Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart

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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

 

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