Jon Stewart Says He Almost Quit 'The Daily Show': Are You Glad He Didn't?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/12/12 15:00:00

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	Yes, I love Jon Stewart!	275 votes	62%
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Jon Stewart has confessed that he once came very close to quitting “The Daily Show.” Speaking at the Montclair Film Festival over the weekend, he admitted that he was unimpressed with the show’s staff when he arrived in 1999, after replacing Craig Kilborn as the host.

According to Third Beat, Stewart said “what I did not realize is, a lot of the people who worked there were a******s." He talked about initial clashes with executives, saying “I wanted it to be satirical in the classic sense of the word… I walk in the door, into a room with the writers and producers, and the first thing they say is, 'This isn't some MTV b******t'... And then I was told not to change the jokes or improvise. [I told my agent], 'Get me the f**k out of this'. These people are insane.”

He said that it took him almost three years to feel comfortable at the show, after the show had experience a severe staff turnover. He has now worked on the show for 13 years. Are you glad he didn’t quit?

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SezMichael 2012/12/12 16:02:22 (edited)

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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for one thing the guy really is smart. I've seen him go on Fox unscripted and just kick the dogshyt out of O'Reilly and Hannity. I wish Limbaugh would get out the safety of his fart filled radio booth and let Stewart have a swing at him.
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Gryffindor53 2012/12/13 03:19:33

No, he should have quit.

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Where's the "doesn't matter to me either way" option?

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Archer ~ The Limit Break of... 2012/12/13 03:00:58

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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It's the best way to get your news - laughing

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selena costa 2012/12/13 02:50:08

No, he should have quit.

i dont even know who he is

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nathaniel21 2012/12/13 02:05:19

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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Jon Stewart has incredible insight on all the sides of the political spectrum. I enjoy watching an unbiased satirical news show that points out every mistake our government continues to make.

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truthzx95 to nathani... 2012/12/13 06:14:44

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Unbiased? He's as big a Marxist as o-blame-0! Get a clue.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/13 14:21:47 (edited)

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You must not be watching the same Daily Show. And Obama is not a Marxist.

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Ray to Bannor ... 2012/12/13 16:13:06

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The righties here are just parrotting Fox "News" tallking points. They have no idea what a "marxist" is

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Bannor ... to Ray 2012/12/13 18:00:30

I'm afraid you're correct. Just like all the dittoheads shouting about Saul Alinsky and have absolutely NO IDEA what he wrote in Rules for Radicals.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/13 20:34:40

Sure he is. He's admitted it. You're just another low information leftist who wouldn't know the difference.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/16 16:35:26

Where's your proof?
By the way, Obama's policies aren't much different from Reagan's and Eisenhower's son and granddaughter both abandoned the GOP to support him.

Also, it was Reagan's unfunded mandate EMTALA that helped balloon healthcare costs by allowing deadbeats to get treatment for free by showing up at emergency wards.
That was back in '86 - just how many billions has that added to the total bill?

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/16 20:11:11 (edited)

your bible.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/16 20:14:45

Only an idiot would make such a stupid statement. There are NO similarities between o-blame-o and Reagan.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/17 01:29:23

Take a good look at Reagan tax policies and listen to the speeches he gave on taxing millionaires

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/18 03:38:41

I have. He doesn't sound one bit like a Marxist. O-blame-o does.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/18 04:05:02

For adopting a healthcare plan implemented by a Republican millionaire built on ideas from a rightwing think tank?

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/19 00:34:56

Of course a radical leftist would attempt to point the finger elsewhere. O-blame-o's final intention is single payer healthcare which is socialistic, Marxist, and communist in its vision. Romney was wrong about healthcare in mass. But it was ONE state. Not the entire country. States are where experiments like that should take place, not the federal government.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/19 06:02:34

If Obama had the stones to implement single-payer, he would have done the country a huge favor.
Universal healthcare can hardly be considered an "experiment" when every other Western democracy has implemented it and has significantly lower per-capita costs for roughly similar medical results.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/20 03:21:41

Bull$hit. Universal healthcare is a nightmare everywhere people have to suffer under it.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/16 20:13:19

Only a Marxist would deny that o-blame-o is a Marxist.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/17 01:20:07

Your logical fallacy is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/18 03:39:11

Wikipedia? Please!

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/18 04:05:53

Please read.
There's lots to be learned at Wikipedia, if you don't assume you already have all the answers.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/19 00:36:35

He's a Marxist, I don't need Wikipedia to know that.

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Bannor ... to truthzx95 2012/12/19 06:02:54

Beware of what you think you know.

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truthzx95 to Bannor ... 2012/12/20 03:22:51

Beware of Marxist anti-christs.

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fish 2012/12/13 01:44:26 (edited)

No, he should have quit.

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I don't like his show, and it really creeps me out that a huge chunk of American's get their NEWS from this guy. America is going the way of Rome. We are going to get what we deserve.

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Illjwamh to fish 2012/12/13 05:14:37

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Okay, that creeped out feeling? That's how the rest of us feel about Fox News. Only worse, since they actually purport to be a real news source.

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Vito23 to fish 2012/12/13 19:22:44

Jon Stewart actually made that same point, he said he was a comedian first and he makes fun of what's almost borderline retardation and insanity on both sides of the political spectrum and hypocrisy on news networks especially Fox News. They ran a damn poll and the most constantly misinformed news viewer was Fox News viewers and he is actually given credibility over an actual news networks, plural. People know their jokes but he's not bending or lying about the story, he's telling you the story, the punch line with it.

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dru dixon 2012/12/13 01:39:53

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

+2
He can't quit on us!

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NYCbrit 2012/12/13 01:35:04

No, he should have quit.

+3
He does this "I'm cool, I'm one of you guys" bit, even tho he's clearly among the 1% he mocks.

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Willyt to NYCbrit 2012/12/13 16:45:55

He mostly mocks morons, everyone in the entertainment industry has money.

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wildcat 2012/12/13 01:04:22

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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He is one funny character.

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Not what you think 2012/12/13 00:57:54
CAPISCE 2012/12/13 00:11:40

No, he should have quit.

+2
I can't stand Jon Stewart , wish he quit and took Colbert with him. 2 pencil neck geeks

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cents-less 2012/12/12 23:58:45

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

+1
He's funny & I enjoy his show.

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the spoiler 2012/12/12 23:28:11

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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Don't do it Jon, please, don't do it

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Eh Poli... to the spo... 2012/12/13 05:37:36

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He won't and isn't planning to. This "poll" is relating to an interview he gave where he talked about how during the first couple of seasons he wasn't sure if he wanted to continue. Obviously, he decided to stick it out. Yay for us.

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Jalysa Ellis 2012/12/12 23:23:47

Yes, I love Jon Stewart!

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He and Stephen Colbert are very funny guys.

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American Girl 2012/12/12 23:18:25

No, he should have quit.

I never watched him anyways. I'm sure I didn't miss anything.

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One of Y'shua's,דָּנִיֵּאל 2012/12/12 23:09:35

No, he should have quit.

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Just an over-paid narcissistic progressive atheist at the helm of MISINFORMATION and PROPAGANDA...too bad for AMERICA, he didn't quit...for his own good..KARMA IS A BITCH as it is said...

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