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Do you know how Larry King would interview Adolf Hitler?

Jon Stewart does.

Excerpt:

HITLER: ...Larry, look, I was a bad guy. No question. I hate that Hitler. The yelling, the finger pointing, I don't know ... I was a very angry guy.

KING: And this ... new Hitler?

HITLER: I get up at seven, have half a melon, do the jumble in the morning paper and then let the day take me where it will.... Me!! The inventor of the Blitzkrieg... When you stop having to control everything it's very freeing.

Now that's worth the price of this book of Stewart satires in and of itself.

Written awhile back, just before Stewart became the closest thing to the truth regarding the news on television, "Naked Pictures of Famous People" reminds you that he had a deft, wry sense of humor before his mastery of "The Daily Show" brought him to national prominence.


"Laugh-out-loud hilarious."

-- Elle

"[A] mutt of a book (18 shorts taken from secret transcripts, cyber dialogue, pencil sketches and lost letters) that's full of unexpectedly heavy laughs....The brevity of the pieces combined with the flow of wit make this a buoyant read."

-- ­Eric Wetzel, Book Magazine

"Terrific night table reading for lovers of intelligent satire...smart...refreshingly offensive...unapologetically un-PC...a gift for just about anyone."

'-- Austin Chronicle

"Stewart lets loose in this book, writing about 20 essays that start (mostly) in reality and end up somewhere around Oz. Most essays involve the twisted private lives of famous people, hence the title. These include Hitler, Bill Gates, the Hansons, The Kennedys, Jesus, President Ford and Martha Stewart, no relation. Some comment on current forms of media, such as AOL chat rooms and over-hyped award shows.

Overall, this book is packed quirky little things that made me laugh out loud. It is very clever, very well written and very funny. For those who know Stewart through "The Daily Show," I think you'll know what to expect. For anyone who likes well-written satire that doesn't involve pigs named Napoleon, here's your book. Just a note: this probably isn't for the faint of heart or youngin's, especially Martha Stewart's essay. But it's still darn funny. Thank you Jon Stewart. Quite a moment of Zen."

-- An Online Reviewer


"Stewart said recently in an interview that his brain defaults to comedy and it couldn't be any more obvious than in these selections. I think we sometimes think all his stuff (except the interviews) is written for him but it is clear he has the intellectual depth and agility to produce material for an encyclopedia.

Maybe that is the next project after his fake history textbook? An online fake encyclopedia?? Oh wait there's Wikipedia.

Get this book, put it in your guestroom like I did. You overnight guests will try to steal it. Catch them and urge them to buy their own copy for their own guestroom."

-- An Online Reviewer





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