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Monday Report vs 22 Minutes vs Daily Show?

posted 19 years ago by cotton-friend
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I have always been a huge Rick Mercer fan. I've been watching 22 Minutes all my life it seems (I even catch the reruns on CBC weekday afternoons...). Anyhow, after Mercer left the show, 22 Minutes to me became just a another version of Air Farce but with a younger cast. I found it to be very childish. Rick Mercer really made the show great.
I'm an avid viewer of Monday Report. To me, it's the old 22 Minutes which is fine by me.
A couple weeks ago, I finally caught the Daily Show. I had heard huge raves about it ever since it came out. I watched an episode and I hated it. It totally lacked that subtleness that 22 Minutes once had. It seemed to me that they were trying more to be funny than smart.
This Hour has 22 Minutes (from the late nineties) and Talking to Americans are some of the best things to hit CBC since Wayne and Shuster.

Anyhow, being Canadian, I know that it's pretty much second nature for us to have a fairly good idea of American politics so I'm sure there are people who watch possibly all three shows.
Which show is truly great: Monday Report, 22 Minutes or the Daily Show?
Are there any other news-satire shows you'd like to mention?

[–] he-man-1 19 years ago

Ever heard of HBO's "Not Necessarilly the News?"

[–] nedopetrie 19 years ago

Michael Moore's TV Nation...Quick question, how long has the Daily Show been playing in Canada? I'm an American living in Canada, and everyone keeps talking about the Daily Show as if its really new. Its been playing on the American Comedy Network since 1996.

[–] he-man-1 18 years ago

I thought that "The Industry" was a new PBS show when I first saw it, then I found out it began in 1998 in Canada.

[–] Drama-5 17 years ago

I'm also an American living in Canada, and I find it a little odd that a lot of my Canadian friends really like The Daily Show, oh well.

[–] inklingatthetradingposts 17 years ago

I'm a Canadian and I think I love The Mercer Report because he goes out and visits with different people every episode, it gives the show a more personal feel than if it were just a guy sitting in the studio cracking jokes. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling if he goes somewhere I've lived or I've been. His standup is painful, but if you read his blog, you can see he's an intelligent guy who knows what's going on and has his opinions.

I'm getting really sick of Stewart yelling and swearing all the time. He relies too much on the audience's reaction to be funny than what he has to say. His interviews are good, he asks intelligent questions but still sometimes pulls a Dr Phil and gets the audience to override someone he disagrees with. He says the obvious thing very often, and it gets dull.

22 Minutes and the Mercer Report are more subtle but still silly and funny, they're more enjoyable, and I identify with them and because they are geared towards Canadians

In order: Mercer, 22 Minutes (old cast, musical chairs cast, and new cast), then The Daily Show.

s'all for now
inkl

[–] ryanmillar 18 years ago

The Daily Show is great. I watch it most nights--it's actually how I keep up to date on American politics. The Mercer Report I find is pretty much a Canadian version of the Daily Show. The only short coming to Mercer's show is that they only produce 1 episode per week, whereas the Daily Show is on 5 nights a week, as is the new Colbert Report. The same goes for 22 Minutes. I used to love this show when Mercer & the original cast members were all on. It was great. I stopped watching it for quite awhile as they went through numerous different cast, but I've caught a few recent episodes and they seem to have stuck with the same 4 cast members now, and the material was actually pretty good. I found myself laughing out loud more than once. I wish the CBC could afford to produce a daily political satire program, that would be stellar!

[–] he-man-1 18 years ago

I finally saw part of "The Colbert Report" last night. Pretty good, Amy Sedaris was on.

[–] insane_kidlife 18 years ago

I watch Air farce, RMR, and 22, and I'd have to say that's the order I'd put them in.

[–] anneb9 18 years ago

The Daily Show and Colbert Report are great. :-) That's how I get my American political news too! I try to catch the Rick Mercer Report once in a while, but no matter how you slice it, Canadian politics just aren't as interesting as American politics anyway... that's just in my lowly opinion, of course.

To answer someone's question above.. I think the Daily Show has been on in Canada since around 2000 (don't quote me on that), but it's just gained much more popularity in recent years thanks to Dubya.

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[–] malomalomalo 18 years ago

I definitely agree, 22 Minutes wasn't the same at all after Rick Mercer left.

I'd recommend the Colbert Report, his delivery is far more deadpan, and it seems a lot more similar to Rick Mercer's style. The only difference is that Colbert tries to sell himself as a hugely right-wing pundit, which is actually a lot more effective and funnier than it sounds.

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[–] hannie_banana 17 years ago

Yeah sometimes i think Colbert actaully watches Mercer's show because somethings are simular.

Photoshop Challenge vs. Greenscreen Challenge.

Simular no? Or they just coicendently had simular ideas. Though the challenge was different in a sense. The Greenscreen Challenge was a one time deal.

[–] janellewhatever 17 years ago

I love the Rick Mercer Report and also enjoy 22 Minutes... as for the Daily show I find it absolutly boring!! And I think I'm very well educated when it comes to politics... Canadian and American... So i don't know what all the hype is about

[–] georgia-ks 17 years ago

I absolutely LOVE Monday Report and 22 Minutes, I watch them religiously, what can I say? As for the Daily Show, it's ok, but I prefer the other two much more.

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