Jon Stewart is Leaving The Daily Show
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-year/?hpid=z1

After sixteen years and a shipping crate full of Emmys, Jon is stepping down from the helm at the Daily Show.

Thanks for the laughs and your incisive wit Mr. Stewart.

I just saw that. It'll be interesting to see what Comedy Central does with that time slot. I'll miss Colbert more than Stewart. Stewart had gotten a bit preachy and whiny, something that never happened with Colbert.

I sense Craig Kilborn?

On the other hand...Colbert lost a ton of opportunity to make strong points as Stewart has done all these years because he refused to step out of character for 5 seconds to pound home a point.

His interviews were a pain in the ass. Most of the time, had I been on the other side of the table from him attempting to provide a message to the moronic people of this country and Colbert wouldn't stop going for a cheap laugh, I would have reached over and slapped him. Beats me why any serious public figure would waste his/her time in a Colbert interview on the TeeVee.

Stewart was/is the man. Why am I not surprised that you would suggest "preachy and whiny.":rolleyes:

Whiny?

Probably not as whiny as Bibi though.

For a comedy show, yes, at least compared to Colbert. I'm a fan and loyal viewer of The Daily Show, but sometimes his preachiness gets a bit tiresome.

The teabagger inside finn...creeping out sideways.

Stewart himself said he was losing his edge, "This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host, and neither do you." I've watched nearly every episode of The Daily Show for the past dozen years, and it has become clear in the past year or two that he is starting to lose his edge, and sometimes even his sense of humor, about the current state of our political affairs. It's understandable after over 15 years at the helm.

Unduly critical?

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinion...iberalism.html

Who cares what Al Jeering thinks? ;) The writer seems overly impressed with himself. :rolleyes:

Great show tonight. Arby's offered Jon a job.
In other news Gov. Brownback in Kansas removed job protections from LGBT employees.

Horseshit. It's understandable due to the current state of our political affairs. Stewart is a powerful and on point as ever. Maybe he said he's losing his edge, maybe he didn't, maybe he's bored. Maybe he's the voice required since Colbert rarely did much beyond cheap satire at the expense of guests who as often as not looked miffed by the end of those segments.

Maybe he's just bored with it and wants to move on to something else?

Sounds right to me. But I don't think he's lost a step. Far and away still the best comedic political commentary on the TeeVee. I guess my beef with Colbert was that he was doing political satire, which was funny no doubt.

Actually, as I'm writing this I'm thinking that they are two utterly different formats. Colbert - political/cultural satire, Stewart - comedic political commentary.

That's exactly what he said.

John

http://video.vulture.com/video/Jon-S...ewell-Announce

Discounting Arab/Israeli issues Aljazeera has some very well written articles.

True that. Just commenting on that article. I do admit that I'm a bit skeptical of them considering it's owned by a king/sheik.

I'm a bit skeptical considering the apologistics coming out of Al Jazeera regarding the recent Paris terrorist activities. Implying that France was asking for it because of something Sarkozy said about Islam three years ago and that the French allow cartoons of the prophet, and that the French knew what the response to the cartoons would be, so it's their own fault. That Al Jazeera?