A review by cheryl6of8
The Daily Show (The Audiobook): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests, by Chris Smith
4.0
One irritation/negative comment -- they kept quoting Mo Rocca, pronounced "Row-Kuh", but I listen to him on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, and Mo pronounces his last name "Rock-A".
This was a warts and all look Jon Stewart and The Daily Show that made me fall in love with him all over again, although I never fell out of love. I admire his commitment to the truth and his willingness to tell the truth even when it means he looks like a jerk. I love the insight into John Oliver and Stephen Colbert and even some of the correspondents that irritated me, like Jason Jones and Jordan Klepper. I really didn't understand how much of the show was really Stewart's vision, that he wasn't just a talking head or a part of the creative team, but the actual driving force. Jon Stewart changed the world by changing how we look at the world. I know he doesn't think he did enough or changed enough of the awful things, but he fought and he inspired us to fight, and if he does nothing else ever, the world is a better place for his passionate scrutiny of it.
This was a warts and all look Jon Stewart and The Daily Show that made me fall in love with him all over again, although I never fell out of love. I admire his commitment to the truth and his willingness to tell the truth even when it means he looks like a jerk. I love the insight into John Oliver and Stephen Colbert and even some of the correspondents that irritated me, like Jason Jones and Jordan Klepper. I really didn't understand how much of the show was really Stewart's vision, that he wasn't just a talking head or a part of the creative team, but the actual driving force. Jon Stewart changed the world by changing how we look at the world. I know he doesn't think he did enough or changed enough of the awful things, but he fought and he inspired us to fight, and if he does nothing else ever, the world is a better place for his passionate scrutiny of it.