John Oliver substituting for Jon Stewart

[nageov3t]

That right there is the Colbert emoticon. Talk to me when John Oliver has one.

idk... I can only take Colbert in small doses.

his shtick gets old, fast.

 

[zinfamous]

Who?

born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz

OMG are you saying he's teh Jew? D:

 

[pyonir]

I'm not a big fan of Oliver so far. He isn't really "bad" but he isn't good either. His interviewing skills are very weak so far (he'll get better as he gets more comfortable). I think a better choice would have been Jason Jones but I just like his humor better, I think.

 

[fustercluck]

Well, Jon Stewart is a really bad interviewer as well, unless it's someone who's book he has read, or a political adversary, in which case he comes well prepared.

Who?

born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz

Jon Stewart is Jewish?! Wow, breaking story over here!

 

[techs]

Yet another foreigner taking over a 'Muricans job.

 

[pyonir]

I don't think Stewart is a bad interviewer. He's unique and offers up questions the guest probably would never get elsewhere, which I like. I agree he is very well prepared for certain guests...but he is at least somewhat prepared for the others. Oliver just seems like he's got one or two tidbits of information he hopes to get comments on from the guest...then is left with nothing to talk about when that doesn't fill the time. There have been a few awkward moments with guests so far...and he's only 5 shows in.

But, like I said, I think that will get better as he gets more comfortable, at least I hope. He has to get better at timing too, he doesn't have that quite down yet, IMO.

 

[desura]

idk... I can only take Colbert in small doses.

his shtick gets old, fast.

Yeah, it does.

It also has far less variety. There aren't any correspondents on the Colbert Report. It's all Colbert. I don't get why he doesn't hire any. It would have been a great opportunity for satire. Like, hire a Hannity-like guy, or then hire like a Fox and Friends like team.

Stewart IMO is a great interviewer. I'll often just skip past the intro segments (which to me are basically newspaper op-eds) to get to the interview which is interesting. Stewart has great interplay with guests and they talk about interesting things.

 

[Imp]

idk... I can only take Colbert in small doses.

his shtick gets old, fast.

Opposite. I love his shtick because my usual personality is like that -- overdone sarcasm crossing over to straight mocking.

 

[fustercluck]

Yeah, it does.

It also has far less variety. There aren't any correspondents on the Colbert Report. It's all Colbert. I don't get why he doesn't hire any. It would have been a great opportunity for satire. Like, hire a Hannity-like guy, or then hire like a Fox and Friends like team.

Agreed with that! Colbert's ego is just too huge I think to let any other talent on the show. He's a guy with a giant ego playing a character with a giant ego, kinda strange

 

[techs]

Did they show a Colbert yesterday? Or was he off due to his moms death?

 

[Agent11]

I think he is doing a really good job. Replacing John Stewart has to be tough. Everyday he gets a little bit more comfortable and it shows. Hopefully he continues his success. I think he is already better than Colbert. He has gone off the rails lately.

Hour long episode with McCartney interview and set on the report...

http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/wed-june-12-2013-paul-mccartney

He's out of control, obviously.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Oliver is playing stewart... right down to copying some of his catch phrases and mannerisms.

Gonnabe a long summer w/o jstew

 

[Craig234]

Oliver is good, comparable to Stewart.

Colbert is actually the darker of the two with his satire - and the more substantive IMO.

Colbert can get old at times, but the good stuff is very good.

I think Stewart does some really good bits, but Colbert's good stuff is even stronger.

But they should keep giving the Emmy to Stewart, if only to piss off Colbert.

Stewart's cast though is all really good.

 

[Aikouka]

Stewart IMO is a great interviewer. I'll often just skip past the intro segments (which to me are basically newspaper op-eds) to get to the interview which is interesting. Stewart has great interplay with guests and they talk about interesting things.

The only problem that I've seen is when the interviewee is just really bland. To be fair, that's most likely a problem for any interviewer, but I've always thought that Jon's interviews depend more on that energy that he brings more so than just the questions (especially since it's more about humor). Top Gear's Clarkson has the same problem with poor guests. I recall an episode with Will.I.Am. that was just dreadfully boring because he was just so bland. There are also good interviews that can have me laughing even though I have no idea what British thing they're talking about.

 

[pyonir]

Tonight I figured out what bothers me about Oliver's interviewing technique (for lack of a better word). He did it tonight with Jim Gaffigan and he's done it at least a couple of times before tonight already. He makes the interview too much about himself and how he feels about the interviewee. Like tonight, he talked about how much he loved Gaffigan's book, numerous times, and then talked about how his wife just loves him.

It reminds me of that old Chris Farley skit on SNL when he does the celeb interviews and it's "..um...remember that one time...when..." "...that was awesome..."

Stewart will do that, but it's usually as a way to move the interview along and it sparks some other question or story from the guest. With Oliver, it just seems to hang there. *shrug* maybe it's just me though...

 

[TeeJay1952]

I think Jon is the best interviewer since Dick Cavett. Whereas Colbert is the wittier of the two. He knows how to expand an idea so we can all get a good look at it. Best daily hour of TV!

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

That right there is the Colbert emoticon. Talk to me when John Oliver has one.

A bumbling retard is better than Colbert

It's like liberal-political-satire-for-the-mentally-handicapped-that-has-a-hard-time-detecting-sarcasm