History Awesome / TheDailyShowWithJonStewart

* January 21st: Jon deconstructs political pundit [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wegwzd/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-special-comment---keith-olbermann-s-name-calling Keith Olbermann]] in Olbermann's own unique style. The "#1" segment on the following episode of ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' had Olbermann replaying the entire segment from the show...and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZylQXm-vis apologizing.]]''

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** During the same segment, he takes the two presumed candidates, UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, to task for their questionable mental acuity at their advanced ages, and also their supporters, particularly Biden supporters, for [[CantTakeCriticism their refusal to recognize their preferred candidate's flaws]].

-->'''Jon''': and then we decided to go over to this place, ''Crossfire'', which is, uh, it's a [[BlatantLies nuanced public policy analysis show]] that is [[UnfortunateImplications named after the stray bullets that hit innocent bystanders in a gang fight]]. So I go to ''Crossfire'' and, let's face it, I was dehydrated — it's the Creator/MartinLawrence defense; I hadn't, perhaps, my proper water that day — and I had always in the past mentioned to friends... and... people that I meet on the street that I think that show... '''[[SophisticatedAsHell blows]]'''. So I thought it was only the right thing to do to go say it to them personally on their program. But here's the thing about confronting someone with that on their show... they're '''there'''. Uncomfortable! And they were very mad, because apparently, when you invite someone on a show called 'Crossfire' and you express an opinion... [[InsaneTrollLogic they don't care for that]]. Apparently, my opinion was not-- I've seen this show! That's all they do is express opinions! They just shout at each other! But apparently if that opinion is not one of [[FalseDichotomy your standard right/left opinions]], they just... '''bwuh!''' But I did, I told them that I thought their show was... uh... hurting America, and they came back at me pretty good. They said that, uh, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint that I wasn't being funny]]. And I said to them, "I know that. But tomorrow I will go back to being funny, and your show '''will still blow'''."''

-->'''Jon:''' I’m really worried about the Republicans. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Their inability to wean themselves off of military intervention. They have a culture of defendency, if you will]]. And I believe it’s turned them all into [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan warfare queens]]. [[IronicEcho And I think we need to cut them off for their own good]].

* November 12th: ''The Daily Show'' proceeded to [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/u9qlod/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-sean-hannity-apologizes-to-jon have even more fun at Hannity's expense]] when they announced they had made an error and that "Jon Stewart was right." It's almost like Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} is intentionally messing up...

* August 23th: Then, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/nka3cd/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-parent-company-trap the following week]], Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} inexplicably did the same thing, this time connecting the Imam to "terror sympathizer" Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud, ''the same Saudi Prince that Jon had connected to Rupert Murdoch'', and who owns 7% of Fox News' parent corporation! Jon, Wyatt Cenac, and John Oliver had a field day.

** No, no, the ''real'' awesome moment was getting Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} to side with him. And you know what, ''[[WhatTheHellHero they]]'' [[WhatTheHellHero were the ones calling the Republicans bluff]].

* March 13th: Jon rips Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} for their hypocrisy in claiming that comedians (BillMaher to be specific) use the JustJokingJustification as a shield against criticism, even though Radio/RushLimbaugh does that frequently. He also used several examples to show that, contrary to what some say, comedians do face repercussions from jokes that cross the line.

* [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/79pu27/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-vagina-ideologues---sean-hannity-s-holy-sausage-fest February 13th]]: Jon takes the argument about "a war of religion" and some pastor on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} failing GodwinsLaw and goes utterly berserk with it. Do not invoke HitlerAteSugar to a liberal Jew unless you want to get spanked on international television.

* October 29th: Jon [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1lvtqx/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-for-fox-sake- lays the smackdown]] on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} like never before, utterly crushing every argument the network has ever attempted to use to justify its slogan of "Fair and Balanced."

** April 22nd: Two days later, Jon (after some hesitation due to using it against respectable groups like Creator/FoxNewsChannel) fires the same thing at revolutionmuslim.com [[BerserkButton for their veiled death threats against]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' while hiding behind the same rights they were trying to deprive South Park of. [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s1th3k/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-south-park-death-threats View the awesome-ness here.]]

* May 11th: Jon tore Fox News apart for their attempt to drum up a controversy about rapper Common appearing at a White House poetry reading. [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/u9aqtd/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-tone-def-poetry-jam Here]], he shows a clip of the Creator/{{FoxNews|Channel}}.com team interviewing him just a few months ago and praising his work and then goes off on them for basing their argument against him on one poem he wrote that appears to paint himself as a ScaryBlackMan but if they'd actually read the entire thing, they'd have seen that at the conclusion, he actually doesn't want to be that guy and wants to bring peace and prosperity to the community. And then [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/4kgqlk/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-tone-def-poetry-jam---lyrics-controversy here]], Jon shows clips of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush giving a National Arts & Humanites Award to Music/JohnnyCash, even though Cash has several songs containing explicit violence, eviscerates Sean Hannity for being offended at Common's poem but defending Music/TedNugent after Nugent was shown calling for violence against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton [[note]](specifically, saying the following while holding a pair of machine guns: "Obama, he’s a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.")[[/note]] during a concert in 2007 and finishes it off with his own [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy spoken word piece]], taking to task a bunch of Fox contributors and their constant obsession with trashing anything involved with the President and capping it by saying they blow.

-->'''Jon:''' I defer to their judgement, and I apologize for my mistake. To not do so, would be irresponsible, and if I were to [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel continue to make those mistakes and misstatements and not correct them, specially if each and everyone of those misstatements happen to go in one particular direction on the political spectrum, then that would undermine the integrity and credibility that I work so hard to pretend to care about]].

* December 5th: Herman Cain announces his campaign ending, which results in a montage of [[BigNo "Big No's"]] from ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', ''Film/SteelMagnolias'', ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance'', and ''Film/TheRoom''. He fixes it by [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/meop9j/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2012---oh--the-hermanity- saying]] the nine greatest words ever to be spoken by a politician..."I believe these words came from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie." Jon Stewart then proves that he and his crew are [[JustForFun/OneOfUs complete and utter nerds]] by spouting numerous references to the [[Anime/Pokemon2000 movie in question]] and the franchise.

* October 15th: Stewart's appearance on CNN's debate show ''Crossfire'' before the 2004 election to promote his book ''America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction''. [[TranquilFury With his blank, nearly despairing expression never leaving his face]], Jon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE utterly castigates]] the two hosts, including now-Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson. Exposed for the vapid nothingness it was (with the live studio audience clapping for ''his requests they stop hurting the country'' rather than in favor of the hosts), the show was canceled three months later.

** It should be noted that [[ObfuscatingStupidity they never mentioned Al-waleed by name, and instead referred primarily to his organization]], but mentioning that it's "headed up by the guy who tried to give... 10 million dollars after 9/11, which was sent back" "he funds radical madrassas all over the world-" "and he funds this Imam." Needless to say, Oliver and Cenac had ''another'' field day with this one, wearing "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Team]] [[TooDumbToLive Stupid]]" versus "Team [[ObfuscatingStupidity Evil]]".

** But always one to be fair and balanced, he wonders if politifact.com has ever fact checked on Fox, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/lkmdal/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-fox-news--false-statements then took this chance to show just a number of facts that Fox News have gotten wrong]], in a massive moment of CriticalResearchFailure and BlatantLies. Starting with the site giving the statements that ''"Health Care Reform is a government take on Health Care"'' and ''"Health Care Bill includes death panels"'' the 2010 and 2009 '''lie of the year award''' respectively, to giving the ''"Pants On Fire"'' rating to the statements that ''"Halting Gulf Drilling cost 8 billion a day in imports"'' and ''"Nobody on Fox News ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health care insurance"'' and ending there being so many examples there was ''literally'' no more room on the screen.

* August 14th: John Oliver [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/u0ml73/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-track-to-the-future goes berserk]] when [[CriticalResearchFailure CNN claims that billionaire Elon Musk]] was the [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer inspiration]] for [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], even though ''Iron Man'' was created in 1963 whereas Musk was born in 1971.

* July 23rd: Jon tears down ABC newsman Brian Ross for accusing Aurora, CO Tea Party member James Holmes of being the perpetrator of the ''The Dark Knight Rises'' shooting, but not offering an apology [[NamesTheSame when it's pointed that this James Holmes is different from the Holmes that committed the deed]].

* January 27th: When Sean Hannity says he's going to leave New York because the governor said ultra conservatives aren't welcome in New York, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/sixd7e/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-sean-of-the-fled---stay-mr--hannity--stay Jon offered]] to carry him out. Then, when he said he wanted to go to Texas, Jon showed footage of Rick Perry [[DoubleStandard saying if gays/lesbians don't like Texas' marriage laws they can leave.]] Then, when Hannity fessed up that taxes were the reason he was leaving, Jon decided someone as wealthy as Hannity must stay. So he shows a video of dozens of New Yorkers saying they'll change to fit Hannity's ideals, including Tim Gunn, Nathan Lane and [[UpToEleven the entire cast]] of ''Theatre/JerseyBoys''. Finally, Nathan Lane ends the video by saying they actually don't care what the fuck Hannity does.

* December 7th: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xfmlfj/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-headlines---secular-central Jon and Samantha Bee calling Bill O'Reilly on presenting year old footage of a joke as a recent attack on Christmas.]] With [[spoiler: a '''very''' pregnant Samantha Bee, who was noticeably slimmer the year before]].

** Hey, ''anything'' having to do with the Weiner scandal, really, considering how clearly hard it was for Jon to do this at all. [[spoiler: Keep in mind that he and Weiner were friends in college.]]

* December 5th: Herman Cain announces his campaign ending, which results in a montage of [[BigNo "Big No's"]] from ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', ''Film/SteelMagnolias'', ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance'', and ''Film/TheRoom''. He fixes it by [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/meop9j/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-indecision-2012---oh--the-hermanity- saying]] the nine greatest words ever to be spoken by a politician..."[[spoiler: I believe these words came from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie.]]" Jon Stewart then proves that he and his crew are [[JustForFun/OneOfUs complete and utter nerds]] by spouting numerous references to the [[{{Anime/Pokemon 2000}} movie in question]] and the franchise.

* September 26th: Jon discusses the NFL Replacement Referee controversy, during which he consults John Oliver [[spoiler:portrayed by Creator/PatrickStewart]].

* Jon's tour of duty is over, but he's still [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prayer-cards-911-jon-stewart_566324d4e4b08e945fefc404?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 fighting the good fight]] to get the 9/11 bill made permanent. [[spoiler:He did it -- again.]]

-->'''Tucker''': You have John Curry on your show and you sniff his throne, and you're accusing ''us'' of partisan hackery?

-->'''Tucker''': You have John Curry on your show and you sniff his throne, and you're accusing _us_ of partisan hackery?

** Probably the best part was when the Crossfire guys were complaining how Jon also failed journalistic integrity, Jon countered with "You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is [[Series/CrankYankers puppets making prank phone calls!]] What is ''wrong'' with you!?" His earlier comment about how if the major news corporations are looking to Comedy Central for guidance, that they're in big trouble rings particularly true.

* October 15th: [[TranquilFury With his blank, nearly despairing expression never leaving his face]], Jon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE utterly castigates]] the two fools on CNN's "Crossfire" before the 2004 election. Exposed for the vapid nothingness it was (with the live studio audience clapping for ''his requests they stop hurting the country'' rather than in favor of the hosts), the show was canceled three months later.

* October 15th: [[TranquilFury With his blank, nearly despairing expression never leaving his face]], Jon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE utterly castigates]] the two fools on CNN's "Crossfire" before the 2004 election. Exposed for the vapid nothingness it was, the show was canceled three months later.

-->'''Jason Jones''': He is... [[NotSoDifferent in a lot of ways like you]]. Big business, [[TakeThat small minded...]]

* September 5th: Just like the RNC segment on August 29th, Samantha Bee and Jason Jones challenge the DNC's platform on tolerance by exposing how [[NotSoDifferent a good number of them aren't tolerant of the Tea Party or "redneck hicks"]].

** Same episode, Jon bashes the backlash against Coca-Cola's Super Bowl ad playing "America the Beautiful" in different languages, pointing out how our ancestors all came from somewhere else and we should celebrate diversity in America. And, of course, pointing out the {{irony}} of someone griping about how the song should only be sung in English, while [[ComicallyMissingThePoint referring to it as the National Anthem]]. Frosting the cake? A rendition of "America the Beautiful" by the languages of the ''last'' great wave of immigrants - Italian, German, Russian, Yiddish, etc - [[NotSoDifferent with a pastiche of 1920's era anti-immigrant advertisements and signage]].

* February 19th: Jason Jones continues his investigation of Russia, and finds [[NotSoDifferent it's everything American conservatives could want: anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-abortion, anti-immigration, pro-gun and pro-Christianity]].

-->'''Jon:''' [[YouKeepUsingThatWord I think you might be confusing]] ''[[YouKeepUsingThatWord tyranny]]'' [[YouKeepUsingThatWord with]] ''[[YouKeepUsingThatWord losing]]''. And I feel for you because ah... I've been there. A few times. In fact, one of them was a bit of a nailbiter. But see, when the guy that you disagree with gets elected, he's probably going to do things you disagree with. [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush He could cut taxes on the wealthy, remove government's oversight capability, invade a country that you thought should not be invaded]], but that's not tyranny. That's ''democracy''. See, now you're in the ''minority''. It's supposed to taste like a shit taco. And by the way, if I remember correctly when disagreement was expressed about that president's actions when y'all were in power I believe the response was "why do you hate America?", "watch what you say", "love it or leave it", "suck on my truck nuts".

* February 2nd: Aasif Mandvi's interview with a Florida politician who supported a law requiring urine samples to get government benefits. After he goes on a long diatribe explaining people who receive taxpayer money should be happy to be drug tested, no matter what their hardships, Aasif [[ArmorPiercingQuestion takes him down with one question]]: "So who pays your salary?" The [[OhCrap deer-in-the-headlights]] look on his face as he realizes what's coming is priceless! The [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/vra301/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-poor-pee-ple whole piece]] is a beautiful exposing of hypocrisy, but that one moment was almost all that was necessary!

*** And in a HilariousInHindsight moment, Congressman Trey Radel (R-FL), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Radel#Resignation was arrested for cocaine possession in 2013]]. While not interviewed, he had pushed this bill on a ''National'' level.

-->'''Jon:''' So, if I may say, your hypocritical outrage and sanctimony aside, the reason it's hard for everybody to get outraged by this terribly tragic and ultimately preventable disaster that was Benghazi is that [[CryingWolf everybody in this country has seen this movie before.]] [[TheWarOnTerror Only that movie was on an IMAX.]]

-->'''Jon''': This show is harmful education-wise to your belief structure. (''{{Beat}}'') Is that not the ''purpose'' of education vis-à-vis ''belief structures''? To replace your ''belief structure'' with '''facts'''? I don't like the show ''Series/{{Nova}}'' because it is harmful to my belief structure that the ocean tides are controlled by monsters. The balls on this guy! "This show challenges the stereotype I have about Muslims, so I guess I could no longer accept that stereotype, or, if it pleases the court, you could just replace these Muslims with some ones that more-aptly fit my narrow view. I'm also troubled why no one on your show ''Series/LittlePeopleBigWorld'' [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs whistles while they work]] or [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory makes candy for Willy Wonka]]. Sincerely, Your Friends at FAAAH-fafafafafa..."

* November 19: [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/jqbcxs/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--1 Bill.]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/pr2wkp/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--2 freaking.]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/8l7k9h/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-exclusive---bill-cosby-extended-interview-pt--3 Cosby.]] That is all.