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Tannhauser
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I'll watch him, he's good. But I wonder where on the spectrum his show will lie.
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Ironwood
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What ?
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Hayduke
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A Sunday night show is a weird choice, I would've thought they'd pair him with Real Time on Fridays.
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Jeff Kelly
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If it's anything like Real Time I'll probably not watch it since I simply can't stand Bill Maher and his 'I'm a liberal and an atheist therefore I'm always right' righteous self-congratulory bullshit and how it affects the show's treatment of almost any topic they cover. I can't stand Bill O'Reilly and his ilk when they do it and I don't find it any better when someone on the other end of the political spectrum does it as well.
If it isn't, well then I don't think that pairing it with Real Time would be that great of an idea anyway.
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Hayduke
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Trust me man anything you have to say about Maher, I've heard it. I swear people have google alerts about the guy to call him an asshole at every opportunity no matter how tenuous the link. He's acerbic and strident. It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
I'm just saying that I thought it'd be a good place since John Oliver's show will also be a news and current events show.
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Jeff Kelly
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I'd assume that the Daily Show audience skewers a lot younger than the audience of the 'traditional' political commentary shows and I would put Real Time with Bill Maher more in the 'traditional' segment. I suppose that HBO is going after the same audience as the Daily Show, not by directly competing with them in the same time slot of course but generally. So I don't think that the overlap would be big enough for Real Time to provide any lead in for John OLiver's show or vice versa
I also suppose that more of the 18 - 35 audience will be at home potentially watching a John Oliver Show on a Sunday than would be on a Friday.
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Mrbloodworth
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If it's anything like Real Time I'll probably not watch it since I simply can't stand Bill Maher and his 'I'm a liberal and an atheist therefore I'm always right' righteous self-congratulory bullshit and how it affects the show's treatment of almost any topic they cover. I can't stand Bill O'Reilly and his ilk when they do it and I don't find it any better when someone on the other end of the political spectrum does it as well.
If it isn't, well then I don't think that pairing it with Real Time would be that great of an idea anyway.
Yeah, but one of those shows IS usually right. |
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Jeff Kelly
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Lakov_Sanite
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It is possible to be right and to not be a dick about it, you know. Tell that to fox news? |
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Jeff Kelly
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When they eventually get something right I will.
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Ironwood
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calapine
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sickrubik
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beer geek.
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I can't blame him. 15 years of that grind has too be getting seriously old. Maybe he will be guest on O'Reilly once a week to kick that retard in his floppy bits.
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MisterNoisy
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End of an era. Wonder what he's going to do now? |
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Pennilenko
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End of an era. Wonder what he's going to do now?
Retire and enjoy the earnings from his last 20 years of hard work? |
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Nevermore
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This news makes me sad.  |
Over and out.
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Tannhauser
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Oh shit, that's too bad.
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sickrubik
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Death to Smoochy 2. coming soon.
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Lantyssa
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So where are we going to get our news from after this happens?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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sickrubik
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« Last Edit: February 10, 2015, 11:07:41 PM by sickrubik »
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Nevermore
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John Oliver has been killing it on his HBO show. I'm not feeling it with Willmore yet.
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Over and out.
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Teleku
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Other question is, who the hell are they going to get to replace him. Thats a hard act to follow....
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HaemishM
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John Oliver has been killing it on his HBO show. I'm not feeling it with Willmore yet.
I think Willmore is getting into his groove, it's just a totally different vibe to Daily Show and Colbert Report. It's a lot more like Maher's show than any of the others, which is kind of a shame because the best parts of all of those shows to me are just when they dissect the news. Oliver's show has very few interviews which leaves a show with all substance, IMO. |
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sickrubik
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The best part about Willmore's show being like Maher's is that it doesn't have Maher.
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MahrinSkel
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But because it's only a half hour, he winds up being very rushed trying to do the same things Maher does in a full hour (and worse, he actually only has 22 minutes after commercials). Frankly, I don't think the table discussion is worth it for 6 or so minutes of screen time.
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Lakov_Sanite
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But because it's only a half hour, he winds up being very rushed trying to do the same things Maher does in a full hour (and worse, he actually only has 22 minutes after commercials). Frankly, I don't think the table discussion is worth it for 6 or so minutes of screen time.
--Dave
Exactly. It's trying to wrestle with it's own format in a way that just doesn't work. I hope they change things up a bit because as funny as Willmore is, the way it's going just doesn't mesh and likely never will due to time constraint. |
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schild
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If Stewart doesn't run for office, I want him to disappear. He had to quit sometime, I'd prefer him go into hiding than wonder what could have been.
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If Stewart doesn't run for office, I want him to disappear. He had to quit sometime, I'd prefer him go into hiding than wonder what could have been.
Deadspin had an article about that very thingNot like there is an abundance of smart, quick-witted people in politics. He would be welcome. |
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HaemishM
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I fail to see why he'd want to put himself through that sort of wringer, but then other than the corrupt, I can't imagine anyone would want to do that to themselves if they don't have to.
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sickrubik
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But because it's only a half hour, he winds up being very rushed trying to do the same things Maher does in a full hour (and worse, he actually only has 22 minutes after commercials). Frankly, I don't think the table discussion is worth it for 6 or so minutes of screen time.
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I actually agree 100%. I just wanted to make a knock against Maher. Who should be a champion for my interests, but is an isufferable twat/anti science. |
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I hope he doesn't get into politics... at least not a federal office. I doubt he would after reporting on the underbelly of it for so long. Dunno why he would choose to.
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schild
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Fuck that, I want him to run for President. Not even the tiniest bit joking.
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K9
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Part of me feels that Joel McHale might be the sort of person who could host this show, maybe..
Or perhaps they'll manage to get Bill O'Reilly to drop the Fox shtick and come to the light side. Or Shep Smith.
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