banf rats?
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
Seems like most people on Twitter are defending him "Ever heard of comedy? It's his job!"
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Noah's job will be to push liberals' pleasure buttons with toothless gibes at the expense of Republicans, then fawn over whichever Republican has been invited on as a guest; he'll do fine.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
My theory on that one was that he started with "#BeatsbyDreidel" and was reaching to come up with context for it
― Evan, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:51 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the fact that this was the least offensive of all his jokes is never a good sign
tbqh the shit directed at women seems far more bilious & mean-spirited than any of the jewishness jokes but they're still NAGL, in any case dude is so fired...
...probably. then again daniel tosh is still employed by comedy central, iirc, and he is literally one of the biggest pieces of shit in comedy full stop, so their tolerance is def high
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
all these tweets were publicly available before they hired him. CC would look like true dummies if they dropped him now.
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
That the beatsbydreidel is least offensive is def a pretty good sign, since it's the most recent one.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
not that it makes much difference but they're just poorly-constructed unsurprising jokes - it's not like you could even make the argument that he's doing something edgy or boundary-pushing or subversive, they're just hacky garbage. Like when Patton Oswalt did that stupid series of psuedo-rape joke Tweets... he was being an idiot but at least you could have an argument about what he was doing. A guy who stretches to make a "BeatsbyDreidel" joke doesn't deserve the "Ever heard of comedy? It's his job!" defense.
― Brio2, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the shoddiness of the jokes is a bigger strike against him than the content. They're so basic.
― Continue your brooding monologue (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's not so much that they're offensive (which whatever) but that they're not funny and sort of politically naive, which is not what stewart's replacement should be
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
it's not like you could even make the argument that he's doing something edgy or boundary-pushing or subversive, they're just hacky garbage.
exactly.
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:08 (nine years ago) link
so, maybe the South African Craig Kilborn
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:14 (nine years ago) link
even the stand-up stuff I saw of his was along the lines of "The mexican asked me if I wanted a napkin. In my country a "napkin" is what you Americans call a "diaper". How messy is this taco going to make me?" What a country!
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Eh those jokes about as funny and tasteful as anything else on Comedy Central in the past 20+ years.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Also he probably won't be writing the little jokes he says after they roll a montage of Fox News clips.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
half the time they just resort to Jon starring horrified/confused speechless in those cases right now anyway.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
network releases offish statement, about what you'd expecthttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBcxei4UsAA_oHd.jpg
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
I told you guys that Craig Kilborn went to my high school, right
― DJP, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
to be provocative is braveto react to provocative is unfair
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
I've used it myself sometimes but "it's unfair to be provoked by this person doing provocative things" is one of the weakest arguments
― DJP, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
I have to admit I don't really understand the Jewish girls/blowjobs tweet. Is that really the stereotype? Maybe the Truly Tasteless Joke Book Noah learned all he knows about Jewish people from had some incorrect information.
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
^ BRAGGIN 2015
― 龜, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
lol
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
there are some old jap stereotypes/jokes about frigidity
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
idk about blowjobs tho. maybe he had a jewish girlfriend who wouldn't go down on him and he extrapolated?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
The only time a JAP will go down is on the escalator at Bloomingdale's
= cab driver joke
― Josefa, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
There was a Rachel Shukert piece about the subject in Heeb but its not online afaik--I thought the stereotype was the opposite
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
everyone who's anyone gets a network to stick up for them these days
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
like most bigotries about jews the stereotype probably works both ways. antisemites generally aren't bright enough to worry about paradoxes.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
― Mordy, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 4:00 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, my parents had the "Official Jewish Joke Book" and "Official Irish Joke Book" when I was younger and I remember "How do you cure a Jewish nymphomaniac? Marry her."
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Those jokes are weak but I'm guessing they are the weakest jokes in a twitter feed designed for testing out material.
― poxy fülvous (abanana), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
Larry Wilde for new Daily Show host xp
― soref, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/671BnKi.png
― gr8080, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/jeremymbarr/status/582612503152197632
― gr8080, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost yeah his other stuff is pretty strong:
Trevor Noah @Trevornoah · Mar 17
Because your name is Neal! RT @nealbrennan: A Starbucks barista just called me the N-word. Why Starbucks why?
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
I'm coming around to the nihilism of casting a boorish jerk as the host of the daily show
― primal, intuitive, and relatively unmediated (Treeship), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
if he got hired off those jokes they could at least have gone with a name, like Jerry Lewis or Rickles
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
he's young - jon stewart was grey - people don't like listening to advice and opinion so much from a guy that looks as young or younger than they are, especially about america, from a person who is not american
― Arctic Noon Auk, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
If a republican is elected they would. During the Bush years there was tons of self-loathing wrt American identity on the left. People blamed imperialism on "stupid voters" in "middle america" iirc
― primal, intuitive, and relatively unmediated (Treeship), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
The daily show has always been complicit in this sort of misapprehension, or perceiving structural inequality, corruption, and militarism as issues that are more cultural than political. As grotesque as fox news is, they are not the root of any of the issues we face
― primal, intuitive, and relatively unmediated (Treeship), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
hope this is all an elaborate stunt to give the anchor chair to kristen schaal. trevor ryan is the ted cruz to her carly fiorina? because this kid couldn't walk into 'crossfire' and get it cancelled like jon stuart leibowitz could, i don't think
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Also they became a stupidly easy target. It makes sense that Stewart got bored, even though he has had no shortage of praise for the past decade
― primal, intuitive, and relatively unmediated (Treeship), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
stewart walking reminds me of how we heard zip from matt taibbi and alex perrine during the last midterms. go gop
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
As grotesque as fox news is, they are not the root of any of the issues we face
No one's said they are though
― i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I associate stewart with a self congratulatory "smh" style of progressivism that feels pretty pointless to me
― primal, intuitive, and relatively unmediated (Treeship), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
Stewart also refuses to tear into his guests like he really should if he kept it so so real
but then he would have no guests.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
"I associate stewart with a self congratulatory "smh" style of progressivism that feels pretty pointless to me", he said, self-congratulatorily
― i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
u guys are watching the show all wrong
― i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
If the people behind the scenes are mostly the same, all Noah has to do is give long deadpan looks to the camera after the (useful) montages of Republican journalists/politicians repeating the same talking points.
― with HD lyrics (Eazy), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:57 (nine years ago) link
someone should start a news/comedy combination channel that's just conservative news with a little box in the corner featuring a left-leaning comedian staring forward, deadpan, 24 hours a day
― who is dankey kang (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
It's too bad Portlandia is such a hit, because there's an obvious perfect choice for Daily Show host:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WX9uFpqma18/SM2kQPfcraI/AAAAAAAAAOY/F6Pbe6XNjsY/s1600-h/Picture+1.png
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link