Famous Mortimer wrote:MrSaigon wrote:Hard to believe those tweets have people writing off TDS already. Have these people never seen a comedian? Have they ever seen The Daily Show? However, if he has any tweets about the poor quality of airplane food, I'm out-straightaway.
Dig through TDS' tapes and I bet you'll find things just as offensive about the obese and Jews (probably will be funnier though).
Bring funny gives you a lot of leeway, but I just don't see that what he was doing was all that funny. It just boils down to saying "haha fat chicks, people need to be drunk to [expletive] you", and I think it's reasonable to assume the person saying it is an unfunny [expletive].
"Yes! A young, good looking, successful comedian finally sticking the boot into that worst of society's ills, overweight women" - no-one, ever
You mention he's good looking and honestly I think that probably plays a big role in why he got the job. He's bi-racial, has an accent (we're suckers for that) and handsome.
What was with all the jew jokes? Is there a large jewish community in South Africa or was he just co-opting hacky, American stereotypes re: jewish girls and oral sex from 1971?
Also the joke about middle america being ignorant? What does this dude know about middle america? Just because you heard jokes about the midwest and jewish girls doesn't mean you should tell those jokes.
It was always going to be almost impossible to replace Jon Stewart, but this is going to be a total failure. They had John Oliver and they let him get away and now he's doing a better show that's more suited to his global sensibilities. TDS under Stewart has always been more Americacentric in it's role covering politics and media. I don't think people will love hearing that kind of criticism from an outsider. The home run hire if they wanted to keep the show on it's current course was Hari Kondabolu but Comedy Central whiffed and honestly, the Daily Show has probably run it's course anyway..
