(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhOnvxT7_WY)
Happy Birthday to Kevin Bartini! Celebrate by watching the 2013 Mr. Media interview with the warm-up comic for Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore! (Conducted by Bob Andelman) KEVIN BARTINI podcast excerpt: "I was auditioning for Jon Stewart. Being a fan of 'The Daily Show,' one thing I knew about Jon that I thought would maybe help me was that Jon is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, as am I. Some part of me thought, 'If only Jon Stewart knew we had a lot of similarities, we would get along!' So when it came time to do the warm-up and then bring Jon out at the end and introduce him to the audience, I did it with a Bruce Springsteen introducing Clarence Clemons style intro. Bruce would do this whole ramp-it-up of 'Do I HAVE to say his NAME?' And the audience would cheer. 'Coming from the STREETS of NEW JERSEY...' Well, it worked. The audience went freakin' crazy. Little did I know it then but 'The Daily Show' house DJ always kicks in with the opening of 'Born to Run.' Jon Stewart came out and I knew that second that I had the job because he enters where the guests come out and has to walk all the way upstage, shake my hand, and take the microphone. He never broke eye contact and just kept mouthing, 'Wow.’" YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/QhOnvxT7_WY AUDIO: https://mrmedia.com/2015/03/kevin-bartini-comedian/
