Jon Stewart - Mark Twain Prize 2022

[dudog84]

I miss him 4 nights a week. Nobody has ever done it better, and nobody in recent memory has launched as many careers.

https://video.wucftv.org/video/jon-s...k-twain-prize/

[bundabergdevil]

His work for the 9/11 first responders is the closest thing to a modern Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as I’ve seen.

[brevity]

Nobody has ever done it better, and nobody in recent memory has launched as many careers.

I was just thinking about this a month ago, after seeing Jason Jones in TV's "The Flight Attendant" and Jessica Williams in the most recent Fantastic Beasts movie.

For a late night person, Jon Stewart's Comedy Tree is second only to that of Lorne Michaels. I'm pretty sure Stephen Colbert was a correspondent on "The Daily Show" when Craig Kilborn hosted, but he didn't become what he is today until Jon Stewart arrived.

Current Late Night Hosts/Anchors

Samantha Bee
Michael Che
Stephen Colbert
John Oliver

Other Hosts/Anchors

Dave Attell
Wyatt Cenac
Demetri Martin
Hasan Minhaj
Mo Rocca
Paul F. Tompkins
Brian Unger
Larry Wilmore

Authors

John Hodgman

Movie, TV, and Stage Actors

Lewis Black
Steve Carell
Nate Corddry
Rob Corddry
Josh Gad
Rachael Harris
Ed Helms
Jason Jones
Beth Littleford
Aasif Mandvi
Olivia Munn
Rob Riggle
Matt Walsh
Jessica Williams

These are just the on-air people. Writers on the show have branched out to create, produce, run, and/or write for a number of shows like Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Portlandia.

You also have people like Jordan Klepper, who started under Stewart but still work under Trevor Noah, and Noah himself, who overlapped with Stewart for maybe a year before taking over.

[dudog84]

I'm pretty sure Stephen Colbert was a correspondent on "The Daily Show" when Craig Kilborn hosted, but he didn't become what he is today until Jon Stewart arrived.

You are correct, Colbert mentioned that in the link/show. I think my favorite recurring thing ever on The Daily Show was Even Step(v)hen.