The Daily show

This was overall a really fun, interesting read. I was a huge Daily Show fan in college (...who wasn't?) and I especially liked reading all the background on those kind of peak years. Like, obviously a lot of work went into those episodes, but I definitely didn't realize HOW much, or how innovative TDS was with their clip-pulling techniques. (That kind of stuff might only be interesting to a certain flavor of nerd, idk.)

There was also some level of “oh no, I didn't want to see that sausage getting made”–I was actually moderately upset reading about some of the big fights and fallings-out of various TDS staff. I (naively, I know) just wanted to think of them all getting along and being BFFs!! :(

Still, I enjoyed feeling like I was getting to know these people, especially a lot of behind the scenes people whose names I didn't know before but were hugely influential on the show. I even enjoyed reading about the goings-ons after I mostly stopped watching the show, and also on the influence TDS had on other shows and even on actual political events.

I'd definitely recommend this to people who really love(d) the Daily Show.