Fun fact - it was only about 2 years ago that I finally realized that the "I want my MTV" riff from Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" is the same riff as The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me". I'm not sure how I managed to miss that for several DECADES, but there you are.
I thought Jon's return succeeded where it needed to; yes, he leaned into "both choices are horrible" during act 1, but he quickly called himself out re: the "ravages of age"; the BFNTP got in some good shots at Stewart (particularly Dulce Sloan and Jordan Klepper) during act 2, so you get the feeling they were turning into the skid re: some of the criticism leveled at Stewart's return. On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11:51:56 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > It should be pointed out that Paramount did a roadblock of six other > channels besides COM (MTV, MTV2, CMT (!), Pop, TV Land, Paramount Network) > and the numbers for the repeat on COM later that night counted. > > It did seem to me that Stewart was too many "Biden's old" jokes for my > taste, and that seems to be the tone of "TDS" right now--Trump's a demented > bastard, but Biden's senile. As far as I'm concerned, a half-witted > Biden's better than Trump any day. > > They didn't say who's hosting next week. Also, the vanity card of > Stewart's Busboy plays full-screen, while the card of MTV Entertainment > Studios featuring the Moon Man (which is technically the producer of "TDS" > now) still is squeezed back under the Moment of Zen. If they played the > sound, you would hear Sting singing "MTV" from Dire Straits' "Money for > Nothing." > > Mark Jeffries > spotl...@gmail.com > > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 8:53 AM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Have not seen yet if this spilled over to increased ratings for >> non-Stewart TDS episodes this week, and will be interesting to see how much >> of that initial bounce were one time curiosity viewers who will not return. >> >> Frankly I am not sure how likely I am to watch regularly. I was expecting >> more than just hackneyed “can you believe how bad both of our options are?” >> takes and jokes. >> >> I suppose he might just be trying to establish a certain foundation of >> balance so that when he later does John Oliver like shows criticizing Trump >> after one of his likely criminal convictions or predictable horrible >> statements it will have more impact. >> >> I will likely only watch if I see reports he had a good show. >> >> >> >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> >> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> I doubt anyone will be surprised to hear I'm very leery about this. On >>> his Late Show appearances, he seemed to be leaning a little too hard into >>> COVID conspiracies, and (for me) too much of his work on TDS was >>> both-sidesing things for which there were really only one side. >>> >>> I'll watch, but with a wary eye. >>> >>> --Dave Sikula >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 9:19:17 AM UTC-8 M-D November wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/jon-stewart-daily-show-host-return-election >>>> >>>> - among other places. >>>> >>>> 🤯 >>>> >>>> M-D >>>> ...and now, your moment of Zen. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9952e220-8b4b-4d9a-8e73-3275fa5fb1fan%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9952e220-8b4b-4d9a-8e73-3275fa5fb1fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLJfb01se9VkNDgu%2BZb5z0_yN9TUKwHLG-n6zvcxtsbPA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLJfb01se9VkNDgu%2BZb5z0_yN9TUKwHLG-n6zvcxtsbPA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/260873cd-e71e-42dc-aba8-61629199ac00n%40googlegroups.com.
