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Jon Stewart is a remarkable satirist and parodist in the vein of Mark Twain, because Jon Stewart understands what Mark Twain knew, which is that the truth goes down more easily in a democracy when it's marinated in humor.
Bill Moyers
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Bill Moyers
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: June 5
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