comedy | Watching America

Germany: US Election and Media: Chaos and Comedy

Peter Carioca - September 28, 2024. Published in Taz

Come together, America? Nope, not with those idiots over there.

Canada: Biden’s State of the Union Gets a Lift from Marjorie Taylor Greene as He Keeps Playing His Haters for Fools

Rejeanne Lacroix - February 8, 2023. Published in Toronto Star

France: In New York, after a Year of Silence, Comedy Clubs Finally Reopen Their Doors

Robin Koerner - April 23, 2021. Published in Marianne

Australia: Chainsaw Massacre Will Put US First Lady’s Hometown on Map

Rejeanne Lacroix - July 8, 2019. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

Slovenia has a great many things, wonderful things, to recommend it – pristine lakes, dense forests, enchanting Lake Bled, its charming capital – and this statue is not one of them.

Ireland: Washington Press Corps Afraid To Look in the Mirror over Trump

Rejeanne Lacroix - May 9, 2018. Published in The Irish Times

Australia: Satire Is a Pointed Weapon in the Age of Trump

Rejeanne Lacroix - February 8, 2017. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald

Paraguay: George López Tackles Latino Stereotypes in the US

Robin Koerner - June 10, 2016. Published in Ultima Hora

New Zealand: Has Jon Stewart Made Any Real Difference?

Robin Koerner - August 9, 2015. Published in The New Zealand Herald

He used humor to consistently and witheringly show up the American political process for the hollow, shameless, horrifying and lying wind-bag it is.

Germany: Vielen Dank, Jon Stewart!

Robin Koerner - August 6, 2015. Published in Deutsche Welle

P.S. Couldn't you have postponed your retirement by one day to cover the first Republican presidential primary?

Canada: The Divided America That Jon Stewart Leaves Behind

Robin Koerner - July 27, 2015. Published in Maclean's

A lot of the material on the show has shown a greater willingness to despair about Americans themselves, not just their leaders.

Argentina: Hollywood: Behind the New Machine of Success

Robin Koerner - October 22, 2014. Published in La Nación

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