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\"\"<\/a>It may be that I am very easily impressed (and excited) but when I found out that I could get free tickets to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart \u2013 live! \u2013 in New York, I was very impressed. And very excited.<\/p>\n

To find awesome flights to New York go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It turns out it\u2019s really, really easy \u2013 as long as you have a large dose of patience, and a handful of good luck. Here\u2019s what you have to do:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to www.thedailyshow.com\/tickets<\/a> and see if the date you want to go is available. If not, don\u2019t despair, just keep checking back. We ended up getting tickets on the day (at noon) for that afternoon. They release them at odd times.<\/li>\n
  2. Fill in the necessary information and confirm that you want the tickets.<\/li>\n
  3. Take your confirmation to the Jon Stewart Studios (kind of a mission, in the Hell\u2019s Angel area of NYC, so not too close to anything except the bottom end of Central Park) where you\u2019ll be given a coloured slip of paper with a number on it.<\/li>\n
  4. Come back at the required time (around 4.30pm) and stand in the line that your colour and number match.<\/li>\n
  5. Hope against hope that the audience doesn\u2019t fill up before you get there.<\/li>\n
  6. Watch The Daily Show live!!<\/li>\n
  7. Clap, cheer and laugh really loudly, when required.<\/li>\n
  8. Thank your lucky stars that you somehow managed to experience this, for free, in New York City, the city that everyone says is so expensive and doesn\u2019t give away anything for free.<\/li>\n
  9. Take lots of pictures.<\/li>\n
  10. Thank your lucky stars again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PS: There are all kinds of free studio audience shows in NYC \u2013 here\u2019s a pretty handy list. <\/a><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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