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Jon Stewart Returns to 'The Daily Show'

54 points by impish9208 3y ago

dotcoma 3y ago
So… he’s not running for President ? :-/
airstrike 3y ago
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- kamikaz1k 3y ago
  I'm stuck in a captcha loop...
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    - bsimpson 3y ago
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- ZeroCool2u 3y ago
  Gift article link here: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-b1a137b6?st=p4qid1wuepwq1rv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/jon-stewart-retu...
- bsimpson 3y ago
  Minimal ads: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host-return-election https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host... Industry perspective (more details): https://deadline.com/2024/01/jon-stewart-to-host-the-daily-show-once-week-through-election-1235803476/ https://deadline.com/2024/01/jon-stewart-to-host-the-daily-s...
amadeuspagel 3y ago
People are out of ideas.
- Supermancho 3y ago
  > People are out of ideas. This seems like a non sequitor. Highly paid people don't mind when a big chunk comes out of the bottom line after making choices, as long as they aren't vilified. The Daily Show has been unwatchable since Noah started, imo. The switchup is implied to blamed on the leadership (producers), rather than admitting he's not as likeable or savvy as Stewart. Stewart is still considered favored, so he's going to take over part of it.
nickthegreek 3y ago
Just on Mondays. The rest of the week will be a rotating cast.
tayo42 3y ago
[flagged]
- callalex 3y ago
  NY Times has no ability to filter notifications. So “earthquake kills everyone in California” buzzes my phone the same way that some stupid roided up horse winning a “race” does. It’s very annoying.
  - igetspam 3y ago
    Oh no! I know thousands of people in California and there are at least a dozen I like!
morelisp 3y ago
Awful. One of the best things about Stewart is that (I thought) he was smart enough to step out when he was done. Now it’s going to be an old tired man making out of touch japes about two even older tired men.
- _Parfait_ 3y ago
  Out of touch?
- tdeck 3y ago
  This is a very unkind description of what Stephen Colbert has become.
  - morelisp 3y ago
    I haven’t kept up but sad if so. Colbert was always at his best when he brought lots of himself to the show, in contrast with Stewart who was great at capturing public vibes.
  - busterarm 3y ago
    But quite accurate.
- jimbob45 3y ago
  Yeah, he was checked out by 2012. The only reason no one noticed how many jokes he was reusing or how many personas he was recycling was because his supporting cast was so unbelievably talented. For example, Jason Jones got an interview with Gorbachev[0] in 2014, something no one had been able to do in years at that point. [0]https://www.newsweek.com/daily-show-begs-gorbachev-put-back-wall-228732 https://www.newsweek.com/daily-show-begs-gorbachev-put-back-...
- Hikikomori 3y ago
  Maybe you are out of touch.
  - morelisp 3y ago
beedeebeedee 3y ago
hallelujah! so happy to see him back
- tim333 3y ago
  I was sad he departed before the Trump election. I can't but help but feel we might have had president Hillary if he'd hung on.
whalesalad 3y ago
Jon Stewart is the most legendary late night type host we have ever had.
- johnnyworker 3y ago
  I have never seen something like his appearance on Crossfire on TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE And here is him speaking to Congress over their shameful handling of benefits for 9/11 responders. Nuff said? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYpDC3SRpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYpDC3SRpM
paxys 3y ago
His new show was alright. Still a good watch, but very, very far from recreating the Daily Show magic. Apparently he left because of disagreements/censorship by Apple, so let's see what he is able to do on his original chair.
- poisonborz 3y ago
  It was well known in the industry (and, I think, obvious to anyone who knows Apple) that they filter content strongly by turn of the century standards and avoid any controversy. I wonder why he went with them.
  - theklr 3y ago
    Probably went cause of the freedom. He practically got a blank check from them and got to do almost whatever he felt like. Unfortunately Apple and the others are too big where they can’t be political and since they depend on certain governments “freedoms” it gets dicey as we head into an era of neo-brinksmanship.
mikequinlan 3y ago
"I get all my news from the Daily Show"
labrador 3y ago
Rachel Maddow is also only on Monday. Her and Stewart are very focused on how bad a Trump second term would be, but they're preaching to the choir with me. I don't need to keep being convinced so I have no reason to watch them. Who is there intended audience? Is there any American on the fence about Trump at this point? I used to be a big fan of Maddow but now she's just tiresome.
- 303uru 3y ago
  Not sure why you're getting down voted. Honestly, I don't find Trump funny, I find him and his ilk terrifying. There's not a whole lot to laugh about there. And who can be convinced? Are there really people on the fence?
  - labrador 3y ago
    What would be an interesting show from Stewart or Maddow is if they hooked up with a cult deprogrammer and attempted to pull out some die hard MAGA members before they drank the Kool Aid in Novemeber. That would be convincing.
- drewcoo 3y ago
  It's not about helping anyone decide anything. Or about news. It's about fearmongering for ratings. And the MSM's biggest money-maker is not Maddow or Stewart, but one Donald J. Trump.
- gremlinsinc 3y ago
  wouldn't say I'm on the fence per se, but I'm starting to think Biden might lose, especially with the rift on the left over us supporting Israel against Palestine. I'm not a Biden fan but I'm much less a trump fan, God I wish Stewart would run for president.
  - tim333 3y ago
    Seconded. I'm not even American but someone kind of sane and normal would be good. I'm not sure what Biden is thinking with the southern border issue. If it keeps like it is then Trump will win.

54 points by impish9208 3y ago

dotcoma 3y ago

So… he’s not running for President ? :-/

airstrike 3y ago

https://archive.is/2eXMS https://archive.is/2eXMS

kamikaz1k 3y ago
I'm stuck in a captcha loop...
- Smilliam 3y ago
  If you're using Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) as your upstream DNS or Firefox's DoH (which defaults to Cloudflare as its resolver) then archive.is links won't work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702 for context.
  - bsimpson 3y ago
    I've never thought much about DNS. I started using 8.8.8.8 back when Google was still synonymous with "best of the Internet." Reading that link makes me more likely to switch to Cloudflare, not less. (tl;dr of the link: archive.is intentionally returns garbage to CF DNS because CF won't leak privacy details.)
ZeroCool2u 3y ago
Gift article link here: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show-b1a137b6?st=p4qid1wuepwq1rv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/jon-stewart-retu...
bsimpson 3y ago
Minimal ads: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host-return-election https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host... Industry perspective (more details): https://deadline.com/2024/01/jon-stewart-to-host-the-daily-show-once-week-through-election-1235803476/ https://deadline.com/2024/01/jon-stewart-to-host-the-daily-s...

amadeuspagel 3y ago

People are out of ideas.

Supermancho 3y ago
> People are out of ideas. This seems like a non sequitor. Highly paid people don't mind when a big chunk comes out of the bottom line after making choices, as long as they aren't vilified. The Daily Show has been unwatchable since Noah started, imo. The switchup is implied to blamed on the leadership (producers), rather than admitting he's not as likeable or savvy as Stewart. Stewart is still considered favored, so he's going to take over part of it.

nickthegreek 3y ago

Just on Mondays. The rest of the week will be a rotating cast.

tayo42 3y ago

[flagged]

callalex 3y ago
NY Times has no ability to filter notifications. So “earthquake kills everyone in California” buzzes my phone the same way that some stupid roided up horse winning a “race” does. It’s very annoying.
- igetspam 3y ago
  Oh no! I know thousands of people in California and there are at least a dozen I like!

morelisp 3y ago

Awful. One of the best things about Stewart is that (I thought) he was smart enough to step out when he was done. Now it’s going to be an old tired man making out of touch japes about two even older tired men.

_Parfait_ 3y ago
Out of touch?
tdeck 3y ago
This is a very unkind description of what Stephen Colbert has become.
- morelisp 3y ago
  I haven’t kept up but sad if so. Colbert was always at his best when he brought lots of himself to the show, in contrast with Stewart who was great at capturing public vibes.
- busterarm 3y ago
  But quite accurate.
jimbob45 3y ago
Yeah, he was checked out by 2012. The only reason no one noticed how many jokes he was reusing or how many personas he was recycling was because his supporting cast was so unbelievably talented. For example, Jason Jones got an interview with Gorbachev[0] in 2014, something no one had been able to do in years at that point. [0]https://www.newsweek.com/daily-show-begs-gorbachev-put-back-wall-228732 https://www.newsweek.com/daily-show-begs-gorbachev-put-back-...
Hikikomori 3y ago
Maybe you are out of touch.
- morelisp 3y ago

beedeebeedee 3y ago

hallelujah! so happy to see him back

tim333 3y ago
I was sad he departed before the Trump election. I can't but help but feel we might have had president Hillary if he'd hung on.

whalesalad 3y ago

Jon Stewart is the most legendary late night type host we have ever had.

johnnyworker 3y ago
I have never seen something like his appearance on Crossfire on TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE And here is him speaking to Congress over their shameful handling of benefits for 9/11 responders. Nuff said? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYpDC3SRpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYpDC3SRpM

paxys 3y ago

His new show was alright. Still a good watch, but very, very far from recreating the Daily Show magic. Apparently he left because of disagreements/censorship by Apple, so let's see what he is able to do on his original chair.

poisonborz 3y ago
It was well known in the industry (and, I think, obvious to anyone who knows Apple) that they filter content strongly by turn of the century standards and avoid any controversy. I wonder why he went with them.
- theklr 3y ago
  Probably went cause of the freedom. He practically got a blank check from them and got to do almost whatever he felt like. Unfortunately Apple and the others are too big where they can’t be political and since they depend on certain governments “freedoms” it gets dicey as we head into an era of neo-brinksmanship.

mikequinlan 3y ago

"I get all my news from the Daily Show"

labrador 3y ago

Rachel Maddow is also only on Monday. Her and Stewart are very focused on how bad a Trump second term would be, but they're preaching to the choir with me. I don't need to keep being convinced so I have no reason to watch them. Who is there intended audience? Is there any American on the fence about Trump at this point? I used to be a big fan of Maddow but now she's just tiresome.

303uru 3y ago
Not sure why you're getting down voted. Honestly, I don't find Trump funny, I find him and his ilk terrifying. There's not a whole lot to laugh about there. And who can be convinced? Are there really people on the fence?
- labrador 3y ago
  What would be an interesting show from Stewart or Maddow is if they hooked up with a cult deprogrammer and attempted to pull out some die hard MAGA members before they drank the Kool Aid in Novemeber. That would be convincing.
drewcoo 3y ago
It's not about helping anyone decide anything. Or about news. It's about fearmongering for ratings. And the MSM's biggest money-maker is not Maddow or Stewart, but one Donald J. Trump.
gremlinsinc 3y ago
wouldn't say I'm on the fence per se, but I'm starting to think Biden might lose, especially with the rift on the left over us supporting Israel against Palestine. I'm not a Biden fan but I'm much less a trump fan, God I wish Stewart would run for president.
- tim333 3y ago
  Seconded. I'm not even American but someone kind of sane and normal would be good. I'm not sure what Biden is thinking with the southern border issue. If it keeps like it is then Trump will win.