Sen. Kennedy takes his first turn on late-night TV comedy show

[Ian David]

Sen. Kennedy takes his first turn on late-night TV comedy show

April 18, 2006

WASHINGTON --Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has pretty much done it all during his four decades in the Senate, but this week he's venturing into yet another new frontier.

The patriarch of one of America's most storied political families will take a seat on the news parody "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" scheduled to air on Comedy Central Thursday at 11 p.m.

The senior senator, 74, may rank as a battled-hardened veteran of the Sunday news talk show wars, but he will be making his first appearance on a late-night TV comedy show.

"Sen. Kennedy has been waiting for the right invitation," said Stephanie Cutter, a Kennedy adviser. "He's a huge fan of Jon Stewart and he's very much looking forward to this."

Kennedy, D-Mass., has been making the interview rounds in recent weeks touting his new book, "America Back on Track," which mixes personal recollections of his famous family with his agenda for reviving the nation.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Saw it. Great interview, IMHO. But, I'm partial to the Kennedys.

My Grandpa had a bookcase with nothing but books by and about the Kennedys. In Kentucky, my mom and her parents worked for JFK and RF K's presidential campaigns.


Here is my mother and my grandparents sometime in the early 70s. Lifetime Democrats who were big time donors to the DNC their entire lives.