Jon Stewart Tackles The Biden-Trump Rematch That Nobody Wants | The Daily Show
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Jon Stewart kicks off his Daily Show Monday night residency by coming to grips with the reality of America's two chronologically challenged presidential cand...
  • farcaster@lemmy.world
    79·
    1 year ago

    Amazing to see Jon back. I watched The Daily Show with Jon Stewart obsessively for years, and never thought to see this again. He’s still got it. Just a few more white hairs.

  • Thrillhouse@lemmy.world
    651·
    1 year ago

    Jon Stewart is such a pro. He’s at the top of his game, even still. He’s just so far above other political commentators it’s beautiful to watch.

    And if Colbert makes an appearance this season I will scream like Flanders at those purple drapes.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      27·
      1 year ago

      I think Colbert is happy to be done with that character. Besides, it’s been proven that no matter how ridiculous the character gets, people will still vote for it

      • Thrillhouse@lemmy.world
        181·
        1 year ago

        It doesn’t need to be permanent.

        I’d almost argue that the Colbert Report is more relevant now because it was a satire of Fox News and right wing news has gotten even more crazy than it was 10+ years ago.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      The most trusted name in news for basically the entirety of my adult life. He’s absolutely amazing. Shame he’ll never run for office.

  • cholesterol@lemmy.world
    144·
    1 year ago

    It’s great to see him back in the chair. Something about his speech is odd, though. The S’s especially.

    1:38 “Schuperbowl” 2:09 “…Chiefs rost”

  • BlackPenguins@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’ve seen some complaints about him not going hard enough on Trump and trying to do a false equivalency with Biden being old. I don’t see that. My impression was he was trying to appear impartial at first so when he does go hard on Trump later people won’t question his motives. It’s a marathon not a sprint.

    Also by him saying they are both old he takes that issue off the table when comparing the two. So now it’s not “one has dementia, the other is a fascist”. It becomes “one is not a fascist, and the other is a fascist”.

    • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
      131·
      1 year ago

      Yeah Jon Stewart, the guy who is famously all about the money lol. Also everyone knows it’s not going to last because all the marketing says he’s a temporary host only on Mondays… What exactly is the point of your post here? You’ve provided no new or interesting information but seem desperate to neg TDS and are failing to do so miserably. This is one of the dumbest takes I’ve seen in a while.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
      101·
      1 year ago

      A few things probably, because CC surely isn’t throwing money around.

      1. He needed a break

      2. Apple cancelled his other show because he talked shit about some things they didn’t like, effectively censoring him.

      That’s what the opening here was about with the topics he feels free to discuss on TDS. He doesn’t want to be boxed in, and TDS gives him the platform to say what he wants to say, and just doing Mondays is a fair way to get involved again as a creative voice on the show, and let everyone else associated with it get reinvigorated about it as well after months of it being in limbo. I expect the ratings to climb again now that he’s back. The content of this one show speaks for itself. He’s great here.

      • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        Apple cancelled his other show because he talked shit about some things they didn’t like, effectively censoring him.

        No Apple cancelled his show after he wouldn’t back down about an episode he had planned about China, Apple backed down because they are China’s bitch.

        • just_another_person@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          You’re talking about now, but your original question was asking why he left in the first place, which I answered for. He took a break, the Apple situation sucked, so now he wants to be involved in the space and this is how. Nothing wrong with that. Listen to his closing, and it seems he’s even addressing that fact.