Primetimer August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 Look at little baby Stephen Colbert in his very first appearance! Read the story Link to comment
attica August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 Lots of weird omissions. No Matt Walsh? Rachael Harris? Dan Bakkedahl? Nancy Walls? Showalter? Lizz Winstead, for cryin' out loud? Link to comment
solotrek August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 (edited) To be fair, most of those listed don't have "mainstream" success. I was actually kind of surprised by Samantha Bee's inclusion. She was on the show forever and she also has a new show on TBS, but until that show comes out and does well, she's not really going to be well known beyond TDS fan circle. Same with Demitri Martin. What happened to him? Heck, Jason is a EP and starring in a TBS show coming out and he wasn't in the supercut. I don't think Lewis Black was included either and he's been on the show forever and he's everywhere. Same with Kristen Schaal. Edited August 5, 2015 by solotrek 2 Link to comment
Tara Ariano August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 Lots of weird omissions. No Matt Walsh? Rachael Harris? Dan Bakkedahl? Nancy Walls? Showalter? Lizz Winstead, for cryin' out loud? Nancy Walls was from the Kilborn era, I'm pretty sure, and maybe Rachael Harris was too? I mean, so was Colbert, but you can't very well leave out the tied-for-biggest star ever to be a correspondent. But: I agree with you in general! I also don't know why Che's three seconds on The Daily Show merit his inclusion, particularly since he is TERRIBLE on SNL. 2 Link to comment
PlanetSassy August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 I really thought I first saw Tina Fey on The Daily Show. Link to comment
attica August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 Nancy Walls was from the Kilborn era, I'm pretty sure Walls worked a lot with Carrell-- they did the "I love Showbiz!!!" bits together (and she's married to him too) -- she fits. (Yeah, Che's inclusion made me think the people who did the cut owed him money or something.) Ahhh, I'm just grumbling and geek-obsessing over the fallacious use of 'supercut'. Phooey. Link to comment
Grommet August 5, 2015 Share August 5, 2015 How did I not know Nancy Walls and Steve Carrell are married? I loved their "I love showbiz" bits. Link to comment
alynch August 6, 2015 Share August 6, 2015 Nancy Walls joined in 1999 and Rachael Harris joined in 2002, so they weren't with Kilborn. Relatively few of the Kilborn people carried over as I recall. There was Colbert and Mo Rocca, who have already been mentioned. Beth Littleford stuck around for about a year. If we're counting the part-time contributors, then you can throw in Lewis Black and Frank DeCaro. I think that might be it. Link to comment
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