The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

For this assignment, we were told to watch an episode of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart/Trevor Noah. I found it easiest to access the most recent episodes aired on Hulu. The episode I watched aired on March 17, 2016, and the special guest for this episode was actor Theo James, from the Divergent movie series.
To start this off, I would like to be completely honest in saying two things that I feel are important to add for this specific post. First, I have never watched the Daily Show in my life. This is a personal choice, as I just have never been interested in watching it. Second, I do not find myself entertained by politics/current news. I know I should stay up to date on current news and politics, and I do to a fair extent, but I also don't go out of my way to watch Fox News or CNN every single day. I know what's going on in the world, but not enough to fully appreciate the Daily Show and the content that was discussed in this episode.

New Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland.

To start off the episode, Trevor Noah talks about St. Patrick's Day (since St. Patrick's Day is the 17th) and makes a few jokes about everyone who drinks, which I found to be quite funny. For the big story of the night, he discusses President Obama's choice of a new Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. Trevor Noah makes a few jokes about the announcements. He also discuss "The Biden Rule" and makes fun of that, which I personally have never heard of. The issue that I have with watching news channels and politically-infused TV shows is that I normally do not follow what the host is talking about, and that's why I feel that this post is doing the Daily Show an injustice, because I do think it's very funny, but I can't comment on the content of it.
Noah then has a segment about March Madness, but for his show he is doing a game called Third Month Mania, which is similar to March Madness but has to do with what type of thing is the most annoying. For example, one of them is Trump vs. Trump supporters. I found this segment very funny and enjoyable as well. I actually considered going on his website and filling out a Third Month Mania bracket.
Trevor Noah brought in Theo James for his special guest, and they discussed his upcoming movie, Allegiant. Bringing on a popular guest star helps to counter-balance all of the political talk in the earlier part of the episode, which I found to be a good idea. It's a sneaky way to get more of an audience, because some people will watch an episode just to watch the segment with the guest star. Putting news/politics in the very beginning is a smart idea to keep more people informed about what's going on in the news before bringing in the guest.
I believe that this type of format to deliver the news is comedic as well as informative, because it does get people to become involved in what's happening in the world in a way that is not just straight talk and facts. Admittedly, I do not stay tuned to these kinds of shows, but I appreciate the comedic standpoint that the Daily Show takes on delivering news and discussing politics.

Trevor Noah, current host of the Daily Show.