He is awful in every possible way. None of his 'jokes' are funny and I can rarely ever understand him. I hope they ditch him.
The guy wouldn't even be good enough for SNL and that's saying A LOT.
Bedameister
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Yep, Ronnie is awful.
When does the show continue?
When does the show continue?
January 4th.
Agreed. I literally can't understand how he was given this opportunity.
Poodlestrike
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I find Ronny funny, in a deliberately unfunny sort of way. He's so utterly noncomedic that it loops back around to being hilarious. So Bad He's Good, basically.
BananaPancake
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Lol the title of this thread (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah |OT| same chair, different ass) just makes me think of this:
chalkitdown1
Member
I like the new stand-up format for the opening! Are they keeping it or was that a one-off?
I guess Trevor and the team is experimenting with the format to figure out what feels good to him. The change back to the desk felt a little abrupt, like they just switched halfway through for no reason.
I've always felt that the show feels a bit like Trevor is riding on Stewart's legacy a little too hard, so having him experiment with the format is a good thing imo.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
It feels like they are at the point of just flinging shit at the wall to see what sticks.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
What lows will they sink to next? Maybe they'll put a couch on the set then take it away and then put it back and the take it away again.
You know, really drive home that they have no clue what they're doing.
You know, really drive home that they have no clue what they're doing.
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