Obscure indie film star Zach Galifianakis is starring in a 30-minute, NYC-centric version of his stellar, houseplant-invoking web series, Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York, that features Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, and Sir Richard Branson. Yes! Bring on the awkward, prickly questions about salary, facial scars, and crappy airline food! more ›

With "pink slime" producers shutting down and the "lean, finely textured beef" being banned in fast food restaurants and schools alike, it was about time The Daily Show caught up with the story. And so, hot on the heels of their exploration of the miseries of grocery shopping in Park Slope, John Stewart gave Pink Slime its Comedy Central closeup. more ›

Having linfected Stephen Colbert, President Obama and Sarah Palin, Linsanity finally hit Jon Stewart and The Daily Show last night. Stewart ended up having to defend Lin to a bummed out Larry Wilmore, who felt Lin's basketball theatrics were overshadowing Black History Month: “How can it be that in the middle of Black History Month an Asian kid comes in and does this?...Hey, I've got one: you're kil-lin me. This is more painful than a lin-grown toe nail." more ›

If there is one thing Jon Stewart loves, it is to mock Fox News. And boy howdy did he have fun with the network last night regarding contributor Liz Trotta's interesting views on the recently reported 64 percent rise in violent sexual assaults in the military. You will be "horror-tained" as Stewart responds to Trotta's comments—"What did they expect? These people are in close contact."—with zingers like, "You know what they say, you can't make a co-ed omelette without raping a few eggs." more ›

Stephen Colbert's Super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, has raised $1,023,121.24, according to documents filed yesterday with the FEC [pdf]. In a letter accompanying the filing, the group's treasurer writes: "Stephen Colbert, President of ABTT, has asked that I quote him as saying, ''Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I'm rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one!' I would like it noted for the record that I advised Mr. Colbert against including that quote." more ›

The Daily Show featured not one but two segments on SOPA last night, and with Wikipedia "dark," Jon Stewart had a dickens of a time figuring out just what the hell SOPA means. (What was he supposed to do to learn things, "go to the library like a common masturbator?") And so Stew-Beef reluctantly turned to the "notoriously unreliable news" for answers, discovering, to his horror, that this law could send violators to jail for up to five years for merely streaming copyrighted material. more ›

When Jon Stewart heard that Herman Cain would be suspending his campaign for president, The Daily Show host was despondent, depressed, and "losing all hope" that his job would ever bring him joy again. But then, like God closing a door and then opening a window to reveal "a circus peanut wearing a badger," news broke that Donald Trump would be moderating a Republican debate, with or without Mitt Romney. It goes without saying Stew Beef is stoked: more ›

In case you stepped away from Fox News for a few moments over the Thanksgiving holiday, you may have missed the network's outraged condemnation of President Obama for not mentioning God in his YouTube Thanksgiving address. Ever ready to feed conservative America's insatiable hunger for vapid manufactured controversy, Fox derided the president's secular liberal godlessness with their special blend of sanctimony and contempt. And last night, the circle was completed at last when The Daily Show weighed in on this "Much Ado About Stuffing": more ›

The newly-slimmed down (and cable-ready) Rev. Al Sharpton visited the Daily Show last night, and sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have been nestled in Zuccotti Park for the last month. Among other things, they covered the media bias in reporting on OWS, and Sharpton's full embrace of OWS, including the time he broadcast his radio show live from the park. But the most interesting parts of the interview came when the two criticized the "theatrics" around OWS. Watch below. more ›

Don't let the clean suits fool you; the Daily Show's John Oliver isn't some millionaire "job creator"—he's part of the 99%, and he went down to Zuccotti Park to join in the historic Occupy Wall Street movement. Well, that was the premise of last night's segment. What Oliver really wanted was to turn on the cameras and let a sampling of protesters make fools of themselves. Like shooting rubber chickens in a barrel: more ›

Last night The Daily Show and The Colbert Report returned from one of their frequent vacations (hey, you try being funny four days a week!) and dove right into the Occupy Wall Street coverage. Neither segment was as hilaaaairious as one might expect, but each had their moments—particularly when Jon Stewart summoned a protester over to the dreaded "Camera 3" to chastise him for defecating on an NYPD car: more ›

Yesterday, Chris Christie confirmed that he was not going to be running for the job of President of the United States (at least not in 2012). But with Christie confirming what he's been saying for ages, where does that leave political pundits? Licking their wounds and reviewing the tape. And luckily, yesterday's press conference had lots of good tape to review! more ›

Jon Stewart turned his attention to the Occupy Wall Street protests on The Daily Show last night, homing in on infamous pepper spray officer Anthony Bologna, who was caught spraying demonstrators in two videos. After showing the first video, Stewart tried to give the high-ranking officer the benefit of the doubt, speculating that perhaps, since it was a hot day, he was "reaching for his canister of cooling, cucumber mist spray—and grabbed the pepper spray by accident." more ›

We were not the only ones deeply disturbed by the sight of Nancy Grace's nipple on Dancing with the Stars Monday night. Jon Stewart uses his Daily Show platform to vent for fathers everywhere: "Why is the angry lady from Court TV trying to breast feed my children?" more ›

The 9th District's new representative in Congress, Bob Turner, will be sworn in today, and his fellow Republicans are interpreting his special election victory as A SIGN that Obama is a one term president. Former Mayor Ed Koch, whose endorsement of Turner was pivotal, is also reading the tea leaves, and says Obama would have to be "pretty blind" not to get the message that the Jewish vote is up for grabs. "Now the president knows he cannot take the Jewish vote for granted," Koch told the Post yesterday, suggesting that Democrat David Weprin lost because of Obama's Israel policy. Jon Stewart, on the other hand, blamed Anthony Weiner's "self portrait." more ›

Last night, Jon Stewart shared a promo for a very special Daily Show segment, ostensibly airing tonight, on 9/13 (unless this too is a joke). Called simply, "The Daily Show Remembers 9/13/2001: Remembering The Day We Forgot The Lessons Of The Day We Swore We Would Always Remember," the segment promises to look back on all the low points of 9/11 exploitation, which began two days after the attacks, with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blaming pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays, the ACLU and others for "helping" 9/11 happen. more ›

On September 20th, 2001 The Daily Show returned for the first time after the tragedy on the 11th, and Jon Stewart opened with the below memorable speech, which is worth revisiting. In it, a choked-up Stewart (who says, "luckily we can edit this"), hopes that we'll be able to ride out the storm. more ›

In this mixed-up modern world, the idea of a Post Office charging less than 50 cents to hand-deliver information across America is only "incrementally less crazy" than Urbanfetch, which, according to Jon Stewart, was "basically a service for people who were too high to go out and get things, but not too high to want things." In a funny Daily Show segment last night, Stewart marveled at the possibility that the Postal Service could shut down this winter if it can't make a $5.5 billion payment due later this month. more ›