When CNN went onto the air in late 1980 (one year later then ESPN), people thought it was nuts to have a 24 hour news channel. Then came Comedy Central in 1991 and again, it was asinine to have a fulltime comedy network. Little did we know that in 1999, comedy would surpass news.
I started to watch The Daily Show back in the day (which was a Wednesday, by the way) when the host was Craig “enlightened frat boy” Kilborn and he was still asking movie stars 5 Questions. I do not include 1996-1999 (Kilborn years) as the start of The Daily Show as we know it now. Let us start with the debate.
The Daily Show with John Stewart
Winning both Peabody Awards (awards given out to journalist excellence) and Emmy Awards (they give these things out to anyone), The Daily Show became popular after it’s intense Indecision 2000 coverage in…2000. The show has published one of the best books ever printed in America: The book and has propelled such public figures as Steve Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Office) and Stephen Colbert (see below). It has had such guests as Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Colin Powell, John Kerry, and John Edwards (which announced this cadency for the President of the United States of America on The Daily Show). John Stewart (Half Baked) became popular after calling-out conservative pussy-boy Tucker Carlson on his show Crossfire. "You're on CNN! The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls! What is wrong with you?"
It averages 1.4 million viewers.
The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report is the younger, sexier yet dumber, cousin of The Daily Show. It’s more flamboyant yet less intelligent that John Stewart, but is gaining more attention the more it shows itself off by insulting the President at Correspondents Association Dinners.
Stephen Colbert, a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", got his start on, where else, The Daily Show back in the day (Wednesday). Instead of taking real news and relying on excellent writers to come up with spectacular clip-cutting and joke-writing, Stephen Colbert takes a page form Bill O’Reilly and focuses the attention entirely on himself. Colbert’s “Truthiness” has led him to become the mascot for the Saginaw Spirit Junior Hockey League (Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle) and the show tracks his adopted baby, “Stephen Jr.”, a bald eagle that has traveled up to Canada and back down to The States. It has a 1.13 million viewer following.
Both shows are based around “infotainment”. They were also the basis for my final “thesis” paper at Central College. A new form of Infotainment: The Daily Show pushes further to blur the line between news and entertainment. Both shows have won awards like the Peabody and the Emmy Award, but which is better?
I started to watch The Daily Show back in the day (which was a Wednesday, by the way) when the host was Craig “enlightened frat boy” Kilborn and he was still asking movie stars 5 Questions. I do not include 1996-1999 (Kilborn years) as the start of The Daily Show as we know it now. Let us start with the debate.
The Daily Show with John Stewart
Winning both Peabody Awards (awards given out to journalist excellence) and Emmy Awards (they give these things out to anyone), The Daily Show became popular after it’s intense Indecision 2000 coverage in…2000. The show has published one of the best books ever printed in America: The book and has propelled such public figures as Steve Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Office) and Stephen Colbert (see below). It has had such guests as Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Colin Powell, John Kerry, and John Edwards (which announced this cadency for the President of the United States of America on The Daily Show). John Stewart (Half Baked) became popular after calling-out conservative pussy-boy Tucker Carlson on his show Crossfire. "You're on CNN! The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls! What is wrong with you?"
It averages 1.4 million viewers.
The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report is the younger, sexier yet dumber, cousin of The Daily Show. It’s more flamboyant yet less intelligent that John Stewart, but is gaining more attention the more it shows itself off by insulting the President at Correspondents Association Dinners.
Stephen Colbert, a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", got his start on, where else, The Daily Show back in the day (Wednesday). Instead of taking real news and relying on excellent writers to come up with spectacular clip-cutting and joke-writing, Stephen Colbert takes a page form Bill O’Reilly and focuses the attention entirely on himself. Colbert’s “Truthiness” has led him to become the mascot for the Saginaw Spirit Junior Hockey League (Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle) and the show tracks his adopted baby, “Stephen Jr.”, a bald eagle that has traveled up to Canada and back down to The States. It has a 1.13 million viewer following.
Both shows are based around “infotainment”. They were also the basis for my final “thesis” paper at Central College. A new form of Infotainment: The Daily Show pushes further to blur the line between news and entertainment. Both shows have won awards like the Peabody and the Emmy Award, but which is better?
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1 comment:
I'm waiting for Part II! I haven't decided which one is better. I rarely watch either, so I'm relying completely on your synopsis.
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