Jan 12, 2012 | NNDB
Jon Stewart was a puppeteer for children in his spare time, and decided to take a shot at stand-up comedy.
Whoever came because of Stewart was more than offset by those who tuned out."http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/billy-crystal-what-if-the-oscars-want-to-stay-old.html hosting of the [[Oscars]] in 2008 set the modern record for its '''''smallest''''' number of viewers: it "drew the worst ratings ... of the modern era.
Stewart appeared in several bad movies, including "Big Daddy," "The Faculty," "Half Baked," and "Death To Smoochy." Because his movies almost always do very badly people say that there is a "Jon Stewart Curse" that he brings to all his movies.
Comedian Jeff Wayne treasures comedy's storied past
At age 14, stand-up comedian Jeff “Big Daddy” Wayne wrote a fan letter to his hero, Groucho Marx.
Jon Stewart. . Biography.com . Retrieved 02:08, Nov 28, 2011 from http://www.biography.com/people/jon-stewart-16242282 Jon Stewart [Internet]. Biography.com; 2011 [cited 2011 Nov 28]. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jon-stewart-16242282 . Jon Stewart was born November 28, 1962, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
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