The Daily Show - Season 13

1. Ronald Seeber

Aired: 1/7/2008

Tonight, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University who shares his views on worker strikes, Ronald Seeber. Jon begins tonights show by sharing his statement of solidarity with the writer's strike by showcasing his unibrow. Also, the show's name has been changed until the strike is over to A Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Jon then reports on the winners of the Iowa caucus. Finally, Jon summarizes the conflict surrounding the Writers Guild strike in a segment called "Space Reserved For Clever Pun".

2. David Frum

Aired: 1/8/2008

3. John Zogby

Aired: 1/9/2008

4. Lou Dobbs

Aired: 1/10/2008

5. Fareed Zakaria

Aired: 1/14/2008

6. Amb. John Bolton

Aired: 1/15/2008

7. Jonah Goldberg

Aired: 1/16/2008

8. Allen Raymond

Aired: 1/17/2008

9. Jon Meacham

Aired: 1/21/2008

10. Jim Wallis

Aired: 1/22/2008

11. P.J. O'Rourke

Aired: 1/23/2008

12. Gerri Willis

Aired: 1/24/2008

13. Phil Simms

Aired: 1/28/2008

14. Doris Kearns Goodwin

Aired: 1/29/2008

15. Peggy Noonan

Aired: 1/30/2008

16. Karen Tumulty

Aired: 1/31/2008

17. Tim Gunn

Aired: 2/4/2008

18. Chris Wallace

Aired: 2/5/2008

19. Tom Brokaw

Aired: 2/6/2008

20. Laton McCartney

Aired: 2/7/2008

21. Philip Shenon

Aired: 2/11/2008

22. Bill Kristol

Aired: 2/12/2008

23. Mark Siegel

Aired: 2/13/2008

24. Lee Siegel

Aired: 2/14/2008

25. Madeleine Albright

Aired: 2/26/2008

26. Allen Guelzo

Aired: 2/27/2008

27. Brian Williams

Aired: 2/28/2008

Tonight, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams. Jon begins tonight's show with a look at Bush's recent presidential news conference and his trip to Africa in a segment called "Bushman of Africa". Senior White House Correspondent John Oliver was along for the ride with President Bush in Africa and talks with Jon about his experience. Finally, Expert Youth Politics Reporter on Voting Demetri Martin reports on why the youth vote is so important this election year in a segment called "Trendspotting with Demetri Martin". The TDS Street Team hits the New York City bar scene and asks young people who their voting for.

28. Hillary Clinton

Aired: 3/3/2008

Tonight, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

29. Ralph Nader

Aired: 3/4/2008

30. Martin Fletcher

Aired: 3/5/2008

31. Sen. Tom Daschle

Aired: 3/6/2008

32. Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell

Aired: 3/10/2008

33. Grover Norquist

Aired: 3/11/2008

34. Ronald Kessler

Aired: 3/12/2008

35. Dana Perino

Aired: 3/13/2008

36. Brian Fagan

Aired: 3/17/2008

37. Jeffrey Sachs

Aired: 3/18/2008

38. Sen. Arlen Specter

Aired: 3/19/2008

39. Alex Kingsbury

Aired: 3/20/2008

40. Sen. Chuck Hagel

Aired: 3/31/2008

41. Simon LeVay

Aired: 4/1/2008

42. William Safire

Aired: 4/2/2008

43. George Clooney

Aired: 4/3/2008

44. Nathan Lane

Aired: 4/7/2008

45. Cokie Roberts

Aired: 4/8/2008

46. Steve Coll

Aired: 4/9/2008

47. Aram Roston

Aired: 4/10/2008

48. Judd Apatow

Aired: 4/14/2008

49. Jack Goldsmith

Aired: 4/15/2008

50. Peter Steinfels

Aired: 4/16/2008

51. Uma Thurman

Aired: 4/17/2008

52. Sen. Barack Obama

Aired: 4/21/2008

53. John Waters

Aired: 4/22/2008

Tonight, cult film director John Waters. Jon begins the show tonight looking at the presidential candidates addressing the audience of the WWE. Next, Jon takes a look at so-called military analysts the media uses, but the Pentagon call message force multipliers in a segment called "The Less You Know". Senior Military Analyst Rob Riggle talks with Jon about the recent Pentagon report about Pakistan being a safe haven for terrorists. Finally, Samantha Bee and Larry Wilmore visit Pennsylvania and talk with some voters.

54. Howard Fineman

Aired: 4/23/2008

55. Colin Firth

Aired: 4/24/2008

56. Jimmy Carter

Aired: 4/28/2008

57. Newt Gingrich

Aired: 4/29/2008

58. Robert Schlesinger

Aired: 4/30/2008

59. Howard Dean

Aired: 5/1/2008

60. Sen. Harry Reid

Aired: 5/5/2008

61. Fareed Zakaria

Aired: 5/6/2008

62. John McCain

Aired: 5/7/2008

63. David D. Perlmutter

Aired: 5/8/2008

64. Douglas J. Feith

Aired: 5/12/2008

65. Bill Moyers

Aired: 5/13/2008

66. John Harwood

Aired: 5/14/2008

67. Denis Leary

Aired: 5/15/2008

68. Matt Taibbi

Aired: 5/27/2008

69. Fred Burton

Aired: 5/28/2008

70. Richard Clark

Aired: 5/29/2008

71. Scott McClellan

Aired: 6/2/2008

72. David Sedaris

Aired: 6/3/2008

73. Barbara Walters

Aired: 6/4/2008

74. Adam Sandler

Aired: 6/5/2008

75. Sen. Jim Webb

Aired: 6/9/2008

76. Ralph Reed

Aired: 6/10/2008

77. Rick Shenkman

Aired: 6/11/2008

78. Richard Engel

Aired: 6/12/2008

79. David Iglesis

Aired: 6/16/2008

80. Lara Logan

Aired: 6/17/2008

81. Steve Carell

Aired: 6/18/2008

Tonight, comedian and actor Steve Carell talks about his new movie Get Smart.

82. Mike Myers

Aired: 6/19/2008

Tonight, actor and comedian Mike Myers talks about his new movie The Love Guru.

83. James McAvoy

Aired: 6/23/2008

Tonight, actor James McAvoy talks about his new movie with Angeline Jolie, Wanted.

84. James Harding

Aired: 6/24/2008

Tonight, the editor from The Times in London, James Harding talks about his new book Alpha Dogs: The Americans Who Turned Political Spin into a Global Business.

85. Coldplay

Aired: 6/25/2008

Tonight, English rock band Coldplay sing a few songs from their new album, Viva La Vida.

86. Ted Koppel

Aired: 6/26/2008

Tonight, Ted Koppel talks about his new special about the symbiotic relationship between the U.S. and China on the Discovery Channel called The People's Republic of Capitalism.

87. Andrew Ward

Aired: 7/14/2008

Author Andrew Ward discusses his new book, The Slaves' War.

88. Pierce Brosnan

Aired: 7/15/2008

89. Kenneth Pollack

Aired: 7/16/2008

90. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Aired: 7/17/2008

Jon breaks out the Dobbs-O-Meter to measure how well the presidential candidates are doing with the Latino community. Kristen Schaal studies the cougar species, and invents her own name for men who date younger women. Maggie Gyllenhaal tells Jon how Batman made her weak in the knees.

91. Richard Bitner

Aired: 7/21/2008

Barack Obama travels to the Middle East with all three major network news anchors tagging along. Rob Riggle, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Ed Helms are excited to cover Obama's trip to Baghdad. Wyatt Cenac goes to South Florida to find out which candidate the elderly Jews are voting for, and Richard Bitner explains the risky business of subprime mortgages.

92. Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly

Aired: 7/22/2008

Obama Quest continues as Barack Obama visits his birthplace in Bethlehem. Former high-ranking Bush administration officials refuse to answer questions from the House Judiciary Committee, while John Oliver explains we're in a golden age of obstructive politics, and we don't even know it. Lewis Black lists America's insane deals in its End of an Empire Sale, and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly show off their calves.

93. T.J. English

Aired: 7/23/2008

Robert Novak hits a pedestrian with his car, and Barack Obama visits the holy land.

94. Geo Beach

Aired: 7/24/2008

Geo Beach, host of the History Channel's "Tougher in Alaska," tells Jon why America's coldest state is also its greatest.

95. Nancy Pelosi

Aired: 7/28/2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tells Jon about her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

96. Bill Bishop

Aired: 7/29/2008

97. Ben Wattenberg

Aired: 7/30/2008

98. Brian Williams

Aired: 7/31/2008

99. Dennis Hopper

Aired: 8/4/2008

100. Seth Rogan

Aired: 8/5/2008

101. Sen. Chuck Schumer

Aired: 8/6/2008

102. David Gregory

Aired: 8/7/2008

103. Ron Suskind

Aired: 8/11/2008

104. Sen. Mel Martinez

Aired: 8/12/2008

105. Philip Pan

Aired: 8/13/2008

106. Ben Stiller

Aired: 8/14/2008

107. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.1 (Gov. Tim Kaine)

Aired: 8/26/2008

108. Guess Who's Coming to Denver pt.2 (Howard Dean)

Aired: 8/27/2008

109. Evan Bayh

Aired: 8/28/2008

110. Barack Obamas Acceptance Speech

Aired: 8/29/2008

111. Brian Williams

Aired: 9/2/2008

112. Newt Gingrich

Aired: 9/3/2008

113. Mike Huckabee

Aired: 9/4/2008

114. Senator McCains Acceptance Speech

Aired: 9/5/2008

115. Barton Gellman

Aired: 9/15/2008

Jon Stewart discusses the importance of blinking. Sarah Palin will talk to the press as soon as they stop asking her questions. Jason Jones is the only correspondent in the news team with his own spin-off. Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman discusses his book Angler about Dick Cheney's time as the vice-president.

116. Ricky Gervais

Aired: 9/16/2008

Ricky Gervais talks about his new film, Ghost Town.

117. Charlize Theron

Aired: 9/17/2008

Charlize Theron talks about her new movie Battle In Seattle.

118. Tony Blair

Aired: 9/18/2008

119. Bill Clinton

Aired: 9/23/2008

Former President Bill Clinton stops by the show tonight to discuss the current election.

120. Aaron Eckhart

Aired: 9/24/2008

Aaron Eckhart discusses his role in The Dark Knight.

121. Bob Schieffer

Aired: 9/25/2008

Journalist and host of CBS's Face the Nation Bob Schieffer talks about his new book Bob Schieffer's America.

122. Hooman Majd

Aired: 9/29/2008

Wyatt Cenac watches the debate with some elderly Jewish residents, and Hooman Majd explains that it's within Iran's rights to have nuclear enrichment of uranium on their own soil.

123. Bill Maher

Aired: 9/30/2008

124. Peggy Noonan

Aired: 10/1/2008

125. Clint Eastwood

Aired: 10/2/2008

126. Tim Robbins

Aired: 10/6/2008

127. Sarah Vowell

Aired: 10/7/2008

128. Michelle Obama

Aired: 10/8/2008

129. Robert De Niro

Aired: 10/9/2008

130. Amity Shlaes

Aired: 10/13/2008

Amity Shlaes discusses her book "The Forgotten Man".

131. Ari Fleischer

Aired: 10/14/2008

132. Richard Lewis

Aired: 10/15/2008

133. Robert Reich

Aired: 10/16/2008

134. Eugene Jarecki

Aired: 10/20/2008

135. Christopher Buckley

Aired: 10/21/2008

136. Tom Brokaw

Aired: 10/22/2008

137. Gov. Jon Corzine

Aired: 10/23/2008

Jon Corzine talks about the effects of the financial crisis on New Jersey.

138. Campbell Brown

Aired: 10/27/2008

139. Steve Martin

Aired: 10/28/2008

140. Senator Barack Obama

Aired: 10/29/2008

141. Bill Kristol

Aired: 10/30/2008

Bill Kristol believes Obama will be a conventionally liberal president.

142. Doris Kearns Goodwin

Aired: 11/3/2008

Doris Kearns Goodwin believes Barack Obama will win, no question.

143. Indecision 2008: America's Choice

Aired: 11/4/2008

The towering giants of fake news reunite for their hour-long Election Night special, Indecision 2008: America's Choice. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert report live from Indecision World Headquarters where Comedy Central has rounded up the best researchers and consultants (that it can afford) to provide shallow analysis, obscure factoids, random guesses and pointless sound.

144. Chris Wallace

Aired: 11/5/2008

The Fox News Sunday anchor delivers an election postmortem.

145. Paul Rudd

Aired: 11/6/2008

With guest Paul Rudd.

146. Thomas Friedman

Aired: 11/11/2008

147. T. Boone Pickens

Aired: 11/12/2008

Sarah Palin launches a PR blitz, and T. Boone Pickens wants to end our dependence on foreign oil.

148. Bill O'Reilly

Aired: 11/13/2008

Paul Broun compares Obama to Hitler, and Jon doesn't want Bill O'Reilly to be afraid anymore.

149. Sir David Frost.

Aired: 11/17/2008

George W. Bush hosts the G20 Summit, and Sir David Frost discusses his legendary Nixon interview.

150. Denis Leary

Aired: 11/18/2008

151. Jon Meacham

Aired: 11/19/2008

Dick Cheney is indicted, while Joe Lieberman and Ted Stevens face the wrath of their parties.

152. Richard Belzer

Aired: 11/20/2008

Iraq surrenders, and Richard Belzer reads a passage from Obama's inaugural address.

153. Anne Hathaway

Aired: 12/1/2008

Three people die in an attempt to get a jump on their holiday shopping. John Oliver explains who is responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai. Plaxico Burress lets down America's youth by shooting himself in the thigh. MSNBC replaces Fox News as the new administration's mouthpiece, and Anne Hathaway vows to become a train wreck.

154. Calvin Trillin

Aired: 12/2/2008

Calvin Trillin reads his poems about Al Gore, Sarah Palin and John McCain.

155. Arianna Huffington

Aired: 12/3/2008

The new Planned Parenthood gift cards make great holiday presents. George W. Bush winds down his presidency with a Charlie Gibson interview. John Hodgman lets Jon know he's also a lame duck, and Arianna Huffington explains blogging.

156. Ron Howard

Aired: 12/4/2008

Three auto industry CEOs carpool to Washington to ask again for a bailout. Dr. Aasif Mandvi learns there's no cure for liberalism. Ron Howard does a cheesy Richard Nixon impression.

157. Matthew Alexander

Aired: 12/8/2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuts Parliament down. Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi discuss Canada's dependence on Great Britain. Matthew Alexander explains why torture is counterproductive in interrogating terrorists.

158. Mike Huckabee

Aired: 12/9/2008

Rod Blagojevich couldn't have made it any easier for the authorities to arrest him. Many of the nation's newspapers are on the brink of collapse thanks to the Internet. Mike Huckabee says the reason we have so much government is because people don't behave well with each other.

159. Don Rickles

Aired: 12/10/2008

Jason Jones shows some telling footage from his interview with Rod Blagojevich three years ago. Rob Riggle and his uniquely physical interviewing style won't soon be forgotten. Don Rickles gloats over beating Jon at the Emmys.

160. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Aired: 12/11/2008

Hall & Oates perform a song about Alan Colmes and how much he means to all of us. Larry Wilmore says African-Americans support Proposition 8 because marriage is their holiest of holy institutions. Philip Seymour Hoffman shares what he learned about the catholic church while filming "Doubt.