The Daily Show (1996)
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Episode 1 - Ronald Seeber
Release Date: 2008-01-07Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".
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Episode 2 - David Frum
Release Date: 2008-01-08 -
Episode 3 - John Zogby
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Episode 4 - Lou Dobbs
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Episode 5 - Fareed Zakaria
Release Date: 2008-01-14 -
Episode 6 - Amb. John Bolton
Release Date: 2008-01-15 -
Episode 7 - Jonah Goldberg
Release Date: 2008-01-16 -
Episode 8 - Allen Raymond
Release Date: 2008-01-17 -
Episode 9 - Jon Meacham
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Episode 10 - Jim Wallis
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Episode 11 - P.J. O'Rourke
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Episode 12 - Gerri Willis
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Episode 13 - Phil Simms
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Episode 14 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Release Date: 2008-01-29 -
Episode 15 - Peggy Noonan
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Episode 16 - Karen Tumulty
Release Date: 2008-01-31 -
Episode 17 - Tim Gunn
Release Date: 2008-02-04 -
Episode 18 - Chris Wallace
Release Date: 2008-02-05 -
Episode 19 - Tom Brokaw
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Episode 20 - Laton McCartney
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Episode 21 - Philip Shenon
Release Date: 2008-02-11 -
Episode 22 - Bill Kristol
Release Date: 2008-02-12 -
Episode 23 - Mark Siegel
Release Date: 2008-02-13 -
Episode 24 - Lee Siegel
Release Date: 2008-02-14 -
Episode 25 - Madeleine Albright
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Episode 26 - Allen Guelzo
Release Date: 2008-02-27 -
Episode 27 - Brian Williams
Release Date: 2008-02-28Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.
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Episode 28 - Hillary Clinton
Release Date: 2008-03-03Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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Episode 29 - Ralph Nader
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Episode 30 - Martin Fletcher
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Episode 31 - Sen. Tom Daschle
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Episode 32 - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell
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Episode 33 - Grover Norquist
Release Date: 2008-03-11 -
Episode 34 - Ronald Kessler
Release Date: 2008-03-12 -
Episode 35 - Dana Perino
Release Date: 2008-03-13 -
Episode 36 - Brian Fagan
Release Date: 2008-03-17 -
Episode 37 - Jeffrey Sachs
Release Date: 2008-03-18 -
Episode 38 - Sen. Arlen Specter
Release Date: 2008-03-19 -
Episode 39 - Alex Kingsbury
Release Date: 2008-03-20 -
Episode 40 - Sen. Chuck Hagel
Release Date: 2008-03-31 -
Episode 41 - Simon LeVay
Release Date: 2008-04-01 -
Episode 42 - William Safire
Release Date: 2008-04-02 -
Episode 43 - George Clooney
Release Date: 2008-04-03 -
Episode 44 - Nathan Lane
Release Date: 2008-04-07 -
Episode 45 - Cokie Roberts
Release Date: 2008-04-08 -
Episode 46 - Steve Coll
Release Date: 2008-04-09 -
Episode 47 - Aram Roston
Release Date: 2008-04-10 -
Episode 48 - Judd Apatow
Release Date: 2008-04-14 -
Episode 49 - Jack Goldsmith
Release Date: 2008-04-15 -
Episode 50 - Peter Steinfels
Release Date: 2008-04-16 -
Episode 51 - Uma Thurman
Release Date: 2008-04-17 -
Episode 52 - Sen. Barack Obama
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Episode 53 - John Waters
Release Date: 2008-04-22Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.
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Episode 54 - Howard Fineman
Release Date: 2008-04-23 -
Episode 55 - Colin Firth
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Episode 56 - Jimmy Carter
Release Date: 2008-04-28 -
Episode 57 - Newt Gingrich
Release Date: 2008-04-29 -
Episode 58 - Robert Schlesinger
Release Date: 2008-04-30 -
Episode 59 - Howard Dean
Release Date: 2008-05-01 -
Episode 60 - Sen. Harry Reid
Release Date: 2008-05-05 -
Episode 61 - Fareed Zakaria
Release Date: 2008-05-06 -
Episode 62 - John McCain
Release Date: 2008-05-07 -
Episode 63 - David D. Perlmutter
Release Date: 2008-05-08 -
Episode 64 - Douglas J. Feith
Release Date: 2008-05-12 -
Episode 65 - Bill Moyers
Release Date: 2008-05-13 -
Episode 66 - John Harwood
Release Date: 2008-05-14 -
Episode 67 - Denis Leary
Release Date: 2008-05-15 -
Episode 68 - Matt Taibbi
Release Date: 2008-05-27 -
Episode 69 - Fred Burton
Release Date: 2008-05-28 -
Episode 70 - Richard Clark
Release Date: 2008-05-29 -
Episode 71 - Scott McClellan
Release Date: 2008-06-02 -
Episode 72 - David Sedaris
Release Date: 2008-06-03 -
Episode 73 - Barbara Walters
Release Date: 2008-06-04 -
Episode 74 - Adam Sandler
Release Date: 2008-06-05 -
Episode 75 - Sen. Jim Webb
Release Date: 2008-06-09 -
Episode 76 - Ralph Reed
Release Date: 2008-06-10 -
Episode 77 - Rick Shenkman
Release Date: 2008-06-11 -
Episode 78 - Richard Engel
Release Date: 2008-06-12 -
Episode 79 - David Iglesis
Release Date: 2008-06-16 -
Episode 80 - Lara Logan
Release Date: 2008-06-17 -
Episode 81 - Steve Carell
Release Date: 2008-06-18Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.
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Episode 82 - Mike Myers
Release Date: 2008-06-19Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.
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Episode 83 - James McAvoy
Release Date: 2008-06-23Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.
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Episode 84 - James Harding
Release Date: 2008-06-24Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.
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Episode 85 - Coldplay
Release Date: 2008-06-25Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.
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Episode 86 - Ted Koppel
Release Date: 2008-06-26Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.
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Episode 87 - Andrew Ward
Release Date: 2008-07-14Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.
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Episode 88 - Pierce Brosnan
Release Date: 2008-07-15 -
Episode 89 - Kenneth Pollack
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Episode 90 - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Release Date: 2008-07-17Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.
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Episode 91 - Richard Bitner
Release Date: 2008-07-21Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.
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Episode 92 - Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly
Release Date: 2008-07-22Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.
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Episode 93 - T.J. English
Release Date: 2008-07-23Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.
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Episode 94 - Geo Beach
Release Date: 2008-07-24Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.
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Episode 95 - Nancy Pelosi
Release Date: 2008-07-28Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.
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Episode 96 - Bill Bishop
Release Date: 2008-07-29 -
Episode 97 - Ben Wattenberg
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Episode 98 - Brian Williams
Release Date: 2008-07-31 -
Episode 99 - Dennis Hopper
Release Date: 2008-08-04 -
Episode 100 - Seth Rogan
Release Date: 2008-08-05 -
Episode 101 - Sen. Chuck Schumer
Release Date: 2008-08-06 -
Episode 102 - David Gregory
Release Date: 2008-08-07 -
Episode 103 - Ron Suskind
Release Date: 2008-08-11 -
Episode 104 - Sen. Mel Martinez
Release Date: 2008-08-12 -
Episode 105 - Philip Pan
Release Date: 2008-08-13 -
Episode 106 - Ben Stiller
Release Date: 2008-08-14 -
Episode 107 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)
Release Date: 2008-08-26 -
Episode 108 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)
Release Date: 2008-08-27 -
Episode 109 - Evan Bayh
Release Date: 2008-08-28 -
Episode 110 - Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech
Release Date: 2008-08-29 -
Episode 111 - Brian Williams
Release Date: 2008-09-02 -
Episode 112 - Newt Gingrich
Release Date: 2008-09-03 -
Episode 113 - Mike Huckabee
Release Date: 2008-09-04 -
Episode 114 - Senator McCains Acceptance Speech
Release Date: 2008-09-05 -
Episode 115 - Barton Gellman
Release Date: 2008-09-15Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.
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Episode 116 - Ricky Gervais
Release Date: 2008-09-16Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.
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Episode 117 - Charlize Theron
Release Date: 2008-09-17Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.
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Episode 118 - Tony Blair
Release Date: 2008-09-18 -
Episode 119 - Bill Clinton
Release Date: 2008-09-23Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.
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Episode 120 - Aaron Eckhart
Release Date: 2008-09-24Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.
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Episode 121 - Bob Schieffer
Release Date: 2008-09-25Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.
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Episode 122 - Hooman Majd
Release Date: 2008-09-29Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.
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Episode 123 - Bill Maher
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Episode 124 - Peggy Noonan
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Episode 125 - Clint Eastwood
Release Date: 2008-10-02 -
Episode 126 - Tim Robbins
Release Date: 2008-10-06 -
Episode 127 - Sarah Vowell
Release Date: 2008-10-07 -
Episode 128 - Michelle Obama
Release Date: 2008-10-08 -
Episode 129 - Robert De Niro
Release Date: 2008-10-09 -
Episode 130 - Amity Shlaes
Release Date: 2008-10-13Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".
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Episode 131 - Ari Fleischer
Release Date: 2008-10-14 -
Episode 132 - Richard Lewis
Release Date: 2008-10-15 -
Episode 133 - Robert Reich
Release Date: 2008-10-16 -
Episode 134 - Eugene Jarecki
Release Date: 2008-10-20 -
Episode 135 - Christopher Buckley
Release Date: 2008-10-21 -
Episode 136 - Tom Brokaw
Release Date: 2008-10-22 -
Episode 137 - Gov. Jon Corzine
Release Date: 2008-10-23Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.
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Episode 138 - Campbell Brown
Release Date: 2008-10-27 -
Episode 139 - Steve Martin
Release Date: 2008-10-28 -
Episode 140 - Senator Barack Obama
Release Date: 2008-10-29 -
Episode 141 - Bill Kristol
Release Date: 2008-10-30Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.
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Episode 142 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Release Date: 2008-11-03Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.
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Episode 143 - Indecision 2008: America's Choice
Release Date: 2008-11-04The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.
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Episode 144 - Chris Wallace
Release Date: 2008-11-05The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.
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Episode 145 - Paul Rudd
Release Date: 2008-11-06With guest Paul Rudd.
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Episode 146 - Thomas Friedman
Release Date: 2008-11-11 -
Episode 147 - T. Boone Pickens
Release Date: 2008-11-12Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.
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Episode 148 - Bill O'Reilly
Release Date: 2008-11-13Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.
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Episode 149 - Sir David Frost.
Release Date: 2008-11-17George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.
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Episode 150 - Denis Leary
Release Date: 2008-11-18 -
Episode 151 - Jon Meacham
Release Date: 2008-11-19Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.
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Episode 152 - Richard Belzer
Release Date: 2008-11-20Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.
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Episode 153 - Anne Hathaway
Release Date: 2008-12-01Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.
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Episode 154 - Calvin Trillin
Release Date: 2008-12-02Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
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Episode 155 - Arianna Huffington
Release Date: 2008-12-03The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.
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Episode 156 - Ron Howard
Release Date: 2008-12-04Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.
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Episode 157 - Matthew Alexander
Release Date: 2008-12-08Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.
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Episode 158 - Mike Huckabee
Release Date: 2008-12-09Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.
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Episode 159 - Don Rickles
Release Date: 2008-12-10Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.
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Episode 160 - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Release Date: 2008-12-11Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.