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
Daily Show host
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:
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