The First Episode of 'The Jon Stewart Show' - (10/25/93) 

The move to national syndication killed the show. In 1994, Paramount was acquired by Viacom and was looking for a replacement for the outgoing Arsenio Hall, so MTV let Paramount Television take over The Jon Stewart Show. By then, the show was in a losing battle being caught up in the crossfire of a new ratings war between Leno and Letterman, both of whom had already cornered the market for a broader general audience outside its core MTV viewership it had to appeal to that was simply in low supply.

Unless they cut it out of the broadcast Manson just set fire to a lunchbox (unless there was a Bible in the lunchbox lol, but this was before their Antichrist Superstar Bible burning era so I doubt it, they just looked weird so still caught up in satanic panic no doubt)

For real! Howard was a total d**k to him and jinxed his show

Came for the giant condor.

Lmaoooo! I love how we’re all here now after his After the Cut clip. Seriously though, where is he? What is his life like as a Cheese Man? #CheeseBoyChronicals

I believe he’s an ophthalmologist now

@@nathanthegreathan6464​​⁠ ophthalmologist (I believe, somewhere in Cali

i'll try to find some

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Howie's shtick in those days was to insult the living daylights out of anyone who had the gumption to invite him onto their show. It was a part of his "shock-jock" image as a loutish, sex-obsessed, and rude egotist set on "destroying the uptight establishment, man"! He literally became notorious for purposely offensive on-air skits, comments, and behavior that in today's PC world would get most shows canceled before the first tweet of outrage. Jon knew full well what he was getting himself into by having Howard on as a guest. As the "Jon Stewart Show" was a fledgling program geared toward the adolescent/young-adult demo, and hosted by a near-total unknown, I'm sure it was hoped by the show's producers that Howard's appearance might help boost ratings and lend Jon some street-cred as a hip and daring media personality not unlike the "King of All Media." This all being said, I was never a fan of Stern's preening shock-jock persona in the 1980s and '90s, a phase he has said on more than one occasion is best left forgotten! Thankfully, both he and (especially) Jon have grown leaps and bounds in the 30 years since this awkward encounter.

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