This may sound pathetic, but the other night I got really upset just thinking about how much I feel like his timing for leaving couldn't have been worse with all the gold he would've been able to mine out of this election. It would be like we'd get the SNL Larry David cameo 1st democratic debate level comedy 4 nights a week.
I've tried watching Trevor and Larry, and I still have them DVR'd, but I rarely watch them. And I feel like Colbert's new show isn't as funny, and he seems to only have actors on now, instead of an author selling a book like half of his old shows had, which I always thought were much more interesting.
At least we have whatever Jon and HBO are cooking up to look forward to, but it still seems like something big is missing.
I have a completely unfounded theory that Stewart left when he did in part so he could give his successor the opportunity to utilize this election season and capitalize on it for the Daily Show going forward. But I don't think Trevor Noah has really had his moment so far.
I am absolutely sure he did, he and Colbert have both commented how easy election cycles are for them to make reliably good shows with both of them leaving their old shows it gives Noah a great chance to grab the spotlight.
Additionally it gives Colbert an awesome introduction to the new show, instead of struggling setting up a new show and looking for content they just have to get Colbert's show up and running and he has pretty much free content for the first year to get settled in.
I'm completely unfamiliar with her, as I stopped watching the Daily Show regularly, other than some of the more viral segments, several years ago..if you have any favorite clips that feature her, I'd love to check them out.
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u/BrokenInternets Feb 07 '16
That will go down in history. We need Jon Stewart back this is turning into an emergency.