Jon Stewart interview

[autographedcat]

This is 50 minutes long, but I think it's absolutely essential viewing.

Stephen Colbert quite obviously plays a character named "Stephen Colbert" on The Colbert Report, and I think it's quite interesting to realize that, in many respects, Jon Stewart plays a character named "Jon Stewart" on The Daily Show. Every so often, like here, or in the Crossfire interview a few years ago, he drops the jester act and lets you see the very serious, passionate, and concerned person behind the comedian.

Take the time for this. It's fantastic.

Comments

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Really enjoyed that a lot. Thanks so much to linking to it!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that was excellent!

[patoadam]

Thanks for pointing this out. He mentions a couple of times that the problem is not Democrats vs. Republicans, but corruption. But he doesn't run with that. I wonder if his views on political corruption are similar to Larry Lessig's.