Comment on Is there anything still on comparable to Steven Colbert?
YaBoyMax@programming.dev 6 days agoI know this is a matter of personal preference but I absolutely cannot stand John Oliver. Every joke feels so tangential and contrived that it’s nearly a non sequitur à la Family Guy cutaway gags, and almost none of them ever seem to land for me. Then again, I think the target demographic is moreso Gen X than younger generations so maybe that’s why.
(oops, it’s John, not Jon)
That makes sense and I’ve felt the same with a few bits they’ve done recently, and they harp on things a little too long sometimes (Lyndon Johnson’s nuts, for example), but I still think he/the writers make compelling arguments and present them in interesting ways.
It’s amusing and informative, perfect for laugh-crying about the state of the world.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Yeah I feel this, and I feel like it’s gotten worse. It’s often borderline “omg so randumb!!1!eleven! Holds up spork” type shit