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by Lisa Rogak


  childhood and

  College of William and Mary and

  jokes about

  Leibowitz family and

  Princeton, NJ area and

  “The Tribe” and

  Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  Jiong Situ

  Jobs, variety of

  Jolie, Angelina

  The Jon Stewart Show

  beginnings of

  dropping ratings and

  Paramount and

  success of

  Jon Stewart: Unleavened

  Jones, Jason

  Journalism. See Media (traditional)

  Junod, Tom

  K

  Kandahar

  Karlin, Ben

  on being fake news

  The Colbert Report and

  as executive producer

  on guest selection

  hiring of

  humor style of

  on motivations of Stewart

  on story selection

  on Truman comment

  on writing

  Katz, Eileen

  Kerry, John

  Kids on the Block

  Kilborn, Craig

  Kimmel, Jimmy

  King, Larry

  Kissinger, Henry

  Kitaen, Tawny

  Koppel, Ted

  Kun, Hillary

  Kutner, Rob

  L

  Lake, Ricki

  Larry King Live

  The Larry Sanders Show

  Laskin, Fannie (grandmother)

  Laskin, Marian (mother)

  Laskin, Nathan (grandfather)

  The Late Late Show

  Late Night with David Letterman

  Laughing

  Lawrence, Jennifer

  Lawrence, Vicki

  Lawrenceville, New Jersey

  Lawrenceville High School

  Leary, Denis

  Leibowitz, Donald (father)

  Leibowitz, Jonathan Stuart, as birth name

  Leibowitz, Larry (brother)

  Leibowitz, Marian (mother)

  Leno, Jay

  Letterman, David. See also Late Night with David Letterman; Worldwide Pants

  Lint, comparison to

  Litowitz, Selma

  Little Dipper (dog)

  Littleford, Beth

  Los Angeles, move to

  Lotus 1-2-3

  Louis C.K.

  Love life. See also McShane, Tracey

  M

  Maddow, Rachel

  Maher, Bill

  Makeup

  Manchurian Fur Trading Company

  Manson, Marilyn

  March to Keep Fear Alive rally

  Martin, Steve

  Maslin, Janet

  Mason, Dave

  McCain, John

  McFarlane, Seth

  McShane, Tracey (wife)

  at Academy Awards

  initial meeting with

  marriage to

  Moomah and

  parenthood and

  privacy and

  proposing to

  time in Los Angeles and

  Media (traditional). See also Specific outlets

  Crossfire interview and

  hostility towards

  view of Daily Show by

  Miller, Dennis

  Miramax Films

  Moderation

  Moomah

  Morgan, Piers

  Mosquitoes

  Motels

  Movies. See also Rosewater

  Moyers, Bill

  MTV

  Munn, Olivia

  Muppets

  Murphy, Eddie

  Murrow, Edward J.

  Murrow School of Communication (Washington State University)

  Musharraf, Pervez

  Music

  comparison of comedy to

  The Jon Stewart Show and

  love of

  N

  Naked Pictures of Famous People (Sandler)

  Name

  at birth

  changing of

  legally changing

  The Nanny

  Nastiness. See Anger

  Neuwirth, Bebe

  New Jersey Pine Barrens

  New Jersey Training School

  New York City

  decision to remain in

  leaving for Hollywood

  move to

  New York Times crossword puzzle

  NewsRadio

  Newsweek

  Nice, Chuck

  Nichol, Larry

  Nixon, Richard M.

  Nok Hockey table

  Norley, Kate

  Norton, Ed

  O

  Obama, Barack

  “Obama Kills a Fly” piece

  O’Brien, Conan

  Obrien, John

  The Office

  Olbermann, Keith

  Oliver, John

  One-to-one feature

  Optimism

  O’Reilly, Bill. See also The Bill O’Reilly Show

  Osbourne, Ozzy

  Oscars, hosting of

  P

  The Pajama Game (musical)

  Palin, Sarah

  Pan American Maccabi Games (1983)

  Paramount

  Peabody Award

  Perseverance

  Pets. See Cats; Dogs

  Pi Kappa Alpha

  Pine Barrens. See New Jersey Pine Barrens

  Playing by Heart

  Politically Incorrect

  Politicians as guests

  Politics. See also Elections

  The Daily Show and

  earliest interest in

  lack of plans to run for office and

  Preparation, lack of

  Pressure

  The Price Is Right studio

  Princeton University

  Pritzker, Gigi

  Privacy

  Private Parts (Stern)

  Production of The Daily Show

  Proposal

  Psychology

  Publisher’s Weekly

  Puppendential debate

  Puppet show

  Q

  Quaker Bridge Mall

  Question and answer session

  R

  Raimondo, Justin

  Rallies

  Rally to Restore Sanity

  Ramadan

  Ramone, Joey

  Rasnic, John

  Rather, Dan

  Reagan, Ronald

  Recognition, public

  Religion. See also Jewish faith

  Republican Party

  Reruns

  Resnick, Adam

  “Restoring Honor” event

  “Road to the Doghouse” debate

  Rock, Chris

  Romano, Ray

  Rosborough, Patty

  Rosen, Neil

  Rosewater

  Ross, Jason

  Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

  Royalties

  Rudin, Scott

  Rushdie, Salman

  Ryan, Paul

  S

  Sanchez, Rick

  Sandler, Adam

  The Satanic Verses (Rushdie)

  Saturday Night Live

  Schiavelli, Vincent

  Schieffer, Bob

  Schumer, Chuck

  “Seat of Heat” segment

  Secularism

  Seinfeld, Jerry

  September 11 terrorist attacks

  Sesame Street

  Shales, Tom

  Shamsky (dog)

  Shamsky Monkey Trust

  Shandling, Garry

  Sharpton, Al

  Shatner, William

  Short Attention Span Theater

  Shortz, Will

  Sickness

  Since You’ve Been Gone

  Sklar, Rachel

  Smith, Anna Nicole

  Smithberg, Madeline

  Smoking

  Smolenyak, Megan

  Snyder, Tom

  Soccer

  College of William and Mary and

  current
success and

  high school and

  U.S. soccer team and

  South Street Seaport

  “Special Comments” segment

  Spinney, Craig

  Sports. See also Soccer

  Springsteen, Bruce

  Stand Up for Sanity tour

  Stand-up work

  acting vs.

  after The Jon Stewart Show

  appeal of

  broadcast by HBO

  early days of

  recent

  Stand Up for Sanity tour and

  Stanley (cat)

  Stature

  Stern, Howard

  Stevens, Cat

  Stewart, Maggie Rose (daughter)

  Stewart, Nathan Thomas (son)

  Stewart, Tracey (wife)

  at Academy Awards

  initial meeting with

  marriage to

  Moomah and

  parenthood and

  privacy and

  proposing to

  time in Los Angeles and

  Stiller, Ben

  Stress

  Susman, Gary

  Sweet, Rachel

  The Sweet Life

  Syndication

  T

  Teasing

  Tennant, Thomas

  Textbooks

  Then They Came for Me (Bahari)

  Thompson, Robert

  Today show

  Tomlin, Lily

  Tomorrow with Tom Snyder

  The Tonight Show

  Torn, Rip

  Touring

  Tragedies

  “The Tribe”

  Tribeca loft

  Trouble

  Truman, Harry

  Trumpet

  Trust for the National Mall

  20/20

  U

  Unger, Brian

  Unions

  Usher

  V

  Viacom

  Vonnegut, Kurt

  W

  Wall, Wendy

  Waller, Ali

  Walmart

  Walters, Barbara

  War criminals

  Weedman, Lauren

  Weinberg, Steve

  Weiner, Anthony

  A Whack in the Head (drink)

  White, Betty

  “Who’s Next” prize

  William and Mary

  Williams, Brian

  Williams, Robin

  Wiltfong, Bob

  on Colbert

  on lack of interference from Comedy Central

  on motivations of Stewart

  on relationship between Stewart and Colbert

  Winfrey, Oprah

  Winstead, Lizz

  Wishful Thinking

  Women

  World Maccabiah Games

  World Trade Center bombing

  Worldwide Pants

  “Worst Person in the World” segment

  Writers Guild of America

  Writing/writers

  for Caroline’s Comedy Hour

  Colbert and

  disagreements with

  enjoyment of

  in production process

  strike and

  Y

  Yearbook photos

  You Wrote It, You Watch It

  “Your Moment of Zen” segment

  Youssef, Bassem

  Z

  Zimmerman, Seth

  Zucker, Jeff

  ALSO BY LISA ROGAK

  One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another

  Dan Brown: The Unauthorized Biography

  Dogs of Courage: The Heroism and Heart of Working Dogs Around the World

  The Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs

  And Nothing but the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert

  Michelle Obama in Her Own Words: The Views and Values of America’s First Lady

  Barack Obama: In His Own Words

  Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King

  A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  LISA ROGAK is the author of more than forty books, including the biographies And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert and the Edgar- and Anthony-nominated Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King. She is the editor of the New York Times bestselling book Barack Obama: In His Own Words. Learn more at www.LisaRogak.com.

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  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Rogak, Lisa, 1962–

  Angry optimist : the life and times of Jon Stewart / by Lisa Rogak.

  pages cm

  ISBN 978-1-250-01444-3 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-4668-4106-2 (e-book)

  1. Stewart, Jon, 1962– 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. Television personalities—United States—Biography. I. Title.

  PN2287.S683R66 2014

  792.7'6028092—dc23

  [B]

  2014016493

  e-ISBN 9781466841062

  First Edition: September 2014

 

 

 


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