Jon Stewart's Gimmick

No, just a few people.

Like many people here, I also like him. Sadly, his show probably has more research put into each segment than the average Fox piece.

I dunno guys, I feel like we need to give the word "gimmick" a rest, along with "pretentious" and "literally". If anything, "schtick" is the better word here.

There's no "probably" about it. Recently, Megyn Kelly claimed, with a completely straight face, that Jesus was white. Fox almost completely forgoes research in order to push an agenda.

How pretentious are you that you think this gimmick will literally make the world a better place?

I take it that this is not about the Green Lantern.

No? OK. I'll see myself out.

I too will raise my hand for Jon Stewart!

this thread went from not knowing shit about comedy to anti-semitic pretty fast. good job bombers.

Huh? I've seen no anti-semitism in this thread.

I often enjoy me a dose of The Daily Show with my breakfast. So speak for yourself.

I guess most Red State kind of people wouldn't find his show all too funny, whilst the Blue States types, and most of the rest of the world have a hoot. It's simply marvellous how silly or even downright malicious y'all can be sometimes. Not that it's any less stupid anywhere else, but that's often too close to home to really enjoy oneself.

Also - isn't the Jersey Guy accent his most prevalent schtick? And aren't pauses for effect just that? It's not really a schtick if it's Rhetoric 1.01.

Yeah, sometimes it seems like he'll pause more often than he needs in order to cover up a lack of material.

It can also get annoying when all the jokes in an episode are based on how bad the jokes are. Seems like he's been doing that a lot, lately - making a bad pun, and then looking at the audience as if to say "Hey, that was a really bad joke, right?"

That being said, I still find his show entertaining overall, and when he really gets his satirical claws out it's fucking awesome.

I find his material genuinely funny. Also, a lot of the Giant Bomb crew watches the Daily Show.

I will say that ever since he took the wheel again after John Oliver's stint, yeah, the material just hasn't been all that great. But he's not the only writer on the show. Everybody is to blame there.

I personally want John Oliver to come back and do the hosting full time. He was hilarious.

Oliver is getting his own show on HBO. I personally disagree. I don't want a Daily Show without Jon Stewart. But I do really love John Oliver.

I prefer Colbert Report. But I do find John Stewart hilarious

that's fantastic.

You just don't get it maaaaaan

So do I when done right. Tim & Eric are the masters of it imo

If it weren't for the daily show and colbert I would have no idea what is going on in the world. So I don't really care if its funny or not though I think its funny. I just care that its not boring.

@psylah: Amen to that!

People actually don't like Jon Stewert?

Well, I've heard it all now, are you a Fox News advocator?

Umm... what?

I agree. It's like literally everyone on the internet is using those things as their own trolling gimmick and they don't even realize how pretentious they all come off as when they do it.

I like the content and the satire overall, but Stewart does mug too much for my tastes. I also don't like it when they do the fake news panel stuff. It comes off as too scripted. Stewart's interviews on the other hand--and the location interviews from the news team--are great. So it's kind of a mixed bag for me. Overall, I love the show, but I agree with others that Colbert is a bit funnier.

I like Jon Stewart, though to be totally honest I kinda like John Oliver a bit more. Colbert is still the king though.

Also, a lot of comedians do that.

I think I a lot of people genuinely like The Daily Show.

@crusader8463:

YOU STOLE MY GIMMICK!

I did love Oliver as host. He actually got me watching again, as a dedicated Bugler

When he stares at the screen he's usually letting whatever idiotic thing that has just been said sink in. It works.

Also, not to start any sort of crybaby internet nonsense fight, but lets not pretend for a second Obama is anything but a center-right conservative

Stewart is awesome, much funnier than Colbert who seem more... juvenile in comparison.

Outrage!

@ch3burashka

'He has a lot of fodder nowadays, and he's not pulling punches.'

Nor should he.

Love me some Jon Stewart TC.

I enjoy me some Jon Stewart also. And i agree that Colbert is funnier and more entertaining, but Stewart is often more informative, serious and can help out a cause in a way Colbert's persona doesn't allow him to do.

Is this because Jon Stewart used that one girl from that anime in a graphic recently to illustrate a satirical point and now The Internet Hate Machine feels the need to go "WELL I NEVER LIKED HIM ANYWAY" just so it can complete the circlejerk? Because otherwise I'm not sure what the point of this whole post was.

Thanks internet! I mean thanks Obama!

And that's the differentiator between the two for me. I go to Colbert and Stewart for almost two different things, both of which are tangentially related. Stewart, although he is comedic in tone, provides thoughtful commentary through satire, while Colbert plays a satirical cartoon caricature. They both play upon recent events mostly centered around politics, but they provide slightly different points of entertainment.

@themanwithnoplan:

And with that post, we've finally figured out how large a quote tree must be before the seed post becomes utterly unreadable.

I find Stewart directly points out absurdities and Colbert points out absurdities by rolling with them. Both can be thoughtful, but I agree they hit different spots of entertainment. Sometimes I feel like watching the Daily Show, sometimes I'm in the mood for some Colbert, and other times I just want to see how deep this quote pyramid will go.

Me too

I haven't watched his show since he spit venom about deep dish. He died that day as far as I'm concerned.

I think his recent WoW bit has a much higher chance of making people go "WELL I NEVER LIKED HIM ANYWAY" (which is to say, not very high at all) than any 5 second anime tentacle sex joke.

how someone can hate on Jon Stewart is beyond me.

maybe you need to be in the audience?

Yea I also love both. Colbert is funnier but that doesn't make Stewart any less fantastic.

@truthtellah: Is it bad that I know what show the girl is from?

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. It's watchable. I like the art style though.

From what I've seen, Jon Stewart is more himself on the air while Colbert is very different in person. I like both and think they compliment each other well, as they are two different takes on similar content. I can hardly imagine the Daily Show without Colbert and vice-versa. :)

(I also wanted to be a part of this absurd quote chain)

Nope. Nothing bad at all about that. I've seen it, too.

I hear Jon Stewart is a fan.

I get my news from the BBC.

I look down on ALL OF YOU.

The Daily Show is one of about four shows that I actually make the effort to stop what I'm doing and watch every episode.

Jon Stewart's one of the good ones.