admission: it’s been a year or so since i’ve actually sat down with a bowl o’ popcorn and watched the daily show. that off my chest, i need this from you: why has daily been getting so much attention lately?

i’m writing this article because while reading the trades i saw that jon stewart was named “variety’s new york entertainer of the year.” now, i couldn’t care less that he was awarded this very uninfluential (and special) award, but it seems like jonny is popping up everywhere i turn.

bragging that you’ve seen the show seems to have become a source of credibility. is it really worthy of being name-dropped by so many other news programs, newspaper/internet columnists, and assholes with blogs? do i really care about what bill o’reilly says about their audience?

the show’s been around since 1996, when genius everyman craig kilborn used to be a talk show host. jon stewart’s been hosting since 1999. that’s… what? count ‘em: four, five, six years? and jon stewart’s been doing comedy since the eighties (remember comics come home, cigarettes, leather jackets, and my crazy plan to rebuild the berlin wall?).

can it be true? does jon stewart, like a fine wine (pronounced woman), get better with age? does gray hair equal funny? it worked for steve martin and leslie nielsen (and, growl, angela lansbury), so why not jon stewart—-

—-wait, scratch this whole article…

here’s what i really want to know: why does everyone hate jay leno so much? that’s what’s really bothering me. leave the guy alone, he’s HARMLESS.