Jon Stewart's mother, Marian, is an educational consultant and teacher, and his father, Donald Leibowitz, is a physics professor at The College of New Jersey. Stewart was a member of the corps as a horn player. He made his stand-up debut at The Bitter End, the same place where his comedic idol, Woody Allen, began.
Stewart has since hosted almost all airings of the program, except a few cases in which correspondents like Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, and for a week, Steve Carell filled the anchor desk.
