TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Jocephus]

it'd be no different than say, heyzeus' dad

[heyzeus]

it'd be no different than say, heyzeus' dad

I don't even read what he posts. I just vaguely take note of the word cloud (OBAMA! ISRAEL! THAT B!TCH HILARY!) and move on with my day.

[MrSaigon]

I hope Noah starts out in a fairly agnostic place politically, as Stewart did. I hope he also comes from a more positive place as well. It will be a better show if he does. Go back to being funny. As I've said, I can understand Stewart's progression, but it stopped being fun or really very sharp a while ago.

The show used to be goofy, fun and creative. Now it's bitter, biting and repetitive. I hope it can get back to where it was. If it's Clinton and Bush or one of the far right guys I'm going to need all the laughter I can get but will have bitterness to burn. Lighterhearted will be better.

[Famous Mortimer]

Damn reality and its pesky liberal bias!

I got bored of both Stewart and Colbert ages ago - Colbert because he's a war-supporting, army-worshipping bore; and Stewart because criticising Fox News is a waste of time. They'll go on, the people who watch it will never see any of Stewart's takedowns, we'll laugh at those fools in the right-wing media, and things will carry on as they have (which is a widening gap between rich and poor, less job security for the mass of us, etc. etc.).

That's why I like John Oliver's show so much - he doesn't bother with Fox News except in passing, but deals with bigger, more important stuff, exposing things to the light that certain people would rather stay hidden. And being funny at the same time! I think he's very sensibly seen the limitations of Comedy Central's approach and is steering things in a different direction.

[Famous Mortimer]

I don't think anyone need worry too much about Trevor Noah's liberal credentials:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/som ... .xfnN4X4g7

[ghostrunner]

I don't think anyone need worry too much about Trevor Noah's liberal credentials:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/som ... .xfnN4X4g7

That stuff doesn't strike me as liberal. They're isolated tweets, but mostly they seem rude and unfunny.

[go birds]

Damn reality and its pesky liberal bias!


That's why I like John Oliver's show so much - he doesn't bother with Fox News except in passing, but deals with bigger, more important stuff, exposing things to the light that certain people would rather stay hidden. And being funny at the same time! I think he's very sensibly seen the limitations of Comedy Central's approach and is steering things in a different direction.

This is where im at on Oliver. He can be as liberal as he wants and even poke fun at the far right media, but at least he does tackle important issues and mixes it up.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Oliver is awesome! He balances facts, humor, and analogies/similes/metaphors perfectly. I'm sure that's the writers moreso than Oliver, but his delivery is always on point too.

[thrill]

Oliver is awesome! He balances facts, humor, and analogies/similes/metaphors perfectly. I'm sure that's the writers moreso than Oliver, but his delivery is always on point too.

It's not just his writers. He's been doing it without writers in his stand up and podcast for years.

[Freed Roger]

Watching Better Call Saul weekly, instead of the binge watching I did on BB makes it seem quite a bit different. The episodes go by fast. The season almost over - wow.

I'm really enjoying it. Fun -and no major shark-jumping. Seem to be picking up the pace - do we see Saul Goodman next week?