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Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
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Although we haven’t seen them on The Daily Show for a while, there are some good opportunities here to catch up with all our favorite hosts and correspondents. And while we’re at it, we’ve got some things to anticipate in the future!
Jon Stewart (Host, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- You probably all know by now that Jon had the privilege of introducing Bruce Springsteen at the most recent Kennedy Center Honors event, but this footage of the event is probably new to the Zoners here. From Crooks and Liars:
Read more about Rob Riggle, Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi and John Oliver after the fold.
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Six Degrees: Articles and videos from ‘Daily Show’ peeps
Posted by: | CommentsHello, boys and girls. I know Tiger usually does these now, but there’s been so much news coming in on our favorite people from The Daily Show that I thought I’d throw a few links together while we await her next post.
Let’s get things started with a few items featuring Jon Stewart’s recent trip to the Kennedy Center Honors, where he helped to pay tribute to honoree Bruce Sprinsteen. First off, check out this photo of Jon and his wife, Tracey, on the red carpet. How fabulous does she look? I love that Jon looks like he can hardly believe he’s there with that gorgeous woman. The Washington Post did a general write-up of the event here; NorthJersey.com went into more detail about Jon’s tribute to Bruce here. I love Jon’s quote that “When you listen to Bruce Springsteen, you weren’t a loser, you were a character in an epic poem about losers.” Nicely put, Mr. Stewart. CBS will air footage from the event on December 29th.
If you’re in the mood for more from John Hodgman, Larry Wilmore, Samantha Bee, DJ Javerbaum and John Oliver, then click past the jump!
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Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
Posted by: | Comments The break week is a perfect time to see what’s up with the folks over at the Daily Show! The interview with Wyatt is pretty decent replacement for an evening of Daily Show viewing, or you might be able to plan an opportunity to see one of the correspondents live.
Wyatt Cenac (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Wyatt was the guest on episode 23 of the podcast WTF with Marc Maron. It’s available for download from that site, and also on iTunes. His interview begins during the 17th minute and continues for almost a half hour. Wyatt is so excellent at telling stories, and he also has some great analyses of television. It’s a very long interview, but you won’t want it to end, because there are tons of insights and silly moments. It has my recommendation!
- There’s also an upcoming opportunity to see Wyatt performing live at Penn State, as a part of the College Humor Live tour. It’s December 5, 10:00 PM, at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center’s Heritage Hall. It’s also free of charge. You can read the student newspaper’s article for further information here. It seems like it could be aimed toward a very specific audience, and me telling you I’d go if I were able isn’t a great endorsement, and I’m a real life college student myself.
John Oliver (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- John will be appearing, as part of an excellent comedy line-up, in the show “Tell Your Friends! We’ll Kick Cancer’s Butt!” 8:00 PM, December 8, at Comix. There is a Facebook page for the event here and you can buy tickets at the Comix website. Another familiar Daily Show personality Kristen Schaal is also part of the show. It sounds like great fun, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is unfortunately ever a worthy cause.
John Hodgman (Contributor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- The San Francisco website 7×7 has a very cool interview with John that coincided with his appearance there earlier this month. He discusses Twitter, meeting fans, and has some pretty amusing responses to other questions. (h/t wren)
Samantha Bee (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Around the time Sam was appearing on the It’s Satire! panel in Connecticut, The Hartford Courant had an article about her Daily Show work. It includes plenty of quotes from Sam, many of which focus on her part in field pieces and interviews for The Daily Show.
Amy Sedaris (Bonus person, because she’s cool!)
- Amy will be guest-starring on the CBS show The New Adventures of Old Christine on December 9. She will play a woman who Christine treated poorly when they were in junior high. I’ve never watched Old Christine, but I’m so curious I might jump in for an episode to see Amy.
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Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
Posted by: | Comments Once again, our favorite fearless interviewers are out and about, sharing their talent in a variety of venues. Check out what they’ve done, or possibly find an opportunity to see one of them for yourself! (Emphatic h/t to MsI and DB throughout.)
Samantha Bee (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Since the last time I’ve mentioned it in Six Degrees, Sam’s recently finished her role in the off-Broadway show
<em>Love, Loss, and What I Wore</em>. She was interviewed twice as a result of her involvement with that show. In <a title="Samantha Bee: A Bee-autiful Life" target="_blank" href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/theatre/article/707647--samantha-bee-a-bee-autiful-life">this interview</a>, you can learn a lot about her experiences growing up, long before she was being funny on <em>The Daily Show</em>. For a rather amusing discussion of clothing, among other reflections, you can check out <a title="What's Up, Samantha Bee? The Daily Show Correspondent Finds Love Off-B'way" target="_blank" href="http://www.broadway.com/buzz/whats-up-samantha-bee-daily-show-correspondents-finds-love-offbway/">this interview</a>. - If you didn’t see the show in New York, another way you can see Sam is at The Connecticut Forum’s “It’s Satire!” show November 14th, 8:00 PM at The Bushnell Theater in Hartford. You can find ticket information at their website. David Javerbaum, who you’ll remember as co-lyricist of A Colbert Christmas, as well as former Executive Producer of The Daily Show, will also be appearing.
- Whether you’re able to attend “It’s Satire!” or not, you can enjoy this interview by TWoP user shamskygirl. There’s discussion here of both process and gender in comedy, and Sam has some very insightful answers.
Larry Wilmore (Contributer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Larry’s book I’d Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts was released in January, but if you’re in Miami, you still have a chance to hear about it from the man himself. Larry is one of the many authors who will be appearing at the Miami Book Fair, which will take place November 8-15. You can find out all about the fair at its website, and although it’s not immediately obvious when Larry will be there, you can probably find most other information about the fair, and possibly more specific information will be available there soon.
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Six Degrees: Gigs, clips, and Noodles in the Pot
Posted by: | CommentsLots of news out there in the world of the Daily Show/Colbert Report fraternity, so here’s another attempt to keep all you good people informed. As ever, we welcome tips and updates on changing line-ups, etc., in the comments.
First off, here’s a little clip from the Red Carpet at the Emmys that includes several of our favorite people talking up iParticipate, which celebrates volunteer service:
We know our favorite fake newers are big on participation, so this is just a nice little way to give them some more face time. (Thanks to Erika and Jenny for the link.)
Read much, much more on Peter Grosz, Sam Bee, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi, Wyatt Cenac, Lewis Black, Amy Sedaris and John Oliver after the fold!
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Six Degrees: Daily Show Edition
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Ahhh, Zoners! I got to see John Oliver performing a while ago at Comix! Our friends over at the Daily Show really are an entertaining bunch. Hopefully some of this info will allow you to have similarly joyful experiences!
Wyatt Cenac (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and Larry Wilmore (Contributor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Wyatt and Larry will be appearing a the comedy club Comix in NYC on Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22 at 8 PM and 10:30 PM on both nights. For more information and to purchase tickets, you can go here. I was able to see Wyatt when I went to TDS & Friends last year, and I assure you that he is marvelous. I’m sure, based on Larry’s appearances on TDS, it’s not hard to imagine his stand-up being wonderful as well. If you can get to this show, count me as jealous!
- For those on the west coast hoping to catch Wyatt sometime, you should know that he’ll be appearing at the Bumbershoot 2009 in Seattle on Saturday, September 5th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM and Sunday, September 6th from 7:15 to 8:15, both at the Comedy Stage North . Also performing with him during that time will be Tommy Johnagin and Maria Bamford. To see the entire comedy line up for the festival and easily click to a page about tickets, you can go here.
- Also pertaining to Wyatt, here is a piece form Variety which gives a brief overview of how he ended up with his current success. I am always amazed with how quickly he went from being in serious trouble to being a full-fledged correspondent at TDS! (h/t: MsI)
Samantha Bee (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Sam Bee will be appearing in one of the three rotating five-member casts of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, a show which will be running in the off-Broadway Westlake Theatre this fall. Although it isn’t current possible to know when she will appear, and perhaps it never will be, it sounds like there are a lot of other great people in the show as well. The most comprehensive information for now is at Broadway.com, and the show will eventually have a site here.
Jason Jones (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- All of you who have been watching the show lately will surely remember Jason Jones’s trip to Alaska, where he attended Sarah Palin’s resignation speech and gave the media a serious talking-to. Twitter user orbitaldiamonds was also in present, and she has posted some pictures of Jason there in her blog. They are spread over two posts, here and here. (h/t: Jenny)
John Oliver (Correspondent, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and Rory Albanese (Executive Producer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
- Exciting news for both John and Rory, as they have have signed a blind script deal with Paramount. As we’re all part of this blindness (we don’t know what’s being written until it’s finished) there’s not much more to say about that besides to hope that it turns out well! This article, which has quotes from both John and Rory about the deal, also says that the two will also form a production venture. (h/t: MsI)
- You’ll also remember that a previous Six Degrees post mentioned that John would be appearing int he new NBC series Community. The pilot for this how is now available to be viewed if you become a “fan” of the show on Facebook. Here is the Facebook page where info for becoming a fan and watching the pilot can be found. I haven’t done either of those things yet, but if you have, you should compare impressions in the comments!
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- I’m sure some of you have already seen this piece in the New Yorker: Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart. Whether or not you agree with the perspective they share, it’s always interesting to hear from the perspective of people who decide it’s worth it to appear on The Daily Show.
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Six Degrees: ‘Daily Show’ folks, Amy Sedaris and more
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Just another quick post to clean out my inbox. As ever additions and/or corrections in the comments are appreciated.
Jon Stewart
- Jon’s listed in EW.com’s “25 Smartest People in TV” list. I find any of these lists that don’t include Stephen (and *do* include the likes of Elizabeth Hasselbeck!) quite suspect, but I can’t fault them for including Jon.
Lewis Black
- Ring in the New Year with Lewis Black: Enter this sweepstakes to win two tickets to Phoenix, AZ to see Lewis perform on New Year’s Eve. The winner gets a truly sweet deal (the tickets, hotel, cash, a meet and greet with Lewis …), so enter now if this sounds like more fun than whatever your current New Year’s plans are (via CC Insider).
Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello
- Remember Gym Teacher: The Movie, directed by Paul Dinello and featuring the ever-entertaining Amy Sedaris? According to amysedarisrocks blogger extraordinaire Katie, it will be coming to DVD on February 3rd, including bloopers, deleted scenes and more.
Samantha Bee and Jason Jones
- Q TV’s Jian Ghomeshi interviewed Sam and Jason about their new movie, Cooper’s Camera here (h/t Jennie). A very interesting interview!
Ben Karlin
- Congratulations to Paul Sahre, who designed the cover for Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me. The cover was listed as a “Favorite Book Cover of 2008″ over at The Book Design Review (via BoingBoing, h/t DB).
John Oliver
- Just a reminder to catch John Oliver in next week’s Tell Your Friends! benefit for Darfur. If you click through to read the details on the event, you’ll notice that there will be a raffle to raise additional money. Host Liam McEneaney tells us that one of the prizes is a signed copy of I Am America (And So Can You!)
Rob Corddry
- Remember when we told you about the web series Children’s Hospital? Well, it’s finally debuted, and the Comedy Central Insider has high praise for it. Watch it here at thewb.com (h/t Jennie and JennyWithaY)
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Six Degrees: More ‘Daily Show’ alumni than you can shake a stick at
Posted by: | CommentsGreetings and salutations, y’all! Now that I’ve recovered (somewhat) from my middle of the night trip back from NYC, I’ve got a full slate of news to catch up on from the good folks at The Daily Show and all. Do enjoy!
Jon Stewart
- Jon’s been named one of the thirty-six Jews shaping this election. Impressive stuff, for a guy who has to argue about Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana with our own Stephen Colbert!
- Jon also recently performed his standup routine at Northeastern Unversity. From what I can tell, it was a real treat! Here are some pictures and plenty of YouTube footage (see also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4). As a resident of “The People’s Republic of Northern Virginia,” I can particularly appreciate Jon’s reiterating his position on whether NoVa constitutes a part of the “real America” or not. Beware: The videos are NSFW (Jon uses language that we generally bleep on this blog.)
Larry Wilmore (Contributor, The Daily Show)
- The strength of the Election year Daily Show programming has TDS’s other players getting more attention, again. And it’s well-deserved attention, when you think of all they do. Larry Wilmore, who has a new book and show to discuss, has a nice write-up in this Scripps News Service piece. From Scripps (quoting one of Larry’s Daily Show pieces): “‘… Obama is winning, that’s not very black. McCain’s been showing me some flava lately. He’s angry at the man, thinks the media’s out to get him. Which of the candidates has been doing this job for 26 years, waiting to get a promotion and then some inexperienced Harvard egghead comes in and snaps it up? Oh yeah, I think McCain is feeling pretty black right about now.’”
Adam Chodikoff (Producer, The Daily Show)
- If you’re a regular reader of this site, you already know about the man behind those unbelievable Daily Show clip montages, Adam Chodikoff. He gets a little more love here, from WWD Media. Way to go, Adam! From WWD Media:
The guests he’s been most excited to meet include Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whom he asked to make out his copy of “All the President’s Men” to “the Woodstein of ‘The Daily Show.’” To which Carl Bernstein replied, “How do we know you’re the Woodstein of ‘The Daily Show?’”
Maybe because this “quasi journalist” (his words) does the legwork, like calling the Joint Committee on Taxation to get data on pork-barrel spending. He expects the same scrupulousness in a story about him: “Don’t be like The New York Times Magazine lady and redact everything,” he says. And he frets, often, about whether his comments merit printing. “Is this OK? Is this good copy?…I know all the phrases.”
Samantha Bee and Jason Jones(Correspondents, The Daily Show)
- By now, I’m sure you know about this, but The Daily Show is bidding adieu to two of its longtime correspondents, Samantha Bee and Jason Jones. As reported by Variety and a number of other sources, Sam and Jason are set to star in a new segment of a CBS sitcom, and we wish them the best.
Rob Riggle (Correspondent, The Daily Show)
- CBS is using The Daily Show as quite the breeding ground for talent lately; Rob Riggle has also signed a deal to develop a show of his own. Variety reports:
Riggle said he’s kicking around several ideas at the moment, one of which may touch upon his background as a major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve …
Jon really lets the correspondents have free rein,” Riggle said. “He lets you stretch your legs and find your voice. It’s been a great two and a half years.”
Good luck, Rob!
John Hodgman (Contributor, The Daily Show)
- John’s new book (More Information Than You Require) hits the shelves this week, and you’d better be excited about it. The promotional blitz is in full swing, and I’m loving it. Here’s a fun Q&A from Time and a video from MSNBC’s great new Rachel Maddow Show.
- Boston: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 6PM, Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St – with Jonathan Coulton!
- Philadelphia: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 8PM, 215 Festival, Latvian Society, 531 N 7th St – with David Rees!
- Ann Arbor: MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th, 7PM, Borders, 612 E. Liberty Street
- Chicago: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 7PM, The Second City, 1608 N Wells St – with David Rees!
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 7PM, Borders, 1500 16th Street (Oak Brook) - Seattle: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue – with Jonathan Coulton!
- Portland: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8th, Wordstock Festival, Oregon Convention Center, 1500 SW 12th Ave – with Jonathan Coulton!
- San Francisco: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 7PM, City Arts & Lectures, 1955 Sutter St – with Jonathan Coulton and Dave Eggers!
- and -
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 7PM, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd(Corte Madera) - Atlanta: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 7PM, Barnes & Noble (Buckhead), 2900 Peachtree Road NW
- Oxford (MS): THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 6PM, Lyric Theater, 1006 Van Buren Ave
- New York City: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21ST, 6:30PM, Apple Store (SoHo), 103 Prince Street – with Elizabeth Gilbert!
Hope you guys get the chance to catch one of these appearances; he’s really a ball. And touring with David Rees and Jonathan Coulton, et al? Jealous.
As ever, do check in with local venues to ensure that the information contained herein is still current, and add your updates in the comments. Thanks!
(H/t to Jennie, shamskygirl and others on the TWoP boards for many of these links!)
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