Fun Trivia : Stewart, Jon

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Stewart, Jon

Thr crowd roars and heavy applause is heard as Jon walks across the room. The band is playing political campaign music and Jon laughs at that and waves at them. "So John," you say, "It's hard to imagine that you got your start on the _______ network". Which network?

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MTV. Jon Stewart's first big gig was "The Jon Stewart Show" on MTV from 1993-1995. He had a full head of dark hair and a terrific wit, but a cancelled show. It was a 30-minute show with Jon as the talk show host but it never caught on.



You congratulate Jon on a hilarious stand up comedy routine that he is famous for that aired from Miami. It won an ACE cable award. What is the name of this stand-up routine?

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Unleavened. Released in September of 1996, "Unleavened" was one of the funniest stand-up routines that I have ever watched. I am a big fan of stand up comedy and personally think that he topped them all with this one. It was an HBO special and is hard to find anywhere on video. I had it taped for years and thought it would have made a solid home video release.



You ask Jon about his hit "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. He pays homage to its first host. Who was this?

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Craig Kilborn. Craig Kilborn, who now has a late night show on CBS, used to host this show. He is famous for asking his 5 questions, which he started on this show. Before "The Daily Show", Craig Kilborn worked for ESPN and hosted shows such as "Sports Center".



On which show did Jon Stewart play a talk show host who was ready to succeed the incumbent host? You have to bring up the show to engage Jon in a conversation about it during the interview

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The Larry Sanders Show. Jon Stewart plays himself in a recurring role who is always a threat to Larry on "The Larry Sanders Show". Every time that Larry would go on vacation or fall ill, Larry would get paranoid that Jon was going to usurp him.



You have to ask Jon a tough question. Which talk show host offended Jon on their show?

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Kathy Lee Gifford. This is what I remember from a clip from "Unleavened". It is Jon Stewart in the middle of a stand up routine. "I was waiting in the green room with Marvin Hamlish and two guys from the auto show. Kathy Lee comes out and tells a few jokes and then says, "Tonight, we have Marvin Hamlish and there was a loud applause. She then says "We have two guys from the auto show". Again, there was a loud applause. And she finishes with "...and Jon Stewart!". And I received a nice round of applause. Then Kathy Lee looked at the audience and says, "There're so nice. They are applauding and they don't even know who he is. I don't know if you've ever been in a room where Marvin Hamlish turns to you and says, 'Burn!'"



You want to make sure that you introduce him with the right credentials at the beginning of the show: Jon Stewart has hosted the Grammy Awards?

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t. Jon Stewart hosted the 2001 Grammy awards that was most remembered by a live duo between Eminem and Elton John which was a marketing ploy of Eminem to win over the gay community for many hateful things that he sang about.



Jon Stewart has also had a book out on the New York Times Best Seller list. You must mention this to him and discuss his book. What is it called?

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Naked Pictures of Famous People. His book is described as a collection of ficticious and humorous what-if essays that Jon Stewart wrote while on tour in his early comedy days while playing dingy night clubs. It is with Rob Weisbach Books and has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List.



What event occured for Jon Stewart on April 29, 2003?

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Comedy Central extended his contract.. This answer was not as exciting as you may have thought but it was a milestone for Jon. He had been offerred gigs on network television but he remained true to Comedy Central and was locked up as their biggest star to continue hosting "The Daily Show".



You want Jon's wife to surprise him at the end of the interview. You shout, "Come out ___________ ! " Who is his wife?

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Tracey. Jon Stewart lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Tracey whose maiden name was McShane. In June, 2001 Jon Stewart filed a petition to change his name legally from Leibowitz to Stewart. On "60 Minutes", he explained he dropped the Leibowitz because it sounded "Too Hollywood".