The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Headlines - Witless For The Defense

Season 8 • 10/22/2003

The D.C. Sniper defends himself and then fires his defense.

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02:01

Just About the Hunger
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David Blaine's stunts are a metaphor, as in today's troubled times, there are no escapes.
10/21/2003
00:10

Moment of Zen - Macaroni Penguin Reading
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Laura Bush sees a sea lion splashing at her.
10/21/2003
02:13

Headlines - Blade Runner
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A 20-year-old kid emails the FBI to tell them he is going to sneak box cutters onto a plane and it takes the FBI five weeks to respond.
10/22/2003
03:06

Where's My Jane Goodall?
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Welcome to the real world -- they show you the grape and then stick you with the cucumber.
10/22/2003
01:00

The Colbert Report
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Stephen Colbert's latest, just canceled project, The Colbert Report, almost was an in your face news show.
10/22/2003
00:18

Moment of Zen - Monkeys and Moonshine
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A monkey drinks moonshine to sad music.
10/22/2003
02:49

The Kobe Trial
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Outside of the Kobe Bryant trial, a media circus has already pitched its tent even though the trial has yet to begin.
10/22/2003
00:29

Van Buren Anecdotes
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Jon speculates on what college kids may have just gotten out of the Walter Isaacson interview.
10/22/2003
07:08

Walter Isaacson
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Walter Isaacson talks about the Founding Fathers and how easy it was to invent something in the 18th century.
10/22/2003
01:37

Liza Beat Me
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There is no conceivable amount of money in the world that could possibly be worth telling the world you were beaten up by Liza Minnelli.
10/22/2003
00:59

Headlines - Witless For The Defense
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John Allen Muhammad attempted to defend himself and then changed his mind.
10/22/2003
04:57

Anthony Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins' wife thinks he should believe more in himself.
10/23/2003
00:35

Moment of Zen - Floats
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A float of Australian Prime Minister John Howard kisses the butt of a George W. Bush float.
10/23/2003
01:28

Defensive Secretary
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Donald Rumsfeld forgets that he wrote a harsh report of America's anti-terrorism policy.
10/23/2003
04:58

The President in Asia - Lost In Translation
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George W. Bush deals with a heckler in the Australian Parliament by not giving him pie.
10/23/2003
03:07

No Hard Ceilings
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It is suspicious that in a country of 25 million living people, the news would focus on 10 dead from a car bomb.
10/23/2003
03:35

All-Star Salute to Getting Hit in the Nuts
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When the brain sees someone else get hit in the nuts, it activates the hitnutculus, which advertisers know is connected to the consumptus majorus or the buying center.
10/23/2003
02:18

Mess O'Potamia - Iraqi War Irony 2712
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This is absolutely the last time Paul Wolfowitz will stay at the Al Rasheed Hotel.
10/27/2003
01:42

Supermarket Sweep
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The INS cracks down on illegal immigrants working at Wal-Mart but lets them mop up one last time.
10/27/2003
00:39

Intro - Omaha, Nebraska
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Omaha is in Nebraska, not Canada.
10/27/2003
06:07

Ted Danson
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Ted Danson's post-"Becker" career will not include dinner theater.
10/27/2003
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