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'''Jon Stewart''' (born '''Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz''' on November 28, 1962) is an [[American]] [[liberal]] [[comedian]], political satirist, author, and actor, most famous for whose hosting ''The Daily Show'' on of the [[Comedy CentralOscars]]in 2008 set the modern record for its '''''smallest''''' number of viewers: it "drew the worst ratings ... of the modern era. Whoever came because of Stewart was more than offset by those who tuned out."<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/billy-crystal-what-if-the-oscars-want-to-stay-old.html</ref>
Stewart's hosting of the [[Oscars]] appeared in 2008 set the modern record for its '''''smallest''''' number of viewers: it several bad movies, including "drew the worst ratings ... of the modern era. Whoever came because of Stewart was more than offset by those who tuned out.Big Daddy,"<ref>http://latimesblogs"The Faculty," "Half Baked," and "Death To Smoochy.latimes.com/" Because his movies/2011/11/billy-crystal-what-if-the-oscars-want-almost always do very badly (critically and financially) people say that there is a "Jon Stewart Curse" that he brings to-stay-oldall his movies.html</ref>
Stewart appeared in several bad movies, including ''Big Daddy'', ''The Faculty'', ''Half Baked'', and ''Death To Smoochy'' Because his movies almost always do very badly (critically and financially) people say that there is a "Jon Stewart Curse" that he brings to all his movies.  Jon Stewart has described himself as "more of a [[socialist]] or an [[independent]] than a Democrat. " (though he generally agrees with the Democratic affiliation)<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/15/lkl.00.html</ref> [[Roger Ailes]] mentioned that Stewart told him he is an [[atheist]].<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/11/18/roger-ailes-says-jon-stewart-told-him-hes-atheist-and-socialist#ixzz15j5QaQnF Roger Ailes Says Jon Stewart Told Him He's an Atheist and a Socialist, Newsbusters.org, November 18, 2010]</ref>, though he He is Jewish by heritagebest known as the host of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' and for his political satire.
==Early Life==
Stewart was born in Lawrenceville, [[New Jersey]]. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1984, where he studied psychology and played on the men's soccer team.
==Personal lifeFamily==Stewart lives with his wife Tracey Stewart, who he married in 2000 after dating her for four years (née McShane) in New York City. They have two children, Nathan Thomas Stewart (named after Stewart's grandfather), and Maggie Rose Stewart. ==Career==Stewart was known for being a funnyman in [[high school]]. He moved to [[New York City]] in 1986 and did not have the courage to perform at a local comedy club. When he did the following year, he adopted his stage name Jon Stewart and his act was relatively unsuccessful. Stewart became a regular at the Comedy Cellar, where he performed every night. In 1989, he landed his first television writing job, writing for ''Caroline's Comedy Hour''. He began his work for Comedy Central in 1991, hosting ''Short Attention Span Theater''. In 1992, Stewart hosted ''You Wrote It, You Watch It'' on MTV, which did not last on the air for long. Stewart was considered to replace [[David Letterman]] when Letterman left NBC in 1993, but [[Conan O'Brien]] replaced him. He then developed the talk show ''The Jon Stewart Show'' on MTV. It was the first talk show on MTV and was a hit, second only to ''Beavis and Butt Head'' at the time. In 1999, Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn as the host of ''The Daily Show''. During Kilborn's tenure as host, the show was generally more pop-culture oriented. However, when Stewart became host, the show adopted a sharply political focus. Stewart has hosted the show for well over ten years, and had helped to create a spin-off starring his former "correspondent" [[Stephen Colbert]], ''The Colbert Report'', rounding out Comedy Central's "Fake News" hour.
==Books==
Jon Stewart has co-written, with other writers of ''The Daily Show'' two [[parody]] textbooks: , ''[[America (The Book)|America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', which satirizes the American political system, and ''Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race''. Both are crude books full of sophomoric humor such as swearing, vulgarity, tasteless sexual references, and objectionable Photoshopped pictures, such as a photo of the Supreme Court justices at the time nude. Both books contain a heavy [[liberal]] slant. 
==See Also==
*''[[The Daily Show]]''
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