Any thoughts on Jon Stewart?

[Basic LA]

Tonight marked his return to Comedy Central. The theme: Trump & Biden are Too Old!

[kimbutgar]

1. I turned it off because i was pissed

Giving ammo to the repukes…grrrr

[NoRethugFriends]

3. Me too. He totally sucked with false equivalence.

And acting like it didn't matter which. Too damn smug!

[niyad]

2. Keith Olbermann had some surprising things to say about jon. This

pretty much confirms it.

[LakeArenal]

4. I gave up on him in 2020.

Tonight he was exactly as expected.

Not funny.

[betsuni]

5. Don't know why anyone's surprised, he's always been Both Sides.

Does it all the time and not funny because not true.

[lapfog_1]

6. he should have stayed retired.

he is too old.

[Cha]

7. Ah ha.. I wondered how that was

going to turn out.

I know Joh is a mixed bag.

[gopiscrap]

8. fuck him

he's turned into a peice of shit corporate whore

[W_HAMILTON]

9. Judging his actual performance on the job, the only negative impact Biden's age has had on anything...

...is that it causes some random people to get irrationally upset by his age. It hasn't actually impacted his performance on the job one bit, and no one that actually works with him on a day-to-day basis or other allied world leaders have complained about it. Nope, just random people mad about his age.

It's unfortunate Stewart has thrown in with this crowd.

Oh well, I had looked forward to him returning, even though I missed his actual return tonight. From hearing how his first show went, I guess I'll continue to keep missing it.

[Mark.b2]

10. He was ok...still funnier than Trevor Noah ever was...

I never found him even remotely funny. For some reason, smug. Funny? No.

[Basic LA]

11. That's my take, too.

Could never get Trevor's schtick.Like you say, smug and not funny.
Whereas tonight I was laughing despite myself. Stewart wasn't mean about it. And they ARE old. Maybe humor is our friend.

[Ace Rothstein]

24. Trevor Noah was an ultra partisan so he was very popular around here.

He wasn't funny though. His delivery was terrible.

[herding cats]

12. I didn't see it, but I'm not surprised.

He's always been a "where the trendy wind blows" guy.

Biden is older. He has 30 years on me and I'm not young, but he's also smart, accomplished and has dedicated his life to trying to be a decent human being who supports the needs of people like myself.

So, I say, so what he's not younger like Obama was? He's been getting amazing stuff done and that's with the nutty GOP opponents he's dealing with. He's a damn superhero compared to so many before him who had so much less insanity inspired opposition to try and navigate.

Oh, and he's not fucking Trump, who is also old but with an added side of pure evil selfish asshole, who wants to end our current democracy so he can escape his criminal charges.

*checks notes* Yep. I'm 100% positive I'm full throttle in the camp of the good guy in this fight and not the asshole out to just keep his criminal ass out of jail. No matter what some comedian might have said tonight. (Which I didn't pay to see.)

[limbicnuminousity]

13. It was good seeing Stewart back at the helm.

He didn't dodge the age issue and he didn't pretty it up. The guest section made it clear that Trumpism is a danger to the world.

[Basic LA]

15. That's a fair take.

I thought same thing. Stewart's not our enemy. We need to bring some good-natured humor into this perilous situation. It was a chance for us to have a little fun with it.

[Tree Lady]

16. That's how I felt

he had to mention the elephant in the room. From what I heard he came back to help democrats but felt he had to reach out to the young and even a lot of others that wondered why Joe didn't do one term.

[UTUSN]

14. Mine go way back, not good.

First I accepted him as a prime Lib.Then I was mystified when he knocked off Crossfire on CNN.
Then I was disturbed his making nice to O,'Reilly.
Then I was pissed his pandering to Glen Beckkk's come together rally in DC.
Is he 3rd Way?
Then more with the Jerry LEWIS preaching and scolding for his charity.
Now back, couldn't make it?
Not for me.

[DemocraticPatriot]

17. Biden is old... but Trump is old AND CRAZY---

AND STINKY!!!!

(don't shake his hand--- you don't know where it's been!!!!)

((which may be why Melania pulls her hand away!!))

[Xolodno]

18. Meh, figured a number on DU would lose their shit.

Any and I mean any joke, criticism of Biden gets met with hell fire and brimstone.

Too many have forgotten how to laugh at ourselves. Think a lot here should switch over to de-caff.

[Basic LA]

20. Man, you're not kidding.

What a tough room. And most who complain refused to even give it a chance. Let's lighten up, people. It was playful & not mean spirited at all.

[SoFlaBro]

32. "Tough room"? He spent 20 fucking minutes on a point the media has been hammering for fucking years.

[ecstatic]

19. Honestly

I've never really liked him though I can't remember what the issue I had with him was. I'm thinking it was because he took a lot of unnecessary digs at President Obama but I don't know. It was so long ago.

Needless to say, I won't be tuning in this go 'round either. It's unfortunate that he's using his powerful communication skills to bash President Biden.

You have to understand: he knows what he's doing. When he cares and is passionate about an issue, he will get out there and raise hell.

I guess for him it doesn't make a difference one way or the other. He'll be fine under a trump dictatorship or whatever the hell comes next.

[redqueen]

22. Are you complimenting Joe Rogan?

Are you comparing him to Jon Stewart and saying Joe is better?

[Emile]

23. Someone needs to sit down and talk about

the rise of fascists in this country to him.

[Chakaconcarne]

26. He speaks to it regularly.

and apple booted him because of some of the things he said....

Good sign to me.

[Johonny]

25. It was okay. He doesnt have the cast he last had

Takes a while to build up that much talent around yourself and at 1 night a week, hard to recruit.

[Chakaconcarne]

27. Next Monday he'll rail on Trump and the GOP...

like he does most often and we'll be good?

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. I enjoyed him

His job is to be funny and I laughed. He made fun of his own age as well.

[RKP5637]

29. I found it negative, not too funny and a lot of screaming. I also did not like

him kicking Biden so much as a supposed joke.

[Think. Again.]

30. I'm guessing...

...he's starting out by being appealing to 3rd party people and then speaking to them about what's really at stake here, something we here at DU don't do a lot of.

By getting them to watch him regularly and winning their attention, he'll have an opportunity to bring them over to Biden, and he did mention more than once that he's on a 9 month mission.

[patphil]

31. It seemed he was trying too hard to recover the magic of the old Daily Show.

He wasn't successful. I'd give him a participation trophy.

[fishwax]

33. I'm so glad to have him back--it's going to make the next seven months a lot more tolerable

A tremendous boost to energy and morale at a time when we're going to desperately need it.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

34. I mean, he's not wrong.

Yes, I will vote for Biden, obviously.

But our country is run by a demographic that is way more old, white, male, cisgendered, and heterosexual than the overall population. That should be troubling. Why is he wrong for saying it's a problem. They are both too old. Reagan was too old. It's OK to say it.

And, he made it very clear that Trump is worse than Biden. So, there's that.

[MistakenLamb]

35. least a decade of cultural irrelevance to me

[Autumn]

36. I'm pretty sure Biden has a sense of humor. Jon did great and it was good to have him back.

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[progressoid]

37. If the Biden team was smart, they would schedule Biden to be on TDS with Stewart

Everyone that meets with Biden says he does well one on one.

[Autumn]

38. That would be an amazing show.