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I like how the guy who wrote that article for Time about how hosed up the American medical system is came to a conclusion that isn't a single-payer system (which is never going to happen, but it's the best way to get poo poo under control). I haven't seen the extended interview yet, but if he hasn't had a change of heart ever since that surgery, then everything he says rings hollow. But he's absolutely right that costs haven't come down, considering that there were no measures to actually do such a thing included in the ACA/Obamacare. It put total blind faith in the free market, which is a terrible thing to do.
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Jan 6, 2015 22:37
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raditts posted:I don't think we're going to see something as magical as 2012's Republican Idol competition again in our lifetimes.
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Jan 6, 2015 23:29
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The thing that really got me about Herman Cain was how he had a sense of self-awareness about how ridiculous his campaign was.
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Jan 7, 2015 04:15
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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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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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This show is just stupid and not funny. Crossballs did this better.
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Jan 29, 2015 02:02
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Jesus Christ, I think it's better that Belichick doesn't speak much at press conferences.
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Jan 31, 2015 04:23
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Losing The Colbert Report reminds me of the importance of having a chaser after The Daily Show. The Nightly Show is not that chaser, and that just makes the wait for Colbert's September debut on CBS that much longer. Good thing The Late Show starts at 11:30 so that nobody has to watch this gimmicky crap anymore.
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Feb 6, 2015 07:58
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Hey, you try doing something like this for over 15 years and remain sound of mind.
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Feb 11, 2015 01:22
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The hard part is finding someone who has a great eye for comedic talent, not just someone who can host. I haven't seen enough of Minhaj to make a judgment about him, but all of the other regular correspondents are very good- not to mention that Stephen Colbert, John Oliver Steve Carell, Rob Riggle, Rob Corddry, and Ed Helms are former correspondents. That's a lot of talent that Jon found and cultivated over the years, and that's going to be very hard to replace.
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Feb 11, 2015 01:51
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Glass of Milk posted:Actually, I would go for The Cenac Attack, come to think of it.
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Feb 11, 2015 03:02
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Chaucer posted:I'm watching last night's Daily Show. Why don't they get Bassem Youssef to take over?
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Feb 11, 2015 03:08
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I'm gung-ho on Aisha Tyler taking over. She's smart, funny, has hosted a talk show on CBS (which is also owned by Viacom), and- as much as this drum has been beaten on this corner of the internet, it still counts for something- she's not a white guy. I don't know if she has the eye for comedic talent that Jon has, but I feel she'd have great chemistry with the correspondents. IMO she should have taken over for Craig Ferguson, but what's done is done and now we have some British guy that nobody in America knows.
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Feb 14, 2015 19:09
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Steve Vader posted:I like Aisha Tyler, but I have no idea if she has a strong political voice. She'd have been a great Ferguson replacement, but I don't know if this would be the fit.
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Feb 14, 2015 19:24
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haveblue posted:If Tyler takes over that's probably the end of Archer which is not acceptable.
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Feb 14, 2015 19:38
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He did lend his voice in the hour-long Venture Bros. special.
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Feb 14, 2015 20:26
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Was Jon Stewart even all that political before he got on The Daily Show?
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Feb 14, 2015 21:37
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Comedy Central still shows the occasional new Jeff Dunham special, but he's nowhere near the golden child of comedy for them that he used to be. I fairly certain we won't have to worry about him taking over.Narcissus1916 posted:And I'll be frank - Jimmy Kimmel and Fallon and Colbert are all going to have the market on general pop culture riffs well loving travelled. And especially with the Nightly Show still very much in flux:
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Feb 14, 2015 23:20
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Wow, IGN proves they're terrible by putting out a '7 People Who Could Replace Jon Stewart' and they include Ricky Gervais. The other outliers are Amy Poehler, Joel McHale, and Patton Oswalt.
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Feb 17, 2015 01:29
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The Daily Show With Jessica Williams ain't happening, folks.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:36
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The difference between TNS and Root of All Evil is that the latter show didn't present itself as a show where they debate serious issues while also being funny. I think a fairer comparison is Crossballs. quote:In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games.
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Feb 19, 2015 22:45
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He isn't gonna be doing anything for the next few months anyway.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:07
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Like I said, Comedy Central needs to find someone who can find talent like Jon did. Otherwise things will get bad.
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Feb 24, 2015 21:48
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It doesn't help that Larry isn't really hosting a show so much as he is moderating a panel of people, not all of whom are going to give funny answers. It's aiming to be a serious debate show as well as something that makes you laugh, and it regularly fails at doing both of those things. I'm going to keep pointing at Crossballs as a better example of a funny debate show, because even though the concept meant that it was going to live on borrowed time, it was consistently funny. I'm also doing this because nobody remembers Crossballs. I stopped watching The Nightly Show after its second week on the air, but apparently it's still fresh enough to have Bill de Blasio come on as one of the panelists. I don't know how Larry does it.
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Mar 3, 2015 07:32
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Isn't Slava Fetisov now a member of Putin's regime or something? I remember when he played for the Red Wings with Igor Larianov.
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Mar 5, 2015 22:01
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At least Comedy Central has Broad City.
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Mar 6, 2015 00:25
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As bad as Democrats can be, what Republicans did was actually honest-to-God treason. There is no two sides to this, Republicans are traitors. http://reverbpress.com/politics/47-republicans-treason-logan-act/
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Mar 11, 2015 08:51
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raditts posted:shitlord  I've never heard of Nick DiPaolo, but he sounds like what Patton Oswalt is on the path to becoming in five to ten years. Larry's really setting his show up for failure by inviting people like him and Adam Carolla as panelists. And again, the main problem with the show is that it's not funny. It certainly isn't a chaser for The Daily Show like Colbert was. Speaking of which, I'm getting a little tired of The Daily Show. Jon's jokes seem very forced when he's in the middle of being angry at racist frat bros or disrespectful (but probably not treasonous) Republican senators (by the way, the "both sides do it" argument doesn't fly when it's 46 members of one party's senators against a couple of another party's elected representatives over the years). John Oliver is better mostly because he can get passionate about an issue but also not sound forced when he drops a pop culture reference in the middle of it. There aren't nearly as many correspondent segments either, and that's when The Daily Show is at its best. Perhaps I'm subconsciously transitioning to a world where I don't watch Comedy Central's 11:00pm time slot.
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Mar 13, 2015 01:59
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raditts posted:Conan probably also doesn't pretend he's smarter than he actually is.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:33
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If your first reaction to pop culture news is "I WANT TO GET ANGRY ABOUT IT," dredge up evidence, and go on Twitter or Tumblr to spread outrage, you need to get a goddamn life. "There's a whole black hole of the internet that spends all day up its own rear end, endlessly worried about approving of pop culture rather than actually loving enjoying it." -Drew Magary (that link is pro-click as hell and you should read it if you hate this phenomenon as much as I do) I'm fine with the selection of Trevor Noah for reasons that aren't "he pisses off a bunch of whiny twats on the internet." Not many people know about him, but to an extent, that was also the case with Jon Stewart when he was picked. Plus, Noah is very smart (he speaks six languages!) and he also hosted a show in South Africa. I can't speak to how funny he is since I've never seen any of his segments, but I'm sure he'll find his groove. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 16:02
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Echo Chamber posted:Doesn't Deadspin also drum out internet outrage on things also?
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Mar 31, 2015 16:19
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Echo Chamber posted:And as a hater of things, I have no idea why a fresh young South African comedian without much baggage would have Buzzfeed and Twitter's crosshairs.
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Mar 31, 2015 16:35
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Let's just admit that Trevor Noah isn't good at Twitter, OK? There's nothing wrong with that. When it comes to metrics about whether you'll be a good TV show host, being good at stand-up is more relevant than being good at a platform where you can use a maximum of 140 characters at a time.achillesforever6 posted:Did anyone read Patton Oswalts 53 Tweet rant on it? Somebody earlier in the thread asked why I don’t like Patton Oswalt, which doesn’t surprise me because he’s a goon idol. I have three reasons.
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Apr 1, 2015 23:20
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Patton's still a smart guy. He should be smart enough to shut his trap once in a while. I can totally imagine Hannibal Buress saying something along the lines of "Hey old man, quit yer whining" to Patton. It wouldn't be the first time he's gone after a respected comedian....
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Apr 2, 2015 00:57
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I've hardly seen Irish Joe post but even I know his opinions aren't worth the bandwidth his posts occupy
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Apr 2, 2015 01:32
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I can't wait for the show to start again. Eventually everyone is going to forget this whole thing ever happened.Majorian posted:Given Salon's bizarre grudge against him, can you blame him for this?
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Apr 4, 2015 05:00
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Jon Stewart does the exact same thing, though?
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Apr 6, 2015 00:24
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Maybe it was because I was surrounded by naysayers who wanted to dismiss him because of those four-year-old tweets or because they forgot that it took Jon Stewart a while to establish this as his show, but I was sort of worried. I'll watch and judge for myself, but I'm glad that the reception is positive here.Youth Decay posted:They aren't blurring out the middle finger anymore, either. Interesting. Astro Nut posted:What I've gradually gathered from interactions online is that a lot of people in the States don't particularly like 'punching down' humour
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Sep 29, 2015 15:18
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VagueRant posted:Literally confused as to how anyone thought The Daily Show couldn't be done without Jon Stewart. Aside from John Oliver and the other guest hosts, pretty sure some random writer from the show did Jon's job from the writer's strike picket once for a video. It's just making fun of newsclips and reading jokes, jesus. I'm surprised that Trevor Noah's accent didn't make me cringe. South African accents sound awful.
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Sep 29, 2015 17:45
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I grew up in New Jersey. I'm paying attention to Christie in NYC and I hate what he's done. One good example: as soon as he became governor, he refused to entertain funding new tunnels for NJ Transit trains to Penn Station. They're revisiting the issue six years later, but he could have done something about it before, and he didn't because he's a spiteful rear end in a top hat. I hope he gets humiliated.
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Sep 29, 2015 19:33
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