Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in 1962 and changed his name in 2001. He played trumpet in a kids' swing band from the ages of nine to eleven. A graduate of William and Mary in Virginia, Stewart held a succession of odd jobs, including puppetmeister to schoolkids in New Jersey to heighten awareness about the disabled. This led him to stand-up comedy in New York starting in 1987. He hosted You Wrote It, You Watch It and the Jon Stewart Show on MTV. He subsequently made films for Miramax, then moved to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central in 1999. He was named 'America's Best Talk Show Host' by Time Magazine in 2001 and shared an Emmy in 2004 for co-writing the Daily Show.

Here are some of best lines attributed to Jon Stewart:

The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they're going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him.

More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had.

The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

Even though the municipal workers' union withdrew its support for Howard Dean, Dean still has the support of the 50,000-member 'Angry Pipe-fitters Union'. Reached for comment, the union leader said, "AAh! Freakin' pipes! Won't freakin' fit together! Makin' me so mad!"

The Genesis space probe returned to earth last weekend after a three-year mission of space exploration. If there was one thing that NASA learned from the experience, it's that spacecraft don't bounce.

KKK adopts a highway. Joke's on them - it's black.

See, I only make fun of people who I know would never come on the show.

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