The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Star-Spangled Banner Debate

Season 11 • 05/04/2006

The anthem debate gets to the very surface of what it means to be an American.

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Headlines - Hundredaire
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Oil rebate offers are quickly withdrawn after citizens and business owners call their congressman to tell them how retarded the rebates are.
05/03/2006
00:57

Daily/Colbert - Briefing
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Jon Stewart ends the show and checks in with Stephen Colbert at The Colbert Report.
05/03/2006
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Headlines - Spoonful of Heroin
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Mexico legalizes the possession of drugs that are illegal in the United States.
05/03/2006
00:12

Moment of Zen - Water Bubble
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Stunt artist David Blaine floats in a sphere of water.
05/03/2006
03:48

Sphere and Loathing
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Jason Jones is setting the record for the first man to mock David Blaine continuously for 168 straight hours.
05/03/2006
05:14

Dr. Spin, Medicine Woman
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Thanks to Cristin Duren, pharmaceutical rep and Miss Florida 2006, Dan's now on Lipitor, Zyrtec, Nexium, Celebrex and Wellbutrin; also, he's had an erection for over 96 hours.
05/04/2006
00:57

The Moment of Zen - Bird Flu
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Fox News warns viewers about the threat of bird flu and the government's worst-case scenario.
05/04/2006
05:31

John Malkovich
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John Malkovich didn't take any carrots or money, he only asked that his French carrot farmer neighbors keep away from his well.
05/04/2006
01:20

National Anthem
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President Bush and Mrs. Bush seem to disagree on the appropriate language for the national anthem. El awkwardo....
05/04/2006
03:46

Headlines - Revenge of the Birds
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Avian flu goes on the list of things we're unprepared for, along with terror attack, hurricane, fuel shortage, the metric system and seeing Vincent Gallo's penis.
05/04/2006
02:38

Star-Spangled Banner Debate
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Francis Scott Key created a piece of music so powerful, it only took 117 years to become our national anthem and the very symbol of the end of our broadcasting day.
05/04/2006
00:21

Moment of Zen - Hong Kong Bun Festival
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Contestants climb a tower of buns and collect them to placate lost souls.
05/08/2006
01:43

The Weather Game in Terre Haute, Indiana
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In Terre Haute, Indiana, weather team WTWO has 45 years of experience, while WTHI only has 30.
05/08/2006
04:52

Headlines - CIA Shake-Up - Out of Porter - Director's Cut
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After a string of White House departures, CIA Director Porter Goss resigns after 19 months on the job.
05/08/2006
04:15

Poll Smoking - Obesity
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Statistical Analyst Dave Gorman has found some disturbing trends in the obesity of Americans and how we perceive ourselves.
05/08/2006
02:46

Anybody's Goss
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Samantha Bee analyzes Porter Goss' departure from the CIA and blames it on him having sex with Thai hookers who inject heroin into the tip of his penis.
05/08/2006
05:42

David Remnick
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David Remnick presents his latest book, "Reporting," and talks about his difficulties getting access to the Bush administration.
05/08/2006
03:36

Scary Movie
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Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi -- the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq -- puts out his first propaganda videotape so that the would-be jihadists can see him as all that and a bag of hummus.
05/09/2006
04:32

The War at Home
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Donald Rumsfeld knows the WMD are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad, and to the east, west, south and north.
05/09/2006
03:30

Headlines - God #10
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Fox & Friends pores over the results of a study where children ranked God tenth out of the best things in the world, just ahead of "Bad Food."
05/09/2006
00:59

Daily/Colbert - CIA
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Stephen Colbert recounts the time he was almost killed by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity.
05/09/2006
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