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January. 07,2008

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The Daily Show Season 13 Full Episode Guide

Episode 160 - Philip Seymour Hoffman

First Aired: December. 11,2008

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.

Episode 159 - Don Rickles

First Aired: December. 10,2008

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

Episode 158 - Mike Huckabee

First Aired: December. 09,2008

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

Episode 157 - Matthew Alexander

First Aired: December. 08,2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

Episode 156 - Ron Howard

First Aired: December. 04,2008

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

Episode 155 - Arianna Huffington

First Aired: December. 03,2008

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

Episode 154 - Calvin Trillin

First Aired: December. 02,2008

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

Episode 153 - Anne Hathaway

First Aired: December. 01,2008

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

Episode 152 - Richard Belzer

First Aired: November. 20,2008

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

Episode 151 - Jon Meacham

First Aired: November. 19,2008

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

Episode 150 - Denis Leary

First Aired: November. 18,2008

Episode 149 - Sir David Frost.

First Aired: November. 17,2008

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

Episode 148 - Bill O'Reilly

First Aired: November. 13,2008

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

Episode 147 - T. Boone Pickens

First Aired: November. 12,2008

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

Episode 146 - Thomas Friedman

First Aired: November. 11,2008

Episode 145 - Paul Rudd

First Aired: November. 06,2008

With guest Paul Rudd.

Episode 144 - Chris Wallace

First Aired: November. 05,2008

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

Episode 143 - Indecision 2008: America's Choice

First Aired: November. 04,2008

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

Episode 142 - Doris Kearns Goodwin

First Aired: November. 03,2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

Episode 141 - Bill Kristol

First Aired: October. 30,2008

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

Episode 140 - Senator Barack Obama

First Aired: October. 29,2008

Episode 139 - Steve Martin

First Aired: October. 28,2008

Episode 138 - Campbell Brown

First Aired: October. 27,2008

Episode 137 - Gov. Jon Corzine

First Aired: October. 23,2008

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

Episode 136 - Tom Brokaw

First Aired: October. 22,2008

Episode 135 - Christopher Buckley

First Aired: October. 21,2008

Episode 134 - Eugene Jarecki

First Aired: October. 20,2008

Episode 133 - Robert Reich

First Aired: October. 16,2008

Episode 132 - Richard Lewis

First Aired: October. 15,2008

Episode 131 - Ari Fleischer

First Aired: October. 14,2008

Episode 130 - Amity Shlaes

First Aired: October. 13,2008

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

Episode 129 - Robert De Niro

First Aired: October. 09,2008

Episode 128 - Michelle Obama

First Aired: October. 08,2008

Episode 127 - Sarah Vowell

First Aired: October. 07,2008

Episode 126 - Tim Robbins

First Aired: October. 06,2008

Episode 125 - Clint Eastwood

First Aired: October. 02,2008

Episode 124 - Peggy Noonan

First Aired: October. 01,2008

Episode 123 - Bill Maher

First Aired: September. 30,2008

Episode 122 - Hooman Majd

First Aired: September. 29,2008

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

Episode 121 - Bob Schieffer

First Aired: September. 25,2008

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

Episode 120 - Aaron Eckhart

First Aired: September. 24,2008

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

Episode 119 - Bill Clinton

First Aired: September. 23,2008

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

Episode 118 - Tony Blair

First Aired: September. 18,2008

Episode 117 - Charlize Theron

First Aired: September. 17,2008

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

Episode 116 - Ricky Gervais

First Aired: September. 16,2008

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

Episode 115 - Barton Gellman

First Aired: September. 15,2008

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

Episode 114 - Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

First Aired: September. 05,2008

Episode 113 - Mike Huckabee

First Aired: September. 04,2008

Episode 112 - Newt Gingrich

First Aired: September. 03,2008

Episode 111 - Brian Williams

First Aired: September. 02,2008

Episode 110 - Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

First Aired: August. 29,2008

Episode 109 - Evan Bayh

First Aired: August. 28,2008

Episode 108 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

First Aired: August. 27,2008

Episode 107 - Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

First Aired: August. 26,2008

Episode 106 - Ben Stiller

First Aired: August. 14,2008

Episode 105 - Philip Pan

First Aired: August. 13,2008

Episode 104 - Sen. Mel Martinez

First Aired: August. 12,2008

Episode 103 - Ron Suskind

First Aired: August. 11,2008

Episode 102 - David Gregory

First Aired: August. 07,2008

Episode 101 - Sen. Chuck Schumer

First Aired: August. 06,2008

Episode 100 - Seth Rogan

First Aired: August. 05,2008

Episode 99 - Dennis Hopper

First Aired: August. 04,2008

Episode 98 - Brian Williams

First Aired: July. 31,2008

Episode 97 - Ben Wattenberg

First Aired: July. 30,2008

Episode 96 - Bill Bishop

First Aired: July. 29,2008

Episode 95 - Nancy Pelosi

First Aired: July. 28,2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

Episode 94 - Geo Beach

First Aired: July. 24,2008

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

Episode 93 - T.J. English

First Aired: July. 23,2008

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

Episode 92 - Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

First Aired: July. 22,2008

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

Episode 91 - Richard Bitner

First Aired: July. 21,2008

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

Episode 90 - Maggie Gyllenhaal

First Aired: July. 17,2008

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

Episode 89 - Kenneth Pollack

First Aired: July. 16,2008

Episode 88 - Pierce Brosnan

First Aired: July. 15,2008

Episode 87 - Andrew Ward

First Aired: July. 14,2008

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

Episode 86 - Ted Koppel

First Aired: June. 26,2008

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

Episode 85 - Coldplay

First Aired: June. 25,2008

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

Episode 84 - James Harding

First Aired: June. 24,2008

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

Episode 83 - James McAvoy

First Aired: June. 23,2008

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

Episode 82 - Mike Myers

First Aired: June. 19,2008

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

Episode 81 - Steve Carell

First Aired: June. 18,2008

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

Episode 80 - Lara Logan

First Aired: June. 17,2008

Episode 79 - David Iglesis

First Aired: June. 16,2008

Episode 78 - Richard Engel

First Aired: June. 12,2008

Episode 77 - Rick Shenkman

First Aired: June. 11,2008

Episode 76 - Ralph Reed

First Aired: June. 10,2008

Episode 75 - Sen. Jim Webb

First Aired: June. 09,2008

Episode 74 - Adam Sandler

First Aired: June. 05,2008

Episode 73 - Barbara Walters

First Aired: June. 04,2008

Episode 72 - David Sedaris

First Aired: June. 03,2008

Episode 71 - Scott McClellan

First Aired: June. 02,2008

Episode 70 - Richard Clark

First Aired: May. 29,2008

Episode 69 - Fred Burton

First Aired: May. 28,2008

Episode 68 - Matt Taibbi

First Aired: May. 27,2008

Episode 67 - Denis Leary

First Aired: May. 15,2008

Episode 66 - John Harwood

First Aired: May. 14,2008

Episode 65 - Bill Moyers

First Aired: May. 13,2008

Episode 64 - Douglas J. Feith

First Aired: May. 12,2008

Episode 63 - David D. Perlmutter

First Aired: May. 08,2008

Episode 62 - John McCain

First Aired: May. 07,2008

Episode 61 - Fareed Zakaria

First Aired: May. 06,2008

Episode 60 - Sen. Harry Reid

First Aired: May. 05,2008

Episode 59 - Howard Dean

First Aired: May. 01,2008

Episode 58 - Robert Schlesinger

First Aired: April. 30,2008

Episode 57 - Newt Gingrich

First Aired: April. 29,2008

Episode 56 - Jimmy Carter

First Aired: April. 28,2008

Episode 55 - Colin Firth

First Aired: April. 24,2008

Episode 54 - Howard Fineman

First Aired: April. 23,2008

Episode 53 - John Waters

First Aired: April. 22,2008

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

Episode 52 - Sen. Barack Obama

First Aired: April. 21,2008

Episode 51 - Uma Thurman

First Aired: April. 17,2008

Episode 50 - Peter Steinfels

First Aired: April. 16,2008

Episode 49 - Jack Goldsmith

First Aired: April. 15,2008

Episode 48 - Judd Apatow

First Aired: April. 14,2008

Episode 47 - Aram Roston

First Aired: April. 10,2008

Episode 46 - Steve Coll

First Aired: April. 09,2008

Episode 45 - Cokie Roberts

First Aired: April. 08,2008

Episode 44 - Nathan Lane

First Aired: April. 07,2008

Episode 43 - George Clooney

First Aired: April. 03,2008

Episode 42 - William Safire

First Aired: April. 02,2008

Episode 41 - Simon LeVay

First Aired: April. 01,2008

Episode 40 - Sen. Chuck Hagel

First Aired: March. 31,2008

Episode 39 - Alex Kingsbury

First Aired: March. 20,2008

Episode 38 - Sen. Arlen Specter

First Aired: March. 19,2008

Episode 37 - Jeffrey Sachs

First Aired: March. 18,2008

Episode 36 - Brian Fagan

First Aired: March. 17,2008

Episode 35 - Dana Perino

First Aired: March. 13,2008

Episode 34 - Ronald Kessler

First Aired: March. 12,2008

Episode 33 - Grover Norquist

First Aired: March. 11,2008

Episode 32 - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

First Aired: March. 10,2008

Episode 31 - Sen. Tom Daschle

First Aired: March. 06,2008

Episode 30 - Martin Fletcher

First Aired: March. 05,2008

Episode 29 - Ralph Nader

First Aired: March. 04,2008

Episode 28 - Hillary Clinton

First Aired: March. 03,2008

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Episode 27 - Brian Williams

First Aired: February. 28,2008

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

Episode 26 - Allen Guelzo

First Aired: February. 27,2008

Episode 25 - Madeleine Albright

First Aired: February. 26,2008

Episode 24 - Lee Siegel

First Aired: February. 14,2008

Episode 23 - Mark Siegel

First Aired: February. 13,2008

Episode 22 - Bill Kristol

First Aired: February. 12,2008

Episode 21 - Philip Shenon

First Aired: February. 11,2008

Episode 20 - Laton McCartney

First Aired: February. 07,2008

Episode 19 - Tom Brokaw

First Aired: February. 06,2008

Episode 18 - Chris Wallace

First Aired: February. 05,2008

Episode 17 - Tim Gunn

First Aired: February. 04,2008

Episode 16 - Karen Tumulty

First Aired: January. 31,2008

Episode 15 - Peggy Noonan

First Aired: January. 30,2008

Episode 14 - Doris Kearns Goodwin

First Aired: January. 29,2008

Episode 13 - Phil Simms

First Aired: January. 28,2008

Episode 12 - Gerri Willis

First Aired: January. 24,2008

Episode 11 - P.J. O'Rourke

First Aired: January. 23,2008

Episode 10 - Jim Wallis

First Aired: January. 22,2008

Episode 9 - Jon Meacham

First Aired: January. 21,2008

Episode 8 - Allen Raymond

First Aired: January. 17,2008

Episode 7 - Jonah Goldberg

First Aired: January. 16,2008

Episode 6 - Amb. John Bolton

First Aired: January. 15,2008

Episode 5 - Fareed Zakaria

First Aired: January. 14,2008

Episode 4 - Lou Dobbs

First Aired: January. 10,2008

Episode 3 - John Zogby

First Aired: January. 09,2008

Episode 2 - David Frum

First Aired: January. 08,2008

Episode 1 - Ronald Seeber

First Aired: January. 07,2008

Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".