I wouldn't say that any monkey can read the scripts, but last week, the writers were still very much stuck in Stewart's voice and mannerisms. This week, and last night in particular, Oliver has started to sound more like Oliver. This is to be encouraged.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:05 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I know, he took over summer hosting duties last week. But the very > positive reviews he got often noted that he was mostly competently > delivering great material that could easily have been read by Stewart. I > read one review that the main takeaway was that it is the writing staff at > TDS that is extraordinary, while any monkey can read the scripts. > > I did not think that was quite fair, but there was something to it. But > last night's show, the first segment of which featured Oliver's patented > takes on the beauty of the german language, and riffs on one of his > favorite targets, Vlad Putin. I assume tonight we will have a segment > on Silvio Berlusconi... > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
