Comments | dzuunmod: Jon Stewart's losing his edge.

dzuunmod

Jon Stewart's losing his edge.

Mar 22, 2009 15:04

I find myself surprised by how much of Tucker Carlson's Daily Beast piece on Jon Stewart I agree with. (And look at his picture! No bowtie!)

Over the course of a reverential eight-and-a-half minute interview with Barack Obama six days before the election, Stewart failed to ask a single substantive question, much less venture into policy (though, ( Read more... )

jon stewart, the daily show, media

Comments 9

shade_o_matic March 22 2009, 22:29:35 UTC

"I probably watch the show (minus the interview part, maybe) 3 out of 4 nights a week"

This is why you have trouble getting up in the mornings ya doofus.

dzuunmod March 22 2009, 22:30:12 UTC

Ah, but here it's on at 8pm. ;)

bee_york March 22 2009, 22:35:50 UTC

(wow, look at me finally catching up on your blogging! ^_^)

I think you know my feelings about Jon Stewart...I was a gigantic girly-girl fan of him and his late night show back in '93-'94, but I don't care for the Daily Show all that much. I watch it here and there, but I'm not a huge fan. Not to mention that JS has actually been getting on my nerves. Though I still love that man and boy can he make me laugh sometimes, usually I end up getting annoyed when I watch his show. I think this part rings SO true:

The Daily Show has become safer than Jay Leno, pandering night after night to the converted. Can you remember the last time Stewart said anything his viewers might disagree with?

Shit man. Again, I don't watch the show that much--I want to make it clear that I don't like talking out of my ass! :P I'm just saying that *from what I've seen*, this seems to describe the show to a T.
As does this:

Stewart's audience would erupt if he read the phone book, or did his monologue in German, a response that over time is a threat to any man ( ... )

lupinlover March 22 2009, 23:22:06 UTC

I like your comment!

bee_york March 26 2009, 23:51:02 UTC

dzuunmod March 24 2009, 22:11:05 UTC

Don't know what else to say other than... yup, pretty much. :)

Thread 5

lupinlover March 22 2009, 23:21:09 UTC

this is very interesting! I sadly never get to watch his show because I'm super busy, but loved the article. How do you feel about Colbert?

dzuunmod March 24 2009, 22:13:27 UTC

I like Colbert, but not as much as Stewart, for the most part. Mostly because Colbert's interviews tend to be pretty awkward because he has to sorta stay in character for them.

I'm disappointed in a way that he's sort of become his own man since the show started (and veered away from his impression of Bill O'Reilly), but I also understand that he could only take that so far.