Colbert or Stewart?

[champt10]

Who do you prefer and WhY?

Me personally, I take Jon Stewart over Stephen Colbert. I find the daily show more enjoyable in terms of the show, and I think that nobody can satirize those news stories the way Jon Stewart can.

[lonestarnot]

1. Sorry can't choose.

[iamjoy]

2. Stewart

I know Colbert is being a sarcastic parody, but he still gets on my nerves sometimes.

[Greybnk48]

3. I can't choose either

I love them both and they are different enought that I don't really compare.

[MrSlayer]

4. Colbert for me.

He's just funnier and "The Word" is the best segment on TV. Always so biting and dead on. Colbert rules.

[AlCzervik]

5. 2 completely different formats. It's like comparing Monty Python to Fawlty Towers.

[Buzz Clik]

6. It's not either/or. They're bookends, and I love 'em both.

[marlakay]

7. Love both of them

Colbert lately is in his grove though....and the new guy on Jon's show I can't stand. I like the english guy but the other new guy can't even act funny.

[lordsummerisle]

8. Stewart no contest

Colbert is very good but he's locked into one character. Stewart has proved to be a comic genius year after year and will long be remembered as a cultural icon...

[champt10]

9. If Colbert were to...

Run for President, it could sway it for me. I think it would be so great if Colbert as a joke would run for the Republican nomination. That would be some of the funniest TV you could ever see me.

[Cabcere]

10. I love 'em both, but...

in contests of loyalty, I gotta stand by my fellow Tribesman. ;) Jon Stewart is amazing. (Stephen Colbert is also amazing, but Jon Stewart was my first fake news love, lol.) :loveya:

[jollyreaper2112]

11. no need

There's no need to choose, we have them both. I find it's a tossup on a given night which show is funnier. Not sure who the 'new' guy is they're complaining about on Stewart but I think John Oliver is one of the funniest correspondants ever. Killer job.

[Cabcere]

14. Yeah, I'm a total sucker for John Oliver.

:loveya: I don't know whether it's the British accent and mannerisms (which, by the way, I'm madly in love with :loveya: ), or just the way he plays it, but he's great. :D

[jollyreaper2112]

17. heh

As a dude, I'm all about the Bee. But with Oliver, I think he does humor in such a different way from Rob Corrdry. Rob could be funny at times but he always went for the uncomfortable joke, the sick joke, and it wasn't always funny. It could be a bit meaner and more vulgar than the show really called for, though sometimes it did work beautifully. I'd say he was maybe 50/50 with the humor, the bad being really bad and the good being good enough to almost make up for it. But Oliver, he manages to be cleaner yet still funny and that's a very, very hard thing to pull off. Bad clean humor is what you'd get with Christian standup. Decent vulgar humor you can get out of any decent standup. But good clean humor, stuff that doesn't try to raunch but is still funny, that's hard to do. That's why I thought George Carlin's TV performances were the most challenging thing he did, trying to come up with something that didn't suck in such a restrictive environment. while I have not seen it, I heard he was even able to perform a TV-safe version of the seven dirty words on Carson. I'm still not sure how we pulled that one off.

[Morgana LaFey]

12. I cna't choose either

They are different enough that they're both absolutely necessary, ya know?

TDS could be better if it didn't get QUITE so silly.

The thing I love most about Colbert is when he almost cracks up over his own schtick. He gets this utterly amazing little look in his eyes and sort half-smile, and it is uust fabulous. Most of his interview with guests are SO brilliant.

I'd hate to give up either.

[MODemocrat]

13. Oh, do I have to choose?

They are both so good in their own right. Love both of them, but because Jon Stewart reminds me of my
late brother-in-law, I'll pick him for that reason only. :thumbsup: :loveya:

[stanwyck]

15. I'm the mother of twins. So I know you can love equally.

Jon has the perfect format for him and he has continued to surround himself with very talented people. He's not afraid of the competition of other talented performers. As a result, his show has remained sharp and relevant. Colbert is inventive and fearless. He isn't bound by Stewart's more gentlemanly demeanor. What he did at the Washington correspondent's dinner will always be an inspiration to me. We needed that speech.
Stewart and Colbert are separate. But equal.
Love them both.

[Lisa]

16. I need both! Anything less than an hour of prime satire doesn't do it for me!

Besides, if one of them is having an off day, the other is likely going to compensate. (At best, they're both on top form, and it's the perfect end to the day for me.)

[Laurab]

18. I love them both and couldn't choose one.

I pretty much think of the two shows as one - one wouldn't be complete without the other. Colbert is special because I'd never really paid attention to either until the Correspondent's Dinner, when I thought to myself "who IS that guy?"

I don't really watch tv, but after seeing that, I watch those two every night, and until youtube had to remove all the old videos, caught up on a lot of old stuff, too!

[Cabcere]

19. I know what you mean.

I was a little disappointed about the YouTube purge of all the old videos, too - that's actually where I saw Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and it was pretty amazing.

I remember back in 2004 when Jon Stewart laid the smackdown on Crossfire - I was watching the Daily Show with some of my hallmates, and he made some joke about "call a guy a dick on national television." None of us knew what he was talking about, so one of my hallmates did a quick Google search and found the video. We watched it and were in total awe of the man - not that we hadn't been already, lol, but that made us even prouder that he was "one of our own," so to speak. :) But yeah, I love 'em both - they're both awesome in their own ways.

[Laurab]

22. That's one of the things I caught up on...and I'm pretty sure

that one is still there. I've watched it a couple of times - Jon is just such a decent, good guy, even when he's calling someone a dick! I would have never seen Colbert's spots on TDS if not for Youtube, and I really miss them.

I'm hoping Viacom and Google work out some kind of deal - I'd love to see some clips back on there - there were a lot I hadn't gotten to yet.

[Quixote1818]

20. Stewart's show is more fun to watch but I think Colbert is brilliant

at thinking on the spot!

[Czolgosz]

21. Jon Colbermann

[Cabcere]

23. That sounds like...

just about the perfect man. :loveya: