The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

This Just In - Checkered Past

Season 4 E 10 • 07/27/1999

New York says goodbye to its last checkered cab.

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01:58

Headlines - The Price is Riot
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Woodstock '99 turned a former air force base in Rome, New York into a post-apocalyptic wasteland of marauding teens.
07/26/1999
04:24

Donny Osmond
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Donny Osmond has a social phobia -- a fear of being in public places.
07/26/1999
02:28

Woodstock '99 Fires
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Woodstock '99 was much more than just fires. There was also violence and looting.
07/26/1999
01:47

Headlines - Aid is Enough
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The U.S. pledges $500 million to Kosovo relief aid. Kosovars will be able to rebuild their cities and still have enough money for ammunition so they can destroy them again.
07/27/1999
01:16

Headlines - The River Mild
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New Hampshire officials released billions of gallons of water to raise the level of the Connecticut River for the sake of an Al Gore canoeing photo-op.
07/27/1999
00:12

Moment of Zen - Leeched
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A video of a tank of leeches is shown, followed by a still of what happens if you get one on your ear.
07/27/1999
03:43

Sex Files - Alien Reproduction
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Terry Jonson is a sperm donor in an alien reproduction scheme. Apparently, alien carriers are inseminated anally by Terry, who has also "worked" with a number of celebrities.
07/27/1999
02:23

Other News - Slap Suits
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Slash is arrested for domestic abuse, Russ Meyer falls victim to domestic abuse and Lawrence Phillips signs a new contract (and has a history of domestic abuse).
07/27/1999
04:16

Wendie Malick
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Wendie Malick talks about vacationing in Tuscany and being asked for identification by an Italian police officer.
07/27/1999
02:37

Corrections/Retractions/Apologies - Mafia
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Jon Stewart admits to, unfortunately, giving the wrong address of a mafia informant and insists that the U.S. Women's Soccer Team do more than just attend events.
07/27/1999
01:36

This Just In - Checkered Past
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An era has ended with the retiring of New York's last Checker cab. The cab went under after it was condemned for being "dangerously oriented towards comfort."
07/27/1999
01:02

Headlines - A Turn for Diverse
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After NAACP complaints, ABC has promised to add more minority characters to their shows -- as long as they're funny minorities.
07/28/1999
04:16

Shell Shocked
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An Albuquerque man re-dramatizes what happened when his turtles disappeared, and Steve Carell interviews a pet psychic who believes the turtles de-materialized.
07/28/1999
01:37

This Just In - Backwards, Christian Soldiers
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Four hundred Christians attempted to apologize to Jews and Muslims for the Crusades by taking a reconciliation walk.
07/28/1999
01:19

Headlines - Major Tomboy
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Space Shuttle commander Collins successfully landed Space Shuttle Columbia yesterday -- and she's a woman!
07/28/1999
00:55

Other News - Citizen Maine
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A new ranking from the Children's Rights Council named Maine as the best state to raise a child in -- which is great if you like rain and isolation.
07/28/1999
00:14

Moment of Zen - Turtles Making Love
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Two different angles of turtles making love in the green grasses of Albuquerque.
07/28/1999
02:20

Back In Black - Haute Couture
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Lewis Black is upset about the Pentagon, haute couture, and over-populated China's ban on a practice where people sit in silence.
07/28/1999
02:31

Headlines - Boss Hog
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Mayor Giuliani visited Arkansas yesterday in mock-protest of Hillary Clinton's anticipated run for a New York Senate seat and things got -- awkward.
07/28/1999
04:19

Vince Neil
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Vince Neil discusses Tommy Lee's rap career, how his long hair automatically made him a rock'n'roll lead singer, and his love of golf.
07/28/1999
02:17

We Hardly Knew Ye - Clint Youle
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Jon salutes Clinton Youle, one of television's first weathermen.
07/29/1999
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