I've been watching the Daily Show since its first episode, and I started taking it serriously when Jon upped the IQ quotient by replacing Craig Killborne. Now the show pretty much only does indie film makers, political wonks, and third world presidents. How cool is that? The only people who do more serious interviews are Charlie Rose and Bill Moyers, and actually, Bill Moyers described Jon as "The Mark Twain of our time."

But why did I clip? for the "Blovation Fest" Quote, which by the way, will be the festival of avant garde noise-punk music I attempt to put on this fall.

The thing about The Daily Show (and I've mentioned this elsewhere) is that unless you're well-informed, most of the jokes go over your head, so you can't really enjoy it unless you're keeping up with current events. It's influenced my reading list, too. If Stewart is interviewing someone with an interesting book, I log on to the library and reserve it.

It's not as much a comedy show, or news show, as it is partisan piece of political satire!