by Lisa Rogak
“virtue and beacons of decency”: Larry King Live, CNN, June 25, 2004.
“you didn’t just ask me that.”: Ibid.
“Where’s Osama bin Laden?” The Daily Show, September 27, 2006.
“we’ll follow you.”: Ibid.
“they’d both lose miserably”: Ibid.
“because they air four nights a week”: Multichannel News, October 29, 2007.
“in terms of writing and performing material on the show”: Ibid.
“What’s your answer?”: Associated Press, December 25, 2007.
“we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence”: Associated Press, December 21, 2007.
“or at least balance him a bit”: Thomas Tennant, “Daily Show, Colbert Report Back Live.” About.com Talk Shows, January 9, 2008.
“it is cathartic and energizing”: Janice Turner, “How Jon Stewart Became the Most Powerful Man on TV.” London Times (U.K.), October 2, 2010.
“hundreds of millions around the world”: Gary Susman, “Oscar Hosts: From Worst to Best, Rating 60 Years of Academy Awards Emcees.” Moviefone.com, February 16, 2012.
“the tone of the material”: Ibid.
“for the first time ever, delivering a piece of real news”: Nofact Zone, December 2, 2008.
“We’re a fake news show”: Ibid.
“I’m still afraid someone’s going to take it away”: Associated Press, November 5, 2008.
Chapter 11
“maybe I wouldn’t have worked as hard”: Eric Bates, “Jon Stewart: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 29, 2011.
“because I was a Hispanic”: Stand Up with Pete Dominick, September 30, 2010.
“because they’re Jewish”: Ibid.
“because you’re the one I liked”: Tom Junod, “Jon Stewart and the Burden of History.” Esquire, October 2011.
“he is opposed to extremes”: Ibid.
“the most potent comedy killer of all: disappointment”: Ibid.
“make fun of Fox & Friends again? Really?”: Tom Junod, “Jon Stewart and the Burden of History.” Esquire, October 2011.
“of what his narrative is”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.
“he’s just treading water”: The O’Reilly Factor, September 22, 2010.
“Stewart sort of likes to improvise these jokes”: “Writers Speak: A Potentially Regrettable Evening with the Writers of The Daily Show”: Paley Center for Media, November 7, 2010.
“it’s not gonna happen overnight”: The Daily Show, October 27, 2010.
“every Iranian’s nightmare”: D. Parvaz, “16 Days in Evin Prison.” Frontline, PBS, January 25, 2012.
“the absurdity of his situation”: Brooks Barnes, “Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus from Daily Show.” New York Times, March 5, 2013.
“not much time to savor anything either”: The Oprah Winfrey Show, September 21, 2010.
“the total weight of families constant”: Publishers Weekly, September 27, 2010.
“‘German for kindling’”: Janet Maslin, “In this World, Let the Farce Be with You.” New York Times, October 4, 2010.
“does not need to feel ‘real’”: Steve Weinberg, “Earth (The Book).” Christian Science Monitor, September 24, 2010.
“I don’t have any of it right now”: Gary Levin, “Jon Stewart Looks Oscar in the Eye.” USA Today, February 19, 2006.
“red states and blue states”: The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, November 15, 2010.
“to tell people who I was”: The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, November 10, 2010.
“‘I have the answer! Follow me!’”: Eric Bates, “Jon Stewart: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 29, 2011.
“ways of shutting down debate”: The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, November 10, 2010.
“a high school play: not good”: The Glenn Beck Program, November 1, 2010.
“keep doing what he’s doing”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.
“that’s what Jon Stewart intended”: The Glenn Beck Program, November 1, 2010.
“doesn’t mean he’s right”: Terri Thornton, “CNN’s Jeff Zucker Talks Social Media, Considers Native Ads.” Mediashift, PBS, April 17, 2013.
“and your beliefs shine through”: Pete Dominick, “Commentary: Path to Sanity Paved with Humor, Dominick Finds.” CNN.com, October 30, 2010.
“was a lack of jokes”: The Oprah Winfrey Show, September 22, 2010.
“then he must die”: Speech, Kingston University, February 21, 1989.
“it’d be the real thing”: Geoffrey Robertson, Hypotheticals: A Satanic Scenario. BBC, May 30, 1989.
“let me talk to him”: Sharilyn Johnson, “Jon Stewart Almost Quit Daily Show Over ‘Asshole’ Coworkers.” Third Beat Magazine, December 10, 2012.
“is a deal breaker”: Ibid.
“that was feeling like this”: Kat Harrison, “The Mama of Moomah.” New York Family, December 30, 2011.
“with my kids’ time?”: Lisa Rogal, “Magical Moomah.” New York Family, 2011.
“some peace of mind during the day”: Lisa Fickenscher, “Cooking Up a Café Comeback.” Crain’s New York Business, June 3, 2012.
“and has lots of ideas”: Ibid.
“staffing the art workshops all day”: Ibid.
Chapter 12
“what the law tells him to spend”: Paul Krugman, “Lazy Jon Stewart.” New York Times blog, January 12, 2013.
“is doing something objectionable”: Daniel D’Addario, “Is Jon Stewart Turning Off His Fan Base?” Salon, January 19, 2013.
“is to challenge ourselves”: Brooks Barnes, “Jon Stewart to Direct Serious Film, Will Take Hiatus from Daily Show.” New York Times, March 5, 2013.
“It’s a real good story”: Suzy Byrne, “‘Nervous’ Jon Stewart on Making His Directorial Debut.” Yahoo TV, June 5, 2013.
“different things by nature”: Gary Levin, “Fans Like Their Dose of Daily News.” USA Today, October 6, 2003.
“driven it that fast before”: Dave Itzkoff, “Step Aside, Jon Stewart: John Oliver Prepares to Host The Daily Show.” New York Times, June 3, 2013.
“the most sense to fill in”: Lacey Rose, “Comedy Central’s Kent Alterman on Leno, Rape Jokes, and a Jon Stewart–Free Daily Show.” Hollywood Reporter, May 1, 2013.
“get to go upstairs”: Suzy Byrne, “‘Nervous’ Jon Stewart on Making His Directorial Debut.” Yahoo TV, June 5, 2013.
“however misplaced that trust”: Gary Levin, “John Keeps Jon’s Seat Warm at Daily Show.” USA Today, June 10, 2013.
“is a dislocating feeling”: Ibid.
“that’s not always the case”: Dave Itzkoff, “Step Aside, Jon Stewart: John Oliver Prepares to Host The Daily Show.” New York Times, June 3, 2013.
“get each show on”: Ibid.
“It even sounds weird”: The Daily Show, June 10, 2013.
“what happened in the revolution”: Patrick Kingsley, “Meet the Jon Stewart of Egypt.” The Guardian, March 6, 2013.
“come up with the program”: Ibid.
“the reason why I’m here”: Mike Giglio, “Egypt’s Daily Show.” Newsweek, March 8, 2013.
“our country like this”: Leo Lewis, “Daily Show Satirist Is Helping the Chinese to Lampoon Their Leaders.” The Times (London), May 25, 2013.
“allow you to do that”: Kimberly Nordyke, “Noor Fest Honoree Shohreh Aghdashloo Talks Jon Stewart’s Directing Style.” Hollywood Reporter, October 24, 2013.
“Jon is loved in Jordan”: Marie-Louise Olson, “Jon Stewart: A Man of the People in Jordan.” The National, September 10, 2013.
“the final result will look like”: Matthew Hays, “Reporter’s Ordeal Includes Captivity, Torture, Daily Show.” The Globe and Mail, October 2, 2013.
“I’ve ever put myself into”: Tom Peacock, “Gael García Bernal’s ‘Incredible Filming Adventure.’” Concordia University, November 2
6, 2013.
“because people were fasting”: Marie-Louise Olson, “Jon Stewart: A Man of the People in Jordan.” The National, September 10, 2013.
“have sex with your wife’s desk”: Hilary Lewis, “Jon Stewart Misses The Daily Show.” The Hollywood Reporter, June 28, 2013.
“a line of beautiful girls”: Kimberly Nordyke, “Noor Fest Honoree Shohreh Aghdashloo Talks Jon Stewart’s Directing Style.” Hollywood Reporter, October 24, 2013.
“at the post office, quite frankly”: Larry King Live, CNN, June 25, 2004.
“to vote on things”: Ibid.
“the less competent I become”: “Oprah Talks to Jon Stewart.” The Oprah Magazine, June 1, 2005.
“it will be an enormous change”: Janice Turner, “How Jon Stewart Became the Most Powerful Man on TV.” The Times (London), October 2, 2010.
“as nimbly as I need to”: Ibid.
“to work this hard”: “Oprah Talks to Jon Stewart.” The Oprah Magazine, June 1, 2005.
“the Crypt Keeper at a certain point”: Aly Semigran & Josh Horowitz, “Jon Stewart Talks Death to Smoochy Sequel at Comedy Awards.” MTV News, April 10, 2011.
“an old guy yelling at the TV”: Nikki Finke, “Jon Stewart Says WGA Nixed Side Deal.” Deadline Hollywood, January 7, 2008.
“terrible at a variety of things”: “Jon Stewart Juggles TV, Movie Careers.” Orange County Register, July 9, 1999.
“just like it is with soccer”: Brian Kilmeade, The Games Do Count. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.
“I love the Jersey shore”: Ed Condran, “Stand-up Comedy Lifts Jon Stewart Out of His Daily Show Seat.” The Morning Call, November 26, 1999.
“I’ve done is try”: Ben Domenech, “Jon Stewart: The SIN Interview.” Student Information Network (William & Mary), April 26, 2002.
INDEX
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A
Academics
Academy Awards
Adgate, Brad
Advertisers
Affairs
Age of viewers
Aghdashloo, Shohreh
Agoos, Jeff
Albanese, Rory
Albert, Al
Allen, Woody
Alterman, Kent
America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy (Stewart et al.)
Anderson, Gillian
Anger
Animals. See Cats; Dogs
Aniston, Jennifer
Anxiety
Appearance
Aquarium incident
Arab Spring
The Arsenio Hall Show
Atomic bombs
Audiences
Awards
Emmy Awards
Peabody Award
Publishers Weekly Book of the Year
“Who’s Next” prize
B
“Back in Black” segment
Bahari, Maziar. See also Rosewater
Bakery job
Bar mitzvahs
Barrett, Wade
Barrymore, Drew
Bartending
Bartolomeo, Joey
Beals, Jennifer
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beck, Glenn
Bee, Samantha
Begala, Paul
El Bernameg
Big Daddy
Bigfoot
The Bill O’Reilly Show
bin Laden, Osama
Bines, Jonathan
Birth of Jon Stewart
Bitter End
Black, Lewis
Blitzer, Wolf
Bodow, Steve
Bona, Damien
Bonilla, Henry
Books
The Bottom Half
The Brady Bunch
Brokaw, Tom
Brown, A. Whitney
Bruce, Lenny
Buchanan, Pat
Buckman, Adam
Budnick, Scott
Bullying
Busboy Productions
Bush, George W.
C
Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (TV show)
Carell, Steve
Carlin, George
Carlson, Tucker
Caroline’s Comedy Hour
Caroline’s on Broadway
Cats
Cenac, Wyatt
Chait, Jonathan
Champ (dog)
Chappelle, Dave
Charbot, Justin
Chase, Chevy
Chemistry
Childhood
China
City Gardens
City University of New York
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary
Close, Hank
CNBC
CNN
Colbert, Stephen
2004 elections and
2008 elections and
comparison to Stewart
on criticism of Daily Show
on Daily Show as legitimate news source
new project of
on political humor
on production process
Rally to Restore Sanity and
on Stewart’s work ethic
as substitute host
on tension at Daily Show
as writer
The Colbert Report
Colby, Paul
College of William and Mary
Columbine shootings
Comedy Cellar
Comedy Central
clause prohibiting outside work and
lack of interference from
The Late Late Show and
Stand Up for Sanity tour and
The Sweet Life, Short Attention Span Theater and
young viewers and
Comic Strip Live
Competition for jobs
Condors
Condos
Connery, Sean
Cooking
Coonin, David
Cooper, Anderson
Correspondents. See also Specific correspondents
Cosby, Bill
Cox, Ana Marie
Cramer, Jim
Crawford, Cindy
Cronkite, Walter
Crossfire
Crossword puzzles
Crow, Sheryl
Crystal, Billy
Cynicism
D
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn
A Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2000 elections and
2004 elections and
2008 elections and
advertisers and
awards won by
decline of
dogs and
early concerns and
early days with
international audience and
interns and
John Oliver as host of
nastiness and
new correspondents for
offices of
older viewers and
politician interviews and
politics and
production of
satire and
success of
taking over as host of
women and
working with Stewart and
World Trade Center bombing and
writers’ strike and
young viewers and
Daly, Carson
Darkness on the Edge of Town (Springsteen)
Dateline
Dating. See also McShane, Tracey
Dean, Howard
Death to Smoochy
Debs, Eugene
Democratic Party
DeVito, Danny
Dildos
Divney, Larry
Divorce
Dog debate
Dogs
at home
at office
proposal and
Dominick, Pete
DonorsChoose.org
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
DVDs
Dworman, Noam
E
Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race (Stewart et al.)
Edwards, John
Elections
of 2000
of 2004
of 2008
Elmopalooza
E-mail address
Emmy Awards
Encephalitis
Endorsements
“Even Stepvhen” debates
Evin Prison
Executive producing
F
The Faculty
Fame, Stewart on
Farnham, Brian
Fatherhood
Fatwas
Feld, Ron
Feldman, David
Ferguson, Craig
Films
First responders
The First Wives Club
“5 Questions” segment
Flanz, Jen
Foley, Mark
Food Network
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Fox, Michael J.
Fox News
Frampton, Peter
Frank, Debra
Fraternities
Fresh Air
Fretts, Bruce
G
Ganis, Mandy
García Bernal, Gael
Gay marriage
Generation X
Gervais, Ricky
Girlfriends. See also McShane, Tracey
Gloucester High School soccer team
Gordon, Devin
Gore, Al
Gottfried, Gilbert
Grammy Awards
Grant, Hugh
Greenberg, Tim
Greenwich Village apartment
Grenrock-Woods, Stacey
Gross, Terry
Guest hosting
H
Haggar, Daley
Haglund, Hallie
Halberstam, David
Half Baked
Hall, Arsenio
Handler, Chelsea
Harper, Joe
Havlan, J. R.
Hawn, Goldie
Hayek, Salma
HBO
“Headlines” segment
Height
Helms, Ed
Heritage. See Jewish faith
Herzog, Doug
Hiatuses
Hinckley, David
Hirsch, Caroline
Hirsch, Janis
Hollywood, move to
Hostility
Huxley, Aldous
I
In the Line of Fire (Musharraf)
Income, annual
Indecision 2000
Indecision 2008
Infidelity. See Affairs
Injuries
The Intern’s Guide to the Daily Show
Internships
Islam, Yusuf
J
Javerbaum, D. J.
Jersey shore
Jewish faith