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| A news parody, like the Daily Show |
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91 | 80.53% |
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Dead Snoopy posted:How many episodes of Nightly Show were there last week? For some reason I only saw 3. Four. The first one, whose topic I can't remember, the second one on Cosby, the third on the State of the Union address, and the fourth on Cuba.
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Jan 25, 2015 12:36
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Astro Nut posted:It got some coverage by the BBC a week or so back, but this was after an Arch-Bishop called out the sheer lack of coverage when there was the possibility (and there still is, though the reported numbers vary wildly) of two thousand dead. Pretty much everywhere outside of Africa has kinda dropped the ball with regards to the massacre. Take all the confiscated Syrian chemical weapons and dispose of them by spraying the vast areas of jungle where Boko Haram are suspected of hiding out. Sounds like two problems solved to me.
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Jan 25, 2015 15:16
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Take all the confiscated Syrian chemical weapons and dispose of them by spraying the vast areas of jungle where Boko Haram are suspected of hiding out. Dad? Is that you?
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Jan 25, 2015 15:34
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Take all the confiscated Syrian chemical weapons and dispose of them by spraying the vast areas of jungle where Boko Haram are suspected of hiding out. That does sound like a very Brock Samson thing to say.
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Jan 25, 2015 18:01
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Pretty disappointed by the Nightly Show after the first week. I loved Wilmore on TDS, but he seems awkward here, especially in that final section where he just reads a boring Twitter post. All the correspondents have been terrible, and it irrationally annoys me that they've been sloppily dressed. The guests have been kind of meh, and the group discussions fairly worthless. Keep it a hundred is pretty good, but frequently pointless when the person asked hasn't got a particular axe to grind. They also missed a trick not giving the woman from The Blaze 75 too. Overall, there's potential and it could well improve, but right now it's only my brand loyalty to the Daily Show keeping me watching. It's a pity since Colbert was amazing from the first episode.
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Jan 27, 2015 00:12
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Are you an Irish Joe parachute account?
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Jan 27, 2015 01:17
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Yeah, it pains me to say it but I'm not feeling the nightly show either. I don't feel like the panel has enough time to actually feel like it's flowing together in that 23 or so minute time stretch without feeling like you're just glossing over each. Keep it 100 is probably the only thing working for me and the cold opening. But everything else is just boring to me and I'm also just watching because of TDS loyalty.
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Jan 27, 2015 01:49
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The panel is the weakest part of the show, for sure. There's a weird mix of people who are trying to raise actual points and people who are just trying to get a laugh, and they don't have enough time so they just end up talking over each other (like most news panel shows). That can work in a longer show like Real Time but he just doesn't have enough time here. Even if he gave it two segments that commercial break would still gently caress him up. The first and last bits are kind of hit and miss but for right now they're hitting enough that I'm enjoying the show. Hopefully it will find its rhythm as it goes.
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Jan 27, 2015 01:59
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Comrade Fakename posted:Pretty disappointed by the Nightly Show after the first week. I loved Wilmore on TDS, but he seems awkward here, especially in that final section where he just reads a boring Twitter post. All the correspondents have been terrible, and it irrationally annoys me that they've been sloppily dressed. The guests have been kind of meh, and the group discussions fairly worthless. Keep it a hundred is pretty good, but frequently pointless when the person asked hasn't got a particular axe to grind. They also missed a trick not giving the woman from The Blaze 75 too. Nightly Show definitely needs more something. One thing is as much as I despise Bill Maher him being a dick and/or crazy about some things at least that creates a more watchable dynamic in the guests. Wilmore is just... nice to people? Being nice is fine, and actually better than being a dick, if relevant discussion still happens but it seems like he's too nice to actually dig deeper into his guests' opinions/hypocrisies at the moment. Stewart might have softballed some of his less agreeable guests lately but as the recent Huckabee interview showed he will literally tell his guest, in slightly different words of course, "No, you're lying" to their face if he wants to. I know its only been the first week but the panels so far haven't really been that interesting or funny. I don't really know what exactly to do though. Fewer guests in the panel? Zeroing in on an even more specific topic? Maybe not doing panels every show might be a good way to mix it up? Wilmore has to have some strong enough opinions about something to sustain more than a few minute introduction. That might start pressing in on Jon Oliver's monologue territory but I doubt anyone except some corners of the internet would care. Could be he just needs more time to direct the panels better. Or maybe they just don't have the writing staff to write longer bits like Daily Show, Colbert, or Last Week and panels are what we got until ratings improve...or not.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:00
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I think maybe they could cut down to three panelist since the fourth seems to always be some Nightly Show writer or random comic who adds nothing to the discussion. Just do the three true guests and that might open up the discussion a little. I can only assume the fourth guy is there to help Wilmore keep the segments light but it really doesn't need that and Wilmore seems ok at changing the subject or jumping to one of the "funny" guests when one of the "serious" guests starts to forget they're on Comedy Central. I don't know. Its a weird line Wilmore is trying to walk and the handcuffs of a 22 minute show may not let it work. Its like the Nightly Show is trying to be The Daily Show, Politically Incorrect, and Tough Crowd all in the same timeslot. There are moments of each that work but its kind of a mess.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:15
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raditts posted:That does sound like a very Brock Samson thing to say. 'kay, evidently sarcasm isn't a thing in this thread about comedic news shows. Good to know.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:23
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I'm enjoying the Nightly Show but the worst part of the panel format is the terrible editing. People are barely finishing their sentences before we get Larry asking someone else a question.
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Jan 27, 2015 04:26
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Figures that fat gently caress Huckabee would make a 5 minute food allegory.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:05
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Who are the pigs in that analogy?
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Jan 27, 2015 05:06
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Palin has aged a lot in 8 years. And now she sounds like that SNL "Girl you don't want to meet at a party" character more than ever.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:09
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kittenmittons posted:Who are the pigs in that analogy? Minorities or poor people if they're being slaughtered to get right wing agendas done.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:11
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Is she drunk?
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Jan 27, 2015 05:12
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Jax-Guy1 posted:Is she drunk? If you watch the whole speech she comes off really high.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:12
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I really hate Ted Cruz's face. It looks like he's wearing a rubber mask.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:14
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How they going to get this guy in the WH? Hillary's VP?
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Jan 27, 2015 05:24
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Man, I'm curious to see what take the Nightly Show will have on American Sniper tonight. I'm not sure if it has the balls to forgo immediately cloaking all discussion in blind hero-worship. 
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Jan 27, 2015 05:33
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raditts posted:Figures that fat gently caress Huckabee would make a 5 minute food allegory. I was hoping for a Joni Ernst joke.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:38
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Generic American posted:Man, I'm curious to see what take the Nightly Show will have on American Sniper tonight. I'm not sure if it has the balls to forgo immediately cloaking all discussion in blind hero-worship. Looks like it doesn't. Why do they have to pick a psychopathic pathological liar who had no shame in expressing how much he wanted to kill browns to be the American Hero poster boy? That seems like it should be the main sticking point and yet everyone seems to tiptoe around it because HE DEFENDED YOUR FREEDOM LEAVE MERICA IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:48
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I don't know who this movie critic guy is but he looks like he's about to poo poo himself in fear that Paul Ryckoff is going to choke him to death.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:50
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Toona the Cat posted:I don't know who this movie critic guy is but he looks like he's about to poo poo himself in fear that Paul Ryckoff is going to choke him to death. Matt Taibbi, he writes for Rolling Stone. He wrote an article that was critical of the movie, so he's already been one more body on the sacrificial altar.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:52
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Yeah that segment was weak tea.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:55
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raditts posted:Matt Taibbi, he writes for Rolling Stone. He wrote an article that was critical of the movie, so he's already been one more body on the sacrificial altar. Wow, I've seen him a ton on other shows and didn't even recognize him.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:55
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Holy poo poo that question to Taibbi. God drat 
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Jan 27, 2015 05:56
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Winkie01 posted:Holy poo poo that question to Taibbi. God drat Guess he put all the effort into that one question. raditts fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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Jan 27, 2015 05:57
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So, realtalk here; what the gently caress was the point of that entire discussion? That was irritatingly vapid. If they didn't want to say anything on the issue beyond "well, this is a thing!", they should have chosen another topic.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:02
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Generic American posted:So, realtalk here; what the gently caress was the point of that entire discussion? That was irritatingly vapid. If they didn't want to say anything on the issue beyond "well, this is a thing!", they should have chosen another topic. I'm trying to figure that out myself, that entire episode felt like a waste of everyone's time. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I think I was expecting him to at least not be terrified of saying something the vets on the panel might not agree with.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:03
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Winkie01 posted:Holy poo poo that question to Taibbi. God drat I have to give Taibbi kudos - he didn't come off as much of a smug prick as he often does on TV. (and I say this as someone who generally admires his journalism) I thought Sabrina Jalees was fine, but I wish I could say to every lesbian comedian, "Hey, ladies? It's rad that you like other women, and I'm glad you can get married in sane places. But every third line that you say doesn't need to be something along the lines of, 'Penis? I don't like that!!! Tee-hee!!!'"
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Jan 27, 2015 06:05
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So... Am I the only one who saw Rick Perry catch himself before he said 'Iowa'? Because it sure as hell looked like he was gonna say Texas before remembering he's trying to gain support for being President here. Also the thought of Donald Trump labouring to build his dream fence in the desert amuses me.
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Jan 27, 2015 17:41
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I get lathered up into a murderous rage whenever I hear Sarah Palin speak.
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Jan 27, 2015 20:00
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I'm still not sure if Sarah Palin believes what she says or if she just found a group that will worship her like a god and is sticking with it.
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Jan 27, 2015 20:15
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She makes total sense when you imagine any of her speeches as improvised beauty pageant contestant answers. She came from that world and never changed. Every time she speaks, I think she's going to end with "because some people out there in our nation don't have maps." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
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Jan 27, 2015 20:17
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I really enjoyed the part where that sniper guy said "I don't care why we were there" followed by "I was there because I saw the towers come down" and awkward clapping. That and no one mentioning any of the poo poo like saying he was picking off people from atop the Superdome.
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Jan 27, 2015 20:49
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Spoke Lee posted:I really enjoyed the part where that sniper guy said "I don't care why we were there" followed by "I was there because I saw the towers come down" and awkward clapping. I haven't been following the American Sniper stuff all that closely so I can't say anything about whatever the Superdome stuff. What the sniper guy said seemed fairly clear. All the political wrangling and justification are pretty irrelevant to him. He personally was there because he felt a call to serve his country after the attacks of 9/11. While there he did his job of saving the lives of fellow soldiers and civilians by killing other people. And doing that hosed him up to the point that he spent a good two years drunk.
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Jan 27, 2015 22:13
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I felt like the conversation was inadequate. The Hurt Locker was well received by most people who had an opinion on it. There's a reason why war movies like Zero Dark Thirty and American Sniper were controversial. So it shouldn't be about war movies in general. In this case, it's because the man chosen to to represent the Complicated Soldier was quite morally dubious. He bragged about shooting Hurricane Katrina looters; though that story was probably made up. His estate also had that lawsuit with Jesse Ventura (who I'm no big fan of) were it does look like Ventura looks like he has a strong case that Chris Kyle slandered him. A vaccine episode? Okay, I don't want an actual debate. I want Wilmore and the four panelists to circlejerk over how stupid anti-vaxxers are.
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Jan 27, 2015 23:20
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The Nightly Show's panel segments kinda remind me of Crossballs, or that short-lived show with Colin Quinn. Neither of them lasted very long- although with Crossballs, it was a show with a premise that guaranteed that it wouldn't be around for a long time. I guess Comedy Central thinks the third time's the charm if they get a guy with Daily Show pedigree.
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Jan 28, 2015 01:22
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