Jon stewart who is he

He later legally changed his last name to Stewart. His family later relocated to Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where Stewart spent most of his youth. Throughout the s, Stewart appeared on numerous television programs, including a regular role as himself on The Larry Sanders Show. He went on to host numerous award shows, including the Grammys in and , and the Academy Awards in and On August 6, , Stewart signed off on his last episode of The Daily Show, celebrating with his news team and getting a star-studded farewell from some of his most famous political targets.

His wife, Tracy McShane , is a veterinary technician. On September 24, , the online "Campaign Desk: Critique and analysis of campaign coverage from Columbia Journalism Review" published what they called "A Campaign Desk Honor Roll, of Sorts", offering "a short list of reporters who consistently rise above the superficial to do original and often insightful work".

Had a small part in The First Wives Club but it was left on the cutting room floor. Has a half-brother named Matt, who works in the music industry in Trenton, New Jersey. Very good friends with comedians Dennis Miller and Ricky Gervais. Longtime friends with Arizona senator John McCain , a frequent guest on his show. He planned to produce and star in the film version for Miramax but the project never came to fruition.

Did uncredited writing work for Caroline's Comedy Hour After graduating college, he drifted between numerous jobs including busboy in a Mexican restaurant. His production company, Busboy Productions, is a reference to this job. Has a cat named Stan and two pitbulls, Monkey and Shamsky.

Shamsky was named after Art Shamsky. Made his first television appearance as a child on a local Philadelphia children's show "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark". He appeared as a trumpet player for "The Lawrence Stage Band". Proposed to her through a crossword puzzle made by Will Shortz.

Close friends with Jennifer Beals , and 'Stephen Colbert'. New York, Ny, USA: Announced he would step down from hosting his show for 12 weeks, beginning in June, to direct a serious dramatic film which he wrote, called "Rosewater'.

Stewart's screenplay is an adaptation of a book by Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari who was jailed for months in Tehran in after being accused of plotting a revolution, only because he had appeared on Stewart's "Daily Show" with correspondent Jason Jones , who was pretending to be a spy. Will host the Academy Awards for the first time. Jon's maternal grandfather was born in Manzhouli, China, where his parents had moved to, and later lived in Tientsin, China. Had a strained professional relationship with former Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac.

When Cenac brought it to Stewart's attention their stories differ somewhat , Stewart felt Cenac was being overly sensitive, and Cenac thought Stewart was berating him prior to storming out of the office. It eventually led to Cenac leaving the show shortly thereafter, but they had since patched things up in time for Stewarts's final night hosting the Daily Show, in which Cenac had a cameo.

Admitted that his scribbling on paper and tapping his pen is a nervous tic that developed since he quit smoking. His four-year production deal with HBO was canceled due to "technical reasons".

If I didn't do this show I'd be the crazy guy at the bar sitting at the corner screaming "He doesn't know shit about what he's talking about!

I think I have a normal amount of self-loathing but because I'm in show business it's considered self-deprecation. In normal life I would just be considered your average neurotic. We're not really Democrat or Republican. We're out to stop that political trend of repeating things again and again until people are forced to believe them.

We're bringing healing to the international community. I represent the distracted center. We have a talented crew of writers and I'm like the managing editor. I am the fake Lou Grant of the fake news world. We have always worshipped at the altar of a man bent over with his butt crack exposed, fixing a refrigerator.

Comedy or politics. We're sort of a mix. A space-age polymer of both. A synthetic comedy-like material. Although, as an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can't help but be a little disappointed with the choice.

It appears to be another sad attempt to smoke out Billy Crystal. I said some pretty nasty things, most notably that their show was destroying America, and that he was a dick.

He replied to me by saying, "You're not being funny. I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm. What's nice to us about the relentlessness of the show [ The Daily Show ] is you know you're going to get that release no matter what, every night, Monday through Thursday. Like pizza, it may not be the best pizza you've ever had, but it's still pizza, man, and you get to have it every night.

It's a wonderful feeling to have this toxin in your body in the morning, that little cup of sadness, and feel by 7 or that night, you've released it in sweat equity and can move on to the next day. Bush administration] as a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal. When in doubt, I can stare blankly. The rubber face. There's only so many ways you can stare incredulously at the camera and tilt an eyebrow, but that's your old standby: What would Buster Keaton do? Right now, Stewart still seems a little stung by all of the critiques of his shtick over the years—that he was too glib, too smug, too performatively outraged.

He has a platform because of his ineffable ability to make you watch him. The cathartic gags come in service of a larger point—an expanded analysis of what freedom actually means at the individual level, and at the communal.

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