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> Jon Stewart popularized the format of taking a subject and reducing it to a very narrow aspect, mocking it, and associating audience applause with “winning”.
by spacemanmatt 4y ago
> Jon Stewart popularized the format of taking a subject and reducing it to a very narrow aspect, mocking it, and associating audience applause with “winning”.
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- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoWhat makes this so hard to believe that a citation is required? This was the format of his show, it was incredibly popular in the 2000’s and alumni cast of the show have gone on to replicate the formula.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoWhy do you think he was the first? I don't understand what kind of rock a person lives under to pretend like this was some undiscovered format The Daily Show pioneered.
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoThere is a misunderstanding because I never asserted that he was the first to do this. I said “Jon Stewart popularized the format…” I never claimed he discovered something brand new.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoSame difference -- it was already quite a phenomenon. He didn't popularize anything.
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoRock music was already quite the phenomenon. Elvis didn’t popularize anything.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoElvis was a hugely popular rock musician when there were still a lot of potential fans to convert to actual rock fans. Jon Stewart entered no such market for political talk shows. The format had long since saturated the market.
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago>”Jon Stewart entered no such market for political talk shows. The format had long since saturated the market.” [citation required] Political talk shows are one thing, but basing the show around comedy-first was the key. You can’t just claim that because talking on television about politics existed long before the daily show means the daily show did nothing innovative or that it didn’t popularize anything.