# Jon Stewart needs a vacation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585 "2011-11-30T18:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585/41 "2011-12-02T05:07:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Stewart took over The Daily Show in '99 and Bee didn’t join until '03. > > Also according to wikipedia Bee and Jason Jones married in '01 and Jones joined TDS in '05. He initially got the gig to replace Bee because of her pregnacy and I guess people liked him enough to keep him around. He earned a lot of slack from me for [this bit](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-8-2005/passing-the-torture). I still giggle remembering it. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585/42 "2011-12-02T10:52:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The low quality of the regular correspondents is a problem, I agree. The irregular commentators: Hodgeman, Whitmore, Black, Schaal, are far funnier. Probably because the writers are better at commentary than at skits. People here are talking like those people write their own stuff. I don’t think so. But Sarah Vowel probably does which is why she was such a disaster on Thanksgiving. I’m not sure about the irregular correspondents, but I’m pretty sure the regular ones write (at least some) their own stuff, at least Oliver and Cenac are credited as writers, I’m actually fairly sure one of them (my gut says Cenac) is actually credited as lead writer. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585/43 "2011-12-02T12:00:47Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I’ve had to stop watching since they discontinued their 7:00 p.m. reruns, so yes, \*please \*tell me the show sucks now. [Why stop now?](http://www.thedailyshow.com/) We always watch it online (when we watch it). And tastes certainly differ: as much as I like Kristin Schaal on TDS, I thought that “Kristin Schaal is a horse” bit was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585/44 "2011-12-02T14:34:16Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > The recent Thanksgiving bit they did with Sara Vowell was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen on the show. Clumsy and unfunny. I liked it. It was clumsy, but a funny way. Plus it was kind of educational (which I guess is Vowell’s thing), and I liked the Peanuts characters gloating over the British dead. I hope they bring her on for more history bits. Plus, most of the correspondents get better after a few times, its a hard format even for stand-up comics, apparently. (ETA: not a big fan of Schaal though. Granted I haven’t caught her on the show very often.) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585/45 "2011-12-02T15:13:03Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I’m not sure about the irregular correspondents, but I’m pretty sure the regular ones write (at least some) their own stuff, at least Oliver and Cenac are credited as writers, I’m actually fairly sure one of them (my gut says Cenac) is actually credited as lead writer. Tim Carvell is the head writer. And Jon Stewart is also credited as a writer. Every host of every late night talk show is credited as a writer, in fact. That doesn’t mean they write their own stuff. They may. The host(s) of Weekend Update on SNL do their own writing. But I’m sure that’s unusual because everybody talks about that as unusual. I just doubt that the person who speaks the words normally writes them. If so, what do those other 15 writers do? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-needs-a-vacation/604585.md?page=2)