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 ›

Last night, Daily Show reporter Aasif Mandvi delved deep into a hidden danger poisoning the nation's youth: hot dog addiction. According to Science, there's a link between hot dogs and cancer, and hot dogs are as addictive as...somewhere between The Wire and crack. Just ask special guest star and unrepentant addict Takeru Kobayashi, who tries his darndest to scare the kids straight. more ›

As the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park enters its fourth week, some local residents and small business owners feel like they're the ones be occupied. At a Community Board 1 meeting Wednesday night, Committee Chair Ro Scheffe told representatives of OWS, “Whatever your political views are, it doesn’t matter, because once again our neighborhood has been taken from us. We have a right to peaceful enjoyment of our homes, which we are being denied." Also being denied? The right to sanitary bathrooms, as Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee reports: 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 ›

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 ›

For those on the right who feel that Michele Bachmann's Newsweek cover photo was a blatant hit job, you have an unlikely supporter with a massive platform: Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night to lampoon Newsweek editor Tina Brown for choosing such an unflattering image. After showing a few examples of how photogenic Bachmann is, Stewart asserts, "You gotta go pretty far out of your way to find a crappy photo of Michele Bachmann." more ›

After presenting Birthday Boy President Obama with a gift-wrapped box of horrible stock market news, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart turned to the Culture Wars last night, explaining that we can't let all this Wall Street panic "let us forget that we all hate each other." After noting that Lou Dobbs seemed threatened by the half-black, half-Hispanic Spider-Man (“It’s Lou Dobbs's worst nightmare: a Latino that can climb walls."), Stewart finally weighed in on the American Atheists' lawsuit to remove the so-called 9-11 Cross from the World Trade Center Site. "By the way, atheists, why do you give a s&@?" Stewart asked: more ›

Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart skewered the 9/11 Health Care Bill's failure to help survivors suffering from cancer, with a segment called, "I Thought We Already Took Care of this S@#t." With signature outrage, Stewart marveled at the absurdity of a fund that covers Ground Zero responders with "chronic coughing, laryngitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome—but not cancer." more ›

Yesterday we celebrated National French Fries Day, but it turns out that many Americans are celebrating the almighty frites everyday. So last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart killed our deep fried, oil-saturated buzz by drawing attention to rising obesity rates nationwide. In the below segment you will also learn about something created in the Wendy's laboratory, called the Baconator double meal, which is jam-packed with over 2,500 calories! Everyone eat a salad today! more ›

Last night The Daily Show's awesome Samantha Bee reported on the NYC parks smoking ban from Union Square park, where she ironically juxtaposed the health-conscious smoking ban against the rather unhealthy realities of the park's "methadone alley." After shot after shot of stumbling, spaced-out drug addicts upstage her interviews with anti-smoking advocates, Bee finally asks, "You know what else inhibits my enjoyment of the park? This giant undulating pile of human sorrow. I have to go home at the end of being in this park and scrub myself with a metal barbecue brush just to get all the sadness off. Are you fucking kidding me? Smoking?" more ›

If the already widely praised (some would say over-praised) 2nd Avenue Deli needed an ego boost, it certainly got one last night when Jon Stewart used the opening of The Daily Show to sing the praises of the deli's chocolate babka ($7.95) to an audience member. As far as Stewart is concerned, their babka is so good "you'd no sooner eat than fuck" it. Also, little known fact? Stewart married a 2nd Avenue Deli corned beef sandwich in 1988. You can watch for yourself below. more ›

House Republicans found themselves the butt of jokes on The Daily Show last night for attempting to make a risible distinction between rape and "forcible rape." The language had been part of a bill to limit government subsidies for abortions in instances of rape, and would have given an exemption for women who become pregnant as a result of "forcible rape." Instead, the bill’s author, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), tells Politico the modifier "forcible" will be dropped "so that the exemption covers all forms of rape, as well as cases of incest and the endangerment of the life of the mother." So the amendment is still risible, just not semantically. The Daily Show had fun with it: more ›

Hoorah! For those of you who end up watching The Daily Show and The Colbert Report online or who send links of amusing clips (WYNGZ, anyone) to pals, you no longer need to submit to the Comedy Central video player, because the two political satire shows are back on Hulu as of last night! more ›

After Jon Stewart very publicly went after lawmakers pussyfooting around the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (see here and here), we can't say we were too surprised to see the seemingly dead bill jump back to life before Congress finished its lame duck session. You might even say we were overjoyed. But boy do we wish it didn't mean another round of "does this mean Jon Stewart isn't a comedian?" more ›

The Daily Show is broadcasting from Washington, D.C. all week, and last night President Obama made his first appearance on the show since he won the election. Television critics seem generally disappointed with the interview; Hank Stuever at the Washington Post gripes, "Two men, brimming with mutual regard, each of them funny in his own way, but managing to not be very funny together for the show’s entire 22 minutes." You know, we're okay with the Commander in Chief not being a funnyman; that's Biden's job. But although Obama got wonky and long-winded (by TV interview standards), there were still some good chuckles. more ›

Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Larry King Live last night to clear up some misconceptions about his big Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. After first congratulating his host on leaving CNN "like the last guy out of a burning building," Stewart declared that his event in Washington on October 30th "is in fact not a political rally." So what is it? more ›

It's always good television when Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly yuk it up, and last night was no exception. Stewart surfaced on The Factor last night as part of promotional push for The Daily Show's new book Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race. O'Reilly, who also has a book coming out, thinks Stewart's has too many pages! "Okay Stewart, why do I have to get a sprained wrist when I buy your book?" O'Reilly asks. "Because I put effort into my books!" Stewart replies. "So this is just nonsense, 200 pages of nonsense? Gibberish?" wonders O'Reilly. "We think a little more highly of it than nonsense," Stewart sniffed. "We feel it's well-crafted satire speaking to the human condition, but okay gibberish is fine." more ›

Glenn Beck has taken the high road on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's political comedy event on the National Mall on October 30th, issuing a sorta classy statement that doubled as a nice pat on the back. "8/28 was a historic event for a lot of Americans," Beck says. "I hope that Ed Schultz, the AFL-CIO, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and whoever else wants to plan a march in DC have the same great success that we had with Restoring Honor." But Democrats and other critics are worried! more ›

In case you haven't heard, both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will no longer be available to view on Hulu. Comedy Central pulled the plug and those shows will go black on the site as of March 9th. more ›

On Monday, Condé Nast trimmed the fat by folding four of their magazines: Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Cookie, and Gourmet. Jon Stewart promptly followed that news with a pragmatic solution, consolidating those four titles into Jon Stewart's Pregnant Gourmet Bride. Surely there's an audience who would eat that up! Stewart himself says, "what's going to happen to those modern and/or elegant brides who enjoy high-end cuisine and who have or are having children?" more ›

Jim Cramer was back on The Today Show for the first time since last week's extended interview on The Daily Show—where, by most accounts, he served as doormat for Jon Stewart's extended chastising of his and the rest of CNBC's behavior throughout the economic meltdown. And like a kid who sticks his tongue out once his parents have left the room following a spanking, Cramer took the opportunity this morning to finally stand up against Stewart's attacks. Following the segment's financial talk, The Daily Show discussion begins at around 3:08 below. more ›

If there's one thing late night talk shows love to rip apart more than self-righteous hypocrisy, it's guests who cancel on them at the last minute and give them an excuse to take off the gloves and do it. Last night just that went down on The Daily Show when CNBC's Rick Santelli backed out his scheduled appearance on the show and prompted Jon Stewart to spend the first eight minutes of the show tearing CNBC to shreds. more ›