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Random host? Jon Stewart was huge, he defined political comedy for over 15 years. His audience though likely didn't overlap much with JRE due to different polit
by romanhn 4y ago
Random host? Jon Stewart was huge, he defined political comedy for over 15 years. His audience though likely didn't overlap much with JRE due to different political leanings (well, that and age).
- remote_phone 4y agoHe unfortunately taught a generation of millennials that simply pointing out hypocrisy was enough. Trump’s presidency showed that it entirely wasn’t.
- chasd00 4y agoI, and my friends, were very skeptical of Jon Stewart taking over for Craig Kilborn but he really did a fantastic job. Think about how many careers were born on that show. Steve Carell for one. Stephen Colbert for another. EDIT: for those who don't remember policital comedy/commentary shows were not a thing before The Daily Show. Sort of like how people forget conversational format and ajax weren't really a thing before gmail