necessity. that topical kind of monologue was something that was brand new. it seems like a simple thing, but that s what bob hope really innovated. it takes a lot to mount a big show, long hours into the night, constantly revising the script, revisions necessary from last minute changes in a changing world. bob hope was the first guy to utilize a staff of writers to give you topical material of the day. he really did invent the idea of the comedian being the head writer, the managing editor and having a bunch of writers. the traditionins of stand up comedy in the 50s were derived from vaudeville. those performers like bob hope had nothing more on their mind than just getting laughs, and that was plenty. the guy who really came along and changed all that was mort saul. richard nixon is running for governor of california. i realize, some of this material to be topical, he ll be running
this scale. you can guess which, you re wrong, it s bolivia. a country you think about so little you haven t even realized that s not bolivia, this is bolivia. actually, actually, that s still not bolivia. this is bolivia, or is it? or is it? the truth goes down a lot easier when a joke is attached to it. it just does. it was worth the trip in, wasn t it? so many things that are going on just seem so crazy. you feel so powerless so the comedian that deals with topical issues, they re giving people who are voiceless a voice. i ll be honest with you, it looks like i m not going to get the tonight show. what s the comedian s take on that election, what s the comedian s take on that hurricane. we are speaking on behalf of the consumer, the voter, the victim. the joke you ll forget. you ll forget the joke, but if it s the right moment and the right condition, and you acknowledge what just happened, it s a beautiful thing.
dead. you are out of comedy, forget it. the ethical and religious directives for catholic health care services is a slim volume of 72 medical commandments that fit neatly between a patient and her doctor. more and more of what you re seeing are people who care about the world being unafraid to bring that into their comedy and saying do i care about this stuff, it really matters and if i do, that s fair game for comedy too. john oliver has come out of the john stewart mold of just having, you know, a great specific sense of humor. he does cover a lot of the week s topics from his point of view, and turns the show into one topic, which is kind of great because no one is doing long form tonight. our main topic tonight concerns death. i would like to talk to you about drugs. our main story is income inequality, whether you re currently paying for hbo or stealing it. more than ever, comedy is a way to hold people s attention while you tell them important
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different show. it was much more driven by pop culture and parody and broadcasting. but over time, jon put his laser focus on real issues. welcome to our coverage of the democratic national convention from boston. it s our first night of coverage. the convention kicked off last night. any network can bring you news as it happens. but here at the daily show, we have taken yesterday s proceedings and digested it, processed it, broken it down to give you highly concentrated what we call turds of wisdom. the news can be so heavy, it can be so intense. it s actually very nice to have someone analyze things from a different point of view. he became people s go-to guy to explain the world. you d watch the news, then you d watch jon stewart. or you wouldn t watch the news and watch jon stewart. he d have to remind you, i m not the news! there are a lot of people out there who turn to you i m not the news. well, they i m a interpretation. a comedic interpretation. to be in