"Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' thread..

prateik · 30th January 2012, 10:41

Civil Disservice - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 01/12/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Is it always this funny?

cinc · 30th January 2012, 11:37

Almost always, sometimes a lot more. This and the Colbert Report are both musts. And you can watch them online legally.

Plechazunga · 30th January 2012, 17:49

That English guy on John Stewart's a bit crap though

crappycraperson · 30th January 2012, 18:28

The whole reporter-pundit team on Jon Stewart is poor now IMO. They lost a lot of talent to other stuff so I guess it will take time for another find to come up.

I loved the recent Colbert-Stewart Super PAC stuff.

cinc · 30th January 2012, 18:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

That English guy on John Stewart's a bit crap though

I dont know, his standup was pretty good I've thought. They should stop with riffing on his Englishness though.

And he's a scouser.

John Oliver - We Dont Care About Democracy - Video Clip | Comedy Centrals Jokes.com

John Oliver: Terrifying Times (TV 2008) - IMDb

Gazza · 30th January 2012, 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

The whole reporter-pundit team on Jon Stewart is poor now IMO. They lost a lot of talent to other stuff so I guess it will take time for another find to come up.

I loved the recent Colbert-Stewart Super PAC stuff.

I agree. Daily Show has seen better days. But it's still worth a watch.

Back when Carrell, Colbert, and even Ed Helms was on, it was a stronger show

cinc · 30th January 2012, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

The whole reporter-pundit team on Jon Stewart is poor now IMO. They lost a lot of talent to other stuff so I guess it will take time for another find to come up.

I loved the recent Colbert-Stewart Super PAC stuff.

Cynac is great.

cinc · 30th January 2012, 18:57

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Originally Posted by Gazza

I agree. Daily Show has seen better days. But it's still worth a watch.

Back when Carrell, Colbert, and even Ed Helms was on, it was a stronger show

I've thought Helms was crap, and even some of Carrell's reports. The Even Stephven bits however are all amazing.

crappycraperson · 30th January 2012, 19:21

Colbert was always the best of the lot.

cinc · 30th January 2012, 19:23

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Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Colbert was always the best of the lot.

That's absolutely true.

cinc · 30th January 2012, 19:24

One more Even Stevphen: Even Stevphen - Halloween - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10/30/00 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

sonymobby · 30th January 2012, 19:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinc

Almost always, sometimes a lot more. This and the Colbert Report are both musts. And you can watch them online legally.

Not if you're in the UK. Yeah one can use modify headers but that would be a violation of the site's terms of use so not everyone can watch it online legally.

However, I agree with the first points, they are both musts.

Plechazunga · 30th January 2012, 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinc

I dont know, his standup was pretty good I've thought. They should stop with riffing on his Englishness though.

And he's a scouser.

John Oliver - We Dont Care About Democracy - Video Clip | Comedy Centrals Jokes.com

John Oliver: Terrifying Times (TV 2008) - IMDb

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

cinc · 30th January 2012, 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

"Oliver was born in Birmingham, brought up in Liverpool and Bedford ... Oliver is a fan of Liverpool F.C."

Broadbent has been great in Topsy-Turvy and Another Year.

niMic · 30th January 2012, 19:53

Jude Law ain't bad!

Plechazunga · 30th January 2012, 20:10

He's really awful

Wibble · 30th January 2012, 20:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

You blew your argument with the bolded bit. I have a house brick in the shed that is a better actor and more animated than Kidman. She has the same blank expression for all emotions and expressions except when she tries to ham it up in films like Australia which is far far worse.

Gazza · 30th January 2012, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinc

I've thought Helms was crap, and even some of Carrell's reports. The Even Stephven bits however are all amazing.

Colbert always stood on his own as a correspondent - he was one of the reasons the show took off in the early 2000s - and to me was always the funniest

But Steve Carrell's "Produce Pete" segment was hilarious at the time, to be fair. Ed Helms was good, not crap imo.

Gazza · 30th January 2012, 20:29

These were the days....

cinc · 30th January 2012, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wibble

You blew your argument with the bolded bit. I have a house brick in the shed that is a better actor and more animated than Kidman. She has the same blank expression for all emotions and expressions except when she tries to ham it up in films like Australia which is far far worse.

You should watch Eyes Wide Shut

cinc · 30th January 2012, 20:56

It's a hard subject, humour. I've never understood some of the comic that are revered on the Caf. (Steve Coogan)

Gazza · 30th January 2012, 21:03

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Originally Posted by cinc

It's a hard subject, humour. I've never understood some of the comic that are revered on the Caf. (Steve Coogan)

It's really Alan Partridge that Steve Coogan's known for; 'I'm Alan Partridge' set the standard for a kind of humour that is now common-place on television. I actually think Ricky Gervais owes his whole career to the Alan Partridge character; David Brent was basically Alan Partridge in an office.

cinc · 31st January 2012, 04:54

Yet, for me, its not even a little funny.

Plechazunga · 1st February 2012, 09:57

Partridge has dated a bit, partly because so many people have copied it, partly because the chat shows it was parodying have changed, with less of the Pebble Mill sort of thing - the style's become more knowing with the rise of the likes of Graham Norton.

In its day it was genius - unlike his other stuff.

I picked up Partridge's autobiography in a shop the other day, even the chapter headings were funny. One of them was "Radio's Loss".

sglowrider · 1st February 2012, 10:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

Mediocre indeed. He went to a little known college...Christ's something in some unknown university in Cambridge.

Plechazunga · 1st February 2012, 10:07

I've met plenty of mediocre Oxbridge grads.

But anyway, I'm not saying he's thick, he may well be clever. He's just not very funny.

utdalltheway · 1st February 2012, 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

to be fair the Aussies have to work harder to sound sophisticated.

cinc · 1st February 2012, 12:52

The best Colbert-interview:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...laura-ingraham

brad-dyrak · 1st February 2012, 17:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

He doesn't sound at all Scouse, he sounds North London

It's amazing how many mediocre English people do well in America. It's like the yanks hear the accent and just think we're more sophisticated than we are. It must be painful being a US stage actor and watching Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Jude Law, Kiera Knightley and the rest swan into film after film for no real reason.

Look at the Australians who make it in Hollywood: Cate Blanchett, Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman are all superb actors, and Nicole Kidman is perfectly good. It seems to be meritocratic...why not with the English?

I reckon we just like you guys. Aussies too.

There's the other side of the coin as well which has gone on for along while, with Americans apeing the English accents. Not nearly as bad now as it was back in the high glamor days of Hollywood, but you still get that Gwyneth Paltroh thing.

Age of Thrones has a bizarre blend of accents, with Sean Bean's genuine English next to Peter Dinklage (the dwarf/imp) affected one. It's funny how over here Medieval = English.

Also funny from my time over in the old country was seeing the depiction of us (USA) on TV. Be they English or American actors they seemed to have been told to really Yank up the place. The accent was usually plausible, but well overdone. Fawlty Towers, Inspector Lewis, Foyle's War, etc.

Always thought Forrest Whitaker was an odd choice in that Crying Game movie. Good actor mind.

Anyway, yeah Jon Stewart. Funny guy, and ex-soccer player for what it's worth. Good show, though it's a sad reflection of the state of the press here that it's seen by many as a reasonable news outlet.

204Red · 9th February 2012, 02:11

I recall John Stewart trying to talk football with Hugh Grant prior to the 2010 WC, claiming that England would ride Rooney's success to big things... if he only knew.

204Red · 9th February 2012, 02:12

Great show BTW... and the best critique on mainstream US media out there

Martin Henry · 13th February 2012, 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plechazunga

That English guy on John Stewart's a bit crap though

What!! John Oliver? He's about the best of the correspondents....

prateik · 13th February 2012, 16:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by cinc

The best Colbert-interview:

Laura Ingraham - The Colbert Report - 2010-03-08 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Was going through some of the recent ones.
Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 2 - The Colbert Report - 2012-25-01 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

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30th January 2012, 10:41	#41 (permalink)
prateik First Team Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,020	Civil Disservice - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 01/12/12 - Video Clip \| Comedy Central Is it always this funny?

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cinc First Team Sub Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: I’m looking for a sacrificial lamb Posts: 7,542	Almost always, sometimes a lot more. This and the Colbert Report are both musts. And you can watch them online legally.

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Plechazunga Phones, soup, paint, chairs and computers are troubling. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Albert Stubbins scored a diving header Posts: 47,728	That English guy on John Stewart's a bit crap though

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crappycraperson "Resident cricket authority" Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: <Insert something funny here> Posts: 19,571	The whole reporter-pundit team on Jon Stewart is poor now IMO. They lost a lot of talent to other stuff so I guess it will take time for another find to come up. I loved the recent Colbert-Stewart Super PAC stuff.

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crappycraperson "Resident cricket authority" Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: <Insert something funny here> Posts: 19,571	Colbert was always the best of the lot.

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cinc First Team Sub Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: I’m looking for a sacrificial lamb Posts: 7,542	One more Even Stevphen: Even Stevphen - Halloween - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10/30/00 - Video Clip \| Comedy Central

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Plechazunga Phones, soup, paint, chairs and computers are troubling. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Albert Stubbins scored a diving header Posts: 47,728	He's really awful

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cinc First Team Sub Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: I’m looking for a sacrificial lamb Posts: 7,542	It's a hard subject, humour. I've never understood some of the comic that are revered on the Caf. (Steve Coogan)

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Plechazunga Phones, soup, paint, chairs and computers are troubling. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Albert Stubbins scored a diving header Posts: 47,728	Partridge has dated a bit, partly because so many people have copied it, partly because the chat shows it was parodying have changed, with less of the Pebble Mill sort of thing - the style's become more knowing with the rise of the likes of Graham Norton. In its day it was genius - unlike his other stuff. I picked up Partridge's autobiography in a shop the other day, even the chapter headings were funny. One of them was "Radio's Loss".

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Plechazunga Phones, soup, paint, chairs and computers are troubling. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Where Albert Stubbins scored a diving header Posts: 47,728	I've met plenty of mediocre Oxbridge grads. But anyway, I'm not saying he's thick, he may well be clever. He's just not very funny.

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cinc First Team Sub Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: I’m looking for a sacrificial lamb Posts: 7,542	The best Colbert-interview: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...laura-ingraham

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204Red Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,661	I recall John Stewart trying to talk football with Hugh Grant prior to the 2010 WC, claiming that England would ride Rooney's success to big things... if he only knew.

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204Red Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,661	Great show BTW... and the best critique on mainstream US media out there