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Jon Stewart on Rob Ford and Canada's National Crack-Smoking Pastime

Maggie Lange · 05/22/13 10:04AM

Jon Stewart began The Daily Show last night by noting: "The great thing about mayors is that they can maintain the eccentricities that get sanded-off and focus-grouped out of statewide or national politicians." And even among crazy mayors, he says, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands out.

Jon Stewart: The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy at the NRA Convention

Maggie Lange · 05/07/13 09:33AM

On the Daily Show and the Colbert Report last night, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert covered the 142nd NRA convention held in Houston, Texas. Stewart covered the NRA 2013 convention in a riff titled "The Good, the Bad, and the Crazy," while Colbert used the convention to launch into a new series called "Bat Shit Serious."

U.S. Embassy in Cairo Deletes Twitter Account After Linking to Daily Show Clip

Taylor Berman · 04/03/13 09:19PM

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo could use a good social media editor after two disastrous days on Twitter. The embassy's problems began Tuesday, when they (or whoever is in charge of their Twitter account) tweeted a link to The Daily Show's passionate defense of "Egypt's Jon Stewart" Bassem Youseff, who was arrested last weekend for insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. That tweet didn't go over well with the offices of Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood.

Jon Stewart Confirms What Seemed Obvious: Hugh Grant is a Dick

Jordan Sargent · 12/14/12 12:11AM

Hugh Grant hates being a celebrity, hates being an actor and generally seems like a smug and unpleasant person to be around. Now, Jon Stewart has confirmed that Grant is exactly that. Last week, Stewart was interviewed by Stephen Colbert onstage in Montclair, New Jersey at a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival. Among the topics was the worst guest to ever appear on Stewart's show, and he didn't hesitate in answering.

ICYMI: Jon Stewart on Neglecting to Pick Up on Petraeus Affair During Broadwell Interview: 'I Am the Worst Journalist in the World'

Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/13/12 10:05AM

On last night's episode of The Daily Show, after recapping former CIA director David Petraeus's "spyfall" from grace and expressing disappointment at the scandal's lack of, well, scandal, host Jon Stewart got down to brass tacks: Namely, his own failure to figure out that something was going on between Petraeus and Paula Broadwell during his now-infamous interview with the disgraced biographer.

Jon Stewart Reacts to Fox's Many Attempts to Spin VP Debate In Ryan's Favor

Kate Bennert · 10/16/12 12:30PM

After mocking MSNBC's now infamous freakout over Obama's first debate performance, Jon Stewart turned the spotlight on Fox's latest attempts to spin the debate in Ryan's favor. Across the board, Fox News made some expected accusations: Biden's laughing was "hostile, aggressive, scornful"; some not so expected accusations: "Dementia"; and, of course, some all together laughable accusations courtesy of "Eskimo Annie Oakley" Sarah Palin: Biden "reminded me of a muskox running across the tundra with Ryan and [Raddatz] underfoot."

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Rumble in an Air-Conditioned Auditorium

Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/08/12 07:57AM

A 90-minute "rumble" between the Daily Show's Jon Stewart and the O'Reilly Factor's Bill O'Reilly inside an air-conditioned auditorium inside George Washington University brought the two disparate pillars of news talk no closer to consensus — but none of the attendees (who paid as much as $1395 to see black debate white) seemed to mind.