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The Daily Show!

Brian, Jorge, Tanya and I went to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Outside of the long wait to get into the theater, the show was terrific.

We were told to arrive at 2:30 pm. At that time there was already a long line. We didn't really get into the theater itself until around 5pm. When we got into the studio we discovered how lucky we were to get into the show: we were the last group to be able to sit together.

A comedian entertained us while we waited for the show to begin. Then, Jon Stewart came out and answered questions from the audience. These included things like when Sarah Palin would be on the show and what he thought about certain recent events. I had no idea that he did that kind of Q &A. Other people were clearly prepared. The great part about the Q&A was that Jon Stewart answered questions with the same hilarity that he gives every night on the show. Watching him in person, I realized that he is one of those rare talents that is naturally that funny and does not need a script to get laughs. He actually based the entire beginning of the show off of one question by someone in the audience (they had wanted to know what he thought about Chris Rock's comments about Clinton the night before on Letterman; Jon Stewart said he missed it since he was asleep).

Bill Clinton was on the guest on the show, which was incredible. They did the entire show in one take. There were monitors hanging from the ceiling so that we could see the text on the screen and the video clips.

I am so happy that I was able to see the show. You can watch it too! Click HERE to see the full episode.


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