DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Jon is a gigantic wrestling fan has mentioned it on the show a few times. So my guess is WWF or whatever was paying homage before he leaves.
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The Official Daily Show Thread with Jon Stewart
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Jon is a gigantic wrestling fan has mentioned it on the show a few times. So my guess is WWF or whatever was paying homage before he leaves.
OneEyeTwoHead
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Is anyone else having issues loading videos of old Colbert Report stuff on cc.com? The only thing that ever works these past few days are "most viewed clips today" type of shit. Driving me nuts.
I'm on Chrome if it helps.
I'm on Chrome if it helps.
chalkitdown1
Member
Both Colbert and The Daily Show's site are notoriously terrible and buggy and always have been. I've always had one problem or another with them.
chalkitdown1
Member
Incredible interview with John Lewis last night.
Badlucktroll
Member
Remember, Jon Stewart wasn't the first host of the Daily Show. What are the odds of Craig Kilborn coming back?
Here is the handoff episode with Kilborn/Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyw8TJobEpI
Here is the handoff episode with Kilborn/Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyw8TJobEpI
Badlucktroll
Member
some tweets regarding the matter
Deep beneath the earth, Craig Kilborn arises from a deathless slumber, his gruesome visage forming into smirk as he sharpens his pompadour
Matthew Callan (@scratchbomb) February 11, 2015
[Somewhere Craig Kilborn just woke up from a deep sleep] "This is my chance again." pic.twitter.com/CHVMIF7MQa
Matt Kiebus (@mjkiebus) February 10, 2015
Somewhere, Craig Kilborn's eyes just snapped open like Lobot.
Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 11, 2015
Deep beneath the earth, Craig Kilborn arises from a deathless slumber, his gruesome visage forming into smirk as he sharpens his pompadour
Matthew Callan (@scratchbomb) February 11, 2015
[Somewhere Craig Kilborn just woke up from a deep sleep] "This is my chance again." pic.twitter.com/CHVMIF7MQa
Matt Kiebus (@mjkiebus) February 10, 2015
Somewhere, Craig Kilborn's eyes just snapped open like Lobot.
Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) February 11, 2015
thestopsign
Member
Jon's segment comparing Benghazi and Ferguson coverage by Fox News last night was fantastic.
BigJonsson
Member
I dunno but it was hilarious
Wag
Member
It looks like they're all jumping ship now that Jon is leaving. Probably a good idea.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
chalkitdown1
Member
Jason Jones 
Gonna miss him bad. His montage was brilliant.
Gonna miss him bad. His montage was brilliant.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Yes, Jason and Sam are writing/producing some family comedy on a cable network. That's why they are leaving. Wonder why they didn't give Sam Bee a 'send off' montage.
Not sure about ratings but I genuinely tried to give Larry a shot. I enjoyed his correspondent bits but his show is awful. It's been on a while now and he still just looks extremely uncomfortable up there. He doesn't have the confidence/charisma needed to host his own show. He fumbles through every single bit he does. He can't control his round table discussions. When he does make jokes I can feel the awkwardness through the TV of him waiting for the approval of the studio audience.
Sorry Larry but your show is doomed.
minor effort
Banned
I like Larry Wilmore, but I'm not a big fan of panel shows. Tough Crowd, Real Time, Politically Incorrect. None of those really caught on with me. The problem is more the format than the host.
Larry Wilmore was usually excellent on the Daily Show. If Jon had announced his retirement in sync with Stephen Colbert's, I think Larry might have been a contender to take over the Daily Show. Instead, Larry taking over Colbert's timeslot happened.
Although by this point I'm beginning to think the Daily Show simply ending with Jon's retirement might be a possibility.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Wednesdays nightly show was pretty awful. There's been a lot of dumb stuff on his show
I actually like Mike Yard more than him lol
I actually like Mike Yard more than him lol
Colbert's gone, Oliver's gone, Wyatt's gone, Jason's gone, Stewart's about to be gone, Larrys show honestly kinda sucks.
Well, it was a nice 12 years that I spent watching The Daily Show (and Colbert).
Will see how Trevor pulls it off but most of everything I liked about the show is gone and about to be gone now.
Well, it was a nice 12 years that I spent watching The Daily Show (and Colbert).
Will see how Trevor pulls it off but most of everything I liked about the show is gone and about to be gone now.
Sam's also got a TBS show that's in the works, so she'll be leaving soon too.
http://deadline.com/2015/03/jon-stewart-jason-jones-leaves-daily-show-tbs-video-1201399876/
Who's left!?
http://deadline.com/2015/03/jon-stewart-jason-jones-leaves-daily-show-tbs-video-1201399876/
Who's left!?
Dominican Power
Member
Tevor Noah is the new host. I wish John Oliver didn't leave.
He won't last a year.
This thread seems more barren each day, the loss of Colbert is really hitting hard.
Todays episode was really depressing regarding the US. Senate, they really hate having to do with anyone unless it involves shooting at them.
Also American news channels really need to chill the fuck out about stuff involving political people doing normal shit. It is getting a bit creepy.
Edit: I am saddened how silent this thread is, cause goddamn, todays episode of The Daily Show was great with Jons rant against Dick Cheney.
Todays episode was really depressing regarding the US. Senate, they really hate having to do with anyone unless it involves shooting at them.
Also American news channels really need to chill the fuck out about stuff involving political people doing normal shit. It is getting a bit creepy.
Edit: I am saddened how silent this thread is, cause goddamn, todays episode of The Daily Show was great with Jons rant against Dick Cheney.
You would think they would want to wait a bit since Steven is debuting on The Late Show at that time.
chalkitdown1
Member
Goddamn, I thought we might have him until the end of the year at least.
Kaleinc
Banned
TDS is a goner after Stewart leaves, I wouldn't watch it even if Oliver hosted.
Unless he's doing some behind the scenes stuff, is that really that big of a loss? I do like his bits when he's on, but I honestly can't remember the last time he was on the show.
No but something something rats leaving the sinking ship.
He's had one foot out the door for a few years now, same with Sam, Jason and Aasif. Odds are they all stuck around this long because they liked working with Jon. It's only natural that the show will reinvent itself with a new host, we're just seeing the start of that process. If Jessica leaves then we've got a problem.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Aasif was on Wednesdays episode so he must be doing stories on his off days or something. Maybe only while John is still on?
FortuneFaded
Member
That interview last night was brutal. You can see how much he dislikes her at the end.
Yeah that was crazy. He's tried to grill big guests like that before but usually backs off and plays for laughs to keep things light, but he was relentless with Miller last night. He never backed down and never let her explain away things.
I think he is just disappointed at the media. After the catastrophic failure that was the Iraq war, everybody was just pointing the finger to somebody else and continued the same way.
While Stewart was relentless against stupid crap like Crossfire on CNN, its nothing compared to the incredible stupidity, they show now. Blizzer is just telling people what he sees on TV, because they got nothing. No insides, no real discussions, nothing. The fill the void with pictures and describing pictures.
Journalism and politics in the US is in such an abysmal state, that it hurts him to even make jokes about it. You see it more and more often and I think, it would have killed him inside, if he would have continued. The look on his face after the interview was incredible, it really hurt him how media tries to swindle itself out of this again.
While Stewart was relentless against stupid crap like Crossfire on CNN, its nothing compared to the incredible stupidity, they show now. Blizzer is just telling people what he sees on TV, because they got nothing. No insides, no real discussions, nothing. The fill the void with pictures and describing pictures.
Journalism and politics in the US is in such an abysmal state, that it hurts him to even make jokes about it. You see it more and more often and I think, it would have killed him inside, if he would have continued. The look on his face after the interview was incredible, it really hurt him how media tries to swindle itself out of this again.
chalkitdown1
Member
Holy shit last night's interview! I've never seen Jon get this angry with a guest before. You could tell he absolutely despised her, especially at the end. He couldn't ever look her in the face.
It's stuff like this that's gonna make me miss the hell out of him in a few months.
It's stuff like this that's gonna make me miss the hell out of him in a few months.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i just saw that interview. wow.
i dont even know the context really behind what she did and all of this stuff about info being fed by the white house.
i dont even know the context really behind what she did and all of this stuff about info being fed by the white house.
She helped sell the Iraq War. Basically she reported what her sources in the Pentagon were feeding her without ever trying to corroborate it with other sources or even bothering to question it. She put a huge black mark on The New York Times's reputation as a result of not doing the legwork she should have and turned the paper into nothing more than a propaganda outlet for the Bush administration and the Pentagon.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i see. i hear a lot of bad things about the New York Times. that lady is pretty much a scumbag.
bodyboarder
Member
Why the hell did she agree to do it. He seemed really angry by the end, rightly so mind you.
She wrote a book which she is now trying to promote and to coincide with a "redemption tour", so to speak. The interview was pretty much Jon saying "Fuck your redemption tour and your attempt to absolve yourself from your role in one of the most disasterour US foreign policies in history".
She was quoted in the Toronto Star as saying she was pretty much going to cry on screen, so that doesn't come as a big shock. Glad they followed through with a good tribute.
Other talk shows don't do that though. Anytime there's a staff change, the Tonight Show doesn't stop being called the Tonight Show.