Where does Jon Stewart rank? (Or "RIP The Daily Show")

Yes, it's nonsense. People are cynical about politics because they ought to be, not because they watch a TV show that makes them laugh.

 

A host can do as much or as little politics as they want. If it starts to annoy me, I'll stop watching. Letterman started to annoy me awhile back. So did Colbert.

I'm not saying they did anything wrong, but they would annoy me enough that I would choose not to watch.

I didn't really feel that way with Stewart.

 

Not trying to bait people at all. As mentioned my only familiarity with Stewart was through You Tubes snippets of his political humor and his
visits to the talk show circuit. I enjoyed him in those venues. Have always thought of him as very bright and very funny but I never
thought of him as an "important social voice" mainly because of my lack of knowledge of his full body of work. Hence my question
of comparison to Al Sharpton who also has a tv show as a forum and has been viewed in many circles as an important social voice. And
yes some have compared him to MLK ( no me).

Perhaps he compares more to Dick Gregory - a comedian from another time that was an important social voice.

 

Dick Gregory?

 

Could one of you who are arguing in favor of Stewart's "relevance" give me an idea of how his ratings compare to the network newscasts, or the cable talkers on FOX, like O'Reilly?

 

Hah - nice pull from way down town

 

"Relevance" is much different from "social voice"

In my limited knowledge of Stewart I would view him as very relevant but not sure if he is a "social voice".
Does not seem like one and the same.

 

Similiarly, "Transformers 3" is the most culturally relevant movie of the last 10 years.

 

I love Stewart. I think he's brilliant.

Is anybody going to be talking about him 20 years from now? I doubt it, and I don't mean that as a knock. I love Kimmel, I think Fallon has done great things, but I think Letterman is the only guy now who will really have a lasting legacy.

 

More so than Sponge Bob? I mean Sb has a gay friend. That's pretty relevant.

 

See, I disagree on this. I think Stewart will go down in history with the likes of Jonathan Swift, where he'll have a lasting legacy as a satirist.

 

For a short time Keith Olberman was considered an important social voice.
Now he's not even relevant.