Posts with tag "daily show"

Justin Bieber and Jon Stewart Switch Bodies

Posted Feb 5th 2011 at 08:27 AM by Christine Fenno

This week, fans of 'The Daily Show' did a double take as the intro music faded, and the camera zoomed in on Jon Stewart's desk. The host was missing, and in his chair sat one Justin Bieber, suited up with pen in hand for all the faux-news action. The short-lived premise was a silly body-switch involving a magical skull, and Stewart -- pretending to be the teen heartthrob trapped in the creaky ...

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Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Kick Off 'Rally to Restore Sanity' in D.C.

Posted Oct 30th 2010 at 02:32 PM by Christine Fenno

'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart was joined by Stephen Colbert in welcoming thousands to the National Mall for today's highly anticipated 'Rally to Restore Sanity.' The event, also billed as the 'Million Moderate March' and the 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,' after Colbert chose to combine his 'March to Keep Fear Alive' with Stewart's 'Sanity' event (a logical, rational decision that was ...

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Jon Stewart Mocks Piers Morgan, Chastises CNN in 'Larry King' Interview

Posted Oct 21st 2010 at 12:40 PM by John Mitchell

Wednesday night, Larry King expected (and tried his best) to talk to Jon Stewart about his upcoming "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," but the ballsy star had other plans and spent much of his time criticizing CNN and the net's choice to replace King with Piers Morgan, who is, according to Stewart, "a British guy no one's heard of." Stewart did reveal that his rally with Comedy Central ...

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Jon Stewart Announces DC 'Rally to Restore Sanity'

Posted Sep 17th 2010 at 06:34 AM by Marc Schneider

'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart announced Thursday that he'll lead a rally on Washington that aims to encourage angry citizens on both sides of the aisle to take it down a notch, or in his words, "stop shouting, throwing and drawing Hitler mustaches on people other than Hitler." The event has been dubbed the "Rally to Restore Sanity" and will be held on the National Mall on Oct. 30. "It's real," ...

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'Jon Stewart Was Right,' Hannity Admits in Footage Flap

Posted Nov 12th 2009 at 02:01 PM by PopEater Staff

Footage used in Sean Hannity's report on last week's anti-health care reform rally conjures a famous song lyric: "All the leaves are brown." The FOX News host was caught beefing up the attendance at the Nov. 6 event by showing clips from the much-much-larger Tea Party rally in September, when the trees bordering the Mall in Washington were flush with live leaves. Jon Stewart and his 'Daily ...