Posted AT 8:14 AM EDT on 19/07/08
He likes to make you squirm
Ask The Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones to confirm biographical details about him posted on various websites and he'll burst into laughter.Is his father actually a Welsh cobbler, as it says on the Internet Movie Database? Is the comedian actually a fossil collector?
Well, no. He admits half the stuff he puts out there is false, but he likes it that way.
And then, of course, you feel awkward for asking, but that's exactly how he wants you to feel.
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