# Jon Stewart's stepping into The Daily Show: oral history coming out; excerpt in VF **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewarts-stepping-into-the-daily-show-oral-history-coming-out-excerpt-in-vf/770695 "2016-11-05T14:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewarts-stepping-into-the-daily-show-oral-history-coming-out-excerpt-in-vf/770695/1 "2016-11-05T14:16:08Z")
See the article here: [How Jon Stewart Took Over The Daily Show and Revolutionized Late-Night TV: An Oral History | Vanity Fair](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/how-jon-stewart-took-over-the-daily-show-late-night-tv) Much of this stuff I knew about in broad strokes, but overall it is a great read. A book I will definitely be getting. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewarts-stepping-into-the-daily-show-oral-history-coming-out-excerpt-in-vf/770695/2 "2016-11-05T17:47:01Z")
That was an amazing article; thanks for linking it, **WordMan**. I would not have known about this book otherwise. It’s great to see people recording and contextualizing what Stewart’s _The Daily show_ was and how it came to be. It was truly a unique and powerful cultural force and I think it is important to recognize that it was not an accident; it was purposely built. I pre-ordered the book from Amazon so I should have it 22 November.