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unusual facts about The Daily Show with Jon Stewart



Cliff Carpenter

In later life, he had a small role in Synecdoche, New York, directed by Charlie Kaufman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and made recurring appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, playing a 22-year-old man who aged prematurely as a consequence of watching Sean Hannity nightly on Fox News.

Comedic journalism

Comedic journalism has been applied to print media in the past but has experienced a resurgence through the medium of television with shows such as The Rick Mercer Report, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.

John Lofton

Lofton has made numerous appearances on political talk shows, including The Political Cesspool, Politically Incorrect, Scarborough Country, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Leif Pagrotsky

In one episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired on April 22, 2009, Pagrotsky is interviewed by reporter Wyatt Cenac on the subject of "Swedish socialism", as part of a satirical story on the impact that socialist reform has had on Swedish society.

Mario Joyner

During the October 12, 2010, episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in an interview with Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Stewart credited Joyner with the joke: "Sort of in the way that murderers get sometimes, like, 'I found Jesus and I'm OK now.' 'Well, when did you find Jesus?' 'Right after you found me.'"

Robert Kotler

As a spokesperson for cosmetic surgeons, he regularly appears on radio and television, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News; on such shows as Oprah, Deborah Norville Tonight, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Your World with Neil Cavuto, EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

Tim Carvell

Tim Carvell is an American writer known for this work for the TV comedy series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for his print work in publications such as Mad and The New York Times.

He heard about an opening on the TV comedy series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from Steve Bodow, one of the writers on that show.

Writers Guild of America, East

On August 27, 2006, WGAE reached an agreement with the producers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, allowing writers on the show to become guild members.


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