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|  #1 Posted on 30.3.15 1054.23
Reposted on: 30.3.22 1054.47 | Announced in the New York Times. He's the biracial South African who's shown up as a contributor the last few months - seemingly taking Larry Wilmore's spot, which is an amusing coincidence.
They're still saying they don't know when Stewart is leaving and Noah is starting, but everything else is very stage managed. Jason Jones got his farewell on Thursday's show, and this news was release to a friendly journalist on a Monday morning with the show on a scheduled week of so they wouldn't have to talk about it more than their statements.
Noah seems less likely to (over) do funny voices, so I guess that's a nice change of pace. I really have no idea. He's seemed likable and smart in his segments but there's only been a few of them. I don't know if the Daily Show is going to change as much as it did Kilborn->Stewart, but it does feel like it's set up for something different with a lot of longer term people leaving for elsewhere.
Occasionally reliable source/RAW fourth announcer Bill Simmons said Amy Poehler, Louis CK, and Amy Schumer were all offered the spot and turned it down. | Promote this thread! |             | KJames199
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|  #2 Posted on 30.3.15 1104.55
Reposted on: 30.3.22 1105.43 | | There's a documentary about him called You Laugh But It's True. We watched it on Netflix just last weekend, along with his stand-up special on there. Good stuff. | Peter The Hegemon
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| #3 Posted on 30.3.22 1242.22 |
If that's true, they really dodged a bullet with Louis CK. | Big Bad
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| #4 Posted on 30.3.15 1246.49
Reposted on: 30.3.22 1249.07 | My mind still reels that Comedy Central let John Oliver go and essentially handed HBO a popular new late-night comedy/news show.
'Controllable' might be the key word of Simmons' tweet. Noah is a guy who, if all goes well, can be hosting this show for another 16 years. I recall that Jessica Williams specifically noted something like "I'm 25, I don't want to be tied down to a job for years and years" when she was asked about hosting, so perhaps Comedy Central was specifically looking for another long-term choice. Of the big names that Simmons mentioned, I can't see Poehler or Louis really wanting to do TDS for years and years on end; there's more of a chance Schumer would, though she's already got a nice niche for herself with her own show and she might break it big in movies if this upcoming Apatow film with her and John Cena is a hit.
The other interesting factoid is that Simmons and Stewart have the same agent (James 'Baby Doll' Dixon). Maybe Dixon/Stewart are actually upset at Bill for leaking this information --- presumably Stewart had a hand in picking his replacement, and now by revealing that Noah was at best the fourth choice, it kind of makes Noah look bad.
OR, maybe Stewart felt Comedy Central went over his head in picking Noah, he's a bit ticked about it, so he and Dixon leak the info via Simmons.
(edited by Big Bad on 30.3.15 1518) | Kevintripod
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| #5 Posted on 31.3.15 0121.17
Reposted on: 31.3.22 0122.21 |
If this is true, Noah is a huge drop off from their previous choices. | Kevintripod
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| #6 Posted on 31.3.15 0656.56
Reposted on: 31.3.22 0658.20 | Trevor Noah Faces Backlash Over Twitter History
The new host of "The Daily Show" has been accused of anit-Semitism and sexism over his past jokes
http://time.com/3764913/trevor-noah-twitter-backlash/ | | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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