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Colbert Report vs. TDS - Battle Royale!

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  1. 1. Colbert Report vs. TDS - Battle Royale!

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Yeah, it seemed like Stewart wouldn't have gone off like he did, or as aggressively as he did, had Tucker not repeatedly gone back to the questions Stewart asked in the Kerry interview.

 

Tucker was talking about Stewart's softball questions to Kerry as proof that he's a left-wing operative, but didn't give a control for his hypothesis. Stewart never really asks difficult questions of any of his guests, Republicans or Democrats.

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This is apples and oranges. The aim of the two shows is totally different.

The aim is pretty similar. They just go about it in different ways. TDS is more of a mixture of direct humor/sarcasm while Colbert is pretty much entirely sarcasm. But they usually talk about the same stories in any given night.

 

Besides, the overall aim is to make me laugh quite a bit. And they do!

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I've always been a big fan of Stewart since his ownage of CNN Crossfire.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZkw169xEI

 

Wow. That was great. Thank you for posting that and Jon Stewart is the man. I've always been a fan of his and this makes me that much more of a fan.

 

For some reason, even as much as I love Jon, that always rubbed me the wrong way. I'm certainly not a fan of Begala or Tucker, and never watched Crossfire, but I didn't think it was very cool of him to be invited onto a show and then proceed to, with all seriousness, bash the show and call one of the hosts a jerk.

 

In Stewart's defense, he didn't up the smugness until Tucker started mocking his Kerry interview.

 

Yeah, it seemed like Stewart wouldn't have gone off like he did, or as aggressively as he did, had Tucker not repeatedly gone back to the questions Stewart asked in the Kerry interview.

 

I believe it is mentioned that Stewart was brought on so they could grill him and tear him apart. He had made comments regarding Crossfire before, so knew the invitation was a trap. I give him credit, though it was very ballsy of him.

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I believe it is mentioned that Stewart was brought on so they could grill him and tear him apart. He had made comments regarding Crossfire before, so knew the invitation was a trap. I give him credit, though it was very ballsy of him.

 

If that's the case then I don't feel the least bit bad for the Crossfire guys. It would have been one thing if they brought Stewart on as a legitimate guest and he went off on them. But if they brought him on with the intent of grilling him then they got what they deserved.

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TDS but I love them both. They both attack the issues from a different angle, and I can relate to Jon Stewart's line of thinking more. That doesn't stop me from laughing hysterically at Colbert also.
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Yeah, it seemed like Stewart wouldn't have gone off like he did, or as aggressively as he did, had Tucker not repeatedly gone back to the questions Stewart asked in the Kerry interview.

 

Tucker was talking about Stewart's softball questions to Kerry as proof that he's a left-wing operative, but didn't give a control for his hypothesis. Stewart never really asks difficult questions of any of his guests, Republicans or Democrats.

It's kind of sad how stewart rips on the right for 90% of his shows then, when he happens to have one to interview, goes easy on him. Not much more annoying than an outwardly partisian interviewer on a comedy show pretending to be fair for 5 minuites

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I don't mind it. He's a comedian. I think it's good that, despite the entire world knowing his tendencies, he can keep it fun and respectful with any of his guests. If the guests are willing to keep it light and fun, so will he, and I think that's a good thing. If he wanted to be more pointed, his name would be Keith Olbermann.

 

I don't remember who the guest was or when, but it was sometime around a year ago, and one of the administration's talking heads was a guest on his show. For some reason, I started getting the distinct impression he was trying to lead the conversation to a point where invading Iran was a logical and understandable conclusion. Stewart was quite impressive in heading the guy off and calling him out in just the right way, but he only did that when the guy put him in the position where he had to. I don't mind that at all.

 

As a side thought, I remember a guest of Colbert's who was promoting a book, and Colbert kept interrupting with pre-written jokes and didn't go back and forth with the guy very well. I'm very unimpressed with him.

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I believe it is mentioned that Stewart was brought on so they could grill him and tear him apart. He had made comments regarding Crossfire before, so knew the invitation was a trap. I give him credit, though it was very ballsy of him.

 

If that's the case then I don't feel the least bit bad for the Crossfire guys. It would have been one thing if they brought Stewart on as a legitimate guest and he went off on them. But if they brought him on with the intent of grilling him then they got what they deserved.

 

I bet Stewart was a debate teacher's dream.

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I don't like either very much (the best they ever get out of me is a snort or light chuckle), but I prefer Colbert.
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I don't mind it. He's a comedian. I think it's good that, despite the entire world knowing his tendencies, he can keep it fun and respectful with any of his guests. If the guests are willing to keep it light and fun, so will he, and I think that's a good thing. If he wanted to be more pointed, his name would be Keith Olbermann.

 

I don't remember who the guest was or when, but it was sometime around a year ago, and one of the administration's talking heads was a guest on his show. For some reason, I started getting the distinct impression he was trying to lead the conversation to a point where invading Iran was a logical and understandable conclusion. Stewart was quite impressive in heading the guy off and calling him out in just the right way, but he only did that when the guy put him in the position where he had to. I don't mind that at all.

 

As a side thought, I remember a guest of Colbert's who was promoting a book, and Colbert kept interrupting with pre-written jokes and didn't go back and forth with the guy very well. I'm very unimpressed with him.

 

I suppose this link goes under the category of "proves he grills the Right," but it also goes under "does NOT baby his guests" :)

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9We547WGSdk

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Jason Jones' segment about arming teachers with guns was absolutely hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.

 

Glad their vacation is over.

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How were those shows with O'Reilly/Colbert?

 

Colbert has a set of brass balls the size of Rhode Island.

 

First he shows O'Reilly's book with a 30% off sticker of O'Reilly's face and says they have great deals at Barn's and Nobble. Then he mocks he mocks O'Reilly at every turn.

 

It was great.

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Forget Bill O'Reilly, it was all about the "We the MEdiator" segment between Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachan (for the second time in two weeks!).

You only wish you had those moves.

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