Archive for the ‘the+daily+show’ Category

Obama Campaign Hurting Late Night Comedians

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

"There has been little humor about Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape dominated by white hosts, white writers, and overwhelmingly white audiences, there has been almost none about his race. ... "We're carrion birds," said Stewart, "We're sitting ...

The Real Fight Over Fake News

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Full episodes of three Comedy Central shows - "The Daily Show," "The Colbert Report" and "South Park" - will start being Webcast, both on MTV-owned sites and on the Fancast site from Comcast. (Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom's MTV Networks unit, has been Webcasting "South Park" episodes for ...

People don’t get news from ‘Daily Show’

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

"They're not making jokes about Dan Quayle is dumb or Gerald Ford is clumsy," he said. "They're not making jokes that you could get if you live in the country but don't read the news ... . You can't get the jokes if you're not watching the news. The jokes ...

Daily Show’s Stewart ‘Quietly Visiting’ Ailing Iraq Soldiers

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Turns out the comedian has been quietly visiting soldiers at Walter Reed and Bethesda hospitals, trips he began in 2004 to better understand the Iraq war. "I felt that I was living in a world of theory," he told the audience, "but I hadn't touched the reality and the humanity ...

Not The Daily Show, With Jason Ross

Friday, November 16th, 2007

What do the writers of the Daily Show think of the ongoing writers' strike?Read the full story

Hey Canadians: No Daily Show for you

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

You can watch some recent episodes of The Daily Show at the Canadian site, but there is only a small selection, in contrast to the complete show archive that is available at the U.S. site. I guess it’s better than a blank screen, but not by much.Read the full story

“Daily Show” and “Silverman” Getting New Web Sites

Friday, September 7th, 2007

TheDailyShow.com, which launches in the fourth quarter, will archive the entire video history of the show including headlines, interviews and the "Back in Black" feature. The portal also will present the previous evening's episode in its entirety an hour or two after its broadcast.Read the full story

Jon Stewart: Report provided ’scientific basis for irrational discomfort around gay people’

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

"The condom is on the other foot Vitter!"Read the full story