The Zen and the Damaged

By DarnJester99 Source Last week on a thread about celebrity encounters I posted about working at The Daily Show and making Jon laugh, Someone asked me to do an AMA, so here I am.

By Steve Marsh Source Lizz Winstead didn’t just create The Daily Show, serving as the show’s first head writer back in the Craig Kilborn era — she helped put both Stephen Colbert and Rachel Maddow on the map.

By Michael Rubens Source As a producer, I met people whose political views I detested. The hardest part was admitting they weren’t so bad

By Laura Federico Source He shares a passion for history with father Marc, who teaches marketing at Rutgers

By Scott Tobias Source The publication of John Hodgman’s first book of complete world knowledge, 2005’s The Areas Of My Expertise, led to an appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, which in turn led to regular guest stints on the show (now via a segment called “You’re Welcome”) and a high-profile job as [...]

By Michele Angermiller Source As supervising producer for “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, Adam Lowitt is the proud owner of two Emmy Awards.

By Melissa Kullman Source Any good comedian knows how to make light of a sticky situation. Foreheads dripping with sweat and slightly out of breath, Rory Albanese and Al Madrigal of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” were able to get a packed Strong Auditorium laughing long enough to forget the less-than-ideal levels of heat [...]

By Joey Ferguson Source Jenna Kim Jones doesn’t know how to write a dirty joke. “When I hear one I think, ‘I would never in a hundred million years have thought of that,’ ” Jones said. Jones’ faith is the cause of her inability to make an audience blush. Her first standup performance was at a [...]

By Pam Rigaux Source Lizz Winstead, co-founder of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” talks about getting pregnant in high school on YouTube. “When I missed my period, I thought it was stress from the many activities popular girls do,” she says in the video. “Then the second month rolled around and again no period.” It [...]

By Tara Murtha Source Lizz Winstead is a hilarious political comedian who produced The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, co-founded Air America and executive produced Weekends with Maury and Connie, which proves that Winstead knows what good’s for America even if America’s sleeping at the wheel. Winstead’s stop at William Way Center Wednesday night was [...]