Jon Stewart
A New Jersey native, Jon Stewart is considered one of
America's top social and comedic voices. From his anchor
chair of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,"
he "has breathed new life into a show that hadn't even
seemed to need it," said The New York Times. Since taking
over as the anchorman of "The Daily Show" in January 1999,
Stewart's presence has seen higher ratings and awareness for
himself and Comedy Central. With an election year, Stewart and "The Daily Show" were
poised to lead the way to the White House as the torch
bearers of Comedy Central's "Indecision 2000" election
coverage. "Indecision 2000" covered the elections, debates
and candidates from the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire
primary straight through to the National Conventions and
culminated on Election Night with a one-hour special. Prior to taking over "The Daily Show," Stewart's most recent
television work was on HBO's critically acclaimed
series-within-a-series, "The Larry Sanders Show," playing a
character he should know very well: himself. The final
season saw, among other things, Stewart seemingly being
groomed to take over the fictitious late-night throne from
the perpetually paranoid Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling).
Stewart also served as a creative consultant on the series. On the feature film front, Stewart starred with Adam Sandler
in one of 1999's biggest hits "Big Daddy." He also starred
in the romantic drama "Playing by Heart" opposite Gillian
Anderson which marked a departure for Stewart in that he was
allowed to show more of a dramatic side of himself than
people are accustomed to seeing. Stewart also starred in
"The Faculty," a horror-comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez. While it may be the conventional route for stand-up
comedians to sign a book deal and expound on their early
days inside dingy comedy clubs, Stewart took the path less
traveled with his debut book, "Naked Pictures of Famous
People" (Rob Weisbach Books). A collection of fictitious and
humorous what-if essays, "Naked Pictures" has appeared on
many best-sellers lists including The New York Times
Best-Seller List. Jon Stewart returned to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
following the September 11th attack on our nation and shared
his insight regarding the recent tragedies with his viewers.
For all those who witnessed this fine moment, it was
touching and eloquently delivered.
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Series
Books:The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth, October 2010
Hardcover
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book), October 2006
Trade Size
America, September 2004
Audio CD
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