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Article: Whoops, school books wrong Jon Stewart
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- April 18, 2006
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It was to be a fundraising event like no other. A small high
school in northern Utah announced that it had managed to book Jon
Stewart arguably America's most famous television comedian, and the
man who presented this year's Oscars ceremony to appear at its
annual dinner this Thursday.
After months of excited planning, 700 tickets were sold at US$50
each, and the school even produced a special invitation video on DVD,
featuring Stewart's image. "The buzz around town is that tables are
going quickly," the voiceover intoned.
That was until a local newspaper reporter called to check the
story with the comedian's publicist.