k-r if you think colbert is funnier than stewart

[Tax Man]

i'm a sarcastic fuck; jon is good, and he uses sarcasm in his program, but stephen's entire show is sarcasm.

[nevergiveup]

1. Yep........no contest.

[Tax Man]

6. amen, brother

~i'm just assuming 'brother' is appropriate, since your avatar is male.

[PoliticAverse]

2. What Colbert does is amazing. n/t

[Tax Man]

7. the idiots in congress ~

made fools of themselves, saying that he was 'making a mockery' of the process, when, as we all know, it is they who are doing that.

[lonestarnot]

3. They are both best of the best at that which they do!

[frazzled]

4. I feel the opposite

The Colbert schtick got stale for me after a year or two: the same "character" all the time; it just really isn't funny after a while (to me). Stewart isn't consistently hilarious, but it's a much more cerebral funny when it is. Also, because he integrates others into his routines, it's much less, um, egocentric, and more interesting and varied. So I prefer Stewart. By saying this I guess this means I just kicked this thread anyway.

[Tax Man]

8. but we get the 'same characters' over and over again in our real-life politics /

[frazzled]

27. Unfortunately, they're real

It's not shtick, it's the sad cruel truth of who they are. And they're not on at the same half-hour every night.

Honestly, I haven't watched Colbert in quite a few years except on occasion. I find it tedious. But that's simply me: it's a taste thing. It's not about politics but about the entertainment value.

[Betsy Ross]

5. Funniness aside

Colbert hits hard. He doesn't pull punches or make nice with jerks. I have turned The Daily Show off many nights because of Stewart's guest; if I want to hear the RW meme, I'll watch the Sunday morning news shows.

[bermudat]

9. Colbert > Stewart

Stewart's obsequiousness toward repugnantcans makes me want to hurl.

[Taylor Smite]

10. osbequisineseess???

[Tax Man]

11. no, 'obsequiousness'

it's a word.

[Jamaal510]

12. Comparing Colbert and Stewart

is like comparing apples and oranges. They both have their unique styles of getting their points across and making people laugh.

[a kennedy]

16. I guess I just like Stephen's style better.

[Tax Man]

13. good night

[pacalo]

14. Definitely, yes!

[NuttyFluffers]

15. staying, and ad libbing, in character is way harder.

that's why i'm agog with his interviews. he can script other things, but you can tell that portions of his guest interviews are flying by the seat of his pants. that and the talent to read your guest and audience to know just how far is enough to keep the game alive.

some guests are better than others at playing along, and others... well, Colbert still has to keep turning anything serious and direct back to a satirical format. it's like stand up with a confused or reluctant straight man volunteer; that's crazy hard.

[boxman15]

17. Before Colbert Super PAC, I always thought Stewart was funnier

Both were hilarious, and what Colbert did was always awe-inspiring, but I found Stewart funnier.

Now, what Colbert's been doing has been both absolutely brilliant and hilarious. On top of that, Stewart hasn't been as funny as he has been over the past year.

Both are great, but Colbert is better right now.

[madokie]

18. It would depend on where the watcher's preferences lie

I'm a sarcastic bastard in real life but I don't like sarcasm as well on the tv. I will admit that I do like both and I will admit that I very seldom watch either one. I'm just so happy that Stewart and Cobert have the ear of the younger crowd. I listen to my son and his friends talking and they're solidly in the democratic camp and I feel its largely because of who they watch for news. I keep reminding them that the most accurate news is generally from the comedians rather than from the so called news man on cable news and they seem to agree.

[Whisp]

19. colbert is a genius.

stewart is funny but no genius.

[mojitojoe]

20. I've got to vote for Stewart...

...he skewers Fox News and the GOP in ways that Colbert doesn't and highlights their hypocrisy like no other. His defense of Common from asinine right wing attacks was brilliant.

[99Forever]

21. Nope.

Not even close. Sorry.

[Iggo]

22. Unrec!

[superpatriotman]

23. Colbert is a brilliant satirist

and works mostly alone. Stewart runs an ensemble.

[trumad]

24. The question really should be---

who has the funniest writers.

[uponit7771]

25. Unnn, one is all satire one makes fun of news via satire...I love both

[HopeHoops]

26. Depends on the episode. They both have their moments.

[PDittie]

28. He's always in character.

He didn't break character testifying before Congress about his SuperPAC. He even stayed in character when he returned after his mother had been sick. Do you understand how tedious that can be, pretending to be something you aren't, day after week after month after year (Most people manage that about as well as Mitt Romney, but that's a digression).

Stewart is very good but he isn't even in Colbert's league any more, truthfully. Even they guy who couldn't make on The Daily Show, Steve Carell, does satire better than Jon these days.

Stewart, candidly, needs to own responsibility for his influence on the so-called actual media, and not cop out and say "I'm just a comedian" every time he gets called on it. Virtually every host on MSNBC and Current have, to varying degrees, adopted the schtick of recording the right-wing and playing their words back to demonstrate their hypocrisy and make fun of it. Yes, TDS set the bar but they have slipped a lot in the past few years.

[A Simple Game]

29. They are both on the same level, just on different platforms. n/t