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John King Stars In Daily Show's "CNN Magic Wall Conspiracy Thriller"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

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"The Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver was so transfixed by CNN's Magic Wall, he needed to know everything about it. But when he interviewed the ...

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Channel This Election Fervor Into Helping the Country

Brian Ross | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

When the dust settles Tuesday, the lunatic fringe on both sides of the aisle will crawl back into their burrows, and the rest of us will be left to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration.

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The Daily Show Mocks Cubs Fans (WATCH)

Posted 10.08.2008 | Chicago

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The Daily Show delivered a stinging sendup of Cubs fans Tuesday night. In a segment on the disproportionate impact of "Stupid Voters" on the preside...

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The Daily Show Sings Streisand

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

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The Daily Show must be reading ETP, because how else would they have thought to sing an entire medley of Streisand songs on the show last night? Er, o...

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The Daily Show And The Colbert Report, Unplugged (And Ready To Share)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media

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One of the first sold-out shows at the UCB improv marathon was the "Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam," featuring writers and correspondents from t...

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Greening Hollywood Gets Serious Play

Paige Donner | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

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Paige Donner

Think like a child and everything gets easier," chanted the speakers at Pasadena Art Center's Design Conference 2008, Serious Play. The conference took place May 7th-9th at the Raymond Avenue campus.

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Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

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The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious com...

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The Daily Show Looks Back At Stewart's Lewinsky Coverage

Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media

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The Daily Show's John Oliver looked back at Jon Stewart's coverage of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky on last night's show to mark the scandal's 10th...

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"Daily Show" Filling Time With Pre-Strike Scripted Footage

Time | James Poniewozik | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

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Last night, on The A Daily Show, John Oliver filed Our Dead Planet, this brilliant, and seemingly news-pegged report on the imperiled Earth: That Joh...

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Hillary Repackages Herself as a Black Man

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Charlie Rose, Iowa, Barack Obama Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

"This election is about whether or not America is ready to elect a black man President of the United States," she said. "I believe I am that black man."

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Edwards Blasts Obama for Criticizing Hillary's Claim That Obama Criticized Edwards

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Barack Obama, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

The former North Carolina senator said that the Illinois senator's criticism of the New York senator for claiming that the Illinois senator had criticized the North Carolina senator was "an attempt to confuse the voters."

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How to Talk to Your Child about Jamie Lynn Spears

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.23.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Kevin Federline, Jamie Lynn Spears, Miley Cyrus, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Zoey 101, Entertainment News
Andy Borowitz

Q: Will Zoey, the character Jamie Lynn plays on TV, get pregnant, too? A: No. Nickelodeon is owned by an angry old man named Sumner Redstone who doesn't let people get pregnant.

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Attempting to Destroy CIA Tapes, Cheney Burns Down White House

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

The vice president went to his office and put a blowtorch to a pile of CIA interrogation tapes which the White House had feared might be subpoenaed in the near future.

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Clinton Says Being Married to Hillary 'Has Never Influenced My Behavior'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Charlie Rose, Mike Huckabee, Satire, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

The former president said that those who accuse him of favoritism towards his wife "have got it all wrong, because I've pretty much lived my entire life as if I wasn't married to her at all."

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Hillary Accuses Obama of Bed-wetting

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Andy Borowitz

Sen. Clinton went to great lengths to show that the bed-wetting incident, while occurring when the Illinois senator was only three years old, was "relevant" to the current campaign.

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Lou Dobbs' Head Explodes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Lou Dobbs, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Media News
Andy Borowitz

Immediately after the broadcast, Mr. Dobbs was rushed to the Head Explosion Unit at George Washington University Hospital where the CNN anchor continued talking for an additional five hours.

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In Speech on Religion, Obama Explains His Faith in Oprah

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Sedaris, John Oliver, Barack Obama, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

"My religion is a personal matter to me," Sen. Obama told his followers. "Having said that, let me make this clear: I have accepted Oprah as my host."

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Kim Jong-Il Kicks Iran out of Axis of Evil, Calling it 'Not Evil Enough'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Axis of Evil, National Intelligence Estimate, Kim Jong-Il, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Kim said that when Iran was admitted into the Axis of Evil in 2002, "they knew the rules: no nukes, no membership."

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Huckabee Chooses Jesus as Running Mate

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pat Robertson, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Mike Huckabee, Rudolph Giuliani, Jesus Christ, Fred Thompson, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

The Reverend Pat Robertson said he was "blindsided" by the news of Huckabee's decision: "I talked to Jesus last night and He didn't mention anything about it."

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Cheney's Doctors Detect Signs of Heart

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Ted Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Doctors struggled to contain their excitement about the medical anomaly of the century: the sudden appearance of a human heart in a 66-year-old man.

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China Says It's 'Too Late' To Recall Huge Shipment of Turkeys

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pervez Musharraf, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, George W. Bush, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Wuhan Food Exportation Company officials revealed that the birds had been fed an experimental combination of birdseed, lead pellets, and date-rape drugs.

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White House Turkey in Thrill-Kill Rampage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Amy Sedaris, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

Moments after Bush pardoned the turkey, the 18-pound bird eluded its Secret Service escort, stole a White House vehicle and sped off down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Bush Issues "Thankfulness List"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Stewart, Nancy Pelosi, Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

"Let's be thankful for Guitar Hero III, which really helps you get through those long Cabinet meetings when they're going on and on about the economy."

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Gotta Write! Daily Show Writers Just Can't Help Themselves, Smack Down Studios From The Picket Line

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

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Have you missed your Daily Show fix? Well then enjoy this, the latest creative effort by the striking TDS writers as they clearly can no longer keep t...

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Satan Refuses to Take Sides in Regan-Murdoch Lawsuit

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Christian Finnegan, Amy Sedaris, John Oliver, Britney Spears, Michael Vick, Judith Regan, Satan, Judith Regan HarperCollins, Judith Regan News Corp, Food Regulation, Giuliani and Bernard Kerik, Rupert Murdoch Judith Regan, Bernard Kerik and Giuliani, Bernard Kerik, Judith Regan Lawsuit, Judith Regan Kerik, Giuliani and Kerik, Giuliani's Response to Regan Lawsuit, Media News
Andy Borowitz

The lawsuit "leaves me feeling very much caught in the middle," Satan told reporters.

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