The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Moment of Zen - Protective Glasses

Season 4 E 18 • 08/10/1999

Children anticipate the total eclipse of the sun.

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02:15

Headlines - Russian Roulette
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Boris Yeltsin fires his entire Cabinet and the public is warned to stay tuned for the same story in three more months.
08/09/1999
00:11

Moment of Zen - Green Desk
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin speaks from his green desk.
08/09/1999
01:21

Other News - Full Metal Racket
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A U.S. Colonel's wife was suspected of smuggling cocaine via the U.S. Embassy in Colombia. This may be worse than the Vietnam War.
08/10/1999
01:51

Headlines - Fear of a Black Planet
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Europeans prepare for the final big eclipse of the millennium with excitement, anticipation and some of the most incoherent thoughts ever articulated.
08/10/1999
01:13

This Just In - The Rising Sun Also Rises
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Japan has spent many years debating but has finally decided to readopt its old flag and anthem. The anthem's lyrics prove to not be the catchiest ever.
08/10/1999
00:54

Intro - Penis Repellent
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The mystery of alien abduction, the pain and drama of Viagra use, and Dom Irrera are all featured on this episode of The Daily Show.
08/10/1999
01:35

Headlines - Grin and Wear It
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are awarded the Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton. Ex-President Carter's speech is less than electrifying yet still gets a laugh.
08/10/1999
02:57

Ugly American - Air-Rage
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Air-rage is becoming a pretty big problem. Luckily, Dave Attell knows the cause and, more importantly, the solution: Take the bus.
08/10/1999
03:47

Dom Irrera
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Dom Irrera talks about friends with bad jobs, lending out money, closet homosexuals, and his only current athletic goal: not having tits.
08/10/1999
04:08

Alien Nation II
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Mike Russ is a perception expert. He can tell that t-shirts are also 12 foot tall lizards, missing children are often eaten by these lizards, and Bob Hope is a British alien.
08/10/1999
00:15

Moment of Zen - Protective Glasses
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Children stand around in a field wearing protective glasses to prepare for and welcome the final total eclipse of the sun of the millennium.
08/10/1999
02:04

Evolution v. Creation
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If biologists are right that animals only evolve adaptations that help them survive, then why does Jon have three nipples?
08/11/1999
01:17

This Just In - Old Sickory
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President Andrew Jackson died of liver failure, not from the fabled bout with mercury and lead poisoning your mother told you about when you were a naive toddler.
08/11/1999
03:57

Pierce Brosnan
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Actor Pierce Brosnan always plays a suave character -- doesn't he ever get cast as a dork?
08/11/1999
03:35

The Deer Hunted
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Isn't it such 'ironicness' that a deer comes here to destroy where we live after all the times we've spent destroying where he lives? You think about that.
08/11/1999
02:00

Back in Black - Summer's a Wastin'
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Lewis Black talks up vacation attractions in Mexico, and for the older crowd, Taiwan, where a bakery's little Viagra cake got all big and bulbous and blue.
08/11/1999
01:52

Headlines - Clowning Achievement
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The Kansas Star inadvertently promotes National Clown Week with a photo of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's alter-ego, Pogo the Clown.
08/11/1999
01:47

Headlines - Racial Harmony
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William Rehnquist has been asked to refrain from racially offensive behavior in the courtroom -- what's a Chief Justice to doo-dah?
08/11/1999
00:12

Moment of Zen - Druids
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Druids dancing in Cornwall, England, in celebration of the last solar eclipse of the century.
08/11/1999
00:50

Other News - Tres Sheik
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If you happen to be in a K-mart in Cairo, look for the new modestly-dressed Arab version of Barbie: Laila.
08/12/1999
04:16

Daniel Myrick and Ed Sanchez
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"The Blair Witch Project's" directors Daniel Myrick and Ed Sanchez tell Jon what it's like to direct a movie via post-it notes.
08/12/1999
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