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Jon Stewart The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart Pictures Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. From his anchor chair on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "Stewart 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 host of "The Daily Show" in January, 1999, Jon Stewart's presence has seen higher ratings and awareness for himself, as well as the network. As host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart has interviewed such luminaries as former President Bill Clinton, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John McCain, John Edwards and Bob Dole and such celebrity icons as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis. Since arriving in 1999, Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" have received 24 Emmy Award nominations and won 10 times. These include winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program five times (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and last year in 2006) as well as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for the past six consecutive years (2003-2008). Jon Stewart himself has been nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program four times (2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007). In 2004, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was also honored by the Television Critics Association by winning for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information, beating out traditional news shows in the category. Jon Stewart has been honored three times by the Association for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2003, 2005 and 2006) and the show won in 2003 for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. In 2001, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" also received the prestigious Peabody Award for excellence in its "Indecision 2000" campaign coverage and again in 2005 for "Indecision 2004."
While it may be the conventional route for a stand-up comedian to sign a book deal and expound on their early days inside dingy comedy clubs, Jon Stewart has gone the other way. His debut book, Naked Pictures of Famous People, (Rob Weisbach Books) is a collection of humorous what-if essays. Jon Stewart's latest book (written with the writers at "The Daily Show"), "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," was released in 2004 through Warner Books Publishing, and immediately topped The New York Times Best Seller List and stayed at #1 for 18 consecutive weeks. It was also ranked #1 on the best-seller lists in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle. Additionally, America was given the prestigious book of the year in 2004 by Publishers Weekly. In addition to this, at the 2005 Grammy Awards, both Jon Stewart and the Cast of "The Daily Show" were honored with Best Comedy Album, for "America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction." Prior to taking over "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart was a series regular 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, Jon Stewart seemingly being groomed to take over the fictitious late-night throne from the perpetually paranoid Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling). Jon Stewart also served as a creative consultant on the series. Hosting a late-night talk show was nothing new to Jon Stewart. After briefly hosting a half-hour nighttime talk show on MTV, aptly titled "The Jon Stewart Show," Paramount enlarged the show to a one-hour format for national syndication. The critically-acclaimed talk show featured a variety of celebrity guests from the worlds of music, entertainment, sports and fashion. The show aired from September 1994 through June 1995. Jon Stewart's been seen in numerous feature films including the Danny De Vito-directed Warner Brothers Comedy "Death To Smoochy" starring Edward Norton, Robin Williams, De Vito and Catherine Keener, "Big Daddy" opposite Adam Sandler, which grossed over $160 million dollars domestically, the romantic drama "Playing By Heart" opposite Gillian Anderson; and "The Faculty," a horror-comedy directed by Robert Rodriguez. The New Jersey native began honing his skills in New York City, moving through the ranks of its top comedy clubs to appearances on HBO's "Young Comedians Special" and "Late Show with David Letterman." Jon Stewart has graced the cover of numerous magazines including Newsweek, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, etc. Jon Stewart was also named "Entertainer of the Year" for 2004 by Entertainment Weekly and as "New York Entertainer of the Year" by Variety. Most recently, Jon Stewart has been featured on such shows as "Oprah" and "60 Minutes."
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March 13, 2010 RT @ConservAgent1: #coffeepartyrules all members must get news from the daily show with Jon Stewart or from The Soup. less than an hour ago:@The_Daily_Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - s15 | e32 - Thu, Mar 4, 2010: Scott Patterson of The Wall Street Journal explain... http less than an hour ago@ConservAgent1 My farts have more factual information that Jon Stewart's shows ever. less than an hour ago#coffeepartyrules all members must get news from the daily show with Jon Stewart or from The Soup. less than an hour agoWON - Jon Stewart 1 hour ago@neiltyson dear sir, I thought you told Jon Stewart you'd move beyond Pluto now. :D 1 hour ago@GABECREATESBUZZ did you see the piece that Jon Stewart did on ChatRoulette? Hilarious. 2 hours ago@mspollito Fools indeed. Jon Stewart said it was great acting, and I go with what he says. :P And yes, he was brilliant...*sigh* 2 hours agoWhy isn't the Daily Show on DAILY? Is more like the "Monday Thru Thursday Except Every Other Week When Jon Stewart Goes On Vacation Show" 3 hours ago@joannahanner Good idea. You may want to upgrade to Jon Stewart's fake news :) 3 hours ago"It's like Russian Roulette, except instead of five empty chambers, there's five dong-filled chambers" -Jon Stewart on Chat Roulette. 3 hours agoWatching Nerd Boy's favorite movie "The Sound of Music" and it just hit me that the dad looks like Jon Stewart. 4 hours agoThis man arguing with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show doesn't know what the word 'hypothetical' means. I wanna punch his fat face. 4 hours ago"I think Fox News might be the meanest sorority in the world." ~ Jon Stewart 4 hours agoRT @dpleasant: Hmm...wonder if Karl Rove will go on The Daily Show (Jon Stewart) to promote his book?//I'd pay to see that! 4 hours agoI'm looking forJon Stewart nude pictures. 4 hours ago |
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