Jon Stewart is back [WGA Strike Update]

Overheal

Jon Stewart and The Daily Show* are back baby As are Jay Leno and a dozen other dontcareabouts...

Not wanting to see their shows get destroyed due to hiatus and not being able to hang onto idle workers on the payroll night time shows have come back on the air without the support of their writing team. The shows have been unscripted and fairly humourous.

http://thedailyshow.com <-- the ultimateness

Except for Jay Leno: he is a member of the WGA; he has paid his non-striking employees out of pocket and upon returning to the air wrote his own monologue - which is pissing off the WGA so it will be fun to see what happens

either way: Television and sanity are starting to trickle back after 2 months. Rejoice.

edit: With respect to his missing team of writers, Jon has nobly renamed the current unscipted version of the show: A Daily Show, with Jon Stewart, until The Daily Show, can return in full.

Terry

Actually it was Letterman who paid the writers out of his own pocket, for both his own show and the Craig Ferguson show. Both of which Letterman owns.
He didn't break the picket because he paid them the extra 4 cents.

ScumLord

American writers are shiote anyway, **** them get anyone else to do it. Could be the best thing that ever happened to American tv and film.

ejmaztec

ScumLord wrote: »

American writers are shiote anyway, **** them get anyone else to do it. Could be the best thing that ever happened to American tv and film.

That's because they've been working on the same script plot for fifty years (or longer). They just change a few names and locations and update it to bring in the advancements of that particular time. They then get people hooked on it and then the plug gets pulled on it because the ratings drop in the US. The end result is - nothing gets concluded and there are people jumping off buildings all over the world out of sheer frustration.

Heisenberg.

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Mizu_Ger

I can't watch that type of comedy. Its too "American". He says something that he thinks is funny and then spends 10 minutes making faces/gestures. There's no writing involved!

Jay Leno is the best. Proper jokes and none of the gurning.

ScumLord

There nothing on Pat he's a laugh riot.

projectmayhem

conan is back too. himself and letterman are growing beards and won't shave until the strike is over, in some sort of bizzare show of support

Overheal

ScumLord wrote: »

American writers are shiote anyway, **** them get anyone else to do it. Could be the best thing that ever happened to American tv and film.

"Even if the strike ended tomorrow: nobody would still understand what was happening on Lost."

-David Letterman

:rolleyes:

Terry

The Scientist wrote: »

Its about time they got off their arse. They get paid enough.
I fear a severe drought in the cinema down the line due to this.
UCI will be showing crap imported jap films for 2 months.

All they want is 4 cents for every episode downloaded from stations websites. It's not like they are looking for much.
After all, they are the ones who create the product.
Notice the lack of new episodes of Heroes and such as a result.

MOH

Overheal wrote: »

"Even if the strike ended tomorrow: nobody would still understand what was happening on Lost."

-David Letterman

:rolleyes:

Is that :rolleyes: your :rolleyes: or an indication of Letterman gurning as Mizu_Ger suggested?
:rolleyes:;):):rolleyes::eek::D

thelordofcheese

The Scientist wrote: »

Its about time they got off their arse. They get paid enough.
I fear a severe drought in the cinema down the line due to this.
UCI will be showing crap imported jap films for 2 months.

You really don't know what this is all about, do you?

Anyway, they'd want to hurry up and pay them their dues, i want the colbert report back.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's already back

thelordofcheese

Mordeth wrote: »

it's already back

really? since when?

i need to pay more attention, clearly.

Overheal

Colbert Doesnt have as bitchin' a site as Jon but to be fair http://www.thedailyshow.com links to colbert's video site at the top of the page.

I already have my copy of the winner of the Stephen Colbert Award for Literary Excellence: I Am America (And So Can You!)

also rolling eyes at lost.

and honestly: I think the average consumer could eat 5 cents - a whole 5 cents! per download to have their television shows back. Considering most of us torrent.. *snicker*

Yea I found this roflcopter right: Jon's first show back he shows that on iTunes 1 episode of the Daily Show (THE daily show ) costs $2.00 - and of course, Im watching this factoid on the episode that also probably cost $2.00 on iTunes, for free, on the official Daily Show site, hosted by Viacomm....

Oh I hope I havent shot myself in the foot. Next thing you know thedailyshow.com is a subscription service...

iguana

thelordofcheese wrote: »

You really don't know what this is all about, do you?

Anyway, they'd want to hurry up and pay them their dues, i want the colbert report back.

The Daily Show writers explain it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRHlpEmr0w

Overheal

we Miss you John Oliver

Kel Varnsen

I stopped watching Conan a while ago when the show got too repetitive, but it's come back three times better. Some highlights(get them before NBC do):
Singing Beastie Boy's 'Sabotage' as Edith Bunker: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Aw6KuYScq-I
Hiding behind boxes during tours of the studio and then jumping out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AuW4IKfeHI
Climbing to the top of the studio: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RO9MfoniR6Y

I could just watch that guy being ridiculous all day long.

Mossy Monk

Didn't realise Conan was back. Best get onto my cousins.

lostexpectation

watched the first daily show, it was pretty good, would like to watch the daily show but can't be arsed chasing round for it, and tbh I don't have time to be watching a 30 mins of american tv news everyday.

lostexpectation

and watching conan on youtube grab is helping the writings or hurting them

Overheal

Kel Varnsen wrote: »

I stopped watching Conan a while ago when the show got too repetitive, but it's come back three times better. Some highlights(get them before NBC do):
Singing Beastie Boy's 'Sabotage' as Edith Bunker: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Aw6KuYScq-I
Hiding behind boxes during tours of the studio and then jumping out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AuW4IKfeHI
Climbing to the top of the studio: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RO9MfoniR6Y

I could just watch that guy being ridiculous all day long.

you havent even seen the fire alarm clip!

edit: they pulled it off youtube already the bastards

Overheal

lostexpectation wrote: »

watched the first daily show, it was pretty good, would like to watch the daily show but can't be arsed chasing round for it, and tbh I don't have time to be watching a 30 mins of american tv news everyday.

http://www.thedailyshow.com

honestly, some people....

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

last night's colbert report was great, the dance number at the beginning colbert did was hilarious

omg, will smith is a scientologist!?!

Overheal

he saved us from zombie apocalypse give him a break: and he did it with science

iguana

Mordeth wrote: »

last night's colbert report was great, the dance number at the beginning colbert did was hilarious

omg, will smith is a scientologist!?!

No he isn't. He just defended it, comparing it to the bible.

beanyb

Just watching The Colbert Report now. I wish they'd show it on More 4 along with the Daily Show.

I cant believe how good a sport Mike Huckabee is. That was hilarious.

I wish I was Stephen Colbert.

Overheal

So whos planning a trip to Deleware?

lostexpectation

oh so they have last nights show online I just thought they had few clips

not bad only one short ad, welcome to 2007/8 viacom

I think the regular shows were a little over scripted

i wonder how much american democracy suffered while the shows were off air

Overheal

lostexpectation wrote: »

oh so they have last nights show online I just thought they had few clips

not bad only one short ad, welcome to 2007/8 viacom

I think the regular shows were a little over scripted

i wonder how much american democracy suffered while the shows were off air

in fairness some shows were just absolutely brilliant. All of which are available in date-lined clips on the website. The most recent episode is always available on the main page for convenience sake. Stephen Colbert's site is similar though not as well laid out (http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml)

and also has a terrible url for memory's sake

Colbert's polar bear cub mini threatdown at the bottom of the page is hilarity