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Well I figured that this was going to be brought up eventually and it only took two days. Do you think The Daily Show will still be popular in Obama's presidency. This may be a consolation prize for some of you if the Daily Show is canceled or at the very least Stewart is replaced.
Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama? - Daniel Libit - Politico.com
Well I figured that this was going to be brought up eventually and it only took two days. Do you think The Daily Show will still be popular in Obama's presidency. This may be a consolation prize for some of you if the Daily Show is canceled or at the very least Stewart is replaced.
Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama? - Daniel Libit - Politico.com
Well they are going to have to come up with some new material, but they'll be fine. They are going to miss Bush/Cheney more than they realize here in a few months. :2razz:
The Media showed bias towards Barack and influenced Barack to win because Barack is a much easier target to make fun of and blame for things than McCain is. The Media will be the first to turn against Obama. That's the formula. Elect an easy target, easy target wins, Media makes money hand over fist talking about how awful the person they elected is and we're all going to eat it up once again, especially those who support Obama and wanted to give Marxism a chance.
Well they are going to have to come up with some new material, but they'll be fine. They are going to miss Bush/Cheney more than they realize here in a few months. :2razz:
he was talking about that last night. and then he tried to imitate Obama, but it came out sounding like his imitation of Bush, but saying something generic that Obama would say. it was pretty funny.
Q. Are the results of Tuesday's election a mixed blessing for the "Daily Show" writing staff?
A. It's probably no secret where our politics lie; we are in show business, after all. We're not unhappy with the results of last night [Tuesday]. We haven't sat around thinking, "What are we going to do, comedically, if Obama wins?" There's going to be plenty going on around him. Plus, Ted Stevens may have won in Alaska. Proposition 8 passed in California. We don't need a semiconscious president to put on a decent show.
Q. And how do you do that?
A. We look for stuff, but we don't create it. Something has to happen for us to make fun of. Unlike the actual news, what we say is based in fact. It's going to be fun watching Fox News rapidly lose their balance. We may have a thing or 200 to say about that. We did a bit on the show about "So many people are happy about what happened, but we're forgetting about old racists, who thought they would be able to die without seeing this day." That bit comes from a genuine place.
Q. Have comedy writers figured out a way to make fun of Barack Obama yet?
A. Well, his name is Barack Obama. It's kind of inherently comical. We can work around a personality, but we don't really know so much yet what his quirks are going to be. He's good at speaking, so he's less likely to say something stupid. But he'll have plenty of people around him to take care of that. I mean, it's going to be a Democratic administration with a Democratically controlled Congress. If anything, we might have to start doing two shows a day.
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