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Stewart vs Colbert
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Who is funnier?
On their personalities alone, I would say Stewart is smarter and funnier. But taking their shows as a whole, I would say Colbert is funnier because his show is all about him, rather than Stewart's show which is 50/50 himself and his corospondants.
Opinions?
On their personalities alone, I would say Stewart is smarter and funnier. But taking their shows as a whole, I would say Colbert is funnier because his show is all about him, rather than Stewart's show which is 50/50 himself and his corospondants.
Opinions?
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Honestley they're equal to me.
They're different, but completely different?
Come on now
I love them both, but if forced to choose, I'd stick with Colbert.
His only in-character bias is that he's right. Stewart has some good interviews, but on the whole, I have to say that Colbert's satirical style trounces Stewart's... non-satirical style.
They are. First, look at the premise. Stewart is just a parody of a typical news show, with an anti-Bush slant (fuck if I can remember if it's "left" or "right", but I think it's "left"). Colbert is more a parody of the talking heads, the shows that discuss politics for the most part, and he plays a parody of those hosts on the show.
Stewart does the quick, snippy one-liners, while delivering an actual report.
Colbert can do a huge long set-up for a big joke (The Word, anyone?).
There's more, I'm just too damn lazy to type.
All in all, though, I like Stewart's style of comedy more, because it's very similar to my own. Quick, short, and mixed in with the serious parts.
It's kind of hard, because occasionally, he will almost break character by laughing, and it's different than when Jon laughs.
Then why do you watch the Colbert Report?
They are two very different shows. I find the premise and nature of TCR very funny, whereas TDS just usually comes off as pretentious.
How does he do more of them? Don't they both do one per show?
I like them both. I find Stewart better on average though.
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Pretentious? What?
Stewart regularly makes fun of the show as being a stupid fake news program.
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
Overall the Daily Show has sunk quite a lot since they lost most of their top newscasters, to the point where I often don't bother watching. Colbert delivers consistently. I've never yet seen a "Better know a ____" that wasn't hilarious. So while I think they started out on roughly the same plane, Colbert has taken off and Stewart has sunk.
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I miss Even Stevphen
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
Well I would say it certainly used to be. It has changed considerably over the years. Just because he still says that doesn't make it entirely true.
The only thing that bugs me about the audience is their propensity for clapping or cheering disproportionately to the merit of an actual joke or comment, just because it happens to be along the lines of "Bush/Pubbies suck". Yes, Audience, we get it, you're liberal. You do not need to highlight this point at every turn.
On balance, I like TDS a little better, and I think Jon's interviews are much, much better, because he has more freedom to ask decent and dynamic questions without the risk of breaking character. Most of Colbert's interviews seem more like monologues by the interviewee with occasional breaks for Colbert to make witty comments. It feels forced. Granted, I haven't had a chance to watch either show in a few months, so maybe this is no longer the case.
The best was when he went to a convention, walked up to representatives, shook their hands, got an introduction, and just said "You're better known." Filled in like 20 spots on the map in about 2 minutes.
Mostly because I wish the Daily Show was thirty minutes of just the headlines. Seriously, the opening is the best part of the show, the rest is hit or miss
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I remember that. There was an Even Stevphen on the first one I watched. The only part I remember was something about truth in news. Colbert's example was to deliver a fake report about a psychotic clown with a hook for a hand hiding in the woods by Cabin 12.
Cut to Steve on his cell going, "...by Cabin 12. That's what the news said! Is that anywhere near us?"
I laughed until I cried.
I think this is what I really wanted to get at. I really like John Stewart and I think he's really funny but I feel like he has to pander to his audience sometimes. You know, part of the reason that SNL really started getting terrible was that they wouldn't let up off the Bush jokes. I feel that a lot of comdey suffers because of it. It's like you know, we get it already. It's cheap. I have to change the channel everytime I see a promo for that new Lil Bush cartoon on Comedy Central.
Anyway, i think they both have their most awesome moments of comedy; i personally really love the fake reporters they have. Anyone who has a specialist on black people is thumbs up in my comedy book.
I have to say though, after a period of slumping a bit the last few weeks have been really top notch.
Freaking Lewis Black.
Colbert packs them in with Better Know a District type things and a fuckton of mid-show interviews, like his recent one with Salman Rushdie. He always has one traditional interview at the end of the show, but he probably averages like, 1.7-1.8 interviews a show.
Man, you don't like Jason Jones? His feature on gay Arabic translators was awesome as hell.
Dmetri Martin is just a funny person. Daily Show, stand-up, it's all hilarious.
I don't really mind Stewart himself, and I don't think he really panders much. I think he just sort of speaks his mind, and he's pretty clearly not a huge fan of Bush or the GOP. That's cool. It really is just the audience that bugs me. It's like during a SOTU address when the president mentions some pet cause for his party and every single member of that party stands up and cheers and claps and hollers so that everybody in attendance knows that he is a loyal member of <insert party here>.
It's just obnoxious. But I don't fault Stewart.