I'm so excited that Sleepy Hollow was assigned! Despite not being the scariest of movies, it quickly entered our family Halloween canon. Loaded cast all the way too!
Fun fact, my folks actually lived there for a few years back before I was born and they returned to Boston.
I won't be able to attend the show in New Orleans. But if I was able to, I would ask you if Gym Jordan's failed speaker campaign was more like that of Cutthroat Island or John Carter?
I loved The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back in the late aughts. It was a staple that myself and frat buddies routinely watched, along with the Colbert Report. Hell, I even attended Jon and Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity (and/or Fear) when I was still living in the Warshington metro in the yesteryears of 2010. His work and advocacy for 9/11 first responders and military veterans has also made a significant impression on me; he could've sailed off into retirement and led a cushy lifestyle, but no, he chose to get into the mud with the men & women who served our country. Long story short, I really like Jon.
All of that being the case... wow, was I ever turned off with my first viewing of The Problem on Apple+. I tried it for awhile, but it never drew me in like The Daily Show. For TDS, Jon always came off as a pragmatic liberal who held people to account (or pointed out hypocrisy) via comedy. For The Problem, Jon came across as a very unfunny, dogmatic progressive. As someone who sits just left of center, the problem with The Problem is that it only catered to people who already shared the opinions the show aired, whereas TDS was able to win over people who hovered around the center of the American spectrum.
I'm so excited that Sleepy Hollow was assigned! Despite not being the scariest of movies, it quickly entered our family Halloween canon. Loaded cast all the way too!
Fun fact, my folks actually lived there for a few years back before I was born and they returned to Boston.
I won't be able to attend the show in New Orleans. But if I was able to, I would ask you if Gym Jordan's failed speaker campaign was more like that of Cutthroat Island or John Carter?
Sleepy hollow has a cool soundtrack and walken is great :)
Thanks for that incisive look into Apple's "Stewart problem." Stewart needs a bigger better educated audience anyway.
I loved The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back in the late aughts. It was a staple that myself and frat buddies routinely watched, along with the Colbert Report. Hell, I even attended Jon and Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity (and/or Fear) when I was still living in the Warshington metro in the yesteryears of 2010. His work and advocacy for 9/11 first responders and military veterans has also made a significant impression on me; he could've sailed off into retirement and led a cushy lifestyle, but no, he chose to get into the mud with the men & women who served our country. Long story short, I really like Jon.
All of that being the case... wow, was I ever turned off with my first viewing of The Problem on Apple+. I tried it for awhile, but it never drew me in like The Daily Show. For TDS, Jon always came off as a pragmatic liberal who held people to account (or pointed out hypocrisy) via comedy. For The Problem, Jon came across as a very unfunny, dogmatic progressive. As someone who sits just left of center, the problem with The Problem is that it only catered to people who already shared the opinions the show aired, whereas TDS was able to win over people who hovered around the center of the American spectrum.
Jon made the mistake of getting out of his wheelhouse (news masquerading as comedy).