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A Week With The Daily Show, OldTeeVee-Style [NewTeeVee Station]
Original at GigaOM Network
• Fri, Jan 29
By Liz Shannon Miller As opposed to, say, a classic episode of 30 Rock that never gets stale, The Daily Show is meant to be reactionary to the day’s news, and watching Jon Stewart beat up on a tired topic just isn’t as entertaining too long after the fact. And it really doesn’t take long at all for an issue to get old th...
What You Missed Last Night: Democrats are just like Kevin on The Wonder YearsOriginal at TV Squad
• Thu, Jan 28
By Bob Sassone Ah, The Wonder Years. Kevin's older brother used to tease and bully him all the time. Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart used a clip from the show to illustrate what Republicans are supposedly doing to Democrats right now on healthcare, tax cuts, and many other issues.
Olbermann reacts to Jon Stewart's impersonation on CountdownOriginal at TV Squad
• Tue, Jan 26
By Danny Gallagher It seems that Mr. Olbermann saw Stewart's glasses-removing "special comment" on The Daily Show, so Olbermann dedicated the end of Monday's show to a little "special comment" of his own. Get ready to hear something you may never hear again on a cable news pundit show for a rambling, incohere...
The Daily Show tackles Citizen United
Original at citizenvox.org
• Tue, Jan 26
By Dorry Samuels We know; we have a lot to say about the Citizens United decision. But who would we be if we didn’t include the comedic wit of Jon Stewart, who tackled the Citizens United decision with Daily Show correspondent John Oliver last night. “You have more rights than people now,” a flabbergasted Ste...
Furry Vengence: Trailer Park
Original at The Celebrity Truth
• Thu, Jan 21
Brooke Shields, Brendan Fraser, Samantha Bee (The Daily Show) and Ken Jeong (The Hangover), star in a movie where nature strikes back! It’s out in April.
Jon Stewart Slams Rachel Maddow (!) for Politicizing US Response to Earthquake in HaitiOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Jan 16
By Jack Coleman There's hope for Jon Stewart yet. Here's Stewart from Thursday's "The Daily Show" lambasting what he perceived as ideological responses to the cataclysm in Haiti (click here for link to video at Air America site) -- WATTS: Hmm. Back to Stewart)
B'Man's Hypocrite Watch: Rachel Maddow Towing The Corptocracy LineOriginal at buelahman (WordPress)
• Fri, Jan 15
By BuelahMan David Edwards at Raw Story shared a clip from The Daily Show in an article named, “Stewart to Robertson: ‘Shut your pie hole, old man‘”, and added commentary about how Jon Stewart took Pat Robertson apart with the words of The Book that Pat uses to control and manipulate people with. It is th...
Stewart Rips Maddow for Using Haitian Disaster to Bash Bush, Maddow Foolishly Strikes BackOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Jan 15
By Noel Sheppard Comedian Jon Stewart on Thursday mocked MSNBC's Rachel Maddow for using the tragedy in earthquake-rattled Haiti to bash former President George W. Bush. JON STEWART: Not the right time. Congratulations MSNBC viewers -- you're on the right side of this terrible, terrible tragedy.
Who Got the Part? Lauren Francesca
Original at danielmlehman (WordPress)
• Thu, Jan 7
By dlehman85 When Francesca saw a casting notice for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” at BackStage.com, she applied immediately to be a backup dancer for the show’s parody hip-hop music video. “It’s ‘The Daily Show,’ and I was pretty confident that it was going to be a great video,” she says. “It was reall...
Decade in review: Fake news, political comedy sketches gained real clout
Original at Dallas Morning News
• Sun, Dec 27
But Americans have found more than comic relief in shows like Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Increasingly, these shows have become a ... and more »
In reality TV decade, scripted series still the best TV
Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Sat, Dec 26
The Daily Show" (Comedy Central, 1996-present): The Comedy Central series began in 1996 with host Craig Kilborn, but it didn't really gain cultural and ... and more »
TELEVISION: Best of the Decade
Original at Niagara Gazette
• Thu, Dec 17
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“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central) — This show's been on the air for 13 years now. Remember when Craig Kilborn hosted? We do ... barely. ... The Top 20 TV shows of the decadeBelleville News Democrat Best TV Shows of the DecadeHollywood.com all 15 news articles »
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The Best Medicine
Original at New York Times
• Mon, Dec 7
It will feature sets by John Oliver of “The Daily Show,” Kristen Schaal from “Flight of the Conchords,” Caroline Rhea of “The Tonight Show,” Triumph the ...
The Anti-Anchor
Original at American Journalism Review
• Thu, Dec 3
Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show," must have been chuckling. In October 2008, the faux-news anchor dubbed Smith "the black Shep of the Fox family" for ...
Jon Stewart Rips Obama's Surge Speech: Sounds Like Bush in 2007Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Dec 3
By Noel Sheppard In the opening segment of "The Daily Show," Stewart asked, "[I]s 30,000 troops the military equivalent of two Advil?" So, for the second night in a row, Stewart went after a highly favored liberal icon; on Tuesday, "The Daily Show" host skewered Al Gore over the growing ClimateGate scand...
Jon Stewart Trashes Sean Hannity For Apologizing To HimOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Nov 13
By Noel Sheppard Comedy Central's Jon Stewart absolutely trashed Sean Hannity on Thursday's "The Daily Show." Well, the Fox News personality actually apologized to Stewart for a mistake that was made in a "Hannity" segment aired last week and "reported" by "The Daily Show" host on his program Tuesday.
BOOK REVIEW - America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction By Ron Stewart
Original at alternativemagazineonline.co.uk
• Sat, Nov 7
By Stewart Sutherland By Stewie Sutherland It’s really no secret that I’m a big fan of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, wh By Stewie Sutherland It’s really no secret that I’m a big fan of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, wh
Opinion: The Emmys Post That Needed To Be Written
Original at voguerepublic (WordPress)
• Fri, Oct 2
By Kyle If you wish to argue that “The Daily Show” deserves to win and “Amazing Race” doesn’t (and no one I know has made that argument publicly), then consider this: A good case can be made that “The Daily Show” didn’t deserve to win this year. It beat a nominee that was universally acclaimed to be one...
The Expected and Unexpected at Emmys
Original at Hartford Courant
• Sun, Sep 20
By Roger Catlin Some things were expected at the 61st Annual Emmy Awards, with additional statues for Glenn Close for "damages," Alec Baldwin in "30 Rock," "The Amazing Race," "Survivor" host Jeff Probst and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." But there were also... Some things were expected at the 61st Ann...
Podcast: Klassic Kolbert: ‘The Al Franken Show’, featuring Stephen Colbert
Original at No Fact Zone
• Wed, Jul 1
By Ms Interpreted Huzzah! The interminable 2008 Senate election in Minnesota has finally been decided, and we’ll soon be able to address Al Franken as Senator Al Franken. In honor of the occasion, I’m going to repost an old interview with Stephen Colbert from The Al Franken Show, co-hosted by Katherine Lan...
Opinion: Cramer Claims Stewart Was Trying to Get Him Fired: 'One Day He'll Answer for It'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, May 14
By Jeff Poor Fox asked Cramer if this was just a case of him taking "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's criticism of the entire CNBC network too personally. Cramer said that after the interview Stewart told him not to take his "Daily Show" interrogation personally. However, Cramer also said that Stewart wo...
Schlock Market Smackdown
Original at mikk2 (WordPress)
• Sat, Mar 14
By nonnie9999 The “weeklong feud of the century” reached its climax Thursday night as Jon Stewart welcomed freshly minted nemesis Jim Cramer to ” The Daily Show.” …snip… …snip… …snip… Closing the show, Stewart added, “I hope that was as uncomfortable to watch as it was to do.”
Opinion: Bezos, hawking Kindle 2, braves jokes on The Daily Show
Original at TechFlash
• Tue, Feb 24
ABC News WA Jeff Bezos, Kindle 2 on The Daily Show About - News & Issues Jeff Bezos Sells the Kindle to Jon Stewart: “We’d Make It Cheaper ... All Things D Blogs Jon Stewart Is Totally Not Buying The Kindle 2 Gizmodo.com all 344 news articles
Podcast: Digital Crossroads returns for 2009
Original at radioactivegavin (WordPress)
• Tue, Jan 6
By radioactivegavin The Daily Show’s Indecision 2008 coverage was painfully on-target, like the clip you just heard from Election night. When Jon Stewart asked senior foreign correspondent Aasif Mandvi for a report from Al Quaeda headquarters, the screen read “Live from the Hindu Kush Mountains.” Even tho...
Stranded By the Viacom/Time Warner Face-off? Tune In to the Web
Original at Wired News
• Wed, Dec 31
By Michael Calore The Daily Show -- Comedy Central's biggest draw -- has its own website where you can watch full episodes and clips. You can also get your Jon Stewart fix at Hulu and Comcasts's new Fancast site. And that's just three Comedy Central shows. Help build the list on the How-To Wiki.
Opinion: What Joel is thankful for
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, Nov 27
By Joel Keller Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock, Reality-Free, The Big Bang TheoryAs I think about the past year, in both my life and in the world of TV, there's plenty I have to be thankful for. The life stuff is obvious: he...
Yule enjoy this 'Colbert Christmas'Original at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, Nov 20
By Tempo More fun this weekend than Jack Bauer's grim world-saving is "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All" (9 p.m. Sunday, Comedy Central). Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” also stops by Stephen’s rustic cabin to sing about the joys of Hannukah, which he describes as “not my least unfavorit...
Podcast: Campaign Funnies (The Leonard Lopate Show: Wednesday, 05 November 2008)
Original at WNYC
• Wed, Nov 5
It’s been an epic and often hilarious election year. Lizz Winstead, co-creator of "The Daily Show" and "Shoot the Messenger"; and comedian Richard Belzer, aka Det. Munch, look back on some of the funniest and most outrageous moments of the campaigns. Events:
Strike TV Launches Shows From The Office, Daily Show Scribes
Original at Wired News
• Tue, Oct 28
By Jenna Wortham In short, it's a virtual calling card the site's writers -- which counts scribes from The Office, The Daily Show and Robot Chicken among its authors -- to display the breadth of their capabilities without losing rights. The site doubles as a nursery of television pilots ripe for the signin...
Rob Corddry, ComedianOriginal at Gothamist
• Mon, Oct 27
By Billy Parker Is Naked Babies still alive and kicking out in LA? We are definitely working on a script right now and a TV show that I’m hoping to pitch before the end of the year. Anyone I’d know directing it? Yeah, James Strauss, who directed Grace is Gone, the Iraq war movie.
Are Democrats Better at Political Satire Than Republicans? [Defamer Decides 2008]Original at Defamer
• Tue, Oct 21
By Kyle Buchanan With the Sarah Palin-skewering SNL ascendant and the Republican-helmed satire An American Carol flailing at the box office (because of those pro-immigration chihuahuas), Boston Globe writer Lisa Wangsness has a provocative point to make: that events like these illustrate "the ext...
The Daily Show 10 08 2008 (Michelle Obama & Townhall Debate Review) (4S/0L)
Original at Mininova
• Thu, Oct 9
Smiling but showing the wear of the past twenty months of campaigning, Michelle Obama made an appearance on The Daily Show, where Jon Stewart immediately remarked on how strange it was that after such a long campaign and such thorough public vetting, "This woman from Alaska, Sarah Palin...
Opinion: Pop Culture Warriors
Original at bubblegumculture (WordPress)
• Thu, Sep 25
By dorothyzbornak Man, words cannot describe how much I love these two! That's John Stewart and Stephen Colbert, of The Daily Show and Colbert Report, respectively, lampooning the controversial New Yorker cover that featured Barack and Michelle Obama caricatured as Muslim terrorists. And:
"Gay Bar" Jon/Brian fanfic
Original at ljtops.com
• Fri, Sep 12
Title: Gay Bar Author: whiterabbit1613 Series: The Daily Show, NBC Nightly News Rating: R (probably teetering on the brink of NC-17) for sex and language Summary: It’s happening again...he had in a long time. A/N: Thanks for reading! Comments, criticism, etc. are greatly appreciated! (Es...
Podcast: Democracy Now! 2008-09-01 Monday
Original at Democracy Now!
• Mon, Sep 1
Download this show Headlines for September 01, 2008; Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches; Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" Weighs in on Sarah Palin, Hurricane Gustav and the Media's Coverage of the Conventions; St. Paul Police Conduct Mass Preemptive Raids...
Fanfiction:
Original at ljtops.com
• Sun, Aug 17
Title: Kongsvinger Fortress Series: The Daily Show Pairing: Jon/Stephen Rating: PG Summary: Jon and Stephen go out to lunch after many angry months apart. Disclaimer: All television shows...fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and and ar...
Opinion: Six Degrees: ‘The Daily Show’: Past, present and future
Original at No Fact Zone
• Tue, Jun 3
By Ms Interpreted
Podcast: PBS Star Bill Moyers Says Rev. Wright 'Assassinated by Soundbites'Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, May 13
By Tim Graham
Rob Kutner reads from "Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the ...
Original at losangeles.metromix.com
• Sun, May 11
The Daily Show with John Stewart Emmy award-winning writer Kutner's comic how-to guide on what to do during an apocalypse. "Packed with tips (“Cannibalism: It’s Who’s for Dinner”), quizzes (“Apocalyptic Aptitude Test”), charts (“Stuff ...
Opinion: Misleading AP Headline: Comedy Daily Show 'a Lot Like' O'Reilly
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, May 8
By Warner Todd Huston
Opinion: Strike Watch: '30 Rock' on stage, 'Daily Show' on the picket linesOriginal at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, Nov 15
By Tempo
Good news about Summer and "Chuck," bad news for Seattle fave Joel McHale.
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Thu, Sep 13
By Melanie McFarland
Dan Brown: Tanking on The Daily Show: No Child Left Behind Dogma
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, May 23
By Dan Brown I watched Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's interview with Jon Stewart on Tuesday night's Daily Show with my jaw on the table. Her cheery vagueness and then double-talk backpedaling when Jon Stewart asked direct and important questions struck me as weird and frightening for...
Opinion: In case you missed Rickles on the Daily Show - VIDEO
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, May 17
By Adam Finley
Podcast: Boing Boing Boing 007 2006-11-13
Original at Boing Boing
• Mon, Nov 13
An interview with humorist and journalist John Hodgman, a frequent contributor to The Daily Show, author of Areas of My Expertise, and Apple TV commercial star.
TV Review: The White Stripes Live on The Daily Show
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Dec 1
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