>From a political standpoint, I PRAY that the show continues in similar format >to what we have now. Who will guide us through the political clown car that >will be the 2016 electoral process? Who will be there to continue to tear >apart journalism organizations that fail to act as journalists should? We >need a hero! Or else I fear I won’t survive the 2016 election cycle.
My votes: Jessica Williams has a fantastic dry delivery. Tina Fey would be great—see the piece she and Amy Poehler did about Hillary on SNL’s Update for a nice sample (can’t find good video, but here’s the audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHnL8mUbopw) . Aasif Mandvi doesn’t feel polished enough yet to take on the mantle. What a year…losing Letterman, Colbert and Stewart in the span of 12 months. Yuck. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Lynch Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:59 AM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Jon Stewart exits The Daily Show It will continue to be The Daily Show whether or not the new host and his/her style conform to your taste. Jon Stewart is a very good vessel for what TDS asked him to do, but this is not a lightning in a bottle situation where he's the only person who can pull it off. SNL has been doing fake news for roughly 40 years and it's a long way from "Jane, you ignorant slut" to Dennis Miller's rants to Amy and Tina or from Roseanne Roseannadanna to Stefon, but it's all still recognizably the same bit. It's my hope that "It won't be TDS without Jon Stewart" will sound as ridiculous in hindsight as "It won't be The Tonight Show without Johnny Carson" or "It won't be Jeopardy without Art Fleming." Pointing out the news media's foibles, even if it's through satirizing them, is a valuable part of a free press. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
