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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (the Book)

A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (the Book)( )
Author: Stewart, Jon
The Writers of The Daily Show,
ISBN:978-0-446-69186-4
Publication Date:Sep 2006
Publisher:Grand Central Publishing
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.99
Book Description:

For everyone who was too cheap to buy the hardcover, the blockbuster, award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller is now in trade paperback-with a new introduction, fully updated, and with equally unsettling nude photos of the newest Supreme Court justices, and a text corrected by the most reputable college professor we could find/afford. Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Humor / Topic / Politics
Humor / Topic / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.375 x 10.375 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:1.86 Pounds
Author Biography
Stewart, Jon (Author)
Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz was born on November 28, 1962 in New York City. He attended the College of William ans Mary and graduated in 1984. He started as a stand-up comedian when he made his debut at a club called The Bitter End. He began using the stage name Jon Stewart by dropping his last name and changing the spelling of his middle name Stuart to Stewart.He entered television as host of the Short Attention Span theater for Comedy Central. He then went on to host his own show pn MTV called the Jon Stewart Show which was the first talk show on the network to become a fast hit. He bacame host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in 1999 which combines humor with the day's top news stories. As the Daily Show gained popularity Jon Stewart won his first Emmy award in 2001. Jon Stewart has won a total of 13 Emmys as either writer or producer for The Daily Show, which ahs also been nominated for many news and jpurnalism awards. In 2005, The Daily Show and Jon Stewart also received a Best Comedy Album Grammy Award for the audio book edition of America (The Book). The print version was on the best selling U.S. books in 2004. His title Earth: The Book: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. In 2016, he and Chris Smith published The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History. He became known as the critic of CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Jon Stewart also hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards.

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