By Laughspin Staff | February 22, 2012 at 10:20 am | No comments
Last night, Lewis Black dropped in to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for a much-needed edition of Back in Black. The subject: the way in which mainstream media -- mostly Fox News and Nancy Grace -- have handled the death of Whitney Houston. Let's watch, shall we?
The Daily...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 16, 2012 at 12:33 pm | No comments
By now you've heard the Colbert Report suddenly shut down operations yesterday. Last night's episode was a previously aired episode and tonight will be the same. And like every other media outlet, the only statement Comedy Central could give us was this: "Due to unforeseen...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm | One comment
Last night, Ricky Gervais visited the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote his new HBO series, Life's Too Short, which premieres this Sunday at 10:30 pm ET. The faux-documentary series centers around British actor Warwick Davis (pronounced 'Warrick), a dwarf known for his...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 2, 2012 at 5:37 pm | No comments
If you caught Dave Grohl's appearance on After Lately a few Sundays ago (not to mention his Daily Show interviews), you know the Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer can pull off some comedy. In this particular episode comedian and Chelsea Lately writer Jen Kirkman...
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By Billy Procida | January 13, 2012 at 5:53 pm | No comments
We reported yesterday that the hilariously meddlesome Stephen Colbert was gearing up for a major announcement on The Colbert Report last night. Well, we were treated to not one, but two surprises!
First, Colbert bequeathed his Super PAC to his dear friend, Jon Stewart (with...
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By Carrie Andersen | January 13, 2012 at 12:28 pm | 4 comments
In the midst of all this election commentary on late night television, you might have missed that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has brought in a new correspondent to its friendly confines. Jessica Williams made her debut reporting on the GOP primary in South Carolina alongside...
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By Carrie Andersen | November 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm | No comments
These days, tons of young people learn about the news from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. And that’s a good thing – you won’t find too many media sources on television that are as incisive or intelligent as Stewart and his crew of writers. So it’s especially...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 9, 2011 at 1:45 pm | No comments
Former President Bill Clinton visited The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. And because some people think Clinton is more important than, say, Clint Eastwood (the show's guest on Monday), Jon chatted with him for a full 15 minutes. Obviously, the whole interview didn't air...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 3, 2011 at 11:41 am | 5 comments
Yesterday we posted about Donald Trump calling Jon Stewart a racist based on a bit he did about Herman Cain. You can check that out here. Last night on the Daily Show, Stewart responded. Stewart, in part, said:
I’ve taken criticism before. I’ve been called racist,...
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