I can't seem to stop thinking about how fabulous Jon Stewart is. I spent a good chunk of yesterday reading and writing about the recent debate Jon engaged in with Gov. Huckabee over gay rights (the transcript of which can be found in my previous post), and glowing with pride over it. And because I had basically nothing to do today, I found myself scouring
tds_rps.
I discovered
Fast Times at NAMBLA High by
smilesawakeyou, which is an AU high school fic that surprisingly, actually works. It features
Jon Leibowitz (Stewart) moving from New Jersey to a smaller town, where he begins to attend NAMBLA High! Unfortunately, on his first day there he finds himself face-to-face with some anti-Semitic students, but all is not lost! His first class is English with teacher Mr
Jerry Seinfeld. Mhmm! Jon quickly establishes himself as a well-spoken, sarcastic intellectual when he responds to a young
Tucker Carlson's digs at Hemingway, grabbing the attention of one
Stephen Colbert.
This excllent fic, which is 21 chapters long already and counting, features many other real life characters such as
Amy Sedaris,
Paul Dinello, and
Anderon Cooper (just to name a few) as fellow classmates of Jon, and
John Oliver,
Steve Carrel, and
Lewis Black (among others) in guest appearances as the faculty of Nambla High. There's even a cameo by
Bill O'Reilly as the stick-up-his-ass principal of the school.
I don't want to give anything else away as there are many slashy pairings and plotpoints worth reading, so please go read it now if you're into that kind of thing. It's smart, funny, and hot! What's
not to love?
After discovering that whopper of a fic, I found a slew of great Daily Show and Jon-centric interviews and a number of wonderful quotes on gay marriage
here.
Finally, I found
this biography of Jon, which is certainly the lengthiest, most thorough biography of Jon Stewart I've ever read. Read it.
Basically, what happens to me about once a year is happening. I am falling madly, deeply in love with Jon Stewart all over again. I'm completely unable to resist his charming, sarcastic wit, his endearing, self-deprecating humour, and his undeniable ability to call the partisan pundits out on their bullshit.
I love him.