Jon Stewart's Network Television Debut | Letterman

[@jeanneratterman]

Jon Stewart, fighting ignorance and bigotry since…..ever! Thank you, Jon!!! And with humor!! 👏👏👏

[@hank1519]

Amazing jokes about Ted Kennedy.

[@RobertJuzstone]

Leibowitz, just another in a long line of line of anti-gentiles tiny hats chosen ones.

[@lynnturman8157]

I remember watching Jon Stewart on MTV in the early 90s and thinking: "This guy's funny but he's too smart to make it big." Glad I was wrong.

[@zachvii6476]

George Carlin and Dave Chapelle are/were also extraordinarily smart. When used properly, it’s a very powerful tool.

[@mikeoxstiff]

I thought Howard Feller would be the one from The Jon Stewart Show to make it big.

[@coled2048]

I think I remember seeing him on VH1 standup before MTV but his MTV show was great and had excellent musical guests.

[@gubernatorial1723]

He had it from the beginning, I'm glad to see.

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

I had never seen this one before. Thanks so much for sharing. John Stuart has always been funny, and apparently, has always been political. Which is why he was the perfect choice to host the daily show. And transformed it. Thanks again.

[@Tht1Gy]

Jon Stewart

[@HBarnill]

Two of the greatest late night talk show hosts ever.

[@thelettermanpodcast]

Most definitely.

[@1ManVan]

Facts!

[@Axel-gn2ii]

Late night talk shows are the pinnacle of human achievement, we need to be ever thankful to the jews. Clap clap clap hahahahaha

[@GregCurtin45]

Living proof that experiences are a stepping stone to finding your way in the world.

[@martagarcia206]

Always great Jon Stewart!!!

[@GCKelloch]

I forget how ground-breaking he was. I first saw him on a CC channel new comedian's night. He did a bit about how the Arm's industry sells weapons to countries and then incites conflict. Nobody was that bold since Carlin and Pryor.

[@valmacclinchy]

Have you seen his interview of Carlin? It's great. Just re-watched it recently..

[@sikhswim]

Dang still relevant and real

[@foolapprentice3321]

Wow! Rockin both of the popular 90s necklace types at once!

[@nonamesl3f7duuude]

Routine and comedian aged well

[@JJP316]

Even Jon Stewart had humble material beginnings...

[@morbidmanmusic]

How old are you... that matters because this is old and context and time matters and people are laughing.... so, hmmmm

[@madpeddler8263]

My opinion is worth nothing, but I would sure like to hear what Jon thinks now of that performance.

[@gr8dvd]

Jon (1992): "It's an increasingly violent world... the next war is going to be nuclear." Jon (2022): Glad I was off by 30y, but especially disinterested in slim-fast now.

[@beenaplumber8379]

I was SO hoping he'd do the moron walk. He was my favorite comedian while he was doing stand-up, bar none. When he moved to the Daily Show, he became more than a comedian. I just knew I'd never see the moron walk again :(

[@FM2191]

Thanks for the uploads, @Letterman. With today’s economic issues, it’d be great to see a collection of the times the balcony girls went crazy for Ben Bernanke! Thanks!

[@justincoleman3805]

That’s the dude from Death To Smoochy!!!!!!!!!!

[@AndyAcker]

Oh man, his stand-up was great!

[@thelettermanpodcast]

The fact Jon debuted on Late Night is astounding. When Dave was at CBS they signed Jon to a holding deal…perhaps it was on the strength of this first public broadcast?

[@YoctoYotta]

Dave calls this his network TV debut. Stewart already had his own show on Comedy Central two years prior to this appearance. He was a well-known quantity.

[@GjpgrD]

Comedy Central was a little cable channel, not a network.

[@YoctoYotta]

​@@GjpgrD I worded that poorly. This video is of Stewart's broadcast network debut. Comedy Central is not a broadcast network, it's a cable network. We're in agreement on both those points. I was just snarkily commenting that this is not a video of Jon "debuting" to the public and world of entertainment in some broad sense of the word as the OP comment strongly seemed to suggest. Maybe I misinterpreted that. Likewise, if someone stated that a musician's first hugely popular album is their debut album even though they'd already released an album in the past, I'd have to disagree there too. First world problems, happy holidays! =)

[@Josh1OD]

Magnificent

[@natalieconforti6898]

That hookah shell necklace is taking me back. The jokes are solid, JS.

[@TheGreatAtario]

Hah! It's puka shell.

[@notsure1969]

Hookah shell? Lol.

[@notsure1969]

@@TheGreatAtario Nah, pretty sure it's hookah shell. 😆

[@Goatchild90]

Top 3 favourite comedians

[@thelettermanpodcast]

Smart comedians/broadcasters are the best.

[@Goatchild90]

And the rest is history

[@Checkmate1954]

Some good zingers!,

[@toddmentch]

Jewish Grandma's Blues Album

[@TrevorCopter]

THAT. SHIRT.

[@seanwebb605]

We're never going to get tired of Will Smith jokes. Na na na na na na na na na na.

[@lynnturman8157]

hey jude

[@notsure1969]

What a legendary moment in history. It's sad that pretty much most of what he joked about is still true thirty years later.

[@pauld205]

Weird. NPR ran a story this morning about 2 new biographies of ted Kennedy.

[@FLlife]

Topics haven’t changed

[@coled2048]

Waaay ahead of his time here! Each joke still solid landings today.

[@nedgrant918]

Who were the slumlords, Jon? Just askin’. You know.

[@_Tanasis_]

This is your 664th video uploaded.Watching carefully to see the one after the next

[@jb888888888]

ugh. Good thing he got better.

[@peainapodtube]

omg did jon stewart die?

[@evrtt_trn]

so.... letterman made huckabee?

[@spiritualED]

When did Mark Zuckerberg start doing stand-up?

[@BoomerPlusUltra]

He has approximately 1000x the charisma of MZ. They are both Jewish males though.

[@glenngrinter6818]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@TM-zj1xt]

Not too promising a debut. The first 1/3 was awful. But he’s great doing the newscast thing or whatever you call his most noteworthy shtick. Married a Scottish girl so at least he’s open minded. 🛸

[@Tht1Gy]

I like Jon Stewart, but this set? Meh...

[@Tht1Gy]

@ghost mall OK...🙄

[@armancz]

From this to giving out awards to literal nazis in Disney world, what a trajectory.