# Favorite Daily Show Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613 "2002-10-31T00:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/1 "2002-10-31T00:48:44Z")
I am a big fan of these sort of “Hey, what is your favorite ‘X’?” because 1: They tend to be very funny 2: They get nice and long Anyway, I was watching the Daily Show, and this little gem almost made me suffocate: D.C. Historian: Actually, Washington is not administered by a state legislature or anything like a state, it is administered directly by congress. Steve: Ah… Like Canada… DC Historian: Er, no, Canada has its own government. Steve (laughing): Yeah, right… 😃 So, what Daily Show moments made you laugh like a crazy person? cheers ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/2 "2002-10-31T03:26:15Z")
1. The Iraqis are now scared to the point of deshitment… 2. (clip of Bush) I was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. John: \* You were not elected. \* ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/3 "2002-10-31T03:26:33Z")
The post-punch interview they did with the lunatic who thinks that we never went to the Moon. Screamingly funny. “If this really happened, it would mean that Bart Sibrel is the biggest pussy in the world.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/4 "2002-10-31T04:29:43Z")
Stephen Colbert’s day-after-the-election monologue portraying the upcoming innaugeration as the crowning of an insane child emporer. (If anyone has an mp3 of that, I’ll be your best friend…) Five Questions! **Craig** : What are three words that describe you? **Cindy Crawford** : Oh…ummmm…uhhhhhh… **Craig** : Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/5 "2002-10-31T04:32:47Z")
Correction: It was Kathy Ireland, not Cindy Crawford. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/6 "2002-10-31T05:08:33Z")
The interview with a few of the Spice Girls when they say something like: “Americans aren’t funny. You’re not witty… you’re just not funny.” To which Jon Stewart says: … … “Well, I’m no Benny Hill…” Best thing I ever say on television. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/7 "2002-10-31T05:10:18Z")
damn! Best thing I ever **saw** on television. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/8 "2002-10-31T05:17:30Z")
1. Interviewing that guy who thought the Popeye-Bluto add for orange juice was part of a gay conspiracy, at the end one of the Steves (the one with glasses), pretending to be sympathetic, says (and these are approximate): “We don’t _hate_ gay people.” “Of course not.” “We’re just mad at the ones that turn us on.” “. . . What?” 2) At a restaurant, interviewing a rather extreme animal rights lady (whose big thing is supporting “Tuno,” a non-meat tuna substitute), the other Steve (w/o glasses) is listening to her talk about how cruel it is to kill fish, while nodding his head and stuffing shrimp in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/9 "2002-10-31T06:17:36Z")
I forget the context, but: “If you’re so innocent, why won’t you admit that you’re not??” ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/10 "2002-10-31T21:13:08Z")
**ANY** Lewis Black rant, but especially the one about video games where he goes off on GTAIII and the one about Ken Star releasing his repoort about Clinton’s affair with lewinsky on the Internet. LB: "And kids are now learning about sex by logging onto thye Internet. This is **wrong.** WRONG!! “Kids should learn about sex the way I did, from some kid named Stinky down on the corner!!” ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/11 "2002-10-31T22:01:10Z")
To the creatorof the OP, what do I call you? Square? Cube? ---
**Author:** ![njufoic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@njufoic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njufoic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/12 "2002-11-01T05:40:35Z")
WSLer- Yeah, from what I’ve seen of him, Lewis Black is extremely funny. I’ve caught a few of his “Back In Black” segments on the Daily Show, as well as the last five minutes of one of his stand-up routines on Comedy Central. I really like his style. -Andrew L ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/13 "2002-11-01T14:29:22Z")
when Janeane Garafalo leaps into Craig Kilborne’s lap & his chair tumbles over dumping out them both ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/14 "2002-11-01T16:41:37Z")
The report on GWB’s “Fool me once,…shame on…shame on me…” speech, where a reporter claimed that the whole disjointed mess was actually a common Texas saying, and that Laura Bush had it embroidered on pillows at the ranch. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/15 "2002-11-01T18:08:14Z")
I still chuckle at the rant Stewart did when Headline News changed over to its current überinfo webpage format. “LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION!!!” And then they compared it to the old days by showing Cronkite announcing the death of Kennedy… “But what’s the weather like in Omaha?” Then they “improved” on the old days by cramming the same Cronkite clip into the Headline news format… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/16 "2002-11-01T21:20:07Z")
The first Even Steven - when they degenerated into a shouting match, I was on the floor, especially since it was so unexpected. It’s still one of my favorite features, but now you kind of know what’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/17 "2002-11-01T23:43:22Z")
The Mucus Man. They interviewed this old guy who was convinced that mucus build-up causes most human health propblems. There was a gruesome sequence where he performed what he referred to as the “mouth-douche”, after which he deposited the substance in a _huge_ jar of crustaceous, grey mucus. It looked as if he’d been collecting it since the Truman administration! Daily Show Rock. “Have you listened to a word I’ve said, you little turd?” Anne Coulter getting booed. I think Pat Buchanan made some notes on that before he appeared there this week. During a story on the popularity of camel milk in the middle east, it was referred to as being “rich in Vitamin Hachhh”. I think I pulled something laughing at that. Lord Viper Scorpion! What happened to him, anyway? “Feel my sting, Jon! Feel my sting!” ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/18 "2002-11-02T01:09:36Z")
“Yes!” “No!” “Yessssssssssssssssss!” “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” Even Stevens always makes me laugh. I also remember a bit about a guy who shot a snowman in his own front yard. I can’t remember exactly what it was about but I DO remember laughing until I was near tears. ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/19 "2002-11-02T01:39:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Greywolf73 \* > \*\*“Yes!” > “No!” > “Yessssssssssssssssss!” > “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” > \*\* Don’t forget the debate on Jean-Marie Le Pen. “Oui!” “Non!” “Ouuuuuuiiiiiiiiiiii!” “Noooooooooooooooooooooooon!” Good times. I notice that Steve Carell’s been conspicuosly absent the past few weeks: has he left the show, or is he just on hiatus? Haven’t seen Nancy Walls lately, either. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613/20 "2002-11-02T01:56:06Z")
Y’all will have to correct me, but I think it was Steve (with glasses) giving a report on the Russian skating mafia, in which he goes into a riff about how the corruption of the sport will affect the kids who like to dress in spandex and go sailing across the ice. After awhile, he starts getting into it, and begins spinning in place. Jon tries to interrupt, but Steve cries out, “I’M FLYING, I’M FLYING. YOU CAN’T STOP ME NOW, JON.” Damn funny, and at the end, when the camera shows Jon at his desk with his patented “I can’t believe I’m seeing this” look, you can see Steve not only spinning, but bringing his arms together in the classic skating “shit-finish” pose. I love a man who’s true to himself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-daily-show-moments/134613.md?page=2)