The Daily Show

DECEMBER 4, 2002

Today, I got to see The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It required standing outside in the cold for an hour, but it was worth it. My Uncle Ted wasn't so happy about it, but he knew it was going pay off. (Thankfully he got in, because the line-nazi almost didn't after he left for just 3 minutes to get some hot chocolate.) The highlight of the wait outside was the consumption of 40s by our line neighbors. I was worried, and with good reason.

Once inside, we got a dumb spiel from our previously discussed line-nazi about what we could and could not do inside. Fifteen minutes later, they let us inside. First was the warm-up guy, who was one of their lead writers. He did a great job. He was funny enough and certainly held my attention. Most of his time was spent talking to the 40 dudes, who couldn't stop talking about pot, ladies and low-slung hats. Next, Jon came out to talk to us and take questions. I got to ask him what he got for Hannukah this year. He said nothing, and asked me. In front of 100 or so people we chatted for a minute or so about Hannukah gifts as he made jokes. It was amazing. Then I got some swag and he sat behind his desk to begin the show.

The show was a good one, as we got to see Steven Colbert and one of the new guys whose name I can't remember. He was funny. So was Steven. Colin Quinn was the guest and he was mildly entertaining. It would have been nice to have seen a big star, but I'm not complaining. Actually, I am. Forget it.

So Jon was funny, the show was really good and it was generally a good experience. I'm glad I did it.

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