The Daily show
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Average rating4.3
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Average rating4.3
For almost 17 years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now, for the first time, the people behind the show's seminal moments come together to share their memories of one of America's most groundbreaking shows.--
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This was overall a really fun, interesting read. I was a huge Daily Show fan in college (...who wasn't?) and I especially liked reading all the background on those kind of peak years. Like, obviously a lot of work went into those episodes, but I definitely didn't realize HOW much, or how innovative TDS was with their clip-pulling techniques. (That kind of stuff might only be interesting to a certain flavor of nerd, idk.)
There was also some level of “oh no, I didn't want to see that sausage getting made”–I was actually moderately upset reading about some of the big fights and fallings-out of various TDS staff. I (naively, I know) just wanted to think of them all getting along and being BFFs!! :(
Still, I enjoyed feeling like I was getting to know these people, especially a lot of behind the scenes people whose names I didn't know before but were hugely influential on the show. I even enjoyed reading about the goings-ons after I mostly stopped watching the show, and also on the influence TDS had on other shows and even on actual political events.
I'd definitely recommend this to people who really love(d) the Daily Show.
