Lisa Rogak - Angry Optimist

“the only news organization who should be here”: In The Mix, PBS, 2000 Republican National Convention.

“And should help themselves”: David Daley, “Where Youth Gets Its News.” Hartford Courant, December 7, 2000.

“a kind of recognized, viable pundit”: Phil Rosenthal, “A Comic Koppel No ‘Indecision.’” Chicago Sun-Times, December 15, 2000.

“We all felt that way”: San Francisco Chronicle podcast , January 16, 2006.

“Jon Stewart officially became a public intellectual”: Jeremy Gillick, “Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz [AKA Jon Stewart].” Moment magazine, November/December 2008.

“journalists would want to come and talk”: University Wire, April 4, 2002.

“the whole thing is ridiculous”: Larry King Live, CNN, December 8, 2004.

“the overt game that’s being reported”: Stephen Colbert, “Ten Years of The Daily Show .” Variety magazine, January 20, 2009.

“it’s messing up our shtick”: New York Times, November 22, 2000.

“it’s Jay Leno’s joke”: David Daley, “Where Youth Gets Its News.” Hartford Courant, December 7, 2000.

“I can’t wait to see what happens next”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.

“CNN feels like an opportunity squandered”: Eric Bates, “Jon Stewart: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 29, 2011.

“This is the most important show ever”: Newsweek, July 31, 2000.

“he’s a very politically aware news junkie”: Howard Kurtz, “The Campaign of a Comedian; Jon Stewart’s Fake Journalism Enjoys Real Political Impact.” Washington Post, October 23, 2004.

“Where do you come up with these numbers?’”: “Jon Stewart Discusses Politics and Comedy,” Fresh Air, NPR, September 30, 2004.

“or social-security reforms”: Conor O’Clery, “The Daily Capers.” Irish Times, February 19, 2005.

“It’s why we don’t lead a lot of marches”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.

“and then they’d leave”: David Daley, “Where Youth Gets Its News.” Hartford Courant, December 7, 2000.

“It doesn’t matter”: Ibid.

“Or they’re home cleaning the gutters or something”: Ibid.

“a high-functioning hermit”: Tad Friend, “Is It Funny Yet? Jon Stewart and the Comedy of Crisis.” The New Yorker, February 11, 2002.

“Don’t you find that people contact you way more?”: Ibid.

“meaty and muscular and fun”: Suzy Byrne, “Jon Stewart Opens Up on the Joys of Three-Legged Dogs.” Yahoo Canada, June 7, 2013.

“but it’s also truer”: Gloria Goodale, “Politics as Punch Line.” Christian Science Monitor, January 20, 2004.

“Of course, you’re going to listen to Jon”: Ibid.

“but you’d also be missing half of our joke”: Mediabistro.com, May 6, 2003.

“a relatively savvy consumer of information”: Nolan Gawron, “The Daily Ho with Mr. Jon Stewart.” Weekly Dig, December 11–18, 1990.

“There’s no insidious plan”: Monique Beeler, “Daily Showmanship.” Cal State East Bay Magazine, Fall 2010.

“our show is uniquely positioned to do that”: Ibid.

“We’re suffocating in information”: Gary Levin, “Fans Like Their Dose of Daily News.” USA Today, October 6, 2003.

“what’s particularly absurd of this moment or of this time”: University Wire, April 4, 2002.

“with something interesting to say about it”: Conor O’Clery, “The Daily Capers.” Irish Times, February 19, 2005.

“you have adopted [Stewart’s] credibility”: Biography Presents Jon Stewart.

“completely different from what I do”: Amazon.com, September 2004.

“We are the last stop of the disgruntled”: Conor O’Clery, “The Daily Capers.” Irish Times, February 19, 2005.

“because he hates to be laughed at”: Tad Friend, “Is It Funny Yet? Jon Stewart and the Comedy of Crisis.” The New Yorker, February 11, 2002.

“because we think we have anthrax”: John McKay, “Stewart: It’s Hard to Be Funny Again.” The Province (Vancouver), November 12, 2001.

“To me, that’s edgy”: Ben Domenech “Jon Stewart: The SIN Interview.” Student Information Network (William & Mary), April 26, 2002.

“It means you’re being talked about!”: Tad Friend, “Is It Funny Yet? Jon Stewart and the Comedy of Crisis.” The New Yorker, February 11, 2002.

“all the camera guys are pooping”: A. J. Jacobs, “Jon.” Esquire, July 2001.

“if you do it the right way’”: Biography Presents Jon Stewart.

“to find light in darkness somehow”: World News Tonight, 2003.

“You can’t beat that”: The Daily Show, September 20, 2001.

Chapter 8

“than people would imagine”: “Jon Stewart Discusses Politics and Comedy,” Fresh Air, NPR, September 30, 2004.

“our paper of record”: Marshall Sella, “The Stiff Guy vs. the Dumb Guy.” New York Times Magazine, September 24, 2000.

“our morning cup of sadness”: Fresh Air, NPR, September 29, 2010.

“frequently end up on the show”: “Writers Speak: A Potentially Regrettable Evening with the Writers of The Daily Show .” Paley Center for Media, November 7, 2010.

“It’s pretty laid out for you”: Ibid.

“It gets stronger”: Ibid.

“knowing what you need to attack”: Ibid.

“There’s plenty of food to go around”: New York magazine, October 16, 2006.

“Even after that, probably a month of salads”: Ibid.

“I am incredibly horny”: Ibid.

“I call fairly frequently”: NPR Talk of the Nation, March 1, 2004.

“better than the ones you plan more”: “Writers Speak: A Potentially Regrettable Evening with the Writers of The Daily Show .” Paley Center for Media, November 7, 2010.

“and it is petrifying”: Lauren Weedman, “A Woman Trapped in a Woman’s Body.” Sasquatch Books, 2007, p. 10.

“triple-A game every time”: Rob Feld, “ Daily Life.” Directors Guild of America, DGA.com, Fall 2008.

“I will answer you facetiously”: Janice Turner, “How Jon Stewart Became the Most Powerful Man on TV.” London Times (U.K.), October 2, 2010.

“because we love the guy”: Daily Show Forum, televisionwithoutpity.com September 16, 2011.

“It’s a harsh work environment”: Monique Beeler, “Daily Showmanship.” Cal State East Bay Magazine, Fall 2010.

“managing, editing, and moving toward showtime”: Maureen Dowd, “America’s Anchors.” Rolling Stone, October 31, 2006.

“We can just put it out there”: Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart, PBS, July 11, 2003.

“I just have to face in the right direction”: Fresh Air, NPR, September 30, 2004.

“with his feet up on the desk”: Monique Beeler, “Daily Showmanship.” Cal State East Bay Magazine, Fall 2010.

“a thought behind every joke”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.

“lay them back to back… giggle”: Eric Bates, “Jon Stewart: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 29, 2011.

“that I’ve been trained for”: “Jon Stewart Discusses Politics and Comedy,” Fresh Air , NPR, September 30, 2004.

“But we’ve never met before!”: The Daily Show, November 30, 2001.