It’s not as difficult as Weekend Update anchor on SNL, but being a Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent is no cakewalk. You’re fighting for precious little airtime, and sometimes with your own boss. But if you do have a successful Daily Show stint, chances are good that you’ll make it in Hollywood. The list of former correspondents is stacked with above-the-line names like Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Josh Gad, Olivia Munn and John Oliver, among others.
The video above looks back at the first appearances from many of the show’s “most distinguished alumni,” as well as what they’ve done since leaving The Daily Show. I wonder if Carell knew that years after reporting live from Oakdale, Nebraska, he’d play guitar for Dane Cook.
Probably.
(Via Digg)