> Can someone explain this exchange? I know who these people are but knowing how they changed (or didn't) over time requires listening to lots of their stuff.

> Can someone explain this exchange? I know who these people are but knowing how they changed (or didn't) over time requires listening to lots of their stuff. Both of them were comedians who performed on Comedy Central parodying television news and opinion broadcasters. Stewart's show was more straightforward where he presented the news while joking about the stories and the people featured therein, whereas Colbert's program was intended as an over-the-top parody of the shows of conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. Whereas Stewart somewhat maintained his ability to poke fun at both sides regardless of what his personal politics may be, Colbert turned out to be an ardent leftist who parlayed his parody show into a pretty unimaginative leftist late-night comedy show that is often more about activism and indignation than comedy. I have no idea what bobkazamakis meant by his remark, though. Perhaps he believes that comedy is funnier when it includes an element of political activism.