[lbo-talk] Jon Stewart defies the odds

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Tue Sep 20 08:15:07 PDT 2005


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Jon Stewart was quoted as saying:


> "When I said that I wanted to put together a writing staff that would only be
> 80 percent Ivy League-educated Jews, they said it couldn't be done," said
> "Daily Show" host Stewart in accepting one honor.

Kind of like his acceptance speech last year, when he brought all the writers out on stage and said, "I've always said that our real strenghth is . . diversity. David over there doesn't have a beard, and John isn't Jewish."

Michael



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