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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...
That being said, it seems pointless to mention that the 163-page collection of totally fabricated celebrity dirt is perhaps a 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...
Some of the pieces, granted, aren't as sharp as they could have been. But for the most part, Stewart grabs eclectic tidbits from today's headlines or society pages and sculpts them into tales so insanely far-fetched that you only wish they were real. One of the best in the entire collection, "Vincent and Theo on AOL," follows Van Gogh through a series of internet chat rooms...
...Last Supper, or the Dead Waiter," which follows the arrogant complaints of a waiter who received a small tip at the Last Supper; and "The New Judaism," which expresses fears that "the Hare Krishnas will soon be kicking our ass" and wants to rename God "Uncle Pete"--prove that Stewart can proverbially blow political correctness right out of the water, and make a person laugh like hell the entire time...