Question about Colbert/Stewart

[new2detailing]

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Both tend to have a liberal bent. However, that being said I enjoy both shows and can take the republican bashing with a grain of salt. In the end, they are entertainers and darn good ones at that. I agree that Jon Stewart tends to wear his politics on his sleeve and is genuinely passionate about the political world. My political views will not be shaped by either of these entertainers (or any public figure for that matter), however I do enjoy the discourse.

[agp423]

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I think I prefer Lewis Black to both Stewart and Colbert. I like that anger...

And I agree- I liked Craig Kilborn- some nonsensical comedy, (edited for content...Mike P.)

Jeremy Piven should definitely do stand up. He's just as angry as Lewis Black is not more angry.

[JoeDirt]

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I think I prefer Lewis Black to both Stewart and Colbert. I like that anger...

And I agree- I liked Craig Kilborn- some nonsensical comedy, (edited for content....Mike P.)

[hacker-pschorr]

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To put them both in proper perspective, they are "entertainers", not politicians or pundits or news commentators or journalists. They mostly read what their writers write. If they can creat an increase in ratings....then they are doing their job. Facts have little value to their shows.

This is different than CNN, Nightline, 60 minutes, Fox News........how?

It's all about the ratings. There are very few (if any) Walter Cronkite's out there today.

[Poki]

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To put them both in proper perspective, they are "entertainers", not politicians or pundits or news commentators or journalists. They mostly read what their writers write. If they can creat an increase in ratings....then they are doing their job. Facts have little value to their shows.

[ColonelCash]

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I'm putting this thread on notice.

[hacker-pschorr]

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I miss Craig Kilborn and the three questions.

Best episode ever: Guest was Sammy Hagar from Van Halen. #3 question was: "Who is the blond woman that broke up Van Halen". Sammy Answered: "David Lee Roth?"

[agp423]

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I've never even heard of either of these two guys. Am I missing something here?

Both political comedians, check them out on Comedy Central, you wouldn't regret it!

[Calais]

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I'm not a fan of either. I don't really appreciate political comedy, it's fairly repetitive and not much of a laughing matter in my opinion. Colbert seems rather smug and pretentious from my perspective, while I liked Stewart more when he was doing stand-up comedy in the early 90's.

[Megafast13]

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I've never even heard of either of these two guys. Am I missing something here?

They both have shows on COMEDY CENTRAL

Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Colbert Report

[CieraSL]

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No need to get into a big political argument over here, just one simple question: are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart both democrats?

I've never even heard of either of these two guys. Am I missing something here?

[Mike Pennington]

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This thread is not too bad, but a friendly reminder about Rule#6

6. No politics.

[agp423]

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I've been watching both since their inceptions. You are right, many people get tired of Colbert's jokes. I don't particularly find him funny. I blame his producer and script writer for that.

I truly admire Stewart's enthusiasm about politics. I don't agree with much of things he says, but he is a true patriot. I never really understand why Colbert is more popular than Stewart. Colbert was rated by a man's magazine as the most influential person in the world, out of a list of around a hundred, with Brad Pitt being somewhere in the middle.

Not sure if you notice, when Colbert and Stewart have a little conversation right between their shows, Colbert always mocks Stewart, and Stewart does nothing other than take to the jokes up his butt. Colbert's arrogance towards hosts of other television shows and his guests literally turned me away from his show.

Colbert also explicitly and publicly expresses his distaste towards Jon Stewart. He claims that Stewart treated him like a dog while he was working as a show correspondent at The Daily Show by Jon Stewart. Colbert has clearly forgotten that his fame comes from Jon Stewart. Without Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, the Colbert Report wouldn't exist.

Colbert reminds me of Ari Gold from Entourage, and pretty much every character Jeremy Piven plays (powerful businessman or rich agent). It's really entertaining when Jeremy Piven acts like an arrogant powerful man, but Colbert... eh... it's funny from time to time.

[Megafast13]

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Just about all television is Democrat these days.

Jay, Conan, Jimmy ,etc.

Letterman claims to be Independent though.

[the_invisible]

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Yeah let's bring this back on track. A year or so ago when I started watching these shows regularly, I loved Colbert and didn't like Steward as much. But now after having been watching both shows for a while, Colbert's jokes got old... They're all "I'm rich and I'm fine, forget about the poor" and it got old after a while.

I've been watching both since their inceptions. You are right, many people get tired of Colbert's jokes. I don't particularly find him funny. I blame his producer and script writer for that.

I truly admire Stewart's enthusiasm about politics. I don't agree with much of things he says, but he is a true patriot. I never really understand why Colbert is more popular than Stewart. Colbert was rated by a man's magazine as the most influential person in the world, out of a list of around a hundred, with Brad Pitt being somewhere in the middle.

Not sure if you notice, when Colbert and Stewart have a little conversation right between their shows, Colbert always mocks Stewart, and Stewart does nothing other than take to the jokes up his butt. Colbert's arrogance towards hosts of other television shows and his guests literally turned me away from his show.

Colbert also explicitly and publicly expresses his distaste towards Jon Stewart. He claims that Stewart treated him like a dog while he was working as a show correspondent at The Daily Show by Jon Stewart. Colbert has clearly forgotten that his fame comes from Jon Stewart. Without Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, the Colbert Report wouldn't exist.