What is the ‘Jon Stewart packet’ and why are people meme-ing it? Comedy!
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
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Everyone was talking about Jon Stewart’s packet Monday.
By “everyone” we mean mostly comedians, comedy writers and other pop culture watchers. And by “packet,” we mean something like a job application.
To explain: Stewart, 58, the former longtime host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, grew up in Lawrenceville and is currently working on a new current events show for Apple TV Plus.
A call recently went out to writers interested in writing for this new series to submit a packet showing their work. This request apparently involved a prompt: write a bunch of sample jokes based on the day’s news and submit them by 9 p.m.
What Is a ‘Jon Stewart Packet’ and Why Is It Blowing Up Twitter?
By Tommy ChristopherFeb 16th, 2021, 9:35 am
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Jon Stewart and packets and the intersection thereof, which has many people wondering: Just what is a “Jon Stewart packet” and why should we care?
The latter is a matter of taste, but the former is knowable. Stewart is producing a new series for AppleTV+, and is hiring writers! To that end, a solicitation for “packet submissions” was sent out this week calling on comedy writers to follow a very specific set of instructions to be considered for a slot:
Oh, yeah. The new President was sworn in.
Interesting book.
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Not everything benefits from being blown.
Joe Exotic Engram
I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump. I only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first. pic.twitter.com/ysGfwnqlHi Joe Exotic (@joe exotic) January 20, 2021
Disappointed his engram didn t decrypt into a Pardon.
Time for self-reflection
Well this sucks, absolutely not ready to start dealing with my own problems now
NRA Bankruptcy Triggers the Inevitable Online Reaction: ‘Thoughts and Prayers’
Jimmy Kimmel, Rachel Maddow, and more weighed in on the newsAndrea Towers | January 15, 2021 @ 3:58 PM Last Updated: January 15, 2021 @ 4:39 PM
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People had a
lot of fun at the expense of the National Rifle Association on Friday after the organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York. And mocking how the group has been the primary opponent of meaningful laws to prevent gun violence, plenty of critics offered the NRA their “thoughts and prayers.”
A quick catch-up: The group filed for bankruptcy on Friday and, in a follow-up statement desperately worded to sound like a repudiation of a liberal enclave, announced its intention to reincorporate as a Texas-based nonprofit. Of course, the bankruptcy filing comes 5 months after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the group due to what it called “years of self-dealing and