Talk:Jon Stewart

Why do we have to mention Half Baked in his introductory sentence?

I remembered he had only a very small part in that movie. A really small part. In fact, even Wikipedia's article about Half Baked said he only had a "cameo" appearance. It is not worth mentioning in his introductory sentence which is an important part of an encyclopedia article. The first thing that comes people's mind about when the hear/read the named: "Jon Stewart" is of course only The Daily Show. Half Baked is a cult movie but not that huge of a cult movie like Star Wars and 2001: Space Odyssey. I want to get rid of that line: "and for his role in the cult film Half Baked." It is like putting Colin Powell was a board member of Time Warner in his introductory sentence when he is not best remembered for that position. If there is no objections on why we should keep in his introductory sentence then I will delete within a week.--Anonymous Cow 05:03, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC) ----

Good call; I always wondered about that. Thanks! Drernie 17:43, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Quick comment: I doubt anyone would consider Star Wars and 2001: Space Odyssey, "cult movies". Those were major blockbusters, not unlike Jaws or Back to the Future. Half Baked is probably even just a tad too popular to be considered "cult". A cult movie would be something more like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Heavy Metal (movie), or the Evil Dead series. (In this last example, Army of Darkness was pretty popular and may not be considered a "cult" movie, however there's a large number of fans who have no idea that it was the third installment in a series. The series as a whole only has a small cult following, though Evil Dead 2 has had an enormous influence on modern horror films, as most horror movie-makers today were cult-horror addicts in their youths.)

Okay, that wasn't so quick. --Corvun 09:04, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

Big Daddy

Stewart's role in the movie Big Daddy was far more significant than his role in Half Baked.

Crossfire cancellation

An anon has added a bit that Jonathan Klein has stated that he decided to cancel Crossfire 6 months before Jon Stewart's appearance. This is the first I've heard of this, and in fact, is the opposite of all news stories I've read. Could someone provide a source for this? Bbatsell 18:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

I made the change based on the entry on Tucker Carlson's wikipedia page, which is not disputed there. All trustworthy media sources I could find only report that Jonathan Klein mentioned Jon's criticism in his press release and said he agrees with his point of view; they don't mention whether or not it had any influence on his plans for Crossfire. If nobody else can find any non-wikipedia confirmation of Klein saying his decision predated Jon's appearance on Crossfire I think we should change both texts to say it's uncertain whether his appearance was a direct cause of the cancellation. Vampyre 18:16, 13 October 2005 (GMT +1) (I was not logged in when I made the change)

Baby

Today the Colbert report stated that Stewart had a baby. Being the Colbert report, we need a confirmation before we add it to WP.

Yes, he had one. His nephew goes to my school and confirmed it.

Stewart also confirmed it on his show the day after. 128.118.128.175 18:50, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

needs an update

"Still, many people believe that when Letterman does retire, Stewart (a fellow Viacom employee) will replace him"

CBS is now a separate company from Viacom, therefore, Letterman and Stewart now have different employers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.34.210.33 (talk • contribs) .

• Good call, I'm going to remove it. -- MisterHand 01:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Daily Show Going Hollywood?

This isn't directly related to his bio, just an opinion question in general. Is anyone worried that since he's gotten so popular, and the gig with the Oscars, the Daily Show is going to get a little more like Access Hollywood? I know, I know, it isn't directly a political show to begin with, but I still appreciate the Washington satire as opposed to jokes about Brad and Angelina. I can get that on Letterman... Poisonouslizzie 18:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)