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Believe it or not, the folks at TDS don't like the applause, either. Both Rob Riggle (to me, I think) and Rob Corddry have complained about how the audience applauds for anything that could be construed as anti-Bush. Not that either of them are pro-Bush; they're just pro-comedy, and applause breaks break the flow of what's going on.

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you can't find a better picture of Tina Fey? That one looks awful. Colbert is better anyways.

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When was the last time she heard anything funny on SNL, (except for her co-star's AWESOME line trashing her last week) that would be the 70's. She sounds a bit bitter and she should be her show sits in fourth place every time it airs.

I tend to think an audience prompted for applause wouldn't go "woohoo", but again this isn't something she has any experience to know about.

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Colbert is not better. Colbert is different, and his job is certainly a lot harder than Stewart's, but he isn't better. He might be in a couple years though.

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I have to say I agree to a certain extent, the Daily Show audiences do get a bit over enthusiastic. At least The Colbert Report has the advantage of his character liking that and having an ego to support it. You see Jon Stewart wanting the audience to shut up from time to time since their whooping at the very mention of certain things stops them from actually getting to the punch-line.

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At least The Daily Show has humor. SNL has been devoid of that for at least a year. I hear Fey thinks very highly of herself. SNL wasn't a brilliant masterpiece when she was head writer, and 30 Rock certainly isn't a ratings bonanza.

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I haven't watched The Daily Show in years. The only laughter I ever heard was Jon Stewart laughing at his own jokes.

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I agree so much that the clapping for jokes hurts the rythmn of the show. The part of the daily show where it most bothers me is the interview segment. Audience approval isn't really necessary for a political opinion during an interview

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Conan O'Brien once said he doesn't like pot or beer jokes for a similar reason - people will get excited for the mention, whether there was wit behind them or not.
It also happens on Bill Maher - it seems like the statement, "Bush is bad in some way or other" could lead to about a minute of uninterupted cheering.
The point is that comments like that are cheap substitutions for wit.

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And all the people that read "Reader's Digest" say, "What's the Daily Show and where are my false teeth?"

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Kind of agree. It doesn't have to be a joke. "Obama won another primary yesterday" (WILD APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING)

And I support Obama.

It gets even worse if Jon's doing an interview with someone who's pro-Bush or believes positively in the situation in Iraq. Every time Jon comes up with a mildly good bit of logic to counter the interviewee, at least five seconds of applause and cheering.

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I don't think she was criticizing the Daily Show by saying this. You even see Jon Stewart trying to get the audience to calm down when they go over the top, especially during interviews; he'll literally turn to the audience and say, "Settle down, now."

He's also explicitly addressed this in interviews, especially the one he did with David Steinberg on "Sit-down Comedy." Stewart talked about people assuming he's left-wing, or an ideologue, or a knee-jerk Bush-hater, or a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat supporter, and when they see him on the street, or after a stand-up performance, they'll take him to task for, say, making John Kerry look bad. But his take is that he has to write what he thinks is funny, or what he thinks is true (and lord knows John Kerry gave him plenty of grist), and that you can't "fall in love with your audience."

And I think that's what Tina Fey is trying to get at by her comment, and I think her whispering it indicates that she knows it sounds like a slam, but that's not her intention. These days it's so easy to make an audience go crazy by making fun of Bush (where were they in the voting booths in 2004?), but I think Stewart and his writers are just trying to do what they've always done, which is to hold up to ridicule the hypocrites and the liars, whether they're in politics or in the media.

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Daily Show funny to watch 4 days a week... mostly...

SNL not funny for at least 10-15 years now.

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i don't agree with her explaination as well. maybe SNL should get an "applause" sign. they need it much more than the daily show.

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My grandmother thinks Readers Digest is for old people. I think Tina is gonna pitch a script to PAX or something...may explain mag interview choice.

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Bitch may be the new black. But black is the new president, Bitch!

I like 30 rock, but Tiny Few is getting annoying.

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