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Summary: A useful book.
Review: While not really thick enough to press leaves, this book does an adequate job squashing bugs and propping open the loose window in my bedroom. I give it four stars.
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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read. Jon just used to be my favorite TV personality, now he's one of my favorite authors too!
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Summary: Want a funnier Jon Stewart? Don't read, watch the daily show
Review: I bought this book (paperpack) at a bookstore, thinking "Okay! Jon Stewart! I've watched hundreds of hours of the daily show, I'll enjoy this book." Wrong. Sure there was some funny parts here and there, but it wasn't as great as say Jerry Sienfeld's "Seinlanguage" or Ellen DeGeneres' "My Point..and I do have one"
I wish Jon would write another book,maybe based on his Daily Show years, or something.
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Summary: Just a quick little review
Review: I adore Jon Stewart. This book proves what I've always suspected - comedy can be both smart AND funny. So many books by comedians are just their stand-up routines on paper. Stewart's collection of humorous essays is a refreshing change. I only wish the book would have been longer - or that I would have paced myself and not read the whole thing in one sitting.
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Summary: Intelligent Satire That's Laugh Out Loud Funny
Review: (. . .) This is easily one of the funniest books I've ever read. In a day when America seems to be getting bombarded with sophmoric, base humor centered around bodily functions and fluids, it is indeed a welcome pleasure to read the brilliantly sharp social, cultural, political satire of the host of "The Daily Show," a prize itself. Stewart takes no prisoners in these essays: Hanson, Gerald Ford, Martha Stewart, Judaism, Lenny Bruce. These are just some of the prominent names and ideas that Stewart skews. At times, I found myself having to stop reading so I could stop laughing and regain my composure. To pick out a favorite is nearly impossible, although "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold" is a real gem. And his transcipts of the "Ford Tapes" are as funny as anything I've ever read anywhere. But ultimately what endeared this collection to me, was Stewart's intelligence. Sure he has impeccible timing, an inventive comic mind, and a wonderful sense of irony and absurdity. But it's his intellect that's really on display here. To really appreciate what Stewart has written, you really need to be informed of current events. You also need to know your history as well. If the irony of Lenny Bruce pitching a sitcom to ABC is lost on you, this may not be the book for you. However, if the concept of Vincent van Gogh communicating with his brother Theo via AOL chatrooms has you laughing before you even start reading, then purchase this book today. Of course, I could best sum up how much I enjoyed this book by simply saying that I have read it more than a few times all the way through this year and laugh every single time.
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Summary: Stewart's sarcastic, witty humor proves entertaining
Review: I picked up this book because I'm a huge fan of Jon Stewart's sarcastic, self-depreciating humor on The Daily Show. While I still prefer his in-person standup persona, Naked Pictures of Famous People is, well, funny. The beauty of Stewart's humor is his intelligence, especially in the age of Tom Green, The Man Show, and TV Funhouse. It's comedy for those of us who got over laughing at someone getting hit in the nuts round about puberty. This book reemphasizes his intelligence and wit. I'd reccomend it for anyone who is a fan of smart comedy. If you're a Tom Green fan, probably stay away -though in that case, you probably wouldn't be browsing the editorial reviews on Amazon.com anyway. So on second thought, if you're reading this, buy the book.
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Summary: Hey Stew, I knew you had it in you!
Review: Jon Stewart is one of my favourite comedians, and one of the few show business people who I consider inherently funny. Even without good material, the man still makes me laugh. Thankfully this collection of short humour pieces, which cannot rely on Stewart's dry stage presence, is full of good material. The collection does suffer from the transient nature of pop culture, as some of the sacred cows he slays are no longer sacred. Upon publication in 1998, the inexplicable popularity of Hanson and the death of Princess Diana were hot news; now, they're just faded memories. Still, chronicling Mother Hanson's yearly family newsletter from pre-stardom happy innocence to after the icon's fall is a brilliant concept. And Di's schoolgirl fan letters to Mother Theresa show Stewart's strength in handling tone. This is also apparent in another strong piece, "Adolph Hitler: The Larry King Interview", in which der Fuehrer comes off as a '90's sensitive man who "hates crowds." Stewart even manages a few potshots at King's propensity for rapid marriages. Other strong pieces include: "Breakfast at Kennedy's", in which Stewart imagines himself as a playmate of the young JFK, and is dubbed "The Zippy Zionist" by a carefree and very Catholic Camelot clan; "The Last Supper, or The Dead Waiter", in which Jesus and his party dine at a trendy restaurant, served by a very bitchy waiter; and "Da Vinci: The Lost Notebook", in which Leonardo is given credit for inventing, among other items, the beer helmet (neat drawings, here). The smartest piece, and the one that most distinctly bites the hand that feeds, is entitled "The Recipe". Stewart details the recipe for a standard Hollywood awards show. It's very deadpan, very silly, and very accurate. It also shows the man's well-hidden disdain towards familiarity in comedy, and how pure a science he thinks it is. That passion for his craft is evident throughout this collection. Where Stewart suffers, at least in comparison to Woody Allen's humour pieces, is his reliance on pop culture. Sure, he tries to mix high and low culture by imagining Vincent Van Gogh in an AOL chat room, or Lenny Bruce working on a sitcom pilot, but these ideas never really leave the conception stage. And retelling Daniel Webster's story, replacing him with Bill Gates, is just too easy a target. However, Stewart doesn't rely on the surreal non-sequiturs that Woody peppered his pieces with. His comedic arrow is always aimed directly at the target, and the pieces work better because of it. There is enough quality comedy here to make this a worthwhile read (it's slight enough to digest in an afternoon, if you are so inclined). And it shows enough promise that I'd hope Stewart takes another kick at the can, if only in an attempt to get everything just right.
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Summary: one of the funniest books ever
Review: Jon Stewart is a genius, his writing intelligent and whip sharp. With essays about everything from the New Judaism to the musical group the Hansons, you can't help but laugh out loud. This book kept me in stitches from beginning to end and I recommend it to everyone I know.
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Summary: Jon Stewart is mad funny...
Review: Jon Stewart wrote the 19 so called "essays" in this book. If you are a fan of him and his show, you will probably love this. I think this book is really hilarious! The book is basically funny chapters on different things. And the one where he goes into an AOL chat is mad funny!
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Summary: Funny... but why no pictures? When will the lying stop??? :)
Review: For anyone who hasn't read Jon's book, let me 'break it down' for you: The majority of books written by comics, especially after they've 'hit it big' like our beloved Jon, tend to be mostly sappy anectdotes about their families, various gigs they've performed, and basically are just jokebooks with some filler. Jon didn't do that. The book is a bunch of humorous essays, not arranged in any particular order or by genre or anything (at least not that I can tell). Some of them are very funny, others are... "eh". It depends on your tastes. So while your friends might hate it because it doesn't seem to be what they think a comic "ought" to write about, it really comes down to what you want to read and spend your money on. Good Luck P.S. My personal favorites- "The last Supper, or the Dead Waiter"; "The New Judaism" (I've read a lot of those kinds of books- he got the patronizing/searching for something to fill the void in my life-feel down exactly); "Lack of Power- the Ford Tapes"; and "Microsoft '98 Suggested Spelling and Usage".
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