Finally had a chance to see the Jon Stewart ‘drop in’ on Colbert’s show. His straight talk is legendary and exactly what propelled him to the top of the late night ranks. He did a complete segment. Hell, he even went after Arby’s because, well, its what he does. His largest applause line came when he responded to Trump’s ‘blue collar billionaire’ remark by saying, “That’s not a thing.” That moment was so classically The Daily Show that I was hungry for his return. It also set me to thinking about why the new Daily is not as good as the old.
I adore Trevor Noah and his approach to the medium, but it doesn’t even hold a candle to Stewart. He is trying, but he cannot sit across from the kind of people Jon sat across from and deliver the level of intelligent examination and quick banter that Stewart is known for. Noah is funny, but he is just funny. Stewart remains a sharp-tongued assassin who is responsible for tearing down a lot of political rhetoric designed to ruin us as a people.