“After the seven years, my time is up”

“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah has announced he will step away from the anchor desk.https://t.co/tnsKCd1e5k

— CNN (@CNN) September 30, 2022

Seems like a no brainer to replace him with someone cut from the Bill Maher cloth: classical liberal/dem until the end … but will fight to the death for free speech / comedy..and detests wokeness / progressivism just as much as MAGA


……but obv that isn't going to happen

Who?

The bit about how Japanese were white and Chinese were colored was eye opening.

M.C. Swag said:

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My wife and I listened to the audiobook during a road trip (which was narrated by Trevor) and his mom seemed like such a badass. Truly a remarkable story.

Daily show hasn't been on my rotation in a while but I've always been a fan of Trevor.

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Same. I really Like Noah but don't watch the show regularly anymore. I think he's a really good interviewer, but I don't enjoy his scripted sets as much as some other late night shows. That may be more of a writer issue and/or disconnect between Noah's strengths and the medium.

Anyways, I'm excited to see what's next for him and what the TDS will do next.

M.C. Swag said:

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It's also because I grew outside of the target demo. When Stewart was the host, my 19-20 yr old brain ate that stuff up and I was already living on Comedy Central for South Park alone. Now I'm in my mid 30s, have a wife and kid and the hour or so of tv I get to consume on a given night isn't gonna be spent watching network cable regardless of the host lol

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I wonder if this is a situation where he realized there aren't going to be any "step up" openings any time soon, or he decided he didn't want to spend the rest of his career as a talk show host?

ElephantRider said:

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Honestly, it's probably because Jon Stewart is one of my all-time favorites and I loved the show so much when he was on it that nothing could live up to it.

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I probably agreed with Stewart's takes about half the time. He pulled his punches in some areas and focused more on others because of his personal politics. HOWEVER, he could always make me laugh. His snarky remarks and facial expressions absolutely made the DS what it was.

He's a very talented comedian who was ahead of his time. Much like Norm on SNL in the 90's, who arguably pioneered that style of 'snarky news'.

Several of Stewart's disciples that came through the DS used that to get their own gigs, taking that same style with them. The problem is, they weren't Jon Stewart. It doesn't have the same feel.

Mean-spirited comedy just isn't funny. And I think there's too much of that right now. The most memorable are those who can mock others with a bit of truth...and a bit of empathy.

Dana Carvey and Darryl Hammond's political impressions weren't great because they portrayed someone as evil, they were great because they could make both sides laugh and have some empathy for the person.

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I think they should have done a few things when Jon Stewart moved on. They should have either hired a replacement with a more similar mix of whimsical/silly humor with the ability to be serious (not an easy find)
Or they should have renamed the show if they were going to go with Trevor noah. It did him no favors to just attempt to plug and play.

Gonna have to agree with this. At this point, it feels just like every other late night show, at least in terms of its messaging, save for the correspondents in the field segments.

That said, I've been forced to watch Greg Gutfeld with my dad a few times and holy sh*t, politics aside, that show could not be less funny/more smarmy if it tried. As predictable, saturated, and same-minded as leftist late night media has become, it's still light years beyond the right in terms of actually being funny.

I just wish there was a comedic political show that could roast both sides equally, with legit good writing. Feels like it would be a huge hit, too.

TCTTS said:

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Gonna have to agree with this. At this point, it feels just like every other late night show, at least in terms of its messaging, save for the correspondents in the field segments.

That said, I've been forced to watch Greg Gutfeld with my dad a few times and holy sh*t, politics aside, that show could not be less funny/more smarmy if it tried. As predictable, saturated, and same-minded as leftist late night media has become, it's still light years beyond the right in terms of actually being funny.

I just wish there was a comedic political show that could roast both sides equally, with legit good writing. Feels like it would be a huge hit, too.

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I've only seen it a few times but it's also kicking everyone else's ass in the ratings and that's simply because it's the only show like these that takes the opposite side. He has a monopoly simply because he zigs whenever everyone else zags.

Gutfield was actually hilarious on Red Eye on Fox News back in the day. That show was wild, it also aired at 2AM central.