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Six Degrees: Duelling Sedaris Edition.

G’day Zoners! I hope you have all recovered from the Rally, Election, Halloween marathon. I know I certinly am exhausted from it all, and I’m on the other side of the world!! To help you all relax Amy and David Sedaris are currently out on the promo tours for their two new hilarious books “Simple Times” and “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”, and our favourite copper top returns to late night with his new show “Conan”.

And now it’s time to check in with our good friends over at The Daily Show

Jon Stewart

Jon was recently profiled in “Bloomberg Game Changers”.

“BLOOMBERG GAME CHANGERS profiles Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, now Jon Stewart, from his New Jersey boyhood through the standard struggle of the stand-up comedian – part time jobs and late night gigs at New York’s comedy clubs. It will shine a spotlight on his early television shows and movies, including rare video from his early career, to show his transformation into the dominant American commentator of our time.”

Jon is featured in Marlo Thomas’ new book “Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny”. Jon is featured in Chapter 51: “The Only Jew in the Neighbourhood” and Stephen is featured in Chapter 27: “Twenty Questions for Stephen Colbert”.

670 KBOI has a review of the “Stand Up for Heroes Benefit” hosted by Jon.

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif was recently a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote his new film “Today’s Special”.

Part 2.

“Behind the Scenes of the Real Fake News with Aasif Mandvi” benefiting “Women Helping Women” will be held at the Mirage Banquet Hall in Edison, NJ on November 8th from 8:00PM – 11:00PM.

Tickets: $50 – 100.

Demetri Martin

Demetri has a signed a blind script deal with CBS to star, write and produce his own show. No word yet on when the new project will air, but Comedy Central have confirmed that “Important Things” will not return for a third season.

Jim Margolis

Michael Heaton from Cleveland.com talks to Jim about his work as a supervising producer at “The Daily Show”.

John Oliver

John will be performing at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, CA from Wednesday, December 29th – Saturday January 1st, 2011 at 8:00PM.

Tickets: $35.50.

Lewis Black

Lewis stopped by “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” to “Check ze Tweets & Emails” and to promote his new book “I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas”

Lewis recently stopped by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to promote his new book “I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas”

Mo Rocca

Mo talks to David Eisenhower and his wife Julie Nixon Eisenhower about “their lives as the heirs of two of the most famous politicians of the 20th century.”

Samantha Bee

“Samantha Bees Laughing Pad” from the “The New York Times Magazine” talks about Sam’s daily routine, her obsession with food and cookbooks, and the latest edtion to the Bee/Jones family – baby Ripley.

The Colbert Report Staffers [and beloved ex-Staffers]

Allison Silverman

Allison talks to “The Take Away” about “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” and the mid-term election season:

Mark Malkoff

Mark recently visited Blog World 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada:

Tim Meadows

Tim will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Wednesday, November 10th.

Friends of the Show

Amy Sedaris

Amy’s been a busy little beaver promoting her new book “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People”. Head over to amysedarisrocks.com and check the stack of interviews and appearances Amy has done, including the “CBS Eary Show”, “The Wendy Williams Shows”, “THe LA Times”, “TIME Magazine” and “THe Wall Street Journal”.

Amy will be a guest on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on Friday, November 19th.

Conan O’Brien

“Conan” premieres on TBS at 11:00PM on Monday, November 8th.
Show’s will be rerun at 1:00AM.

Conan recently made a surprise appearance on “Lopez Tonight”

The November edition of “Rolling Stone” and the December edition “Playboy” have two great indepth interviews with Conan.

Rolling Stone: “Conan O’Brien Comes Clean”
“He has overcome his depression and anger. Now the comedy genius is ready for one last late-night ride.”

Playboy: “Conan O’Brien 2010″
“A candid conversation with the once and future king of late night about his new show, Irish dark side and those pesky troubles with NBC.”