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The only other show that comes to mind is The Daily Show, of which John Oliver is an alumnus.
by rev_null 10y ago
The only other show that comes to mind is The Daily Show, of which John Oliver is an alumnus.
- mhurron 10y agoTrevor Noah is too nice though.
- daveguy 10y agoHe is growing into the role.
- JazCE 10y agois he? It's been a little while since i've watched [his] show, maybe the last one was with Ricky Gervais. I don't have the same urgency, there isn't a bite to the way he presents. I miss watching the correspondents though, Jessica Williams and Jordan Klepper are both awesome and they have been put to use a lot more. Sam Bee's full frontal and Oliver's Last Week Tonight are now both my staples of american news consumption.
- qmr 10y agoI haven't felt urge to watch a single episode with him.
- dannypgh 10y agoYou're proud of the fact you've pre-judged Trevor Noah's performance without watching a single episode?
- 67726e 10y agoI saw Trevor Noah do the "Africa or America"[0] bit on The Daily Show back when the news about him taking over was out. I loved it and went and found all the stand-up of his I could find. I thought it was similarly great. He's actually a large part of why I decided to sign up for Hulu, but to be honest it lacks the punch I was expecting. Maybe he'll grow into the role, but it's turned into a show I just watch in the background while I'm working. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo
- EGreg 10y agoI think he means that, after watching show X, he wasn't feeling an urge to watch show X+N, for multiple values of X.
- hyperbovine 10y agoYou mean like you pre-judged him to be prideful of this fact?
- qmr 10y agoI've watched clips. Just doesn't do it for me.
- agildehaus 10y agoLast Week Tonight is a direct spinoff of The Daily Show. Oliver took the Comedy Central format and applied HBO to it to rid it of its problems (commercials, crappy celebrity interviews).
- gre 10y agoAnd now he can swear!