Right, and that (lazy and obvious) is the real damming criticism for a comic. Regardless of the political implications, his act has been hack - nothing more than we might expect from the opening act on a week night at a suburban comedy club. I think we have a right to expect more from him.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 1:31 PM Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > I watched the rest of the week because I like Klepper, but the other > correspondents leave me cold. > > I suppose Stewart will hold onto his following, but the more I've seen him > since he left the show the first time, the more I've disliked him. I don't > think he's setting himself up for being harsher on Trump, though; for, > what, a decade?, he's been too much "a pox on both your houses" for my > tastes. I'm not saying that either the Dems or Biden haven't earned > criticism, but what he does in that regard is lazy and obvious. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:20:04 AM PST, M-D November < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Fun fact - it was only about 2 years ago that I finally realized that the > "I want my MTV" riff from Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" is the same > riff as The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me". I'm not sure how I > managed to miss that for several DECADES, but there you are. > > I thought Jon's return succeeded where it needed to; yes, he leaned into > "both choices are horrible" during act 1, but he quickly called himself out > re: the "ravages of age"; the BFNTP got in some good shots at Stewart > (particularly Dulce Sloan and Jordan Klepper) during act 2, so you get the > feeling they were turning into the skid re: some of the criticism leveled > at Stewart's return. > > > -- > 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/29563849.2893504.1708119085018%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/29563849.2893504.1708119085018%40mail.yahoo.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/CAKGtkYJABCidOiHgis%3DMWQH9%3DWfWmHTD4ati-rQVwLm-%2Bgfydg%40mail.gmail.com.
