The premise behind "Uncle Jay Explains the News" is very simple. Each Monday, in less than five minutes Uncle Jay picks one or two topics from the week's news and, with a wry smile and a knowing wink, tells the viewer exactly what they need to know about that weeks topic. As he says on his website, "Uncle Jay thinks it’s really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds. Also children."
"Uncle Jay", for those not familiar with him, is, in actuality, Jay Gilbert, a long-time Cincinnati radio personality, and winner of the 2000 “Personality of the Year” Marconi Award. In the mid 90's, Gilbert created (and won an Emmy for) “Uncle Jay Explains the News” for an early-morning TV news show. Today, he carries on the tradition via his own website and YouTube.
Trust me, if you are a fan of Jon Stewart, you should also be following Uncle Jay.
I've embedded his latest episode below, (unfortunately he's taken a couple of weeks off lately so this is from July 4) and many, many more are available at the link above. Be sure to check them out.
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