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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah |OT| same chair, different ass
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How dare this Jon Stewart guy change things up. He should be grateful Craig Kilborn gave him this opportunity, now just keep the boat steady.
Nothing wrong with changing things up. I just happen to dislike this particular change. The more I watched I felt the stand-up thing was passable (is this a permanent thing) but I actually laughed at the song. Why change it? And why change it to some muffled over-produced garbage?
But the segment about Fox News was good, so (most) all is redeemed.
The stand up intro, for. The song... WTF. I know he wants to exemplify the show having a new focus on music, but... that doesn't help.
Now puppets and dance numbers to open the show I'd be down for.
But will Neil deGrasse Tyson have to get on him for the globe spinning in the wrong direction?
LilWayneSuckz
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Are the writers all still on vacation this week? The last two episodes have been the worst since Trevor started.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Why do you say that? I thought last night's episode was really good. Those militia men were hilarious, and I actually liked the interview even though I didn't care one bit about Creed.
LilWayneSuckz
Member
The humor fell completely flat. I'd argue that last nights scripted bits were somehow worse than The Nightly Show's (which is always the opposite).
psynergylover
Member
I know it gets sais alot but FUCK FOX NEWS!!! really!? doubting obama was really crying while talking about the death of children from newtown!! fucking really!? makes me so damn sick!
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
That moment right after the emotional Obama clip was very powerful, perhaps the most since the new series started. You can already see how Trevor has started to evolve into his new role, and we are not even a year into it yet.
Also: That shoe segment was fantastic.
Also: That shoe segment was fantastic.
The Dutch Slayer
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Came to post this holy shit that was bad wow insane that you have 0 hart like you don't give a fuck about children being shot dead.
wow insane.
Guests for the week beginning on the 11th of January, 2016
I still have to catch up on last week.
Of course this is assuming, that the camera is keeping the same relative position to the Earth and its sun. If the camera would be moving around the Earth, every wrong spin can be explained away
- Monday: Colin Quinn, actor & comedian
- Tuesday: Greg Gutfeld, author, tv personality
- Wednesday: Tavis Smily, PBS host & author
- Thursday: Ice Cube, rapper & actor
I still have to catch up on last week.
I thought the globe was spinning in the right direction since Trevor's first show. Did they change it back.
Of course this is assuming, that the camera is keeping the same relative position to the Earth and its sun. If the camera would be moving around the Earth, every wrong spin can be explained away
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i think the reason the stand up open doesnt work is because he sits down later.
if he wants it to be like some CNN cable news mirror, he has to have a standing desk or whatever and be more like a talking head rather than seeing him sit at a desk.
sitting at a desk like that is very late 90s news. Now they have the camera chest-high and/or standing desks (clear desks) or very tall stools to make it appear like they are standing.
if he wants it to be like some CNN cable news mirror, he has to have a standing desk or whatever and be more like a talking head rather than seeing him sit at a desk.
sitting at a desk like that is very late 90s news. Now they have the camera chest-high and/or standing desks (clear desks) or very tall stools to make it appear like they are standing.
I actually looked at this a couple of times, it appears that they actually have it spinning correctly with Trevor.
Haloid1177
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Trevor better go hard on this jackass.
chalkitdown1
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Greg Gutfield is such a shithead.
Morrigan Stark
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Breh, the USA is the bestest country in the world, it's the world's Disneyland, didn't you know? xD
shadow_shogun
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Wonder why the audience was booing ice cube.
Rocket Scientist
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Any new info on this?
BigJonsson
Member
Cuuuuuuuube
Cuuuuuuuburns
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
looks like they fixed this. they have his first segment standing up, and then the second one (back from commercial break) sitting down.
Morrigan Stark
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LOL
I assume this was not a smooth interview as it ended up being obviously heavily edited? Overall I was disappointed it lacked more substance, and I assume that the unedited web version (which I assume exists) isn't much better.
I'm still liking Trevor and feel he is holding up, but interviews are definitely his weaker point. As said earlier in the thread, he just doesn't have the same knowledge of the material as Stewart meaning it's harder for him to challenge or press an interviewee. Am sure he'll come into his own here over time, but for now interviews just seem like a one way platform for the interviewee and Trevor slinging the odd joke into the mix.
Which one? Grabbing England by the collar thumbs up or gambling on the election?
Election gambling.
BigJonsson
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Heh, pretty funny episode tonight
Coffee Dog
Banned
Tonight's was good. Palin's an easy target, but Trevor makes it easy to laugh with him.
Catching the show every now and then, I like Trevor a lot and feel that he has acclimated as a news show host fairly quickly. He hasn't gone in hard on guests like Stewart has at his best, but that's something that will take time and significant balls of steel to build up to. I hope that comedy central is confident in him and keeps him on a while.
Catching the show every now and then, I like Trevor a lot and feel that he has acclimated as a news show host fairly quickly. He hasn't gone in hard on guests like Stewart has at his best, but that's something that will take time and significant balls of steel to build up to. I hope that comedy central is confident in him and keeps him on a while.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Man, Jon Stewart really made the right decision with Trevor Noah.
Guy has some balls.
Guy has some balls.
undrtakr900
Member
^^^ Agreed, I loved T.Noah since the very first episode's opening segment(s) 8)
Don't forget a random guy in the back sleeping on the couch (??)
Omfg, this made me laugh out loud xD
Don't forget a random guy in the back sleeping on the couch (??)
Nobody's watching though.
Are the ratings that bad?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The numbers are undeniably down, but I wouldn't define them as bad, either.
Noah pulls about 800 to 900 thousand people a night, where Stewart usually did about 1.3 million or so. I think the drop in traditional viewership is because of a couple of things: Noah appeals more to the crowd that primarily views this stuff online (and Comedy Central has confirmed that their online numbers are way up) and the ratings were always going to go down as people saw Stewart's departure as a good stopping point (only a big name like Louis C.K. could have possibly prevented this, but even then maybe only partially, and it's obvious people with "star power" didn't want the job.).
Here's the thing, though: ratings are important but profitability is even more so. The show is now significantly cheaper to produce, which means the bar is now set a bit lower. Comedy Central is going to give him the time he needs and I think he'll eventually get that moment where he can step up and prove that he's "next level."
Yep, that's what is important here. Remember that Jon Stewart was the highest paid late night host on TV. Comedy Central reportedly were ready to give Jon $40 million a year to stay. No way Trevor is making that kind of dough now.
This is more or less the assumption iwas under
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
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