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re: Jon Stewart's Final Week on The Daily Show
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:28 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:28 pm to Byron Bojangles III
That was great. They brought back literally everyone. Just incredible how many careers Jon Stewart has launched. Loved how they ended it off with Oliver about to start a 30 minute piece on Jon, and then ending it with Colbert trolling and paying tribute to Jon. Those are his two true prodigies, and I'm happy that he's ending it by bringing them all back.
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Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:30 pm to OMLandshark
Colbert stole the show
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:38 pm to rolltide32
He was amazing, per usual
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:45 pm to TigerBait1127
I think he's kind of ripping off Carlin here: bullshite
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Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:46 pm to OMLandshark
I was glad to see Wyatt Cenac back and them acknowledge the podcast and how uncomfortable things were.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:51 pm to TIGERSTORM
That "bullshite" monologue was pretty brilliant, IMO. Best part of the episode tonight. Him speaking his mind, definitely something he wanted to say for the last episode.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:51 pm to OMLandshark
I had forgotten about half the correspondents. Awesome that Kilborn also gave him a nod.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:51 pm to OMLandshark
This has been great.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 11:09 pm to DanglingFury
I need to watch from the beginning. Saw the end. Going to be weird to have someone new, Stewart has been doing the Daily Show since I was 10 years old.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 11:15 pm to DanglingFury
That was nice. It was worth it just for "pappy was an Appalachian turd miner."
Posted on 8/6/15 at 11:41 pm to rolltide32
John Mccain stole the show 
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Posted on 8/7/15 at 12:01 am to knight_ryder
I was expecting
Posted on 8/7/15 at 12:22 am to knight_ryder
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John Mccain stole the show .
I'd say Colbert was easily the show stealer in this. He was the funniest member of the show ever and had been there since the beginning working side by side with Jon. Every single new anchor admittedly just starts by ripping off Colbert and then finding their own style, and the only ones I don't think are guilty of this are Steve Carrell and Samantha Bee.
Colbert saying that Stewart was the Frodo to his Sam is actually very touching knowing how seriously Colbert takes the text, and it was a great send-off for Jon. No one else could have done it. While I think Oliver is Jon's actual successor, they didn't grow together, while Colbert and Stewart did. I do think in the long term, they'll be looked at as one of the great duos, and it's just sad that not only are they both gone, but we lost them both in the same year. It's an end of an era.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 5:20 am to OMLandshark
We in no way lost Colbert. He's almost immediately taking over for Letterman, and he'll be better than Letterman ever was.
You're right that John Oliver is his spiritual successor, and in my opinion, he's already surpassed the master. But we also have to remember that Jon essentially invented the medium. We don't fault the guy who invented the telephone for not creating the iPhone. We're just also willing to admit that someone made it better. John Oliver is that guy.
We can't really know anything about Trevor, except that Jon chose him and he's very funny. Granted, Jon also chose Larry, and aside from a few glimpses of greatness he's been pretty awful. But Jon knows talent better than anyone, and I don't think he will have gotten this one wrong.
You're right that John Oliver is his spiritual successor, and in my opinion, he's already surpassed the master. But we also have to remember that Jon essentially invented the medium. We don't fault the guy who invented the telephone for not creating the iPhone. We're just also willing to admit that someone made it better. John Oliver is that guy.
We can't really know anything about Trevor, except that Jon chose him and he's very funny. Granted, Jon also chose Larry, and aside from a few glimpses of greatness he's been pretty awful. But Jon knows talent better than anyone, and I don't think he will have gotten this one wrong.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 7:11 am to FT
sad day - its been a hell of a ride.
gonna miss Jon
gonna miss Jon
Posted on 8/7/15 at 8:44 am to Thracken13
That was a good final episode. It could have been too mawkish and self-indulgent, but it felt like it was more about the other people than Jon himself. It was him giving the spotlight to everyone else and allowed all of the great correspondents (and behind the scenes folks) get to take a bow.
The Colbert tribute was touching and genuine. The bullshite speech encapsulated his whole career. But the GoodFellas rip off was definitely my favorite part. And it had a Scorcese cameo!
The Colbert tribute was touching and genuine. The bullshite speech encapsulated his whole career. But the GoodFellas rip off was definitely my favorite part. And it had a Scorcese cameo!
Posted on 8/7/15 at 8:59 am to TIGERSTORM
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I was glad to see Wyatt Cenac back and them acknowledge the podcast and how uncomfortable things were
I couldn't even tell if that awkwardness was real or them acting.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 9:20 am to BilJ
Sepinwall nailed the review of the finale:
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Stewart opened Wednesday night's penultimate episode by looking at the notion of Stewart's "Daily Show" as a savage "destroyer of worlds," by replaying some of his harshest attacks on ISIS, the banks that got us into the financial crisis, and FOX News. Each look back concluded with news footage proving that not only had Stewart not successfully ruined any of his foes, but that they were all more powerful than before.
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And with that note out of the way on Wednesday, Thursday's beautiful series finale could focus on the very real aspects of Stewart's legacy, starting with the amazing collection of talent he and his staff assembled over those 16 years. In an opening segment that consumed nearly the entire running time of a traditional "Daily Show" episode, 28 past and present "Daily Show" correspondents — everyone from Steve Carell and Josh Gad to late '90s mainstays Mo Rocca and Vance DeGeneres — came out to pay homage to Stewart and riff on their on-screen personae. (Even Wyatt Cenac, whose "WTF with Marc Maron" discussion of a fight he once had with Stewart provided the one ugly bump of this victory lap, turned up, for a joke about how awkward things now were between them.)
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That segment — which also featured sarcastic farewells from many of the politicians and news anchors who had been Stewart's targets over the years, plus original "Daily Show" host Craig Kilborn — was followed by a "Goodfellas"-style tracking shot (scored to The Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me") through "The Daily Show" offices to meet the many staffers who contributed so much to the on-air product without the fame of a Stewart or John Oliver. Together, those two segments were Stewart's way of saying that these people — the ones who worked on-camera and the many more who worked behind it — were the show's legacy, far more than any tangible change he was largely unable to effect in the awful way our media and politics function.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 11:41 am to FT
quote:Letterman in the 80's and early 90's was the best late night TV ever aired, and the format and tone by which all late night talk shows are now presented.
and he'll be better than Letterman ever was.
Colbert is funny, but he;ll never have the impact that Letterman did, prior to leaving NBC.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 12:06 pm to FT
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We in no way lost Colbert. He's almost immediately taking over for Letterman, and he'll be better than Letterman ever was.
Oh, we absolutely did lose Colbert. Not the comedian mind you, but the character. Colbert (unless he's even more talented than I think he is) is really going to struggle his first year on the Late Show. Colbert's identity as of this moment is completely defined for his genius character parody of himself, and he has to move away from that for good if he's ever to be treated remotely seriously. Colbert is going to have define a new character for himself, and it will likely be a series of trial and error.
And you're really underestimating how good and influential David Letterman was. There's a reason multiple comedians began crying when Letterman was retiring, and it's because he completely changed the face of television. Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and Howard Stern all owe the overall success of their careers to Letterman, not to mention the countless other comedians who he touched. The guy was a legend and it's going to be incredibly difficult for Colbert to overcome not only Letterman, but his past self.
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