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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Recap - 10/5/99
Season 4 E 42 • 10/05/1999
Jon Stewart recaps today's top stories.
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E41
This Just In - The Full Monticello
Scholars discover scrapbooks assembled by Thomas Jefferson containing pressed leaves and love poems -- proving he's at least as queer as the two dollar bill he appears on.
10/04/1999
02:10
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E41
Headlines - Mao More Than Ever
The People's Republic of China turns 50 and they party like it's 1984, with gaudy outfits, awkward dancing and fireworks.
10/04/1999
02:04
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Headlines - MCI's on the Prize
MCI and Sprint merge, forming 'WorldCom' -- because Big Evil Eavesdroppers would be too obvious.
10/05/1999
03:52
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Maury Povich
Maury Povich chats about his eponymous talk show and the surprises behind paternity tests, and Jon explains why he isn't married.
10/05/1999
04:17
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
The Burning Bush
Dental hygienists, firefighters and Rabbis are all against tower climbing, fire breathing topless transsexuals. But Ara Tripp won't stop until she gets what she wants.
10/05/1999
03:52
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Maury Povich
Jon Stewart and Maury Povich discuss the juxtaposition of their wardrobe as well as the differences in today's American families.
10/05/1999
01:58
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Other News - We're an American Ban
Clinton begins the last great push of a lame duck presidency by urging for Senate approval on the worldwide Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
10/05/1999
03:19
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
News For Kids - Y2K
Jon explains the horror we all face at the hands of the Y2K bug in a manner that the children will understand.
10/05/1999
00:13
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Moment of Zen - Ara Tripp
Ara Tripp shows off her tower-climbing, fire-breathing topless antics.
10/05/1999
01:11
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Headlines - Radio City Gaga
Fame level appropriate' celebrities turn up by the ones to trumpet the re-opening of Radio City Music Hall after its elaborate renovation.
10/05/1999
00:23
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E42
Recap - 10/5/99
Jon Stewart recaps the MCI/Sprint merger, the Radio City Re-opening, and Jimmy Hendrix rising from his grave to profit his own family.
10/05/1999
04:12
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields wants Jon Stewart to be her love interest on her show, "Suddenly Susan."
10/06/1999
00:13
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
Moment of Zen - Giggle Girl
A little girl is ordered to giggle into a microphone.
10/06/1999
01:25
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
This Just In - The Price Is Wrong
Vincent Price's daughter speculates that rumors about Price's bisexuality arose after his appearance on "Hollywood Squares."
10/06/1999
04:03
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
Headlines - Campaign in the Ass
George W. Bush and Al Gore continue their presidential campaigns in New York City and the United Nations releases a report on robots.
10/06/1999
02:20
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
Back in Black - Peace Chair
Lewis Black comments on a new recliner, a man who looks like Jesus and the chairless people of Iran.
10/06/1999
04:26
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
High on the Hog
California farmer Les Morgan is indifferent to his cash cow and pig.
10/06/1999
01:34
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E43
Other News - Panama Jacked
China plots to take control of the Panama Canal, but the United States angrily argues that they stole it first.
10/06/1999
00:12
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E44
Moment of Zen - Trump Playing Volleyball
Donald Trump plays his heart out in a game of beach volleyball.
10/07/1999
03:18
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E44
A Tale of Survival - Asleep in the Vent Pt. 2
While rescuing a drunken man from a pizza parlor's vent, Deerfield Beach firefighters find out the hard way that the man is not wearing underpants.
10/07/1999
02:42
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
S4 E44
Ugly American - The Circus
Dave Attell explains that without elephants, the circus would be no different than his hotel room.
10/07/1999
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