What is the ‘Jon Stewart packet’ and why are people meme-ing it? Comedy!
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
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Everyone was talking about Jon Stewart’s packet Monday.
By “everyone” we mean mostly comedians, comedy writers and other pop culture watchers. And by “packet,” we mean something like a job application.
To explain: Stewart, 58, the former longtime host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, grew up in Lawrenceville and is currently working on a new current events show for Apple TV Plus.
A call recently went out to writers interested in writing for this new series to submit a packet showing their work. This request apparently involved a prompt: write a bunch of sample jokes based on the day’s news and submit them by 9 p.m.
Athletic push, good spirits, mental health days: News from around our 50 states
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February 1, 2021, 12:21 AM·49 min read
Alabama
People get COVID-19 vaccines during a drive-in clinic in the old Montgomery Mall parking lot in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday.
Montgomery: The state will roughly double the number of people eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19 this month even though there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot, the head of the state health agency said Friday. Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, said everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers will be eligible to get vaccinations when the program expands Feb. 8. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care residents ar
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Alabama
Montgomery: The state will roughly double the number of people eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19 this month even though there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot, the head of the state health agency said Friday. Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, said everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers will be eligible to get vaccinations when the program expands Feb. 8. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care residents are eligible. The state has been hearing complaints that more people aren’t allowed to get in line for shots. The change means as many as 1.5 million people in the state will qualify for shots, up from about 700,000 currently, H
NorthJersey.com
Food pantries and soup kitchens in North Jersey providing hunger relief will be able to get some relief of their own.
The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, a nonprofit organization formed last year to fight the medical, social and economic impact of COVID-19 on New Jersey’s most vulnerable communities, is leading a $2.8 million initiative to fund small and medium-sized food pantries and soup kitchens across the state.
The initiative will provide for a program to help food pantries and soup kitchens with operating budgets of less than $500,000.
Grants between $5,000 and $15,000 will be available to those experiencing large surges in demand for emergency food, the need to winterize their outdoor “grab and go” food distribution, or the need to expand operations to meet continued increased demand for food due to the pandemic.