The Daily Show (the AudioBook)

An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests

By: Jon Stewart - foreword, Chris Smith

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Jay Snyder, Kevin T. Collins, Chris Lutkin, Robert Fass, Lauren Fortgang

Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

The complete uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host.

For almost 17 years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now the show's behind-the-scenes gags, controversies, and camaraderie are chronicled by the players themselves, from legendary host Jon Stewart to the star cast members and writers - including Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Steve Carell, Lewis Black, Jessica Williams, John Hodgman, and Larry Wilmore - plus some of The Daily Show's most prominent guests and adversaries: John and Cindy McCain, Glenn Beck, Tucker Carlson, and many more.

This oral history takes the listener behind the curtain for all the show's highlights, from its origins as Comedy Central's underdog late-night program hosted by Craig Kilborn to Jon Stewart's long reign to Trevor Noah's succession, rising from a scrappy jester in the 24-hour political news cycle to become part of the beating heart of politics - a trusted source for not only comedy but also commentary, with a reputation for calling bullshit and an ability to effect real change in the world.

Through years of incisive election coverage, Jon Stewart's emotional monologue in the wake of 9/11, his infamous confrontation on Crossfire, passionate debates with President Obama and Hillary Clinton, feuds with Bill O'Reilly and Fox, the Indecisions, Mess O'Potamia, and provocative takes on Wall Street and racism, The Daily Show has been a cultural touchstone. Now, for the first time, the people behind the show's seminal moments come together to share their memories of the last-minute rewrites, improvisations, pranks, romances, blowups, and moments of Zen both on and off the set of one of America's most groundbreaking shows.

Full cast of narrators includes Ryan Vincent Anderson, Graham Halstead, Cheryl Smith, Christian Coulson, Tommy Harron, and Elece Green.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Chris Smith (P)2016 Hachette Audio

I was taken aback

Like Jon Stewart's shows, not love, but really like them.....,......but I felt at the time, I needed to check into reality. And Jon delivered. But the end result sucks after the election. So where did we ALL go wrong? Thought you had it, but Trump was still elected. Thinking that we missed something. Oh, it was all those young white guys that never watched your show and wore baseball caps to promote Trump or whatever else they thought would deliver what they wanted..........in their pants or not. I have no f-------g idea.

Fascinating

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this audio book after reading the reviews and knowing that the Daily Show cast didn't actually read their parts, but I was very pleasantly surprised. The history of the show is really interesting and I thought most of the narrators were fantastic at channeling their roles. I'll listen to this over and over again.

Audio levels uneven - Constant intros - annoying.

Would you listen to The Daily Show (the AudioBook) again? Why?

Once is enough.

Any additional comments?

Audio levels are uneven, poorly mixed. The constant introduction of every speaker is annoying. Each person speaking doesn't need to be introduced with full name every single time. In some conversations we the audience can figure out who's speaking.

A wonderful overview.

A wonderful overview of 15 crazy year's of American history and how an artist had an impact on our world.

So important a show. Very meaningful book

Very well done. meaningful insightful funny sad . shows the impact but also just how screwed up we are

Daily Show Reveiw

Very informative and interesting I learned a lot about the John Daily and his show. It was also a great reveiw of recent political history.

Excellent. Moving. Well researched. Creative approach to from

First-I loved it. If I could have listened nonstop, I would have. Very much like the shiw-compkex, creative, collaborative effort to tell a story worth telling. I will buy the print copy too. I rated the performance average because one voice simply hurt my ears. I actually tried to identify the voice actor, but never found a cast list. Honestly had to work at listening when he spoke-one if those visceral responses of dislike. I'm sure others won't mind but I found myself dreading the deliberated, over pronounced "Stephen Colbert" for example. The text, though, and decision to use actors, terrific.

Amazing if you're a good person.

Thank you Jon and all staff, contributors and of course all the fans out there of this world changing show.

if you liked the show you should read the book.

there's a bit of history a lot of laughs and a pile of nastalgia which in of itself is not a bad thing

Weird choice for an audiobook

I eventually got used to the way this book was structured, but it was really hard to listen to it at first. The problem is that it is not one continuous narrative. It is a whole bunch of people, including John and Steven and every correspondent and writer and producer that has ever worked at the show. So when you are listening to the narrative, it is constantly interrupted by the reader saying the full name of the person who they are about to speak for