Jon Stewart's Post-9/11 "Daily Show" Speech
I've been going into "Daily Show" withdrawal ever since the WGA strike started, so I took to the 'Tube and searched for any clips of Jon Stewart. I was surprised to find someone had uploaded a speech Stewart gave on the first episode of "The Daily Show" since the attacks on September 11th. Keep in mind I didn't start watching "The Daily Show" on a regular basis until my senior year of high school, so this entire segment was new to me.
It's a startling nine-minute monologue with Stewart laying it out and telling it like it is. No sugar-coated diatribe on how we're all gonna move on with our lives, no phony sentimentality. Just straight from the heart honesty and compassion. I've always said that I love Stephen Colbert but his character on "The Colbert Report" is just that: a character. When Jon Stewart does his thing, it honestly feels like he's speaking his mind and telling you what he thinks is wrong with the world. Sure, he has roughly 14 writers working behind-the-scenes, making sure he gets that everyman tone just right, but it's humbling to see that, at least for nine minutes, he was able to speak his peace and move on:
I know it seems weird to post this at this time, but I just saw it and wanted to write a post about it. I hope everyone out there has a Happy Thanksgiving!
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For a young person, you are very wise. I too believe that Jon Stewart is totally "what you see is what you get". He is an honest, caring, down-to-earth man, with a good heart and a great sense of humor. I watched this show; it appeared 2, 3, maybe 4 weeks after September 11, 2001. You may remember, a lot of the shows that come to us from NYC (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, The Daily Show, and more) all began their new television season several weeks into September. It was an emotional show then; I cried right along with Jon, and watching it again tonight opened my floodgates. Thank you for posting this video. I have looked long and hard for it on youtube, and could never find it. I would like to share it with my husband and daughter, both fans of Mr. Stewart. They were not able to see the show when it first aired. And thank you for your insight to Jon and his show. Other than Mr. Olbermann on MSNBC, Jon Stewart really is the best place to get your political news.
Thank you for your kind words. It's comforting to know that people are still reading posts I have penned in years past and are able to get the same feelings reading them that I did while writing them.
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