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The Official Daily Show Thread with Jon Stewart
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Yeah these have been golden.
Kristen Schaal was awesome tonight.
We meant repeating between TDS and Colbert.
rohlfinator
Member
Just got caught up on the Will Ferrell episode -- that was brilliant all the way through. Didn't Will bring a prop into his last interview too? A baseball bat, maybe?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I don't know if there was no guest on purpose or whether the guest backed out and they decided to cover by airing both parts of Oliver's report, but that was excellent. So funny. I always love when the correspondent's twist the interviewee's words back on them. That might have been one of the best reports on TDS I have ever seen.
Isn't Wexler the cokehead? I didn't know that the States had cut funding from UNESCO, but that's a bastard move.
Isn't Wexler the cokehead? I didn't know that the States had cut funding from UNESCO, but that's a bastard move.
I suppose it was because it's Thursday, meaning no new episode tomorrow. If they had a guest, then they would have to wait until Monday to air the second part of the report.
Henchmen21
Banned
One of the tweets:
#INMYHEART
"Rick Santorum believes it's sinful to mix slushy flavors"
#INMYHEART
"Rick Santorum believes it's sinful to mix slushy flavors"
Came in here to post this. One of the best segments they've done in a while.
[edit] Wow @ the moment of zen
FOX and Friends: "Assad really does personify evil. But who personifies goodness? Michelle Malkin, and she's with us right now."
IRONY
The only thing Malkin personifies is the crazy/hot chart.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I ran into Jon Stewart at the Miami airport yesterday. Nice guy, I didn't want to take too much of his time so I just shook his hand. I was holding my baby at the time and he said "you have a beautiful baby", lol. Seemed like a genuinely nice person.
polyh3dron
Banned
He obviously understood where John Oliver was coming from, but he still had to do his job and communicate the government's official position.
He probably disagreed with it himself.
He's not.
Battersea Power Station
Member
This was John Oliver's subtlest sketch. He still resorted to whining and yelling somewhat, but it was definitely less than in most of his bits. I like it.
How so?
Have you SEEN how much fun he makes of Republicans?
What do you mean?
Lol wat? Jon seems super nice!
His audience fits into the young, college aged demographic which is overwhelmingly democrat. He's also a democrat himself. He gets to make fun of the party he doesn't agree with which exactly plays to his audience. That doesn't mean he's not a nice person.
He also doesn't let democrat stupidity off the hook.
He makes fun of all politicians. There's just been more Republican jokes due to the GOP being a complete joke.
SouthernDragon
Member
Nice bait, Oblivion.
Also, Jon's in Miami?! I wish I had known...
Also, Jon's in Miami?! I wish I had known...
He's been bringing stuff into his interviews for years, including in my all-time favorite Daily Show episode, when he grabbed a banana from the Green Room on his way in and...
you know what you should just really watch the whole sequence starting with Colbert's piece:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-10-2003/prince-charles-scandal
I read once somewhere that they never, ever coordinate or tell each other what jokes they're doing so it doesn't force either of them to shy away from a topic. I guess they're bound to go the same direction sometimes. Hell, when they make the same joke it tends to be the joke I would've made myself, so how can I blame them :lol
Probably off this week
Both shows
It must be nice to work 30 minutes a day, four days a week and get 10-12 weeks of vacation every year.
cubicle47b
Member
This is a realistic post.
Because I am sure they only work for 30 minutes.
The writers and correspondents do all the real work. All Jon does is sit behind a desk and read his lines.
he is listed as a producer and a writer on the show.
Extra Sauce
Member
His personality greatly informs the humor he does behind the desk, there's no way he doesn't write or tweak a lot of it. Also, he has to do rehearsal, go over the show's script and decide what's in, what's out, what needs to be changed.
Guy puts in a lot of hours every day, I can guarantee that.
Of course it's POSSIBLE to phone it in. But guys like Jon Stewart, Colbert and Conan didn't become highly successful, long-running show hosts by phoning it in. Lazy comics don't choose to produce daily comedy TV programs. Workaholics do.
Yep, I'm sure there is no rehearsal and he does it cold each day. And I'm sure he has no input into stories they pursue or lines. And I'm sure he does not study the stories at various news outlets for inspiration.
That's a typical joke they like to make about themselves in that they only work 2 hours a week. If you count commercials, they really only work 20 minutes a day. But it's obviously much more than that.
Obviously their dollars per hour far exceed ours...I'm not saying theyre doing equal work for equal pay with their writers or whatever, but they definitely work more than 30 min a day.
(by "they", I'm lumping Colbert into the same scenario of 30 min work each day. )
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
This show has writers? I assumed it was all just crap they pulled from their ass day-in-day-out.
If you knew anything about the show you'd know he works all day to produce a show with his writers. Not to mention rehearsal.
Someone's a butthurt republican...
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Someone is 1) Canadian, 2) a diehard fan of the show, and 3) sarcastic.
Someone else is a moron.
WHO ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I'm not entirely sure anymore. I just feel really offended... but don't know at who yet.
Learn2read
Member
The writers are definitely the weakest part of the show.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
They're handling the martin story pretty well.
EDIT: ROFL @ Wyatt
EDIT: ROFL @ Wyatt
It doesn't help that Shaq is a colossus.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Shaq is always so awesome. He was doing the 'comfortable in my own skin' thing on Conan too.
Yep.
BigJonsson
Member
lol @ Gaffe Watch
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Holy shit the special report from yesterday is one of the most incredible cringe-inducing things I've ever seen. In a good way
Battersea Power Station
Member
No, it was not in a good way. That shit was infuriating and depressing.
I don't understand why white people are such crybabies and whiners. Is having every advantage ever not good enough?
I kind of winced my face and watched through my peripheral as he was stumbling trying to hypothetically discuss slavery without offending black people. Sad part is the guy had no clue of what was going on or how ridiculous he sounded.