http://blog.jodidodds.com/2006/03/06/jon-stewart-hosts-the-oscars/ A creative outlet during residency, turned ongoing virtual soap box Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.jodidodds.com/2006/03/06/jon-stewart-hosts-the-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Jamus Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:42:31 +0000 http://blog.jodidodds.com/2006/03/06/jon-stewart-hosts-the-oscars/#comment-132 I wonder if the actors appreciate even the very simple fact that Jon widened the audience of the Academy Awards show. I have to think it was a strategic decision to have Jon host, realizing that perhaps the average cynical and irreverant Jon Stewart fan [not sure if I'm the typical one] would not care to spend 3 hours watching such a self-aggrandizing event without someone there to capture the irony and bring it back down to the level of us lowly, non-theatrically-inclined lay-people. I wonder if the actors appreciate even the very simple fact that Jon widened the audience of the Academy Awards show. I have to think it was a strategic decision to have Jon host, realizing that perhaps the average cynical and irreverant Jon Stewart fan [not sure if I'm the typical one] would not care to spend 3 hours watching such a self-aggrandizing event without someone there to capture the irony and bring it back down to the level of us lowly, non-theatrically-inclined lay-people.

]]>