# Any Daily Show/ Jon Stewart fans out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284 "2001-01-10T04:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/1 "2001-01-10T04:44:51Z")
Sometimes I feel I’m the only one watching this great half hour of comedy. Never could get into Letterman, Leno or Conan. They always seem so predictable, tired, and dumbed down. Not that the Daily show doesn’t do it’s fair share of lowbrow mockery, mind you. Difference is, it’s FUNNY. Not to mention the Indecision 2000 stuff they did was just brilliant. Any other fans out there? ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/2 "2001-01-10T04:59:22Z")
I love Jon Stewart. I used to watch his show on MTV years ago. The Daily Show is one of my favorites, but I don’t get to watch it nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/3 "2001-01-10T05:03:57Z")
LOVE THAT SHOW! Of all the great stuff they’ve done, I really appreciated the stuff they did with John McCain and his wife on the campaign trail. It was not only funny, but Mr. & Mrs. McCain came off as such great sports. They fielded some truly bizarre questions with the utmost grace and humor. Almost induced me to vote for the man! ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/4 "2001-01-10T06:08:54Z")
I love The Daily Show! There was a thread many months back about someone who was going on the show (I forgot who it was, though…and there was another thread about someone who went on Win Ben Stein’s Money, but I’ll stick to the topic.) I love the way they do the fake interviews and overdramatize the people… “When you first saw him, did you first feel fear, or shock?” “Fear.” “Fear.” “Shock.” “Fear.” “Uhhh…fear. Actually, shock.” LOL. My favorite thing about The Daily Show is the fact that they totally foreshadowed Indecision 2000 - not only with the name “Indecision 2000,” but the ad they ran said “In this coming election, we are going to do a detailed analysis of the election. And after we analyze that, we’ll analyze that analysis. And then we’ll analyze that one too. Here at Comedy Central, we do things very…analysistically…” One of the best shows on TV right now. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/5 "2001-01-10T08:58:16Z")
Great show. Craig Kilbourne is an ass for leaving it. Jon has done a great job making the show his own. ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/6 "2001-01-10T13:25:47Z")
Count me in as a fan. I almost died laughing when one of the reporters attempted to declare himself president. When Jon objected saying “You can’t just assume the presidency!” The reporter’s deadpan reply, “Bush did.” (Please note that the skit outlined above does not reflect my actual political views on the subject. I just found it funny.) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/7 "2001-01-10T16:38:37Z")
Did you see last night’s? One of the best lines ever, referring to the Clintons moving out of the White House: “I bet he leaves a floater.” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/8 "2001-01-10T17:07:29Z")
Count me as a big fan. My favorite moments, both from “Indecision 2000”: Stewart began a day or two after November 7th, looking like he hadn’t slept in years. Then he said, “When we decided to call our little pretend election coverage ‘Indecision 2000’ WE WERE KIDDING! WE HAD NO IDEA YOU PEOPLE WOULD TAKE US SERIOUSLY!” Then, after the recounts had started, he said, “We’re going live to an expert on counting.” Then they cut to Sesame Street where they showed the muppet character, “The Count” counting votes, “Vun, Vun for Gore, mwa ha ha” ---
**Author:** ![DeskMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DeskMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeskMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/9 "2001-01-10T18:45:29Z")
Love the guy!! I hadn’t watched him for a while, then Comedy Central put on that “TV Funhouse” show right before the Daily Show on Wednesdays. Now I can’t get enough of either. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/10 "2001-01-10T20:34:24Z")
Loved the Daily Show since Kilbourne. Hey, wasn’t Esprix on it? ---
**Author:** ![Estrella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Estrella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estrella)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/11 "2001-01-10T21:59:21Z")
Yay! More Daily Show Fans! Woo! The live coverage on Election Night was just too classic. I wish I had taped Stever Correll bitching about getting stuck with “Map Duty”. When Jon tried to interject that Gore (blue) was actually leading although there were states going to Bush (red), Steve cut him off saying, “Map more red. Map don’t lie.” I was dying. Oy, little did we know it was foreshadowing. Anyone remember the Hurrican Floyd coverage? Vance Degeneres was standing outside under a hose, then further on in the show, he made an intern stand in his place. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/12 "2001-01-10T22:48:13Z")
For a while there, I was (I am ashamed to say) getting all my news from the Daily. Then Craigers left. Jon did not immediately impress me. He couldn’t pull off 5 questions, for example. So I left for a while, and did not watch. I’m back now. I have warmed to Jon, especially the odd face he makes when he’s trying not to laugh. The Daily Show is still the one program on television that’s guaranteed to give me at least one good belly laugh every ten minutes. However, I don’t like it when they make fun of normal people. Well, not really normal people. They’re kinda weird and all–but it’s not clear that the people they interview really knew what they were getting into. It strikes me as pretty cruel, so I usually change channels when they start. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/13 "2001-01-10T23:06:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > \*\* > However, I don’t like it when they make fun of normal people. Well, not really normal people. They’re kinda weird and all–but it’s not clear that the people they interview really knew what they were getting into. It strikes me as pretty cruel, so I usually change channels when they start. \*\* I admit, that can be kinda painful. Painfully FUNNY! I can’t have too much pity on most of these people. The man who takes aura readings of peoples asses, the family who finally had to call the police to remove a stuck plastic jar from their dog’s head after a WEEK (they didn’t think to pull it off themselves, and were hoping it would die of starvation quickly so it wouldn’t suffer?!) C’mon. If a TV crew from Comedy Central (not CNN, not NBC, but COMEDY Cental) showed up at your door, wouldn’t you think twice about the interview? I think most of these people are getting their just rewards for being such 4 star idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/14 "2001-01-11T08:10:53Z")
I posted this OP a few months ago. > [@](#): > > Last night, at about 7:00, I was sitting in chat, bored off my ass. The phone rang, I picked it up, and a friend, Preston, invited me to Stanford’s & Sons, a Kansas City comedy club. He had tickets to the night’s show, the hilarious Lewis Black, from Back In Black, the Daily Show, with Jon Stewart. > > When we got to the club, one of my friends, Howie, was hangin around outside. We asked him what he was doing, and he told us he was going to have dinner with Lewis Black. Double take. Lewis Black? Yeah, he’s my dad’s cousin. > > So we go into the club, and Howie sits down to wait. Preston and I go off to the game room to kill time before the show. When they started seating for the show, Preston and I went out to see if Howie was going to sit through it. He was still eating dinner with Lewis, so he introduced us. Lewis was polite, said hello, we told him how much we enjoyed Back In Black, you know, usual suck up shit. > > Preston and I went in and sat down, and we got second row, center stage seats. Nice shit for $18. Turns out our cocktail waitress is a really hot chick one of my friends dated, so we invited her for drinks after the show. The first guy came on (sucked), the second guy came on (Hey, I sold him a computer!), then, AC/DC comes over the sound system, and they announce Lewis Black. > > Lewis’s set was fucking hilarious. I was a half-squeeze from shitting my pants laughing the whole show. Fucking hilarious. > > After the show, Preston went off to take a piss. Amanda (the waitress) finished up, clocked out, and came over and waited with me. I was waiting for Preston by the bar behind the stage, and Lewis was standing there, sipping a drink. When Preston came back out, we went over and reintroduced ourselves to him. He remembered us, and we talked for a few minutes. We asked him what he was doing now, and he said he had some business to attend to, but we could have a few drinks afterwards. > > Preston and I went downstairs and grabbed a table with Amanda. We sat for a few minutes, sipping beers, wondering if Lewis meant it. > > After about 20 minutes, he came back downstairs, and came and sat at our table. Yeah, un-fucking-believeable. > > We ended up shooting the shit with Lewis for about 3 hours, discussing hecklers (some stupid shit redneck woman was doing her best to heckle him during the show. She came off sounding mentally-impaired, at best), breaking into comedy, how hot Nancy Walls is, how funny Vance, Steven, Stephen, Mo, and Jon are, and tons of other shit. He’s just as funny in person as he is on TV, although skinnier, older, and alot tanner, although not as pissed off, he actually smiled alot, and laughed at a bunch of _MY_ jokes! > > So anyway, we talked to Lewis for a long ass time, just shootin the shit, when he decided it was time to go back to his room and catch some sleep. The second comedian (the one I sold the computer to) came over and we talked to him for about 30 minutes to an hour, he gave me a shitload of free passes for tonites show, and finally Preston and I took off. > > Man oh man, was it worth the $18 ticket! Fuckin’ A! I go to see a famous comedian, and end up just getting drunk with him for 3 hours! Fuck me! How cool is that!? > > By the way, Lewis drinks straight vodka, but he also likes something called “17 days in a crackhouse” and Goldschlager shots. Oh, and if he’s doing his bit about Democrats vs. Republicans, and quips that if they want to make Lieberman more popular they should nail his ass to a cross, that was all me. After I said that, he stops, dead serious, and says “That’s a great fuckin’ line. That’s incredible. That is a great line!” Preston says “Really? You gonna use it next time?” and Lewis says “Not in Kansas City, there’s about puh puh puh fuck puh fuckin 6 jews in Kansas City! But God-damn it, it’s goin in my act!” > > I’m so fuckin stoked. Who wants to touch me? > > –Tim Only 8 replies! 😕 –Tim ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/15 "2001-01-11T13:35:31Z")
Craig Kilborn - not funny, never was, doubt he ever will be. Jon Stewart - Heavens no, Hell Yeah! Stewart rocks, remember the ‘Jon Stewart show’? It got cancelled because some evil vulture ripped up some audience member’s head… Ahhh, mid-90’s MTV… I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/16 "2001-01-11T13:48:20Z")
**Homer** - You are my hero. I love Lewis Black. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/17 "2001-01-11T15:47:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\* Only 8 replies! 😕 –Tim \*\* [/QUOTE] First of all, about Lewis Black- hot damn, I wish I had gone to that show! And to your quote: Yeah, tell me about it. Just for perspective, out of 12,089 Straight Dope members, about 13 people apparently watch this brilliant piece of satire. Versus about 56 people who openly admit they masturbate at work, in a recent General Questions forum. :rolleyes: What a world… what a world… ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/18 "2001-01-11T16:11:19Z")
I watch it, seriousart. I just hadn’t hadn’t read the thread yet. I loved it when Craig Kilborn was on, and I still think he does the actual headlines better than Jon Stewart, but I still love it now. Jman ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/19 "2001-01-11T16:15:25Z")
I watch this show, and I love it! Jon Stewart… I could just squeeze him. If he was about a foot taller, he’d be THE perfect guy. I wish I could remember specific funny bits like you guys have, but I can’t. Their whole Indecision 2000 coverage was the best part of that freaky election. Watching Jon broadcast while looking exhausted, smoking cigarettes and being even more cynical and sarcastic than usual - it was fantastic. Does anyone else miss Beth Littleford? God, that woman was funny. Oh, and Homer - I never saw that post. Great story! Sounds like you had an excellent time, and I’m jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-daily-show-jon-stewart-fans-out-there/49284/20 "2001-01-11T18:41:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seriousart \* > \*\*Just for perspective, out of 12,089 Straight Dope members, about 13 people apparently watch this brilliant piece of satire. Versus about 56 people who openly admit they masturbate at work, in a recent General Questions forum. > :rolleyes: > > What a world… what a world… \*\* _LOL_ Well, you know, (almost) everybody masturbates. . . but not everybody has cable. 😉