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bluescribbler

(2,123 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:24 AM Mar 2020

If ever there was a time when we need to laugh, it is now,

And yet, it appears to me that the late night talk shows and the comics who host them have gone off the air for the lack of live audiences. Young people have reported that they get their news from The Daily Show. Satire is an important tool in a representative democracy, as it holds the powerful up to scrutiny for their actions, or inaction, as the case may be. Bill Maher, Steven Colbert, John Oliver, Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee are just a few examples of the people we need, and yet their voices appear to have been silenced.

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If ever there was a time when we need to laugh, it is now, (Original Post) bluescribbler Mar 2020 OP

I've read of multiple networks/studios "going dark" on production due to Covid Roland99 Mar 2020 #1

Read my post below. SamKnause Mar 2020 #4

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah, and Samantha Bee SamKnause Mar 2020 #2

Thanks for that. bluescribbler Mar 2020 #7

"Excellent!" Roland99 Mar 2020 #9

I can say that is true genxlib Mar 2020 #3

Like the song say: If we couldn't laugh, we'd all go insane... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #5

pay attention to see the farce. it's subtle. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #6

They're not doing this voluntarily. Initech Mar 2020 #8

They are also doing this to protect their staffers. bluescribbler Mar 2020 #10

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

1. I've read of multiple networks/studios "going dark" on production due to Covid

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:29 AM

Mar 2020

Would be nice if they could post YouTube videos after online collaborations

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)

4. Read my post below.

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:35 AM

Mar 2020

They are doing some things that are available on YouTube.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)

2. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah, and Samantha Bee

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:34 AM

Mar 2020

have new monologues and short clips on YouTube.

They are all filming from their homes.

They skype guests like Julia Louis Dreyfus and Guillermo.

Their kids are doing the intros and graphics.

I have watched them all.

I wish all of them would have full shows from their homes.

bluescribbler

(2,123 posts)

7. Thanks for that.

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:23 AM

Mar 2020

I'll check them out tonight.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

9. "Excellent!"

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:33 AM

Mar 2020

genxlib

(5,535 posts)

3. I can say that is true

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:35 AM

Mar 2020

My eighteen year old daughter is engaged and knowledgeable about current events and it is almost entirely to do with the Daily Show.

Wounded Bear

(58,709 posts)

5. Like the song say: If we couldn't laugh, we'd all go insane...

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:36 AM

Mar 2020

lot of truth in that line from a Jimmy Buffett song.

keithbvadu2

(36,907 posts)

6. pay attention to see the farce. it's subtle.

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 10:50 AM

Mar 2020

pay attention to see the farce. it's subtle.

make sure the audio is enabled.

canadian, eh?

https://i.imgur.com/MJHyAhy.mp4

Initech

(100,102 posts)

8. They're not doing this voluntarily.

Reply to bluescribbler (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:25 AM

Mar 2020

They need the live audience. Stephen Colbert did a show with no audience, it was weird. John Oliver did a show with no audience. It was weird. So I can see why the rest of them wouldn't want to do that. You need that audience reaction.

bluescribbler

(2,123 posts)

10. They are also doing this to protect their staffers.

Reply to Initech (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 12:04 PM

Mar 2020

I watched both shows. Colbert had an audience of his staffers. The writers and production people need to be safe, too. The musicians also need to be kept safe.

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