I didn’t see the episode, but I’ve seen people on Twitter opining that Jon Stewart’s rant was supposed to be satire, along the lines of him doing Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” character at the current incarnation of Colbert. (Presumably, it wasn’t particularly successful, given that Dave thought it was Maher-esque, as opposed to Colbert-ish.)
> On Jun 16, 2021, at 9:34 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not making excuses for Colbert & company, but given that H.E.R. was promoted > in the logline for Monday's show, I wonder if they didn't have to make some > last minute changes which threw everyone off? I'm also sort of curious to > know what got edited out of the Jon/Stephen segments that might have provided > some context to that whole Wuhan rant. (Although the closing bit about Jews > aging like avocados made me properly laugh out loud.) > > Truth be told, I'd rather have seen Jon go on his rant for an extra segment > than sit through Carvey's Biden impression again. Even by modern SNL > standards, it was terrible. (Which could have been forgiven if it was well > written, which...no.) > > On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 1:00:02 AM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > I'd imagine no one will be surprised to learn I thought the return show was a > dismal failure, since it never recovered from whatever the hell Carvey was > doing. I know he and Colbert go way back, and that a lot of comedians who > find him influential (but then they also feel that way about Farley, Sandler, > and Spade). I've always been baffled that anyone could find him anything less > than annoying, and last night was a prime example. On top of that, Stewart's > morphing into Maher -- or at least into a first-class crank -- is now > complete, what with his unending COVID rant. > > I imagined there would be glitches going back to live shows, but didn't think > it would be this bad. I just don't think Colbert quite knows what to do > without the former guy to bitch about. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:44:24 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote: > https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/media/stephen-colbert-audience-coronavirus/index.html > > <https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/media/stephen-colbert-audience-coronavirus/index.html> > > > > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e02078ab-1137-4b92-a15d-cfc502dca1edn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e02078ab-1137-4b92-a15d-cfc502dca1edn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71A35ECB-07A1-44CE-9365-893DEFC88A65%40ellwanger.tv.
