Salon.com > Jon Stewart http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 11:48:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Must-see morning clip: George Packer on the decline of American institutions http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/must_see_morning_clip_george_packer_on_the_decline_of_american_institutions/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/must_see_morning_clip_george_packer_on_the_decline_of_american_institutions/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13301378 New Yorker writer George Packer stopped by "The Daily Show" to discuss his new book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," which aims to create a portrait of the power of American people and institutions over a generation. Jon Stewart describes it as "a non-fiction book that reads like a documentary film."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/must_see_morning_clip_george_packer_on_the_decline_of_american_institutions/feed/ 4 Must-see morning clip: Jay Carney responds to “Hurricane Scandy” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/must_see_morning_clip_jay_carney_responds_to_hurricane_scandy/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/must_see_morning_clip_jay_carney_responds_to_hurricane_scandy/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13300302 Jon Stewart reports on "Hurricane Scandy, the continuing tropical shitstorm that is rocking the Obama administration" and White House weatherman Jay Carney:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/must_see_morning_clip_jay_carney_responds_to_hurricane_scandy/feed/ 2 Obama’s Cronkite moment http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/obamas_cronkite_moment/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/obamas_cronkite_moment/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13298039 If President Obama has lost Jon Stewart, has he lost his base? It's a question worth considering after "The Daily Show" host tore into the president Monday night for a series of scandals and controversies that seem to be piling up by the hour this week. In a shouty, expletive-laden segment, Stewart said the IRS scandal will be fodder to the right-wing conspiracy theories he's been battling for years and that it single-handedly "shifted the burden of proof from the tin foil-behatted to the government:"

“Well, congratulations, President Barack Obama, conspiracy theorists who generally can survive in anaerobic environments have just had an algae bloom dropped on their f--king heads, thus removing the last arrow in your pro-governance quiver: skepticism about your opponents.”

By the time Stewart got around to the Department of Justice taking AP reporters' phone records, he couldn't even muster the energy for outrage, mumbling blankly, "mother f--cker."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/obamas_cronkite_moment/feed/ 142 J.J. Abrams and Jon Stewart debate “Star Trek” versus “Star Wars” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/j_j_abrams_and_jon_stewart_debate_star_trek_versus_star_wars/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/j_j_abrams_and_jon_stewart_debate_star_trek_versus_star_wars/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13298069 In a two-part interview on "The Daily Show," science fiction director J.J. Abrams and Jon Stewart debate the societal impact of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek." Abrams, who by directing both "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" movies has realized every nerd's dream, says "They are fundamentally different," calling "Star Wars" a "samurai movie western." But "I couldn't get into it," Abrams says as of "Star Trek." "The goal was to make a movie for movie-goers, not just for 'Star Trek' fans."

"The interesting thing to me was I stopped listening to when said you didn't like 'Star Trek.' I know you what happened cause your mouth was moving after that. So I'm assuming you apologized," joked Stewart.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/j_j_abrams_and_jon_stewart_debate_star_trek_versus_star_wars/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: Fear-mongering at the NRA convention http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13291588 Jon Stewart shares the "Good the Bad and the Crazy" -- with no shortage of crazy -- from the NRA convention in Houston:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/feed/ 2 Jon Stewart trolls Donald Trump http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/jon_stewart_trolls_donald_trump/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/jon_stewart_trolls_donald_trump/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13288962 In a segment on Wednesday night's "The Daily Show," comedian Jon Stewart mocked the notoriously thin-skinned birther Donald Trump, who recently proved to America that he is not the spawn of an orangutan:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/jon_stewart_trolls_donald_trump/feed/ 42 Must-see morning clip: Veterans still waiting for medical benefits http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/must_see_morning_clip_veterans_still_waiting_for_medical_benefits/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/must_see_morning_clip_veterans_still_waiting_for_medical_benefits/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13288641 Jon Stewart delivers a progress report on "The Daily Show's" on-going coverage of veterans awaiting benefits and realizes that "the enemy is paper":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/must_see_morning_clip_veterans_still_waiting_for_medical_benefits/feed/ 2 John Oliver to guest-host “Daily Show” starting June 10 http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/john_oliver_to_guest_host_daily_show_starting_june_10/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/john_oliver_to_guest_host_daily_show_starting_june_10/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13286815 Jon Stewart will go on an eight-week hiatus (previously reported as 12) from hosting "The Daily Show" beginning Monday, June 10, Comedy Central has announced.

Stewart is taking a break from hosting the show to direct his first film, “Rosewater,” an adaptation of BBC journalist Maziar Bahari’s harrowing memoir of imprisonment in Iran, for which Stewart also wrote the screenplay. Stewart is slated to return on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

John Oliver, who has been a "Daily Show" correspondent for the past seven years, will guest-host in Stewart's place. "Don’t worry, it’s still going to be everything that you love about ‘The Daily Show,’ just without the thing that you love the most about it,” said Oliver in a press release. Guests for Oliver’s first week include Seth Rogen, Armando Iannucci, Fareed Zakaria and a musical performance by Mavis Staples.

Although die-hard "Daily Show" fans will miss Stewart's comedic genius this summer, the show is still in good hands. Below are some of John Oliver's most memorable segments:

"Even Better Than the Real Thing"

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/john_oliver_to_guest_host_daily_show_starting_june_10/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart on Syria’s chemical weapons http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_syrias_chemical_weapons/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_syrias_chemical_weapons/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13286578 Jon Stewart attempts to understand if Syria has crossed the "red line" of consequences for the U.S., but can't seem to get a straight answer:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_syrias_chemical_weapons/feed/ 1 Must-see morning clip: Jon Hamm announces marriage to Aasif Mandvi http://www.salon.com/2013/04/30/must_see_morning_clip_jon_hamm_announces_marriage_to_aasif_mandvi/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/30/must_see_morning_clip_jon_hamm_announces_marriage_to_aasif_mandvi/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13285524 "Mad Men" actor Jon Hamm talked season six on last night's "Daily Show," in which "Freaks and Geeks" star Linda Cardellini guest-stars as his new love interest. Cardellini's, aka Lindsay Weir's, presence on set was kept under wraps to prevent the Internet from exploding before the episode aired. "I remember her as a junior, senior in high school," said Jon Stewart. "Because of DVR I remember from, like, 6 months ago. And then you turn it on and you're like, 'Did she travel to space? How did she age ten years?' "

Hamm also plugged his upcoming movie with "Daily Show" correspondent Aasif Mandvi, "Million Dollar Arm," set in India, which serves as a convenient backdrop for their upcoming marriage.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/30/must_see_morning_clip_jon_hamm_announces_marriage_to_aasif_mandvi/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip: Inside the Bush library and museum http://www.salon.com/2013/04/26/must_see_morning_clip_inside_the_bush_library_and_museum/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/26/must_see_morning_clip_inside_the_bush_library_and_museum/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13282758 Jon Stewart takes a look at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, "the Hard Rock Cafe of catastrophic policy decisions":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/26/must_see_morning_clip_inside_the_bush_library_and_museum/feed/ 5 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart interviews Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_interviews_egyptian_satirist_bassem_youssef/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_interviews_egyptian_satirist_bassem_youssef/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13281670 Honored this week as an attendee the Time 100 gala, Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef stopped by "The Daily Show" to discuss the Egyptian government's attempts to censor his comedy. "They're insecure, they are locked up into their teenage years. They still have pimples and have to deal with their body hair," he said.

Youssef, who was arrested for "denigrating Islam," "spreading false news" and "diminishing the president's stature," was released on bail earlier this month. His case attracted international attention, however, as activists cited the arrest as one of the greatest free speech infringements by the Mohamed Morsi's government since he came to power.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/25/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_interviews_egyptian_satirist_bassem_youssef/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart rips CNN’s Boston coverage http://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_cnns_frantic_news_coverage/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_cnns_frantic_news_coverage/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13279539 "If there's one thing you can say for this network, it's that they were there," Jon Stewart said dubiously about CNN's chaotic news coverage of the manhunt in Boston last week.

When other networks switched over to news anchors, CNN stayed on the scene in Watertown, Mass., despite having no news to report:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_cnns_frantic_news_coverage/feed/ 4 Jon Stewart is no Bassem Youssef http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/why_bassam_youssef_is_not_the_egyptian_jon_stewart_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/why_bassam_youssef_is_not_the_egyptian_jon_stewart_partner/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13272863 Two weeks ago Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the arrest of comedian Bassem Youssef, host of the TV show Al-Bernameg, for “insulting Islam” and Egypt’s President Mohammad Morsi. Youssef’s name is rarely mentioned without reference to his admitted role model, the American comedian Jon Stewart, who recently defended Youssef on The Daily Show.

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Since Youssef’s arrest, nearly every story about the incident labels the heart-surgeon-turned-TV-star as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart.” But Youssef — who continues to risk his freedom and career to ridicule Egypt’s political elite — has little in common with Stewart, a man who’s built a comedy empire on an unwarranted reputation for prophetic humor and moral integrity. And even while Youssef himself cites Stewart as an influence, the Egyptian humorist far outshines his American counterpart in his willingness to challenge political and social taboos.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/why_bassam_youssef_is_not_the_egyptian_jon_stewart_partner/feed/ 29 Is Egypt ready for its own Jon Stewart? http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/is_egypt_ready_for_its_own_jon_stewart_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/is_egypt_ready_for_its_own_jon_stewart_partner/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13263147 Global Post CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s judiciary created an international firestorm when the top judge summoned the country’s foremost political satirist in for questioning this week.

The comedian, Bassem Youssef, uses his weekly satirical news show — which is based loosely on Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show" — to “insult the president” and “insult Islam,” the complaint filed against Youssef said. Youssef was released on $2,200 bail as investigations continue.

Critics are calling it an unprecedented assault on free speech in post-uprising Egypt, with even the US State Department and Jon Stewart from "The Daily Show" weighing in to support Youssef. The responses caused a diplomatic tiff in which the official Twitter account of Egypt’s presidency chastised the US Embassy in Cairo feed for posting "The Daily Show" clip criticizing President Mohamed Morsi.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/is_egypt_ready_for_its_own_jon_stewart_partner/feed/ 2 Jon Stewart takes Egypt http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/jon_stewart_takes_egypt/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/jon_stewart_takes_egypt/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13262728 CAIRO — “Don’t Laugh,” reads the cover of the Egypt Independent, an opposition English weekly. The headline stands above an image of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Pakistani academic regalia, topped off with a bulky cylindrical hat crowned with gold trimming. The photograph of Morsi receiving an honorary degree from Pakistan's National University of Science and Technology has come to epitomize a leader who is out of touch with his country. His headwear and the attendant absurdity of arresting Egypt’s most popular comedian, have most of Egypt in stitches.

Satirist Bassem Youssef, who hosts "The Program" (in Arabic, "El-Bernameg"), a weekly production modeled on Jon Stewart’s "The Daily Show," has been snickering at that enormous hat, too. Earlier this week, when Youssef was summoned by the country’s top prosecutor in response to legal changes of insulting Morsi and Islam, Youssef himself wore a massive, to the point of ridiculous, replica of the hat in question. But why arrest Youssef now? Will the legal action trigger a chilling effect on freedom of expression in Egypt?

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/jon_stewart_takes_egypt/feed/ 5 Jon Stewart blasts Sean Hannity for defending abuse as “old-fashioned discipline” http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13262660 Fox News host Sean Hannity leapt to the defense of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice on Thursday, defending Rice's abuse of players as just “trying to get the best out of them.”

"I’m watching this and I’m thinking, ‘I don’t like it’ -- he kicked one player there -- but on the other hand, I kind of like old-fashioned discipline," he said. I mean, have we become that politically incorrect? These are adults, they don’t want to play for that team, they can leave."

Hannity concluded: “My father hit me with a belt, I turned out OK.”

Jon Stewart's assessment? The Fox News host sounds like "a guy who was hit by a belt as a child."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/feed/ 27 U.S. embassy in Cairo briefly disables Twitter account after Jon Stewart tweet http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/u_s_embassy_in_cairo_briefly_disables_twitter_account_after_jon_stewart_tweet/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/u_s_embassy_in_cairo_briefly_disables_twitter_account_after_jon_stewart_tweet/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13260245 The Muslim Brotherhood's interrogation of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has attracted international attention, with some decrying the arrest as the leadership's most serious infringement on free speech since Mohammed Morsi became president last year. Now comedian Jon Stewart has weighed in on the conflict, devoting 11 minutes of "Daily Show" coverage to lambasting Morsi and defending Youssef (who, not-so-coincidentally, has been hailed as the "Egyptian Jon Stewart"):

On Tuesday, the U.S. embassy in Cairo sent out a link to the Stewart clip, inciting a response from the Egyptian government:

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The U.S. embassy responded on Wednesday by disabling its Twitter feed temporarily and then deleting the offending tweet, sparking what the AP calls "an unusual diplomatic incident."

From the AP:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/u_s_embassy_in_cairo_briefly_disables_twitter_account_after_jon_stewart_tweet/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart on rising tensions between North Korea and U.S. http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_rising_tensions_between_north_korea_and_u_s/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_rising_tensions_between_north_korea_and_u_s/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13259894 Jon Stewart has a message for North Korea: "Your war-mongering's a little retro," mocking Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's binoculars and the North Korean army's training exercises.

"Look, I don't know if you know this," says Stewart, "but we've moved on from that Patton thing. War is a little more modern, now."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_on_rising_tensions_between_north_korea_and_u_s/feed/ 4 Must-see morning clip: John Oliver learns that guns are victims, too http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/must_see_morning_clip_john_oliver_learns_that_guns_are_victims_too/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/must_see_morning_clip_john_oliver_learns_that_guns_are_victims_too/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13258715 "The Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver interviews gun activist Charles Heller, who is protecting guns from people in Arizona. When shown the above photo of guns being destroyed, Heller told Oliver, "That one makes me think of what happened to the Warsaw ghetto in 1943."

Oliver responded dryly, "That is definitely not overstating it."

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