Jon Stewart has always come across as a sensible guy when talking about race issues. In the wake of the Charleston horror, it was Stewart and Barack Obama who gave the most impressive, poignant commentary. But no one’s perfect. Comedian Wyatt Cenac sat down with Marc Maron for this week’s WTF Podcast. Cenac, a former writer for the Daily Show, recalled when Stewart […]
Chris Rock has always been sociopolitically conscious if you’ve been paying attention to his comedy. Sure, he’s said and done some problematic things, but fundamentally he has dressed some of his most important political views with laughs, which often leaves many people missing the point. But if you analyze his comedy closely, you’ll note that […]
Trevor Noah didn’t run through and delete his old tweets before he was announced as Jon Stewart‘s successor. As a result, he had to suffer the backlash of opportunistic conservatives. The announcement was overshadowed by anti-Semitism accusations over his bad jokes from years ago. So one day after the news, Comedy Central and Noah had to do some damage […]
https://instagram.com/p/0ngo0qh-Zy Ever since Jon Stewart announced he would be leaving Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in February, everyone’s been wondering who would take over his beloved seat. The wait is over – comedian Trevor Noah has just been announced as his successor. Noah, 31, has been a contributor to the show since 2014, according to his […]
News broke earlier today that Jon Stewart will depart his post as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show later in 2015. Stewart made the announcement while taping Tuesday’s show, but did not go so far as to specify a date. No word yet as to whether Comedy Central has a new host in […]
Jon Stewart left for vacation a few weeks ago and the entire world changed in his absence. He came back to “The Daily Show” last night and lambasted Fox News for the way that they have chosen to cover the Mike Brown story and the Ferguson, Missouri protests. Take a look below! There are some […]
