I love the guy and the courageous left-leaning progressive stances and slandering he’s doing to the you-know-who administration atm.
I think he’s up there with Ruby Setnik, Romesh Ranganathan and Stephen Colbert as my favourite leftist satirist, and his podcast is such a fun time-waster of a audio frequency too.
But I respect your opinion if you aren’t a big fan of his.
He’s alright.
i liked him a lot more on the apple tv show than the daily show (though i still do love him on the daily show) but i also think that by in large he’s only as good as his writers and i thought the writing staff was FAR more intersectional and diverse on the problem.
He’s awesome
I don’t recall, did he ever apologize for the two decades of the daily show where he constantly used trans women as the butt of jokes?
Yes, in 2022. Even Fox News reported on it, but here’s a Daily Beast if you don’t want to give Fox the clicks
Nice, I love Jon.
Very intelligent guy. He was always aware of their privilege and used his position to fight for the right things. Amazing interviewer.
It’s not slander if it’s true or satire.
He would make a good president
Please, no more celebrities.
Jon is on the side of common sense and that’s his biggest advantage. If you look at his career as a whole you’ll see that he’s not afraid to call out absurdities and injustices regardless of what side of the aisle it comes from. He critiques government, not just republicans.
Also incase you haven’t picked up on it from others, you’re using the word ‘slander’ incorrectly.
And not even using the word ‘slander’ incorrectly to be able to quote j jonah jameson
isnt he pretty soft on israel though, people thought his stance is wierd, although hes not a full zionist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2zbN3AuHG8
I’m not really seeing it in this clip. Mind you, this is from 2024 but even then he seemed to understand the situation
hes pretty careful with what he says. sacha baren cohen is another one, but i think hes a slightly more supportive of of israel, not by much though.
It’s not slander at all if it’s true, just saying.
He’s my favourite Green Lantern. Sure, his constructs aren’t as inventive as Hal Jordan’s, and he’s not as powerful, but I think h-… Ooooohhhh that guy. Oh…
America would be a much better place if he were President.
America would be a much better place if we abolished the system
America would be in a much better place if a ham sandwich were president.
True enough.
He’s my favorite Green Lantern
Lanterns ended up being a solid show…assuming they allow it to be a miniseries.
I did enjoy it, but I’d prefer they not do thr TV show format for Green Lanterns moving forward. The writing, character development, casting, and acting was all quite good, there just was not NEARLY enough Green Lantern-ing. And it was interesting what they were able to do with a limited setting, but I don’t ever want to see that Nebraskan town or anyone in it ever again. Except the kid, for obvious reasons.
Remember that James Gunn is on the record as saying that they want the DCU to follow the "graphic novel format rather than the MCU’s comicbook format. Things will be more themed and relatively self contained. See Lanterns as a True Detective story and Clayface as a straight A24 or Neon style body horror film.
Probably why John Stewart’s patrol beat at the end of Lanterns is more focused. More investigation, less super powers.
4 years from now when there is a Green Lantern movie, the climax will take place in Rushville and somewhere in the world, I will be hearing a feint scream.
I’ve never heard/watched a US satirist whom I actually thought to be funny. It just seems like reflecting my existing opinions and trying to derive enjoyment from that, rather than saying anything interesting or insightful. Maybe it feels different if you’re embedded in the US media landscape where everyone else is a sop to the far-right MAGA crowd. This applies to Stewart, Colbert and also John Oliver who although British seems to also exist in that style of aggressive agreement.
British satire seems to have more going for it. But I have a fairly high personal bar because I also don’t really like satire which consists of mischaracterising a person or situation in order to make fun of it. I remember Frankie Boyle often doing this when he’s doing political stuff - I just find myself thinking, “but that’s not true” or “that’s not what they think” and being unable to find that funny.
Ah yes, the famed British opinion that if something isnt British then it is inferior.
So I am definitely biased but although there are American comedies I enjoy I think British comedy tends to be sharper and more subtle at the same time. What would to hold up to Blackadder for example?
OI NIGEL COME SEE THE TELLY
E’S DOING 'HIS FUNNY WALK AGAIN
blahblahblah blah blah, I’m superior, here’s a show from 40 years ago, beat that.
Ok compare and contrast the UK office from the US office. Or Have I got news for you or even Graham Norton’s chat show to the US late night equivalents.
It’s been interesting watching the UK SNL and how it’s humour differs from the US equivalent and that sort of live sketch comedy is pretty new to us.
you mean the UK “The Office” vs the wildly successful version everyone thinks of first when they hear “The Office”?
You mean the UK version with only 14 episodes vs the US version with 201 episodes, over 9 seasons?
You want to compare those?
There’s an entire cultural zeitgeist describing fans of the US version. It’s basically the show that went on to inspire many spinoffs such as Parks&Rec and VEEP.
Millions of people basically out themselves as being “basic af” by describing themselves as fans of “The Office” and literally everyone knows which version they’re referring to. (it’s not the UK version).
Let me demonstrate how inferior the UK version is… most people who watch “The Office” don’t even know there was a UK version…
Those shows? You want to compare them, and your position is that the UK version is better? I’m sorry, but like, objective reality contradicts you. You can like your thing, that is fine, you can even prefer it, sure, that’s your world to live in… but if you’re trying to convince me that it is factually superior… you’re delusional.
I don’t even like “The Office” and I am still telling you that your “opinion” is objectively wrong.
UK SNL is better than the current US one. The Thick Of It was really good.
Ricky Gervais sucks tho, there were like two genuinely funny things in the Uk office and I’ve forgotten one
You forgot the part where they steal it anyway.
So it could be made better.
Never really watched Steward and was only tangentially aware of him from the general internet where a lot of lefties seem to really like him. Then I encountered this skip intro video going into how he might appear to be progressive he is very much bothsiding things, and I question anything about him and his opinions a lot more.
I find the real target of TDS is the media.
John Stewart has always been a bothsidser though, it’s not like a trick or anything. His style made a lot of sense when things were ““normal”” (like back in 2008) but it doesn’t really jive with me in the current landscape.
Of course, you could argue that that’s exactly what the technofeudalists want…
