That was my feeling: unsuccessful satire. The premise stunned the audience (and Colbert), and Stewart never found his footing.
On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 12:59 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71A35ECB-07A1-44CE-9365-893DEFC88A65%40ellwanger.tv?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/CABCcf4c%2ByG28S0G%2B%3De7A2eyF80kL3AV4SQae-R-Jv8Jpz2FDMA%40mail.gmail.com.
