osewalrus ([info]osewalrus) wrote,
@ 2008-08-18 14:43:00
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Link Harvest: Is John Stewart the Most Trusted Name In News?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

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[info]goldsquare
2008-08-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
I'd found that interesting when I read it over the weekend.

But here's the thing - the folks that watch it HAVE to do homework, and keep up with the news. Or the funny isn't as funny.

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[info]caryabend
2008-08-19 01:57 am UTC (link)
Agreed. That's one of the things that I like about him. He makes me think, both before the joke, so I can understand his setup, and after the punchline, so I can appreciate the funny.

Carlin was similar, but he tailored his jokes to his goof-ball point of view; Stewart maintains the straight-man "WTF just happened here?" aspect. Carlin went for the absurd, but Stewart charges ahead with a such a monomaniacal, paranoid "WTF? WTF! WTF!!!" that he can't help being hilarious.

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