Stewart, the Oscars and a phrase I don't understand

[*Starstuff*]

Well, I can only speak for myself, but that's the first time I've ever heard about him. I know who Jay Leno, Letterman, Conan and Oprah are ... oh, and what's his name ... Jerry Springer!

But I guess the majority of people wouldn't even know them. (German point of view)

[Shabaz]

A question for the non-Americans here-

Jon Stewart is pretty well known here in the States as the host of The Daily Show news satire. I know that some form of the show gets syndicated around the world, but does he have such a name recognition outside the States? Or is his hosting the Oscars leading to a lot of folks asking, "Who?" (Similar to if some like Jonathan Ross, famous in England but barely known here, was hosting something with a big profile here in the States?)

I'm Dutch. I know both of them, and actually am a bit of a fan in both cases. I probably am an exception though, certainly in Ross's case. Stewart has been on CNN International in the weekend for a few years now, but I don't think a lot of people ever noticed the show there.

There has been a Dutch Comedy Central for about a year now, and they do seem to push the Daily Show. One interesting bit is that it is the Global Edition that they use (same as CNN) which is weekly and tries to cut out all the more domestic centric stories that would be lost on an international audience. I'm kind of used to watching the full shows through the interwebs, so the Global Edition feels a bit watered down to me. Don't know if that's true for other people watching it over here.

Comedy Central Netherlands is pretty darn niche though. A decent chunk of the young twentsomethings I hang out with seem to watch it, but looking at the ratings... well, they're not very high.

[Doom Shepherd]

No torching yet
Do you refer to the book mentioned above or to the quote in the first post?

The quote. My phrase, "sent to Coventry" is probably an even more obscure reference to a more obscure war, but it can also be used to refer to that fact that Coventry (UK) was another town obliterated during WWII.

Referenced in B5, the story of Churchill and Coventry is actually an "urban legend."

[Towelmaster]

I'm from the Netherlands and I 'have known' Jon Stewart for a couple of years now. I don't really watch him on CNN/Comedy Central. Instead I just go to www.thedailyshow.com or www.comedycentral.com . You can also watch Stephen 'The Bump' Colbert there...

[*Starstuff*]

Hello Towelmaster,

what a coincidence! Today I accidently stumbled over the Daily Show and enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for pointing me to that website, now I can watch it more easily.

BTW, like your avatar

Cheers,
*Starstuff*

[Sinharat]

Thanks guys!

It's fascinating to see how certain historical events can become ... landmarks, in some way. That you can refer to them and everybody knows that you "want to bring across", as Lunan put it.

I just wish we'd have more happy events of that sort not so many sad ones.

Sorry, I'm kinda interfering here, but this reminds me of something. Mr Garibaldi has something to say about these landmarks history provides us with:

"Why is that we always break up our history by the .. the wars, not the years of peace? The hundred years war, war of 1812, the first three world wars, the Dilgar war, the war of the shining star, the Minbari war, the Shadow war. Why the war and not the peace? Because it's exciting, and because on some level people like to see something big fall apart and explode from the inside out. And right now, John, we're that something."

[*Starstuff*]

Hi Sinharat,

Thanks for providing the quote, it's really worth thinking about, because it states a rather sad truth. I guess it's in the human nature to remember negative events more vividly than others and that may be one reason why.

Oh, and welcome to the forum

*Starstuff*