Jon Stewart's Debut On The Daily Show

On January 11th, 1999, Jon Stewart took over for Craig Kilborn, giving TDS the iconic host it had always deserved. Kilborn went on to host his own late night talk show, which was soon canceled due to lameness.
jonnysays...

^ I think the latter is less likely because of the former, not in spite it. The divisiveness resulting from Clinton's impeachment is used an excuse to not impeach Bush. The county needs to heal and all that. Personally, I think it's a load of crap, but so the reasoning goes.

14087says...

Don't hate on Killborn! He was a little dry, but I liked his style on this show. Especially when he danced. I remember the days before he had a live audience, you'd just here the producer/camera guy laugh.

The funny thing is Killborn got the Show that SHOULD have gone to Stewart. Jon had been guest hosting the Late Late Show on CBS at least one day a week for a while. When the host retired I was REALLY looking froward to Job getting his own show (the first since MTV), I never imaged CBS would pull the chair out for Killborn instead!

Honestly, I'd still like Killborn to host a show. Maybe he should start a YouTube channel.

I really didn't expect Steward to hang around as long as he has (though I am greatful). I was sure he would leave in 2001 when his contract was up, he was doing more movies. I was really suprised when he resigned for another five year stretch. After that he seemed to give up Hollywood entirely (how long ago was Big Daddy?)

HollywoodBobsays...

>> ^JiggaJonson:
^on the clinton impeachment vs potential bush impeachment
yes it's a load of crap. fellatio vs waterboarding..... hmmmm one of these things is worse than the other.....hmmm...which...one.....


Well this is America where you can't show tits on TV but you can show a guy getting shot through the neck. So I'm thinking that for more people than not it's the sucky sucky that was worse.

I think the reason we haven't seen the current administration impeached is far more terrible than a bunch of politicians not wanting to lose their jobs. We've seen the limits the Bush administration went to start their bullshit wars, impeaching them could just cost more lives when they decided that the San Francisco needs nuked so they can blame it on Iran and launch another invasion.

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