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This biography profiles Jon Stewart, television's most incisive deliverer of the fake news. As the host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he has attracted a vast audience that sees him as one of the few credible sources of cultural critique TV. As comfortable and adept at interviewing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, U.S. President Barack Obama, activist Al Sharpton, or political commentator Bill O'Reilly as he is chatting with Angelina Jolie, Bill Gates, or Denis Leary, Jon Stewart has emerged as one of the hottest television personalities and most powerful media icons of the 21st century. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, currently Comedy Central's longest running show, has launched ...
Jon Stewart was the long-time host of Comedy Central's half-hour news and entertainment program The Daily Show, which has won two Peabody Awards for its presidential election coverage and fourteen Emmy Awards for a variety of categories, including comedy and variety. A private man, this book shares what little is known about Stewart's childhood and early adulthood. However, the main focus of the book is on Stewart's unique political satire, relentless watchdog efforts, and his outsized influence on television news organization
This biography profiles Jon Stewart, television's most incisive deliverer of the fake news. As the host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he has attracted a vast audience that sees him as one of the few credible sources of cultural critique TV. As comfortable and adept at interviewing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, U.S. President Barack Obama, activist Al Sharpton, or political commentator Bill O'Reilly as he is chatting with Angelina Jolie, Bill Gates, or Denis Leary, Jon Stewart has emerged as one of the hottest television personalities and most powerful media icons of the 21st century. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, currently Comedy Central's longest running show, has launched ...
A New York Times Bestseller Since his arrival at The Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media. In Angry Optimist, biographer Lisa Rogak charts his unlikely rise to stardom. She follows him from his early days growing up in New Jersey, through his years as a struggling standup comic in New York, and on to the short-lived but acclaimed The Jon Stewart Show. And she charts his humbling string of near-misses—passed over as a replacement for shows hosted by Conan O'Brien, Tom Snyder, and even the fictional Larry Sanders—before landing on a half-hour comedy show that at the time was still finding its footing amidst roiling internal drama. Once there, Stewart transformed The Daily Show into one of the most influential news programs on television today. Drawing on interviews with current and former colleagues, Rogak reveals how things work—and sometimes don't work—behind the scenes at The Daily Show, led by Jon Stewart, a comedian who has come to wield incredible power in American politics.
Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey. Upon graduating college, he worked a few odd jobs until he finally decided to move to New York and pursue comedy full-time. His career was slow to take off. Stewart would perform stand-up comedy gigs while performing small roles on several television series. Eventually he was chosen to host MTV's The Jon Stewart Show and his career seemed to take off overnight. When Stewart took over as host of The Daily Show in 1999, he reformulated the show to focus on politics and current world events. The transformation could not have been more successful. Although Stewart maintains that he is a comedian, he often blurs the line between comedy and journalism. His journalistic integrity has been praised by many, and he has been honored by the White House and the Peabody Awards. This unauthorized biography follows Stewart from his humble beginnings as a young boy in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, to his rise to fame, where he is hailed as one of the most influential people in the world.
Chronicles the life of the comedian, covering his upbringing in New Jersey, the odd jobs he held after graduating from college, his entry into the world of comedy, and his work on "The Daily Show."
ABOUT THE BOOK “Except for the bottom of the sea or the center of the earth, the North Pole, at the end of the nineteenth century, was the world's last mysterious destination.” The Ice Balloon: S.A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration retells the attempt by Swedish explorer S.A. Andrée to reach the north pole by hydrogen balloon. Writer Alec Wilkinson recounts the whole story of Andrée’s venture from its first conception to the final recovery of its lost artifacts, and intersperses his tale with other events in the history of Arctic exploration. Wilkinson draws on previous accounts of Arctic exploration as well as original documents from various expeditions to reconstruc...
A New Jon Stewart Biography That Will Give You ALL You Want To Know. This book is your ultimate resource for Jon Stewart. Here you will find the most up-to-date 60 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jon Stewart's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jon Stewart - The Jon Stewart Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Studio, Jon Stewart's 2009 criticism of CNBC - Cramer on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart's 2009 criticism of CNBC - March 5 comments, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Opening segment, Jon Stewart's 2009 criticism of CNBC - March 4 seg...
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, has been called a “cultural force,” a “fourth branch of government,” and “the most influential man in America.” In this pioneering biography, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson charts Stewart’s remarkable rise from a wise-cracking New Jersey comic to a powerful pundit hosting presidents and prime ministers, all with a smirk.
Kierkegaard Studies: Yearbook 2010is comprised primarilyof articles by senior Kierkegaard scholars who have been asked to reflect retrospectively on why they became involved with the works of Soren Kierkegaard and to describe the results of the relationship. The volume thus contains scholarly essays with a personal point of departure, authored by historians, philosophers, theologians, and literary scholars. In addition, Yearbook 2010 includes a series of guest lectures by international scholars. Articles are written in English and German."