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“very strong driver of our revenue”: Alice Z. Cuneo, “Marketers, Politicians Clamor for Daily Fix.” Advertising Age, September 27, 2004.

“that really has found a niche”: Ibid.

“this is the way real journalism should be”: Wiltfong phone interview, May 5, 2010.

“a personal kick in the [balls]”: Frazier Moore, “Jon Stewart, Daily Show, Cover America in New Book.” Charleston Daily Mail, October 14, 2004.

“hurting America.” Crossfire, October 14, 2004.

“to be your monkey”: Ibid.

“was kind of embarrassed for him”: Biography Presents Jon Stewart .

“This was real.”: Ibid.

“news stories on the Associated Press”: Scarborough Country, September 27, 2006.

“sometimes they break news”: Ibid.

“sort of pin in the balloon”: Frazier Moore, “Jon Stewart Plans to Keep Pace with Quick-Witted Daily Show. ” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 14, 1999.

“with the same respect”: David Bauder, “CNN Lets Crossfire Host Carlson Go.” Associated Press, January 5, 2005.

“the kid in the back throwing spitballs”: Howard Kurtz, “The Campaign of a Comedian; Jon Stewart’s Fake Journalism Enjoys Real Political Impact.” Washington Post, October 23, 2004.

“they do the satirical Jon”: Bill Carter & Brian Stelter, “In Daily Show Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow.” New York Times, December 26, 2010.

“He’s a necessary branch of government”: Chris Smith, “America Is a Joke.” New York magazine, September 20, 2010.

“‘I’m just a satirist’”: Howard Kurtz, “The Campaign of a Comedian; Jon Stewart’s Fake Journalism Enjoys Real Political Impact.” Washington Post, October 23, 2004.

“that’s really all right”: Larry King Live, CNN, February 27, 2006.

“CBS should have been doing”: Jeremy Gillick, “Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz [AKA Jon Stewart].” Moment magazine, November/December 2008.

“the new millennium without The Daily Show ”: Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart, PBS, July 11, 2003.

“do this again somewhere”: The Daily Show, October 29, 2002.

“any credibility to lose”: Conor O’Clery, “The Daily Capers.” Irish Times, February 19, 2005.

“I’d like that. I’m tired”: The Daily Show, November 1, 2004.

“why is this guy still on the show?”: Wiltfong phone interview, May 5, 2010.

“I didn’t want to not like it”: Adam Sternbergh, “Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots.” New York magazine, October 16, 2006.

“someone like Stephen could do”: Seth Mnookin, “The Man in the Irony Mask.” Vanity Fair, October 2007.

“But I can’t be an asshole”: Adam Sternbergh, “Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots.” New York magazine, October 16, 2006.

“You’re an idiot. There’s a difference”: Ibid.

“because we hid his keys”: Howard Kurtz, “TV’s Newest Anchor: A Smirk in Progress.” Washington Post, October 10, 2005.

“It’s really a virtuoso performance”: Seth Mnookin, “The Man in the Irony Mask.” Vanity Fair, October 2007.

“doing his show in a second language”: Ibid.

“very contented and warm feeling”: Marc Peyser, “Red, White & Funny.” Newsweek, December 29, 2003.

Chapter 10

“coming across as mean-spirited or nasty”: Gary Levin, “Jon Stewart Looks Oscar in the Eye.” USA Today, February 19, 2006.

“I was losing my mind”: Ibid.

“I don’t have any of it right now”: Ibid.

“and Dick Cheney shot her”: 78th Academy Awards, March 5, 2006.

“pale shadow of great hosts gone by”: Tom Shales, “Memo to Jon Stewart: Keep Your Daily Job.” Washington Post, March 6, 2006.

“as he usually is”: Alessandra Stanley, “The Dresses, Low Cut, but the Tones Were Lofty.” New York Times, March 6, 2006.

“the Oscars is a really hard gig”: Biography Presents Jon Stewart .

“after a game of musical chairs”: Gary Susman, “Oscar Hosts: From Worst to Best, Rating 60 Years of Academy Awards Emcees.” Moviefone.com, February 16, 2012.

“it was such a bad job”: Biography Presents Jon Stewart .

“laugh impulse has been deadened”: Adam Sternbergh, “Because What’s the Point of Being Funny in Wisconsin?” New York magazine, October 24, 2007.

“The sky’s the limit”: Nathan Rabin, AV Club, October 12, 2006.

“it was at least surprising”: Jaime J. Weinman, “What’s Happened to The Daily Show ?” Macleans, January 22, 2007.

“and saying that it cures impetigo?”: The Daily Show, March 12, 2009.

“I wish he’d get back to work”: Letters and Comments, usanews.com, March 18, 2009.

“What am I going to do with that?”: The Late Show with David Letterman , October 6, 2005.

“He’s really all about his family”: Lisa Fickenscher, “Cooking Up a Café Comeback.” Crain’s New York Business, June 3, 2012.

“to thermonuclear levels”: Suzy Byrne, “Jon Stewart Opens Up on the Joys of Three-Legged Dogs.” Yahoo Canada, June 7, 2013.

“and me on the inside”: Kat Harrison, “The Mama of Moomah.” New York Family, December 30, 2011.

“to be the case”: The Daily Show, May 1, 2009.

“not in a mean or nasty way”: Marc Peyser, “Red, White & Funny.” Newsweek, December 29, 2003.

“It’s just cruel”: Stephen Galloway, “Steve Carell Says Comedy Has Become ‘Uber-Cynical,’ ‘Borderline Mean.’” Hollywood Reporter, August 2012.

“another congressman doing a dumb thing”: Larry Getlen, “Our Possible Future Mayor… Maybe.” CityScoopsNY.com, May 19, 2009.

“virtue and beacons of decency”: Larry King Live, CNN, June 25, 2004.

“you didn’t just ask me that.”: Ibid.

“Where’s Osama bin Laden?” The Daily Show, September 27, 2006.

“we’ll follow you.”: Ibid.

“they’d both lose miserably”: Ibid.

“because they air four nights a week”: Multichannel News, October 29, 2007.

“in terms of writing and performing material on the show”: Ibid.

“What’s your answer?”: Associated Press, December 25, 2007.

“we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence”: Associated Press, December 21, 2007.

“or at least balance him a bit”: Thomas Tennant, “ Daily Show, Colbert Report Back Live.” About.com Talk Shows, January 9, 2008.

“it is cathartic and energizing”: Janice Turner, “How Jon Stewart Became the Most Powerful Man on TV.” London Times (U.K.), October 2, 2010.

“hundreds of millions around the world”: Gary Susman, “Oscar Hosts: From Worst to Best, Rating 60 Years of Academy Awards Emcees.” Moviefone.com, February 16, 2012.

“the tone of the material”: Ibid.

“for the first time ever, delivering a piece of real news”: Nofact Zone, December 2, 2008.

“We’re a fake news show”: Ibid.

“I’m still afraid someone’s going to take it away”: Associated Press, November 5, 2008.

Chapter 11

“maybe I wouldn’t have worked as hard”: Eric Bates, “Jon Stewart: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 29, 2011.

“because I was a Hispanic”: Stand Up with Pete Dominick, September 30, 2010.

“because they’re Jewish”: Ibid.

“because you’re the one I liked ”: Tom Junod, “Jon Stewart and the Burden of History.” Esquire, October 2011.