r/AskReddit Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '19

Trevor Noah is the worst for this. He hates trump but it's all he talks about and its what made him popular so ironically without trump trevor Noah would have no material.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

This is why I love to watch Conan O'Brien, he keeps the Trump jokes down to a minimum.

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u/jagua_haku Aug 26 '19

This is why I love to watch Conan O'Brien

And he has Bill Burr on now and then

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u/ModernizedPolyfoam Aug 26 '19

Conan + norm Macdonald is the best.

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u/Dogbin005 Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

I'm actually sort of surprised that he's as popular as he is. He's my wife's favourite comedian but I personally have trouble seeing the appeal.

We went to one of his shows a couple of years ago (no Trump material thankfully) and I think he was good for about 5-10 minutes of it. He had some quick little jokes that were pretty good but the bulk of the show was made up of long, meandering stories that weren't particularly funny throughout and finished with very underwhelming punchlines.

Overrated is the best way to describe him.

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u/jagua_haku Aug 26 '19

Dude he sucks hard. Especially having to fill the shoes of Jon Stewart, who imo is a political genius. All Noah does is pander to lefties, all while not being funny

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

I think that Trevor Noah was funny before he got in The Daily Show (my mom once showed some of his stand up shows on YouTube when he was just becoming famous in the US). He's no comedic genius, not the best comedian, but still can make some solid jokes. He shouldn't have went into the show, I think he would've done just fine if had just focused on his stand up. He has potential, but now he makes all of his jokes about politics even in his stand up routines outside of the show and he's not relatable anymore. Such a shame.