Trivia / The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

• The Cast Showoff: Somehow, even this show can do that. The October 6, 2009 episode features Larry Wilmore doing some pretty awesome (if fairly standard) card tricks while discussing how to play the race card. Who knew he was a magician? Lampshaded where Jon says that the only reason Larry is doing this segment is to show off the magic tricks he's been trying to get on the show. Larry responds...by playing the race card.
• Corpsing: Jon tends to giggle a lot while trying to report. One of the greatest examples is when he and Stephen completely lose it while reporting the Prince Charles Scandal. He does it often during the tosses to the Colbert Report as well, or whenever one of his correspondents says something he wasn't expecting. Jon rarely tries to keep a straight face during his reporting, however. He also just barely got through his interview with Kermit the Frog without losing it.
• Creator Couple: Correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones have been married since before either of them went on to work on the show^note Bee joined the show in 2003, and Jones joined in 2005; the two have been married since 2001.
• Follow the Leader: This incarnation of The Daily Show in particular has spawned a number of similar shows in the Middle East, notably Parazit in Iran and El Bernameg^note Literally, "The Program" or "The Show" with Bassem Youssef in post-revolution Egypt. Both shows' hosts and producers openly admit that they are attempting to replicate The Daily Show, and Youssef eventually became a recurring contributor to The Daily Show.
• Real Song Theme Tune: "Dog on Fire" by Bob Mould, as covered by They Might Be Giants.
• Star-Making Role: For Jon Stewart himself, in the wake of Indecision 2000 and later 9/11, as well as John Oliver (who went on to have his own show), Larry Wilmore (who went on to have his own show), Samantha Bee (who went on to have her own show), Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Lewis Black, Nate and Rob Corddry, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi, Wyatt Cenac, Mo Rocca, Al Madrigal, Jessica Williams, Michael Che... But perhaps for nobody as much as one Stephen Colbert, who helmed the absurdly successful spinoff The Colbert Report from 2005 — 2014 and ultimately took over The Late Show for David Letterman on CBS.
• Throw It In!:
  • Most of the time, if Jon starts laughing, the segment just keeps going. Some guests (and even other correspondents) go out of their way to force a laugh out of him. Stephen Colbert in particular said that he went out of his way to make Jon lose it, as he knew that if that happened, the segment would be really good.
  • John Oliver tripped and broke his nose while on one of his very first field reports. They called back to the office and were asked, "Did you get it on camera? Good. Was it funny?"

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