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I have never owned a television as an adult, or lived with easy access to one. I'm not bragging; I spend enough time reading about television that I can hardly claim some sort of moral superiority to the entire medium.

For instance, I first developed an interest in Survivor during Season 2, when Salon started publishing ruminatory reviews of each episode; I first heard about The Swan when Salon heralded it as the end of civilization. I regularly read reviews of the Presidential debates, sometimes even transcripts.

So, of course, I read recently about Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, and blogged about it the other day. I was very pleased with Jon's performance and his existence in the universe. After years of not watching television, I almost felt like actually seeing it would be too much stimulation. I mean, I listen to baseball games on my clock radio. I'm like a blind person who reads about painting but has never seen one: Vermeer in Braille, Van Gogh by the dots.

However, I have finally seen the Jon Stewart clip on iFilm, and now you can too, at this link.

Incidentally, on Crossfire, they run headlines across the bottom of the screen. At the very end of the clip, you can catch a tag about the first boy to ever win the Easy Bake Oven Bakeoff competition.