Trevor Noah To Replace Jon Stewart As The New 'Daily Show' Host

[IDemo]

Source: Huffington Post

"The Daily Show" finally has its new host: Trevor Noah.

Noah, a South African comedian and one of the newest "Daily Show" correspondents, was mentioned Friday as the front-runner to replace Jon Stewart on the Comedy Central show. On Monday, The New York Times reported that Noah would officially take over hosting.

Since Stewart announced in February that he'd be stepping down from the show after hosting for over 15 years, a handful of possible replacements have been considered. Lists of the potential next host have included Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Tina Fey and Jessica Williams, who said she was under-qualified for the position.

Noah is a new name to many people because he is one of the most recent additions to the Comedy Central show, having joined in December 2014. Since then, he has appeared in only three segments with Stewart, including ones about Ebola, Boko Haram and a game of chess.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/30/trevor-noah-daily-show-host_n_6965044.html

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. Was just about to post this!

Thanks!

[bigdarryl]

2. Never heard of this person but I'm glad a person of color got the spot

The racist are really going to go crazy now.The young man is pretty funny

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Wow. Just watched the 1st 3 minutes of that clip

and this guy is rough.

[bigdarryl]

6. Is that a good thing or bad thing

[BumRushDaShow]

12. It depends on what type of humor you like

His "teasing" of the guests as he introduced them in the opening segment, went for the jugular in terms of appearance and innuendo about their backgrounds (apparently based on who they were... and since I had no idea who they were, I can't comment on how close to the mark his darts were outside of what they looked like). I recall a bit of his comment about the large guy, who he dubbed a "beach ball", and with the black guest he remarked about not knowing which was darker, the "skin or the lips"... or something like that (I think she had dark or black lipstick on). I know Comedy Central (and any number of comedy hows and routines) can sometimes go deep down into rough, but I expect it will be interesting to see how he plays to American audiences with his acerbic wit (it's much more than what we've seen with Martin Bashir, notably since the guy is a comedian)...

[phleshdef]

19. Um dude, its a roast. Thats exactly how a roast is suppose to be. Thats the point.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Um "dude", I'm not a "dude" and know what a "roast" is

But my comment stands, particularly given that "The Daily Show" is geared towards political commentary and satire and how his style will play to American audiences.

[phleshdef]

22. I call everyone dude. But thats beside the point.

Thats not his "style". If you watch any of his regular stand up, you'd see that he is all about political and social commentary, particularly his having grown up in apartheid era South Africa with a white father and black mother.

The only reason he is saying things like that in this particular video is because its a roast and thats the kind of jokes people make at roasts. Its not a reflection of his normal routine. Given that its an obvious roast from the very beginning (they say as much several times in the video), I'm not sure why you would even pretend thats his "style", knowing that a roast has a unique nature to it (where the point is to openly insult people) as a comedy event.

The guy speaks 6 different languages, can do just about any accent you can think of and has an interesting life experience to pull from.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. It doesn't matter

about his background. John Oliver subbed for Stewart in the off-season. Again, as I said, it will be interesting to see how he plays to the American audience given his acerbic style.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. "Trevor Noah??? Never trust a man with two first names!"

"Uh, like John Stewart?"

"Dammit!"

[Cosmocat]

5. eh

really strong accent that I have a hard time understanding him.

And, what I do understand, just not "funny" to me.

Jones is the closest to Stewart in style, Bee and Williams are sharp enough, imo ...

Just not going to be the same regardless.

Stewart is the smartest, sharpest and toughest guy at cutting through bullshit by far since this country started allowing itself to be full led around by its nose by republicans the last quarter century.

Not sure what Jones is doing, but I suspect if this is the way it goes, they will probably go for a lifeline for him in a year or so.

[jeff47]

7. Bee is getting a show on TBS, Jones is writing for it. (nt)

[Cosmocat]

14. Interesting ...

[bikebloke]

8. Trevor's great.

I first heard about him while I was in South Africa a few years ago. A video of one of his stage performances was played in a hostel I stayed at. Really good.

[progressoid]

9. Hmm, interesting choice.

Wonder if the format will change as well.

[Mass]

10. I am sure he is great, but, once again, no woman hosting a major late night show.

This is getting very irritating. (Hopefully, Samantha Bee's show will be a success).

[sybylla]

11. That was my first response as well.

Seems ridiculous that it's so hard for women to shatter this particular glass ceiling.

[JudyM]

33. My 2 (now useless) cents: Janeane Garofalo nt

[mountain grammy]

13. I think he will be good, but

I was hoping for John Fuglesang or Steph Miller. No doubt Daily Show producers far smarter than me.

[eissa]

15. They fucked up Colbert's replacement, now this

I was so hoping Aasif Mandvi would get it. At least he's funny. This guy has been on three times and I found him to be just "meh" each time. I know Stewart leaves some huge shoes to fill, but I don't think this guy will even come close.

[SkyDaddy7]

16. Whatever!!!

"The Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore is not as good as Clobert, nothing could be, but it is NOT a "fuck up" for sure...He is hilarious!

[PersonNumber503602]

25. I would have liked Aasif Mandvi too

I've never heard of Trevor before. He seems alright from the video I saw posted below, but it will take a couple months worth of shows to know how I'll feel.

[yorgatron]

17. time to crack down on H1-B visas.

this guy just ain't that funny.

Aasif Mandvi would've been better.

[avebury]

18. He is totally awesome?

Great pick.

[TDale313]

26. Could be a great pick.

Be interesting to watch.

[PeteSelman]

21. Well, that's that.

They really should have just ended the show.

[Inkfreak]

28. They never do, though....

Gone are the days a show can just leave on a high note.

I realize he could be awesome & hope so, but yea...they never just end shows.

[PersonNumber503602]

24. Big shoes to feel....fill too. Must be exciting and frightening at the same time.

[Akoto]

27. Nobody is going to replace Jon Stewart. May as well get beyond that/give his replacement a chance.nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

29. He seems to have a problem with Jews. nt

[MosheFeingold]

30. He make a lot of troubling tweets

I suppose he thinks he was being funny, but the repetition of anti-Jewish canards is not a great start.

It's becoming "cool" to hate Jews again. I lived through the Nazis. I'd hoped I'd die before that came around.

[Dreamer Tatum]

31. I'm sure we will be assured that some of his best friends are Jewish. nt

[JudyM]

34. ... sadly, including on DU... I shudder from some of the posts here that come damned close.

Under the banner of siding with Palestinians... that's well and good, but there's a line there where it becomes anti-Jewish and some folks don't seem to see that.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

32. Have only seen a little of him, but it could have been worse

thank god it didn't go to the perpetually lame Kathy Griffin or Colin Quinn, as some were actually suggesting

[Owl]

35. I've only seen him once and he was great.