I think it's probably more valuable to read any of the pieces by people that sampled the streaming marathon and were able to write about how the show changed between 1999 and 2015. Here are a couple.
http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/the-daily-show-from-fart-jokes-to-smart-satire.htmlhttp://io9.com/bingewatching-history-i-relived-16-depressing-years-of-1722320764 While I've not sampled every episode of today's marathon, the selection criteria appears tied to either specific news events or pieces considered notable for the show (such as the debate between President Bush and candidate Bush, or a part of the ongoing SuperPAC saga during the time Colbert transferred control to Stewart). David From: Bob Jersey <[email protected]> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] The televised Daily Show marathon Some site I frequent linked to or at least had a screenshot of that début... I thought, nah, I've already been subjected to similar by KO. B -- -- 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/d/optout. -- -- 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/d/optout.
