The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
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The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
“Then why isn’t it done already?” I paused again, weighing how honest I wanted to be with her, but I figured she’d gone this far with me so I might as well just lay it out. “What if it still sucks? What if I have to rewrite half of it again? Or, what if I publish it and it’s still a disaster?” “Do you really think I’d let you do that, Tim? You thin
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