HUMOR
Thirteen Things I Learned About Jon Stewart
From the Book “Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart
His first crush was on actress Eve Plumb, who played Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch.
His dad had an affair with his secretary and left the family when Stewart was 10.
He wanted to become a professional soccer player.
He once described his college career as “waking up late, memorizing someone else’s notes, doing bong hits, and going to soccer practice.”
One of his first post-college jobs was testing mosquitoes for encephalitis in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
During a bartending gig, he invented a drink called A Whack in the Head, which combined a Long Island Iced Tea with an Alabama Slammer.
He proposed to his wife, with the help of pal Will Shortz, via clues incorporated in a New York Times crossword puzzle.
He was a heavy smoker until wife Tracey convinced him to quit.
Ed Helms once jokingly described Stewart as “Willy Wonka mixed with Hitler.”
When Stewart was the host, Daily Show employees were allowed to bring their dogs to work. The workplace was described as “a giant dog playground.”
