The Daily Show - Season 14
1 - David Gregory
Air Date: January 5, 2009
Jon wants David Gregory to explain why Brett Favre walking off his charter plane is breaking news on MSBNC.
2 - Michael Wolff
Air Date: January 6, 2009
Author Michael Wolff.
3 - Rachel Maddow
Air Date: January 7, 2009
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee and John Oliver go undercover for more information on the Obama girls. Aasif Mandvi says Sanjay Gupta's appointment will be a tremendous over achievement in a community of overachievers. Rachel Maddow is insulted as an American that the Obamas can't stay in the presidential guesthouse.
4 - Dana Perino
Air Date: January 8, 2009
Barack Obama dines with all the living ex-presidents, and Joe the Plumber goes to Gaza. Roland Burris is turned away while trying to take his Senate seat. Dana Perino talks about her 12 days left in the White House.
5 - Maxwell Kennedy
Air Date: January 12, 2009
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
6 - Daniel Craig
Air Date: January 13, 2009
7 - Fareed Zakaria
Air Date: January 14, 2009
Marcus Schrenker is caught faking his own death. Hillary Clinton gets sleepy at her confirmation hearing. Lewis Black lists the mega corporations asking for bailouts, and Fareed Zakaria talks about terrorism in India.
8 - Bethany McLean
Air Date: January 15, 2009
9 - Abderrahim Foukara
Air Date: January 19, 2009
10 - Bishop Gene Robinson
Air Date: January 20, 2009
A veritable who's who of statesmen arrives for Barack Obama's historic inauguration. Jason Jones brushes off any comparisons between the Obama and Bush speeches. Wyatt Cenac reports from Obama's crazy-cool inaugural ball. Samantha Bee declares an end to frat boy humor, and Gene Robinson prays for Rick Warren.
11 - David Sanger
Air Date: January 21, 2009
Barack Obama watches the inaugural parade and then hits the parties. John Oliver feels the unity in DC, the news networks cover the inauguration differently, and David Sanger warns of the danger Pakistan poses.
12 - Liam Neeson
Air Date: January 22, 2009
Hillary Clinton frees the State Department, and Barack Obama moves to close Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo is excited to leave, but he still wants to kill you. Rush Limbaugh hopes Barack Obama fails, and Liam Neeson visits the horse stable next door.
13 - President Jimmy Carter
Air Date: January 26, 2009
Rod Blagojevich boycotts his own impeachment trial, Barack Obama closes down Guantanamo, and Jon gives Jimmy Carter a gift.
14 - Gwen Ifill
Air Date: January 27, 2009
15 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Air Date: January 28, 2009
16 - P.W. Singer
Air Date: January 29, 2009
17 - Lawrence Lindsey
Air Date: February 2, 2009
The Republicans pick Michael Steele as their RNC chairman, and now Wyatt Cenac is confused. The Super Bowl ads show where we are as a culture, and Lawrence Lindsey agrees with Jon's stimulus plan.
18 - Dev Patel
Air Date: February 3, 2009
The star of Slumdog Millionaire drops by to promote the Oscar-nominated movie.
19 - Karen Greenberg
Air Date: February 4, 2009
20 - Randall Balmer
Air Date: February 5, 2009
Author of God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W.
21 - Walter Isaacson
Air Date: February 9, 2009
22 - Thomas Ricks
Air Date: February 10, 2009
Barack Obama gives thoughtful answers at a press conference. Samantha Bee meets a few robot soldiers, and Thomas Ricks says we'll be in Iraq for a long time.
23 - Daniel Sperling
Air Date: February 11, 2009
The author of "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability" draws up a road map to smarter energy policy.
24 - John Sununu
Air Date: February 12, 2009
25 - Jeff Bezos
Air Date: February 23, 2009
Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.
26 - Ricky Gervais
Air Date: February 24, 2009
27 - Tom Selleck
Air Date: February 25, 2009
28 - Brian Williams
Air Date: February 26, 2009
Fox News reports on a Joe Biden gaffe, and Congressman Rob Bishop opposes the "monkey bite bill." Hillary Clinton discusses poetry in Asia, and Brian Williams doesn't Twitter.
29 - Harold Varmus
Air Date: March 2, 2009
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist navigates the real world or research in "The Art and Politics of Science.
30 - Sandra Day O'Connor
Air Date: March 3, 2009
31 - Joe Nocera
Air Date: March 4, 2009
32 - Billy Crudup
Air Date: March 5, 2009
33 - Nathaniel Frank
Air Date: March 9, 2009
Author of the new book 'Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America'.
34 - Craig Mullaney
Air Date: March 10, 2009
West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger and author of the new book 'The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education'.
35 - Paul Rudd
Air Date: March 11, 2009
Actor Paul Rudd talks about his new movie 'I Love You Man'.
36 - Jim Cramer
Air Date: March 12, 2009
Jon and Jim Cramer prepare for their highly anticipated skirmish. Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud. Jim Cramer admits to his mistakes, and vows to do a better job reporting the financial market.
37 - Gen. Richard B. Myers
Air Date: March 16, 2009
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers talks about his new book 'Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security'.
38 - Ian McShane
Air Date: March 17, 2009
Actor Ian McShane talks about his new show 'Kings'.
39 - Nandan Nilekani
Air Date: March 18, 2009
Jon Stewart interviews Nandan Nilekani, Author of 'Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation'.
40 - Bruce Springsteen
Air Date: March 19, 2009
Bruce Springsteen comes by the show to promote his new album 'Working on a Dream'.
41 - Jack Cafferty
Air Date: March 30, 2009
Wolf Blitzer's resident political observer takes a break from 'The Cafferty File' to discuss the latest tomfoolery in Washington D.C.
42 - Seth Rogen
Air Date: March 31, 2009
Actor Seth Rogen talks about his latest movie 'Observe and Report'.
43 - Peter Orszag
Air Date: April 1, 2009
Economist and current Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama, Peter Orszag is tonight's guest.
44 - Tom Zoellner
Air Date: April 2, 2009
Author Tom Zoellner talks about his book 'Uranium - War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World'.
45 - Michael J. Fox
Air Date: April 6, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his new book Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist.
46 - Jehan Sadat
Air Date: April 7, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Jehan Sadat, the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat talks about her book My Hope for Peace.
47 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Air Date: April 8, 2009
48 - William Cohan
Air Date: April 9, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Author William Cohan talks about his new book House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
49 - Ron Darling
Air Date: April 14, 2009
Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He threw 1,590 strikeouts and had a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling's weak point was control; he finished seasons in the top four in base on balls three times. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time, and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts.
50 - Elizabeth Warren
Air Date: April 15, 2009
51 - Ben Affleck
Air Date: April 16, 2009
Segments: - - Guests: Actor Ben Affleck talks about his new movie "State of Play".
52 - Reza Aslan
Air Date: April 20, 2009
President Obama releases the memos on America's handbook for torture. Lewis Black examines the TV networks that are reaching out to kids for Earth Day. Reza Aslan believes Al Qaeda is fighting a war of the imagination.
53 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Air Date: April 21, 2009
Liberia's "Iron Lady," the first elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her new memoir, "This Child Will Be Great," with Jon.
54 - Philip Alcabes
Air Date: April 22, 2009
Philip Alcabes is an infectious-disease epidemiologist who talks about his new book 'Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu'.
55 - Richard Beeman
Air Date: April 23, 2009
Author of "Plain Honest Men", Richard Beeman talks to Jon on the show tonight.
56 - Christine Lagarde
Air Date: April 27, 2009
France's Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde talks with Jon about the state of the global economy.
57 - Clifford D. May
Air Date: April 28, 2009
The President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford D. May, guest stars on tonight's show.
58 - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Air Date: April 29, 2009
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Jon on the show tonight.
59 - Hugh Jackman
Air Date: April 30, 2009
Actor Hugh Jackman comes by on the show to talk about his new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
60 - Denis Leary
Air Date: May 4, 2009
Actor and star of Rescue Me, Denis Leary is on the show tonight.
61 - Fareed Zakaria
Air Date: May 5, 2009
Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria talks about his new book The Post-American World.
62 - George Stephanopoulos
Air Date: May 6, 2009
The guest on tonight's show is Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, George Stephanopoulos.
63 - Ken Salazar
Air Date: May 7, 2009
The current U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar talks to Jon tonight.
64 - Frank Partnoy
Air Date: May 11, 2009
Financial commentator and author of "The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals", Frank Partnoy is on the show tonight.
65 - Tom Hanks
Air Date: May 12, 2009
Actor and star of the new movie Angels and Demons, Tom Hanks talks to Jon tonight.
66 - Ambassador Husain Haqqani
Air Date: May 13, 2009
Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani talks to Jon Stewart on the show tonight.
67 - Lisa P. Jackson
Air Date: May 14, 2009
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is talking on the show tonight.
68 - Sarah Fisher
Air Date: May 18, 2009
69 - Newt Gingrich
Air Date: May 19, 2009
70 - Elizabeth Edwards
Air Date: May 20, 2009
Michael Steele says gay marriage is bad for small business, and President Obama sets a national fuel efficiency standard. John Oliver defends England's moat scandal, and Elizabeth Edwards fights for health care.
71 - Larry King
Air Date: May 21, 2009
One of the most popular names in the television news game compares notes with Jon.
72 - Bob Woodruff
Air Date: June 1, 2009
73 - P.J. O'Rourke
Air Date: June 2, 2009
74 - Michael Lewis
Air Date: June 3, 2009
75 - Will Ferrell
Air Date: June 4, 2009
76 - Gretchen Peters
Air Date: June 8, 2009
77 - Peter Schiff
Air Date: June 9, 2009
78 - Saad Mohseni
Air Date: June 10, 2009
79 - Katie Couric
Air Date: June 11, 2009
80 - Ed Helms
Air Date: June 15, 2009
81 - Tom Folsom
Air Date: June 16, 2009
82 - Peter Laufer
Air Date: June 17, 2009
83 - Mike Huckabee
Air Date: June 18, 2009
84 - Bill Russell
Air Date: June 22, 2009
85 - Larry David
Air Date: June 23, 2009
86 - Reza Aslan
Air Date: June 24, 2009
87 - Cameron Diaz
Air Date: June 25, 2009
88 - Dr. Oliver Sacks
Air Date: June 29, 2009
89 - Mike Kim
Air Date: June 30, 2009
The U.S. leaves Iraq like a houseguest who broke something, and Dick Cheney complains about his own troop withdrawal timeline. Jon hands out Rippy Awards for the media's outstanding coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Mike Kim discusses his mission to help North Koreans escape to China.
90 - Justin Fox
Air Date: July 1, 2009
91 - Robert Kenner
Air Date: July 2, 2009
Filmmaker, "Food, Inc.
92 - Rep. Barney Frank
Air Date: July 13, 2009
The Massachusetts congressman discusses the new congress' legislative priorities with Jon.
93 - Peter Mancall
Air Date: July 14, 2009
94 - Kathleen Sebelius
Air Date: July 15, 2009
95 - Robert Glennon
Air Date: July 16, 2009
96 - Brian Williams
Air Date: July 20, 2009
97 - Steven Chu
Air Date: July 21, 2009
Interview with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
98 - Kevin Nealon
Air Date: July 22, 2009
The controversy over Barack Obama's birth certificate lives on six months into his presidency. "Good Morning America" solves the mystery of Michael Jackson's lost corpse, and Kevin Nealon would never engage in autoerotic asphyxiation.
99 - Sally Jenkins
Air Date: July 23, 2009
The author and historian sits down with Jon to discuss a largely unknown anti-Confederacy rebellion in Civil War Mississippi.
100 - Bill Kristol
Air Date: July 27, 2009
101 - Spinal Tap
Air Date: July 28, 2009
102 - John Bolton
Air Date: July 29, 2009
103 - Judd Apatow
Air Date: July 30, 2009
104 - Ronald Kessler
Air Date: August 3, 2009
105 - Rep. Henry Waxman
Air Date: August 4, 2009
106 - Paul Giamatti
Air Date: August 5, 2009
107 - Dara Torres
Air Date: August 6, 2009
108 - Douglas Brinkley
Air Date: August 10, 2009
109 - Austan Goolsbee
Air Date: August 11, 2009
110 - Jeff Sharlet
Air Date: August 12, 2009
111 - Rachel McAdams
Air Date: August 13, 2009
112 - David Cross
Air Date: August 17, 2009
113 - Christopher McDougall
Air Date: August 18, 2009
114 - Tim Gunn
Air Date: August 19, 2009
115 - Betsy McCaughey
Air Date: August 20, 2009
116 - LeBron James
Air Date: September 14, 2009
117 - Matt Damon
Air Date: September 15, 2009
The award-winning actor returns to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, "The Informant.
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Air Date: October 29, 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes talks about her new show "The Wanda Sykes Show".
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