I found this book in one of the shelves in my house and since I've been watching Colbert every day for a couple of years now (and sometimes Trevor Noah as well), I thought it was the right time to pick this up
My first thought was that this book was weird, some were just too weird, but good. I really like the one about Ford, somehow it rang true to the current American President (just with less tantrums); I also really enjoyed the one about the Last Supper - that was probably my favorite. The one with the plan for a award show was also really well done, as well as the cult one. They were just all fun and weird, and sometimes one was stronger than the other
A really interesting book with a good translation (including footnotes for "language puns")

Beyond irreverent. But the critics were right, laugh out loud funny. Jon Stewart's quick witted humor and willingness to take on, well, even Jesus in satire is pretty brave. Da Vinci's lost notebook was hilarious, but so were many- the correspondence between Dianna and Mother Theresa's "people", Breakfast at the Kennedy's- he takes them all on.

I don't know what I was reading. Felt like a publisher called him up and said "Look, I know you said you didn't want to write a book, but can't you dig around your house and maybe find some notes, thoughts, diary entries, sketch ideas that never happened, anything?" "Yeah sure," Stewart said, and mailed off a few random, coffee-stained, handwritten loose-leaf notebook pages he found in his couch cushions.

I read the first three chapters and JS' extremely recognizable, intelligent voice is nowhere to be found. Totally confusing drivel.

I have been after this book for years, and I finally found it at the Niantic Book Barn. Jon Stewart is obviously known for his political and social satire and commentary. This book is something different from most of his other work, such as The Daily Show, his two other books (America and Earth), and the films he has written and directed. This is a collection of fictional, satirical, at time absurd, essays about all manner of topics. Think David Sedaris, Steve Martin or John Hodgman. The humor is sharp and smart.

Not what I was expecting.
I didn’t find this funny.

This book served its purpose well - an easy-to-read collection of random, politically incorrect entries from Jon Stewart.

I started as a fan of Jon Stewart during his run on MTV, and it just increased at a ridiculous speed between his comedy central special where he talks about going to the proctologist, this book, and eventually settling in with the Daily Show (I know, I know, I used to be obsessed with Craig Kilborne as well, so sue me). But this book is just hilarious and smart and really shows how brillant he is and would soon show.

I used to lend people this book in good faith that they would return it, but it's just too good. i think i've purchased maybe 7 copies.

I so wanted to love this book. I adore Jon Stewart but this book was a chore to get thru. There were one or two amusing moments in the book but for the most part I was bored.

There were about 12 stories in this book, and I laughed at about 3 of them. They were all near the beginning. :( Jon Stewart is funny, and I love The Daily Show, but this just pretty much sucked. I can see how he was trying to be funny most of the time, but it just wasn't.

Was a good read. Not as funny as I thought it would be given his tv show.

Some of these stories were hilarious. Others weren't. I don't think I laughed out loud once. Just didn't work for me.

Jon Stewart is a pretty funny guy.

That said I expected a lot more more from this collection of his essays. Of them only the first in the book ("Breakfast at Kennedy's") stood out, which is why this is getting 2 stars rather than one. The rest, while I appreciated his mixing absurdist comedy with Borscht Belt humor, seemed strained. The book as a collection was disjointed and seemed cobbled together as an effort to cash in on his early popularity by publishing... well... anything.