The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Barbara Walters Challenge
Season 3 E 100 • 03/03/1999

Jon takes the Barbara Walters Challenge to see if he can sit through a Barbara Walters interview without crying.

Watching

00:21

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E99
Preview - 3/3/99

Jon promises to give answers to tonight's burning questions on tomorrow's show.
03/02/1999
01:52

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E99
A Quick Word of Advice - Spiderman

By the time the La-La Land hacks are done with their 10th script punch-up, Spiderman will be a retarded beetle that farts fire.
03/02/1999
01:06

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
This Just In - Dead Panda Walking

A beloved giant panda dies in China and is immediately stuffed by the government and placed in a natural history museum.
03/03/1999
02:05

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
God Stuff - Exorcism

John Bloom follows a day in the life of Bob Larson, America's favorite exorcist.
03/03/1999
02:25

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Headlines - Oral Report

Monica Lewinsky tells Barbara Walters that having Bill Clinton put a cigar in her vagina was the most amazing experience of her life.
03/03/1999
04:13

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Jeri Ryan

Jeri Ryan discusses playing Seven of Nine on "Star Trek: Voyager" and what it's like to be huge on the internet.
03/03/1999
00:16

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Moment of Zen - Downhill Rooster

A terrified rooster travels downhill on a snowboard.
03/03/1999
01:08

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Headlines - Two Guys, a Girl and a Giza Place

FOX airs "Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt," a documentary special in which Maury Povich gets to desecrate the graves of ancient Egyptian high priests.
03/03/1999
05:01

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Death and Taxes

Stephen Colbert profiles one upstate New York town in which 350 municipal employees were accidentally declared dead.
03/03/1999
01:06

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
Other News - Drunken Donuts

Citing a 50 percent drop in sales and major revenue losses, Dunkin' Donuts decides to close its only Moscow branch.
03/03/1999
02:34

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E100
The Barbara Walters Challenge

Jon takes the Barbara Walters Challenge to see if he can sit through a Barbara Walters interview without crying.
03/03/1999
01:11

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Headlines - Plane in Vain

NASA attempts to recreate the first flight, right down to the three hour layover in Atlanta.
03/04/1999
02:58

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Back in Black - Pope's CD

Lewis Black grooves to Pope John Paul II's new CD, which when listened to backwards, proves that the pope is dead.
03/04/1999
02:14

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Headlines - Shania's Twain

Shania's first televised concert gets so hot, fireworks start coming out of her Twain.
03/04/1999
00:11

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Moment of Zen - Merlot Chugs

Merlot the magician chugs a bottle of wine.
03/04/1999
01:10

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Other News - Night Train in Vain

The Wine Market Council is trying to get people to drink wine more often, like when they're eating dinner or driving.
03/04/1999
01:01

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
This Just In - Thomas Paine in Vain

Massachusetts relaxes its gun control laws for Revolutionary War re-enactors, leaving the state wide open to blunderbussing.
03/04/1999
03:47

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Big Foot-Long

Vance DeGeneres heads to the Poconos, where a local resident recounts an interaction with a hot dog-hungry Bigfoot.
03/04/1999
04:00

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe is relegated to infomercial status on "The View" once Barbara Walters procures an interview with Monica Lewinsky.
03/04/1999
00:35

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Recap - 3/4/99

Jon recaps the day's events, fixating one more time on Shania's Twain.
03/04/1999
01:16

The Daily Show with Jon StewartS3 E101
Corrections/Retractions/Apologies - Shania's Twain

Jon apologizes for accusing Shania Twain of shooting fireworks from her groin.
03/04/1999