Bloomberg TV Profiles “One Of The Most Influential Voices”: Jon Stewart

by Ray Rahman | 4:26 pm, October 20th, 2010

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The Daily Show may not be airing new episodes this week, but Jon Stewart will still be invading your airwaves. Tomorrow night, he’ll be seen hosting Night of Too Many Stars, the annual comedy event intended to boost awareness of and funding for Autism education (this is the same event that Stewart made his first remarks about Rick Sanchez).

At the same time, Bloomberg TV will be increasing awareness of a different topic — Stewart himself. Bloomberg Game Changers, a documentary series that is pretty much what it sounds like, will be interviewing his colleagues, friends, and high school English teacher in order to give viewers a fuller profile of the comedian.

The narrator in the preview below gets things started early, asking, “How did he go from stand-up comic to one of the most influential voices in the country?” Brian Williams fields the question, answering: “He’s one of those people who keep you honest.”

The show promises to thoroughly chronicle Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz‘s story, “from his New Jersey boyhood” to “rare video” of earlier parts of his career. As reported by Politico:

Interviews include Larry Nikols, Stewart’s English teacher at Lawrence High School in New Jersey; Emmy Award-winning writer Bill Grundfest, who founded The Comedy Cellar in New York City and “discovered” Stewart; comedian and frequent Daily Show guest Ricky Gervais; NBC News Anchor Brian Williams; The Daily Beast’s media writer Howard Kurtz, and Patty Rossborough, Stewart’s co-host from a previous television show.

Those with DVRs or quick remote controls and quicker thumbs can tune in to both shows on their respective networks tomorrow at 9pm ET.

Bloomberg TV, Brian Williams, Comedy Central, Howard Kurtz, Jon Stewart, Patty Rossborough, The Daily Show

http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.
CosmosDan

recorded.

Jon has in my opinion managed to stay relatively humble with decent perspective about his role. I love what he does, but let’s not ruin it by heaping too much attention and praise on him. Still looking forward to this show though. He’s also on tonight I think.
CosmosDan

gordonbloyershow said:
Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.

Yeah, it’s a good thing conservatives would never ever do anything like that.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Blair-Maury/1027829552 Blair Maury

I look forward to the day when the Portage Cable Company rolls out its “Most Influential People on our Public Access Channel” profile of the Gordon Bloyer Show.

Quick question fro Gordon:

How is a New York based financial news network profiling a New York Based talk show host and comedian “inside the beltway?”
Azarkhan

Apparently there are some limits to his influence:

WASHINGTON — The calls of nature may be particularly loud at an upcoming D.C. event if attendees don’t have a place to “go.”
Comedy Central organizers are having a hard time finding port-o-potties for their rallies to take place in a week and a half, after the Marine Corps Marathon planners snatched up about 800 of them for the same weekend.

The organizers of Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive, both to take place Saturday, Oct. 30, have asked the marathon staff to share the portable toilets with their 65,000 expected to attendees.

But the Marines aren’t budging — they plan to lock the toilets until the morning of their race the day after, they tell the New York Times.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2085956
CosmosDan

Azarkhan said:
The organizers of Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive, both to take place Saturday, Oct. 30, have asked the marathon staff to share the portable toilets with their 65,000 expected to attendees.

But the Marines aren’t budging — they plan to lock the toilets until the morning of their race the day after, they tell the New York Times.

I just don’t give a shit.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

gordonbloyershow said:
Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.

Its like an eco-system of extremely deluded wing nuts.
teabagging rulz

Gordon Blowher is right! We will find out on Nov 2nd how much influence Stewart really has! Everyone knows Stewart is the leader of that dang party and will not even win relection this year. What a loser this Stewart guy is.
Some_Dude

teabagging rulz said:
Gordon Blowher is right! We will find out on Nov 2nd how much influence Stewart really has! Everyone knows Stewart is the leader of that dang party and will not even win relection this year. What a loser this Stewart guy is.

You forgot that he’s a kook. I assume because he excels at comedic satire, strives to inform his audience, and is a proponent of rational discourse (rather than the unproductive and incoherent partisanship Basil up there demonstrated).

I don’t know why Stewart bothers the conservative commentariat so much. Is it that he and his staff routinely lay bare Fox News Channel’s transparency? Is it because they know that he attracts a much younger audience, the future and current decision makers and pioneers in society and culture? Or is just because they’re by and large elderly and incapable of appreciating humor?
Sue

I don’t know how to get in touch with this guy or Colbert….but, hey, there are not going to be anywhere near enough porta potties for their “rallies”…..they need to get outside sources quick because, according to the folks who run this area, they’ll need 1 porta potty for every 300 attendees…phew!
The Lantern of Truth

im ted. i smoke weede while watch show . thet make it funy . awka buda !!
ConLoonPatrol

Now I have to dig through 700 channels and find bloomberg… but thx for the heads up so i can tivo it.
teabagging rulz

Some_Dude said:
You forgot that he’s a kook. I assume because he excels at comedic satire, strives to inform his audience, and is a proponent of rational discourse (rather than the unproductive and incoherent partisanship Basil up there demonstrated).

I don’t know why Stewart bothers the conservative commentariat so much. Is it that he and his staff routinely lay bare Fox News Channel’s transparency? Is it because they know that he attracts a much younger audience, the future and current decision makers and pioneers in society and culture? Or is just because they’re by and large elderly and incapable of appreciating humor?

They hate him because he shows how dumb many teabaggers truly are. So ofcourse, Stweart has to be a kook, unfunny, liberal loser…..The easiest way to refute facts is to call the person names.
alamo2

gordonbloyershow said:
Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.

Just curious, Gordie, how many “hits” does your website get each day?
alamo2

Dronetek said:
Its like an eco-system of extremely deluded wing nuts.

Wing nuts? What are you, pray tell?
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

alamo2 said:
Just curious, Gordie, how many “hits” does your website get each day?

How many hits do you take a day?
stoogedudes

How anyone could find Jon Stewart to be a kook…just shows how kooky they are.

Come on.
http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

He’s brilliant. And laughing all the way to the bank.

Luckily, some of that money is going to autism education. Good on Comedy Central.
jooce81

gordonbloyershow said:
Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.

sounds like someones a little jealous……
gammaray

gordonbloyershow said:
Well who would have guessed, a liberal media outlet trying to build up a liberal KOOK. Just who do the liberal KOOKS influence? We will see Nov. 2nd, won’t we? It is all liberal kooks inside the beltway that listen to each other and then pat themselves on the back for the other kooks insight. LOL.

I didn’t know us liberals were suddenly renowned for our culinary skills.