I've been watching sister show The Colbert Report ever since I was a little kid on FX. When it got cancelled, I kinda forgot about it, but the memories were squirreled away somewhere in my brain, so that when I went to the States in October, I recognized it instantly. In January, when I discovered The Report on iTunes, I did not hesitate to download.
Although I was aware of The Daily Show-mostly through what episodes of The Colbert Report I had downloaded-I hadn't seen it, so imagine my surprise when I discovered it on iTunes. Like with The Report, I did not hesitate to download The Daily.
I did, however, fear that I would not like it. So on my 90 minute commute to college-where I watched The Report-I watched... The Report-2 episodes. But after that, I watched The Daily. After less than 5 minutes I decided that Jon's 'SOPA this and SOPA that' monologue was better that anything I'd ever heard from Colbert and after reluctantly putting The Daily off because of travel sickness, I decided that The Daily was my new favorite thing on the planet and when I got home, I downloaded every other episode of The Daily that iTunes had.
Now, on my way to college, I watch The Daily and The Report right after each other-how they're supposed to be watched-and watch The Daily Show Global Edition, Mondays on More 4, just for that Monday fix.
Long story short, Jon is great! Except for when he goes on break. Then I wanna punch everyone who made the decision for him to go on break, because I'm virtually curled up in a ball in my room with the light off, muttering to myself suffering serious withdrawal symptoms-The Daily is that addictive!
I'm even on the waiting list for tickets now!
But I have to add, I won't be paying for my The Daily Show on iTunes any more... ComedyCentral are showing The Daily Show on ComedyCentralExtra in the UK now! Whoo!