...but what is wrong with people?
Today in the Boston Globe, which is a real newspaper that some people actually pay to read, TV columnist Ren�e Graham worries that "as "The Daily Show" grows in popularity and significance, the program will lose its wily edge."
Based on what? Graham cites only Jon Stewart's mildness with John Kerry when he appeared as a guest, but Stewart has always been excessively polite to important people (and even some actors) who appear on the show. It has never had any impact on how pointed the jokes about these folks are when they're not on the couch, and there's zero evidence that it's starting too.
Only at the end does Graham reveal her real concern: not that the show is actually getting soft, but that it's no longer "cool" now that everyone has discovered it -- a high school whine so transparently lame that even 82% of the people dumb enough to participate in online polls (right col) think she needs to "relax."
She probably doesn't even really think it's true, she just wants us to know that she's been watching the show "for years." BFD, lady. I watched Stewart on MTV but you didn't see me cranking out a 700 word column when he "sold out" to Comedy Central.
Seriously, I know turning out a column twice a week ain't easy, but put just a little effort into it, wouldya?
