Comments on: “when news breaks, we fix it”

By: redrover

redrover — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:03:50 +0000

If The Daily Show is your only news source, you are missing a lot. The same could be said of the RRStar.

I like satirical news commentary or parody, but I don’t like Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.

What bothers me about The Daily Show is that Jon Stewart acts as if he must indicate every punch line he delivers with some kind of over the top physical or facial behavior, or else his audience will just not get it!

I feel insulted every time I see him do this, so I avoid watching The Daily Show.

There has got to be a better way of delivering satire than the way that Jon Stewart does it.

By: Chuck Sweeny

Chuck Sweeny — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:49:07 +0000

The concept for The Daily Show is an old one, going back to Will Rogers, who used to take newspaper articles and comment on them; in the 50s, Mort Sahl did standup based on the news .

And when I was a teenager in the mid 60s I enjoyed a TV show called TW3, or “That Was The Week That Was,” which reviewed the week’s news with satirical commentary. I can still sing the theme song.

TW3 was hosted by Sir David Frost, who was just David Frost back then. If I remember correctly, Davidy did two versions of the show, one in the UK, then he’d fly across the Atlantic to do a U.S. version.

By: jennie pollock

jennie pollock — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:31:11 +0000

i think “the daily show” is both substantive and funny. never said it wasn’t. same goes for “the colbert report.”

By: thedudeabides

thedudeabides — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:25:49 +0000

What would you consider “actual news outlets?”

The talking head opinion shows? When my local news station covers the latest Britney Spears tragedy? Dare I mention the IL shaped corn flake?

Are any of the above “real news”?

Why can’t Jon Stewart’s show be substantive and funny at the same time? Why is that so hard to comprehend?