Daily/Nightly Shows 2015: Comedy = Tragedy + Time, and we need more Time

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What will the Nightly Show be like? This poll is closed.
A news parody, like the Daily Show	15	13.27%
A pundit satire, like the Colbert Report	7	6.19%
Something else entirely	91	80.53%
Total:	113 votes

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Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

See, this is how Jon should always have countered these idiotic republican talking points.

"No." "Nah." "Nope."

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 05:22

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 12:27

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

I wonder how that dumbass hypothetical with the "two good ol' boys in a pickup truck" would've been responded to by the host of the next show.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 05:29

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Booker/Kweli 2016

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 05:47

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

This format only works when you have Cornel West and a supremely drunk Michael Ware.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 05:51

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Life has inherent risk!

*snips umbilical cord, rolls baby into traffic*

When she was asked if her kids wore helmets while biking, did she say "absolutely!" or "absolutely not!"?

This was all around kind of an embarrassing segment. At least everyone seemed to agree she was a dangerous nut. At least I hope that's what all those awkward silences were suggesting.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 05:50

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

The Daily Show with Joe Scarborough.

Let the world burn.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2015 03:41

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

All this Britishness is making me wonder what Eddie Izzard is up to. Can we have two British accented media crit shows?

# ¿ Feb 12, 2015 05:30

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

I'm throwing my inconsequential vote behind Ben Mankiewicz of The Young Turks (he's not the berzerker oaf that Cenk, the main host, is). While it would do nothing for diversity in late night programming, it would probably be the most seamless transition imaginable, because Mankiewicz and Stewart have eerily similar personalities, able to go back and forth between engaging, intimate storytelling and blow-your-hair-back righteous anger. And obviously he's already as educated about, and fluent in, politics as you can get.

But then part of me wants him to stay at TYT because I love that show as is.

Fugelsang, however, is the right wing's caricature of a smug liberal shithead come to life. He causes me physical pain when he's on tv. Please god not him. But mention of him reminds me of Stephanie Miller, who is another possibility. Her current show is abysmal but she's capable of being great.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 05:44

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Let's take a moment to note that this woman is employed by CNN.

Between her and that bowl-headed dipshit Ben Ferguson, that place manages to find worse people than Fox.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 05:47

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Wait I think I know who I want to host now.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 05:11

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

I'm glad someone dredged Nick DiPaolo up from whatever hole he'd been in just to remind me he's a piece of poo poo. He looked like he was going to murder Liz Winstead -- and I don't think she was even aware of the rage daggers coming from his eyes.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2015 04:50

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Even though he was referring to the pre-election process, it was pretty funny and prophetic to hear Jon say, in Nov 1999, that Bush was "magically selected to be president."

edit: naked bongo Jon sighting

# ¿ Jun 29, 2015 00:28

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Oh man do I miss the days before social media. Actress comes on after clip from her show (E/R) is played. First thing she says is, "That guy in that scene with me SMELLED SO BAD IT WAS AWFUL."

Even apart from that, though, I've been trying unsuccessfully to put my finger on what's so different about the feel of this show back around this time. Not so much the show itself but the way people interact with each other in conversation during the interviews. Maybe it's the absence of social media, I dunno. Something just feels ... insulated. Hard to articulate.

And I'd forgotten how much I missed Public Excess and Al Greenwood The Mattress King.

e: bedspread king not mattress king, how dare I

Von Sloneker fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Jun 29, 2015

# ¿ Jun 29, 2015 01:18

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Earlier during a Bill Maher interview, unless I misunderstood something, I'm pretty sure Stewart and Maher agreed they would vote for McCain (unless they were talking about having to choose between repub candidates). That was odd.

Oh god the I KISS YOU guy.

Von Sloneker fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jun 29, 2015

# ¿ Jun 29, 2015 08:04

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

This is so much better than I was expecting and I loved every analogy he used in the opening.

For some reason I'd always seen Noah as kind of aloof, even in that Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode, but I'm getting none of that now.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2015 04:14

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Astro Nut posted:

The Fox News/Captain America controversy is hilarious on several levels though. First is that they're probably gone and given the issue a bunch of free publicity. Second is that it just exposes how lacking their awareness of the character really is. The Sons of the Serpent aren't 'new' enemies in any sense of the word, and have been racist towards foreigners since their inception. I bet they only knew about the Hitler punching cover due to watching the film.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/07/17/the_batman_campaign

quote:

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Have you heard this new movie, the Batman movie, what is it, The Dark Knight Lights Up or whatever the name is. That's right, Dark Knight Rises. Lights Up, same thing. Do you know the name of the villain in this movie? Bane. The villain in The Dark Knight Rises is named Bane, B-a-n-e. What is the name of the venture capital firm that Romney ran and around which there's now this make-believe controversy? Bain. The movie has been in the works for a long time. The release date's been known, summer 2012 for a long time. Do you think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire breathing four eyed whatever it is villain in this movie is named Bane?

# ¿ Oct 24, 2015 23:15

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

I so love the term "abortionist." It sounds like someone who straps on a suicide vest and races into a uterus.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 05:11

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 12:27

Von Sloneker: Jul 6, 2009; as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

ohhhh

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 05:28

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