The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

By: Jon Stewart

Narrated by: Jon Stewart

The eagerly awaited new book from the Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart--the man behind the megaseller America (The Book).

Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture -- all in a tome of approximately 256 pages with lots of color photos, graphs and charts.

After two weeks of hard work, they had their book. Earth (The Book) is the definitive guide to our species. With their trademark wit, irreverence, and intelligence, Stewart and his team will posthumously answer all of life's most hard-hitting questions, completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.

Not this time, funny man.

John Stewart is a national treasure. He helped me make it through the Bush years without giving way to despair. This book is thin stuff. A few laughs, but nothing on the level of his best stuff.

Fun Waste of Time

It's a good audiobook for a road trip where you are not really paying attention but there are a few laughs that are worth it.

Earth by Jon Stuart is a lot of fun!!

Would you listen to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) again? Why?

The Audio has Stewart and some of his stuff from his show plus S. Weaver that read it. It's funny like his show and I think I will listen to it more than once. The only down side is I had to order a cheap book to look at the pictures from the book. Still listening is enjpyable and I laughed out loud a few tiimes while I worked on computer. It really was a fun look at the Earth.

What other book might you compare The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook) to and why?

I think if I had to compare it to another book I would have to go back to an old audio I have of the Hitchhikers to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And yes it has that weird kind of humor while still passing alone information. Douglas would of loved Steward.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Hitchhakers to the Galaxy or a Big Finnish production, Sorry I am a Sci Fi geek. But it's not science Fiction, It's a like his show.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The parts where he explained things to a aliens set to invade the Earth, I was amuzed

Any additional comments?

It well done audio book.

Earth People: Don't take yourselves too seriously!

This is a non-threatening review of all the quirks and ironic constructs of human beings diluted with comedy. The book is a narrator (Jon Stewart himself), speaking from a recording, greeting aliens who arrive to find a long lost civilization -- our civilization. The narrator and various members of the Daily Show go into hilarious apologies of various human staples and institutions, which are explained to the aliens like quirky family stories to strangers, making one realize how silly they are from a 3rd person perspective. Great book to explore on a rainy day!

Insane and so much fun!

If you like the Daily Show, it's a pretty sure bet you'll like "Earth" too. It's ironic, frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and often on the mark true. You have to like word play and it doesn't hurt to actually know more than a little world history. The narration by the Daily Show cast and other celebrities is perfect. A funny book with a serious subtext ... I enjoyed it very much!