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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race Hardcover – September 21, 2010

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The eagerly awaited new book from the Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart--the man behind the megaseller America (The Book).

Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture -- all in a tome of approximately 256 pages with lots of color photos, graphs and charts.

After two weeks of hard work, they had their book. Earth (The Book) is the definitive guide to our species. With their trademark wit, irreverence, and intelligence, Stewart and his team will posthumously answer all of life's most hard-hitting questions, completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.

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Starred Review. Eight-time Emmy-winner Stewart (America: The Book) seeks to expand his audience to aliens who might land on earth after the extinction of the human race and be puzzled over the artifacts we've left behind. "Greetings... on behalf of not only ourselves, but the entire Viacom family," he writes in this laugh-out-loud, rollicking social satire. In place of skits there are elaborate, color illustrations accompanied by captions written with his trademark deadpan humor; for instance, a photo of a mother and baby-elephant holds the caption, "advances in contraception and industrialized food production allowed modern couples to have fewer offspring, while leaving the total weight of families constant." Nothing is off-limits here, not even Benjamin Franklin, whose pithy saying "Nothing is certain but death and taxes" Stewart expands upon. The book ends with a plea to the aliens to reconstruct the human race from DNA in the hope that, with guidance from the visitors, "we could overcome the baser aspects of our nature... and give this planet the kind of caretakers it deserves," revealing the tears behind Stewart's clown. Photos.

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First America (The Book), and now, six years later, Earth. Yes, once again fearless anchor and ringleader Jon Stewart and his gang of snark-attack writers at The Daily Show bring barbed, laser-guided intelligence camouflaged with gleeful vulgarity to the page, this time to tell the story of Earth from its gritty beginnings as an unwieldy whirl of gasses and dust to its coalescence into a “fertile oasis of sophisticated life in the endless barren expanse of the universe (no offense).” Why “no offense”? Because this guide to Earth and human civilization, from the Parthenon to reality TV, is addressed to the aliens who will arrive in the wake of humankind’s looming self-destruction. In the hope of being remembered, and, perhaps, replicated, the wily and irreverent Daily Show crew marshal arrays of small images spiked with sight gags and accompanied by vinegary little captions to chronicle humankind’s rampant inventiveness and deadly inanity. Patches of actual science, albeit laced with such silly business as a recipe for Primordial Soup, give way to comedic takes on everything from adolescence to Larry King, our obsession with skin color, love (which has inspired poetry and restraining orders), celebrities, religion, advertising, and war. Funny on levels high and low, this rambunctious chronicle of the defeat of reason is a topsy-turvy tribute to a planet of “singular beauty” and its problem children. --Donna Seaman

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 044657922X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; First Edition (September 21, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780446579223
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446579223
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1 x 10.5 inches

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Josh Lieb is the author of five books for young readers, including the the New York Times bestseller "I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President". He's won seven Primetime Emmys as a television writer and producer, as well as several Writers Guild Awards and a Grammy. He's written for and run a lot of TV shows, including "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "NewsRadio," "The Simpsons," "Silicon Valley," "What We Do in The Shadows," and a bunch of others. He was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina and spent his summers working at grocery stores in Omaha, Nebraska, but he likes writing better than that. He can't draw at all so he writes a column every day where he asks people to draw his cartoons for him -- and here it is: https://joshlieb.substack.com/publish/home You should try it!
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Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. Over the past 10 years, Stewart has redefined political satire in American culture from his perch atop the anchor chair on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." In fact, surveys have shown that the overwhelming majority of men and women under the age of 35 list "The Daily Show" as their primary source of television news.
As host of "The Daily Show," Stewart has interviewed such political luminaries as former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain and John Edwards and such celebrity icons as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and George Clooney.
To date, Stewart and "The Daily Show" have received 22 Emmy Award nominations and won 11. These include winning for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program" five times: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and in 2006, as well as "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series" in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Jon, himself, was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program" in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2008 as host of the 80th Annual Academy Awards, which he also hosted in 2006.
In 2001, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" received the prestigious Peabody Award for excellence in its "Indecision 2000" campaign coverage and again in 2005 for "Indecision 2004." The show has also been honored by the Television Critics Association for "Outstanding Achievement in News and Information" in both 2003 and 2005; winning over traditional news shows in the category.
In 2005, Comedy Central reached a first-look deal with Stewart's Busboy Productions. "The Colbert Report," hosted by Daily Show alum Stephen Colbert, was the first project developed under this agreement and debuted on Comedy Central on October 17th, 2005. Now in its 3rd season, "The Colbert Report" has received 12 Emmy Award nominations. In 2007, the show was honored with a Peabody Award. Stewart is the co-creator and Executive Producer of the series.
Stewart has graced the cover of numerous magazines including Newsweek, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, etc. He was also named "Entertainer of the Year" for 2004 by Entertainment Weekly and was honored as "New York Entertainer of the Year" by Variety. Stewart was also named to the inaugural Time 100 list of the world's most influential people (Time magazine). In 2001 and again in 2002, Stewart served as host of the Grammy Awards.
Stewart is also a best-selling author - In 2004, Warner Books published "AMERICA (THE BOOK): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" and it immediately topped The New York Times Best Seller List, staying at #1 for 18 consecutive weeks, ending the year as a top 15 best-seller. It was also ranked #1 on the best-seller lists in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle. Additionally, "America" was given the prestigious book of the year award in 2004 by Publishers Weekly. In addition to this, at the 2005 Grammy awards, both Jon and the Cast of "The Daily Show" were honored with Best Comedy Album, for "AMERICA (THE BOOK): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction."
Stewart, his wife and two children reside in the New York Metropolitan area.
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Hilarious and frighteningly intelligent

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2010

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I picked up 'Earth (The Book)' with some trepidation, because I absolutely loved 'America (The Book)' and assumed from reading several critical reviews on Amazon that I would find 'Earth' to be inferior to 'America'. For full disclosure, I should mention that I am a huge fan of both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report', and have read all of Jon's books as well as Stephen's, with various degrees of enjoyment.

Within ten pages, and with a certain amount of relief, I knew that I was quite mistaken, and 'Earth (The Book)' was just as brilliant and thought-provoking as 'America', and perhaps even more so. It is different, certainly - with 'America' I wanted to sit down and consume the whole thing as quickly as possible. With 'Earth', I felt like I wanted to take the time to savor and enjoy it over several sittings. The book definitely rewards you for taking your time and poring over each page, as there are plenty of jokes to be found hidden in the images and asides. (Judging from other reviews, some may find this off-putting, but personally I enjoyed the change of pace.)

'Earth (The Book)' is essentially about well, earth, but more specifically, our relationship with the planet and ourselves. If I had to summarize the book, I'd say 'Earth' is what happens when several very intelligent and funny people get together to take a long, hard look at how we live our lives and all of the ludicrous, ridiculous and occasionally self-defeating things that humans do - and distill it into bitingly funny chunks of truth. It confronts everything from materialism to religion, environmental destruction to politics, as well as corporate ethics and celebrity culture. It's thought-provoking and at times even uncomfortable to read, but only because it holds up a mirror to so many of your long-held traditions, habits and assumptions, and asks, with a heavy dose of humor: "Why?"

I think 'Earth (The Book)' is similar to 'The Daily Show' in some respects; there's something there for everyone, but the more you know about a subject, the funnier you will find it. I certainly didn't get all of the jokes the first time around, and that is probably a good thing, because I'm sure I'll get more out of it when I re-read it. Still, I got enough of them that I was laughing out loud at least a couple of times a page throughout most of the book. And as I mentioned earlier, some of the humor is quite dark and had me smiling grimly about a nerve being hit, rather than being laugh-out-loud funny.

I've noticed that another common complaint reviewers seem to have about the book is that its humor won't age as well as 'America's', because a lot of the jokes may not be easily understood in a few years time. Again, I would say this is a mischaracterization - yes, some of the humor is very current, but mostly it consists of timeless observations about human behaviour. I don't think the book will be a significantly poorer read in 20 or 50 years due to a few references to current events (like the Gulf Oil Spill or various politicians and celebrities), and I'm not sure I agree that the authors of this book should be writing with that in mind anyway.

To sum up, in my opinion Earth is a fantastic, five-star book, and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone, especially if you enjoy 'The Daily Show's' brand of satire. Perhaps some elements of it may not be to everyone's taste, but I still think it is a rare and worthwhile read that forces you to think at the same time as it makes you laugh, and that can only be a good thing.

As a final aside, I will add that I really think that 'Earth' is the kind of book that works best as a physical thing in your hands, rather than as an audio book or on a device. The images and page layout frequently make up a significant part of the gags, so I would strongly recommend that people buying the book consider getting it in book form so that they can easily appreciate the whole package.

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The anti-coffee table book

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2010

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If you've read or heard about America (The Book) , know first that this book is fairly different. America (The Book) makes itself out to be a mock textbook, and has many long, hilarious text passages that skewer politics and education at the same time. However, there are also the occasional pages that are infographics, with jokes both in the images and the captions, that take up complete pages.

Now imagine that the entire book were made out of these commented infographics, with the subject matter shifted from the USA to the entire planet, and aimed at an audience of aliens who find the Earth deserted after the human race spectacularly manufactures its own demise, and you have Earth (The Book).

If you haven't read America (The Book) - and if not, what are you waiting for? You can grab the paperback for less than $10 here on Amazon - just think of this as the anti-coffee table book. It's a tome that delightfully destroys all aspects of society, from our perceptions of aliens to the planet itself to commerce, religion and culture. It can be picked up occasionally and flipped to a random page, as each joke is encapsulated and confined. Or, it can be read large sections at a time, with every word and picture perused until you can laugh no more. There is at least one brilliant joke per page, and quite often more than that.

This book pokes fun at anything and everything, and you may find the finger pointing at yourself now and again. If you can't laugh at your own idiosyncrasies and beliefs, skip this book and recommend it to someone with a sense of humor. If you can't take a joke, this book isn't for you.

The only down side, one that America (The Book) has less of a problem with, is that some of the jokes can't stand the test of time in the long term. In 50 years, the numerous pop culture references throughout the book will be largely forgotten, lost to the winds of time. It's better that way, of course, as their shallowness is a significant reason why this book makes fun of them. So perhaps this won't be one of the great literary classics, discussed and venerated for all time, but there's certainly enough timeless humor in here for it to be funny at least as long as you'll be alive. Get it now, and leave it in a conspicuous place when you're not reading it (the coffee table, perhaps?), so that when we do destroy ourselves, the aliens can see this message.

Hopefully, they'll get the joke.

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Satirical...Yet surprisingly factual!

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2011

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Where do i start? I'd like to keep my review somewhat simple, in that i would rather not provoke or spark a political debate.

I love The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report and this book is as good as both of those shows at their best. Very literally, this, in my opinion, is a quality piece of work! Most of this book is satirical, and not meant to be taken seriously; however, like The Daily Show, you have to be able to differentiate what is fact and what is fiction.

In this spirit of the long running show, this book is fiction based on fact. And i've never read a book that has the two blended in a more entertaining way. This is basically a satirical textbook on Earth, and honestly, it actually reads and feels somewhat like one. Though It's infinitely more entertaining than any other textbook i've ever read. Nearly every picture is accompanied by a clever one-liner.

Though the most surprising thing about this book is that while all of it is entirely dedicated to making fun of everything that has ever existed on the planet Earth, the base of most of the jokes are actually based on fact.

I want to make it perfectly clear that I'm not trying to say that the information contained within this book or on The Daily Show is entirely fact, but rather putting a satirical spin on facts.

This was definitely a book that I was constantly looking forward to reading because even after reading on the first couple of pages, i knew it was going to provide constant entertainment throughout the rest of it. Will definitely be buying America ( the book ) after reading this.

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Shorty Payne

A Must Have for All Hum... "Beings"!

Reviewed in Germany on February 17, 2019

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It's simply excellent. If you enjoy using logic to assess the world around you, than the application to our entire civilization will surely have you both laughing historically, and rethinking some information many of us haven't considered since school years. It gets A+ for presentation, and each piece is excellent and concise (I would actually love an annotated one with TONs more text, but that's me).

I noticed some reviewers mentioned that some jokes were "predictable" - with which I party disagree, and entirely think is a byproduct of the best part about this book - that it was written by logical and intelligent beings. For example: it's a book written "for" aliens who visit our planet, to tell them of our society, as it would likely be extinct by then. Is explaining to them our idea of Geo-centrism (old idea that Earth = Center of the Universe and what all orbits around) logically predictable? Yes. If I had to look at it logically based on current understanding, the jokes about self importance and egoism are obvious to make. Are they still hilarious? Yes! Is putting a small picture of "Miss Universe" in a obscure corner (of a fully packed and beautiful page), and asking our "alien visitors" if they agreed with her crown for the entire Universe? Yes, it's definitely a plus.

I was more impressed that they still managed to make some really clever remarks and connections, as many were definitely unexpected! And even if you didn't sleep through school and enjoy the.. sciences for example, you'll still learn a few things as while it's comedy-centrist (hi-hi), it is also .. an encyclopedia, even by definition. And a fair and honest one, if we have to be fair and honest about it. And for the times I read a line and went "yep, that's how I'd also interpret that a rational grown up" - while not "groundbreakingly unique", I'm happier that now I have my thoughts echoed by someone else, in a hilarious way, in a beautiful book, surround by other excellent facts and interpretations, all neatly organized and excellently decorated and presented.

The only way I can see someone not loving this is if you/they never went to or slept through any/all school; lived entire life in a cupboard under the stairs (but that was IT!); or somehow can't stand Jon Stewart and/or the Daily Show, and thus hate the fact they are on the cover (and could not figure out a way to get past that).

If you've read this far, my only advise left would be to consider your own OCD-ness (excuse the expression) and consider which version to get, and if not to get a second "reading" copy. I bought myself a "hardcover" (actually a beautiful library binding, which makes a lot more sense once you read the library stamp joke on the inside of the front cover), but I almost don't want to touch it. I have it in digital form, but it's sooo much better on real paper, that I'm considering getting a second (possibly used) one just for reading and showing to guests.

James Neville

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on July 22, 2016

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Funny book. Mostly laugh out loud funny. This book is witty enough to brighten your day.

A. Volk

Funny, poignant book

Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2010

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This book is sort of an encyclopedia about modern humans. The premise is that we don't have long to live as a species, so this book is meant to be a guide for future generations who somehow survive the upcoming apocalypse and/or aliens who visit our planet after we're gone. The book is in the format of a visual guide, with lots of scribble notes to explain the pictures. There is regular text too, but the book is really full of interesting and funny pictures.

The content runs the range from the Earth itself, biology, human biology, culture, science, and religion. The writing is classic Daily Show material. Jon (and members of his show) spare no one in their lampooning modern people, our culture, and our views of the world. Of course, special treatment is given to tea-baggers, or at least, people who think like they do. If you enjoy the Daily Show (and I do), I think you'll definitely enjoy the humor of this book. The humor is not for the faint-hearted, particularly those who are sensitive about religion. In a way, I think this is what Jon Stewart does best. Sure, his show is often more informative than the so called "news networks" (CNN, Fox, MSNBC), but at it's core it's a comedy show that tries to sneak in some information too. I think that's what this book does too. It's a funny book that also makes you stop and think for every once in a while. Which makes it just about perfect as a coffee table book (which it is supposed to be a parody of). I don't think it will be a timeless classic in comedy (for one thing, there's too many pop references), but right now, it's a great bit of light, funny reading. Highly recommended!

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ZoltanSZ

brilliantly funny

Reviewed in France on June 18, 2012

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NO disappointment with the "Daily Show" team and a touch of genius from Jon Stewart. Making fun of the humans is the ironic medicine the doctor recommended.

Petra

A great to way to mock human kind

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2011

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I bought this book as a gift for a Daily Show fan. The team working on the show and the book is the same so you can expect sarcasm everywhere. If you ever watched the show you know what I mean. And if you like the show at all you will love the book, for sure.
Although there's no "see inside" the book option here in Amazon I can tell you it looks like a DK-encyclopedia book inside. That means there is text here and there, several images per page and a few full text pages to start the chapters and scattered around. You might love the format or you might hate it.
The Daily Shor fan I gave this too kept laughing every 5 minutes so if you're buying it for a good laugh it is garanteed.

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