The Daily Show
July 4th, 2009 by ftobiaLate last Monday night I was alerted by my friend Jon Brandvein of his acquisition of tickets to the Daily Show (with Jon Stewart, of course). The tickets were for two days later, that Wednesday. Being unemployed and currently living with my parents, I was able to take advantage of this immense opportunity.
On July 1st I traveled into NYC, ostensibly to stand in a queue on 11th Avenue for half the day, but really to see Jon Stewart. Past the airport-like security into the studio, it was surreal. Jon Stewart is an actual real person, who dresses very nicely, and is maybe even more hilarious in real life. The show is live-taped, so during the commercials he confers with his helper people about Really Important Things. Jon’s hand-off to Stephen Colbert does indeed happen live at the end, and they shoot the breeze before the actual live taping part. At first, though, you can’t tell that they’re just conversing, because it is so effing hilarious.
Additionally they confiscated my hipster PDA. I didn’t get the memo that notes were prohibited, though in retrospect that makes perfect sense. I do remember that during the first commercial break Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” played, and Coldplay’s “Clocks” was the second commercial break. Also I was totally that guy live-tweeting standing in line for tickets.
Epic win all around. A+++++ Would Buy Again Great Shipping for the Daily Show.
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