The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Best and the Rightest

Season 19 • 12/17/2013

Tea Party conservatives turn on Ronald Reagan.

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Moment of Zen - Santa Claus Is a Black Man
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Akim and Teddy Vann put a new twist on an old holiday favorite.
12/12/2013
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03:22

White Santa & Megyn Kelly's Apology
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Megyn Kelly responds to critics challenging her assertion that both Jesus and Santa Claus were white men.
12/16/2013
00:14

Moment of Zen - Nelson Mandela's Home Village
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Reporter Richard Engel reports from South Africa following Nelson Mandela's death.
12/16/2013
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05:37

Meet the Knockers
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The media focuses on a sensational, possibly made up violent trend rather than a definitely real and more widespread one.
12/16/2013
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07:47

Haifaa Al Mansour
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"Wadjda" director Haifaa Al Mansour explains how she became the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia.
12/16/2013
03:33

Space Race 1957
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China touches down on the Moon, finishing a distant third in the decades-long space race marathon.
12/16/2013
07:47

Erik Prince
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Erik Prince disputes the notion that Blackwater was nothing more than a group of out-of-control mercenaries.
12/17/2013
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00:17

Moment of Zen - Four Santas
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CNN interviews a multi-ethnic Santa Claus enclave.
12/17/2013
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03:33

John Boehner & The Budget Deal
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John Boehner pushes back against conservative critics of the bipartisan budget agreement.
12/17/2013
05:16

The Real Hunger Games
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Jessica Williams explores conservative, starvation-centered alternatives to the SNAP food stamp program.
12/17/2013
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04:00

The Best and the Rightest
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Paul Ryan and Ronald Reagan come under fire for their willingness to compromise with Democrats.
12/17/2013
06:35

Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd
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Steve Carell dishes behind-the-scenes dirt on his "Anchorman 2" co-stars Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner.
12/18/2013
05:49

Charlatan's Web - John Beale
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John Oliver reports on disgraced E.P.A. official and 1983 Wimbledon champion John Beale.
12/18/2013
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02:55

Rockwell Was Right: Somebody Is Watching Edition
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Court documents show that a French IKEA used covert surveillance against its own employees.
12/18/2013
04:59

Charlatan's Web
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Former E.P.A. official John Beale admits to lying about his C.I.A. ties, contracting malaria and serving in Vietnam.
12/18/2013
00:33

Moment of Zen - The Best of Luck to the Worst of Fates
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CNN covers both the good news and the bad.
12/18/2013
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05:17

Jonah Hill
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Jonah Hill remembers auditioning for his role in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street."
12/19/2013
04:33

Words With Fringe
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Fox News defends a "Duck Dynasty" star's right to say ignorant s**t on television.
12/19/2013
08:27

A John Oliver Retrospective
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The Daily Show celebrates John Oliver's final night as a correspondent.
12/19/2013
01:54

Everyone Snoops
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A British phone hacking scandal reveals a treasure trove of juicy royal gossip.
12/19/2013
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Moment of Zen - John Oliver's Moment of Zen
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John Oliver leads the audience in a Moment of Zen sing-a-long.
12/19/2013
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