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...hard to get too worried about [thevote]," said campaign coordinator Jon A.Lenicheck. "With so many contested races thisyear, our idea is to get the word out there tovote Democrat...
...Jon Stewart...
Before one critical word is written about comedian and television personality Jon Stewart's book Naked Pictures of Famous People, it must be noted that one of the stories in the book is entitled "Martha Stewart's Vagina." How do you feel about that? Does it offend you? Does it make you laugh? Should you even care...
...little too darkly funny for some of us. (Don't worry; it will be mentioned anyway.) Stewart's bizarre sense of humor--an almost schizophrenic mating of pseudo-highbrow Lampoon humor with seventh grade locker room jokes--brought him notoriety, though not much air time, on the short-lived "Jon Stewart Show" on MTV. In book form, however, his alternatingly grotesque and hysterical comedic style finds a happy home. These are not jokes that would work in a standup routine; but on paper, a 10-page story about a lazy cult leader who convinces his followers that a Captain Crunch...
...Jon Stewart may not be anybody's idea of the first or last word in comedy today, but Naked Pictures of Famous People certainly gives out hope for the future of comedians-turned-writers. With brilliant fervor, nonstop wit and the decorum of the average skateboard fanatic, Stewart rips into the good, the bad and the better-left-unsaid. Not all of the stories come out as winners, but those that do are certainly worth discovering, and those that aren't should at least be given a chance. In addition to the Martha Stewart shenanigans, another particularly revealing section...