• gregorum
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    11 months ago

    well, so did Jon Stewart, and like Stewart, he also is EP on the show and contributes a lot.

    but there’s no way he works Daily Show full time host hard.

    eh… i don’t know about that, esp considering he’s ex-TDS and has been the host several times (albet as interim host)

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      11 months ago

      I agree his show has a much higher quality quotient than the daily show, but again, 1 show vs 5 shows of unique content a week is a massively different undertaking.

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        11 months ago

        lol, right, obviously. i guess i got hung up differentiating between “works as hard” and “works as much”, as I imagine a weekly show affords more time off, but i’m certain they still work just as hard when they do work.

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          11 months ago

          Oh its clear the effort put into his single episode is probably worth at least the writing, research, and hosting effort of at least 2 daily shows.

          It’s always polished.

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            i think the real effort in his show’s writing is riding that razor’s edge between the show’s often incredibly-depressing social commentary and the humor they try to imbue it with. They cover some really horrible subjects that are, for the most part lately, just a massive dump of bad news, yet try to do so satirically. That must be so much harder than just making jokes about the crazy shit going on.