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【America Under the Microscope】Advanced
Keywords
• Late night wars （Previous generation of famous comics）
Fight for viewers
Controversy over who takes over the show
• Outdated format
YouTube and subscription-based TV
No need to stay up late to watch
Lack of originality
• Modern hosts
Much more friendly rivalry
Hello everyone, and welcome back to America Under the Microscope, advanced episode. Hi, Lulu.
Hi, James.
So we're gonna continue our talk about late night talk shows, and I want to know what talk shows do you like?
I've been watching the Daily Show.
I've watched a lot of Daily Show, but not so much with the new host.
Trevor Noah?
Yeah.
I mean, I like Trevor Noah. But I started watching the Daily Show when John Stewart was still the host.
I remember watching the Daily Show when I was still in university, a long time ago.
What attracts you to… for example the Daily Show.
What I liked about the Daily Show is because it was different than other late night talk shows, yet and also, Stephen Colbert’s previous show, The Colbert Report.
Oh, I love Colbert Report.
Because they were literally fake news. So it was kind of poking fun of like the Cable News programs. So they were just doing things very differently; and also their interviews that they did. They interviewed people that you wouldn't see on the regular talk shows because they interviewed like scientists, writers that you would not normally think of…
One thing that always shocks me about the Daily Shows is like some of the interviews these people they look legit, you think are they just playing alone with this whole comic act?
I think sometimes they were.
Or do they actually think this is a serious interview?
Most of them are aware that it's a comic act, but the hosts were pretty good at like jesting based on the guest that they had there. So they know some can be more playful or others play a more straight.
Yeah, but I mean, I'm not saying it's scripted, but they've definitely talked to these people before. It's not like live interview. One thing that always gets to me is that sometimes people get really offended by like the Daily Show. And then they're like this is just fake. This is not true.
Well, dah, this is like we're comedians. It's not a news program.
I think this is very important to see things like the Daily Show as just satirical comedy. There's satirical about absolutely everything, to not take it seriously. This is one thing I think that… personally I think it's the ability to take a joke, you don't have to agree with them, right?
And that's the thing. What I like about some of these shows especially like the Daily Show is that I like the sort of the comedy timing, a lot of the hosts and also the co-hosts on this show they've got perfect comedy timing, and their own different style.
They're all comedians and they're all have practicing it for years and getting on the Daily Show like if you're a comedian and get on the daily shows. You're really an upcoming comic.
I do watch things like Fallon and Kimmel sometimes, but honestly for me personally that is a little bit too family friendly for my taste.
Yeah, they're… the big ones like Fallon and Kimmel, they're trying mass appeal, they're trying to reach out to be… the general public. I mean Colbert is a little bit different. He does bit more satire, so it kind of misses with some of the population.
He's actually involved in politics, right? Colbert?
Partially. I mean, he's jokingly run things, um, but he is known to be a bit more political than the other hosts.
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