Pretty happy Franchesca Ramsey has joined the staff.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 10 February 2016 02:09 (eight years ago) link
http://www.adweek.com/news/television/was-moment-larry-wilmore-lost-stephen-colberts-intellectual-appeal-169712
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 February 2016 02:47 (eight years ago) link
Not surprisingly, Ricky Velez was on the panel in question and that dude reliably sucks all the intellectualism out of the room.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 20 February 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
Bill Nye was back on last night
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 25 February 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
the Mike Yard/Rory Albanese point/counterpoint bits crack me up, Yard is so good at being exasperated.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
10 yrs after Stephen Colbert's appearance at the WH correspondents dinner, Larry did his:
http://jezebel.com/everybody-seemed-pretty-mad-at-larry-wilmore-at-the-whi-1774118715
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Monday, 2 May 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link
Loved Don Lemon giving him the finger. LW did a great job. Groans from the audience were disgusting, but expected.
― flappy bird, Monday, 2 May 2016 03:50 (eight years ago) link
wilmore bodied his verse at the whcd
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 2 May 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
amazing
― ejemplo (crüt), Monday, 2 May 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
obama has way better delivery.
― scott seward, Monday, 2 May 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
that's what all the drones are for
― ulysses, Monday, 2 May 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
obama's CNN zing was better too.
― scott seward, Monday, 2 May 2016 13:21 (eight years ago) link
totally see steve aoki in the crowd too. WHERE'S CHAKI???
― scott seward, Monday, 2 May 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link
I haven't really watched this dude's show but this WHCD thing is killing me :)
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/05/01/larry-wilmores-harshest-burns-in-his-white-house-correspondents-dinner-speech/
Some of these are in the Jezebel article link from above, but I think it has even more
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 May 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
the article has the link to the full routine, which I feel like I'm going to watch again later
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:31 (eight years ago) link
the jezebel one, I mean
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
A lot of the jokes were good, but the shitty response from the crowd threw him off. When a comedian has to struggle uphill, it fucks up the performance and dilutes the impact of the material a lot of the time, and Wilmore got hurt by the audience's hostility.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
those are pretty good except different jokes are premised on Trump and Clinton being prez; make up yr mind, Larry.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
"No, but it is good to be on C-SPAN. I am glad I am not on your rival network ‘No Input HDMI-1.'"
love this one
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
I could use more Wolf Blitzer and Don Lemon insults, but they're just waaaay too easy
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
never felt better informed about politics and news than when I watch Wolf Blitzer and realize I understand those subjects better than him and it's his job
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:46 (eight years ago) link
but then you just want to steal all his money
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 May 2016 14:47 (eight years ago) link
@ggreenwaldLike Colbert in 2006, Wilmore didn't tell "jokes" but said mean truths to rich TV stars' faces, as they got angry. That's why it was funny.
still, Anarchists for Clinton seem to think Obama was funnier.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 May 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
obama is totally funny. these are the only times i ever watch him speak.
― scott seward, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
the video w/him and Boehner sucked tho
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 2 May 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
Cancelled! >:(
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 August 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Bummer. Still I'm sure Wilmore will go on to to do more good stuff
― Nhex, Monday, 15 August 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Feel bad for him and everyone involved but I agree the show wasn't working imo
― Evan, Monday, 15 August 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
really hope a bunch of his contributors - Mike Yard, Franchesca Ramsey, Robin Thede, etc. - land on their feet
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 August 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
i felt like it was improving! consistently better than daily show and the panel discussions in the final segment were consistently watchable. Bummer.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 15 August 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah I thought it was getting better too. and it was great to have a comedy/news show that was clearly run by minorities + women and reflected their POVs
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 August 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
consistently better than daily show
low bar. surely new daily show dude is getting the boot, too?
― flopson, Monday, 15 August 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
That would not disappoint me. However it'd be nice if they could salvage the show/brand with new writers and host.
― Evan, Monday, 15 August 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
it's just crazy that a guy who sucks that bad is hosting the daily show NOW of all times
― flopson, Monday, 15 August 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
^^^
― Οὖτις, Monday, 15 August 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
Yeah. I don't blame Stewart for wanting out of a stressful job, that's totally understandable, but it would have been so perfect for him to stay through this campaign and go out on top. I guess the idea was that it would be a perfect time for his replacement because of the never ending gift of trump.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 15 August 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
Samantha Bee is the only show that exists for me in this category. I watch John Oliver if I'm interested in the insights his team's research brings to light. The joke writing and delivery seems forcefully shoehorned in to meet "comedy" quotas. Anyway, this is just a reworded version of the same post in every late night political show thread at this point.
― Evan, Monday, 15 August 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
For ongoing reference:full frontal is greatlast week tonight has good politics, no funnydaily show is last week's newspaper covered in birdshit
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 15 August 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Right, thank you
― Evan, Monday, 15 August 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
I watch John Oliver if I'm interested in the insights his team's research brings to light. The joke writing and delivery seems forcefully shoehorned in to meet "comedy" quotas. Anyway, this is just a reworded version of the same post in every late night political show thread at this point.
It's like eating pasta, except with someone flicking you in the ear every 30 seconds. No, Jonathan, I do not want you to flick me in the ear, I would just like to enjoy this pasta without getting spaghetti sauce all over my shirt! Jonathan, stop it please!
― frogbs, Monday, 15 August 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
lolllll
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 15 August 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
does anyone else think the unfair criticism of his Correspondents' Dinner speech had something to do with the cancellation? Don't know why he was criticized beyond the Fox News vortex.
― flappy bird, Monday, 15 August 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
How long until @Midnight is at 10pm?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 15 August 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
bummer Larry was awesome and his team was kind of ramshackle and off the cuff but it felt real and went some interesting places.
i saw Daily Show the other day and it was totally lame, they had 2 anchors commenting on the show as if it was the olympics. it felt like a bad SNL skit.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 15 August 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
not that Larry's show didn't feel like that at times. i just prefer him as a personality over most of the other comedy hosts rn. dude rules and it sucks to see this show go.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 15 August 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
I wish Mike Yard could've been there, but that was a really nice ending to the show.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 August 2016 04:24 (seven years ago) link
the shitely show
― salthigh, Friday, 19 August 2016 04:37 (seven years ago) link
watching this finale, i liked this cast way more than the new Daily Show cast. Franchesca Ramsey, Holly Walker, Robin Thede, and Jordan Carlos all way better than the DS crew, which feels stuck in this mock-cynical rut.
man the Daily Show didn't really care about these guys at all, i think the cancellation got a single tossed-off mention "I guess they were kind of colleagues of ours". a far cry from the days where Stewart and Colbert would promote each other on the reg.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 August 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
New Daily Show just lacks a soul. And Noah is a twerp who'd rather be doing hacky standup. The Nightly Show was weird and kind of clunky at times but seeing so many people of color on a show get to voice their opinions was fucking great.
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link