The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Opening Ceremony

Season 6 • 02/11/2002

The opening ceremony of the Olympics was an allegory that worked on many levels.

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Moment of Zen - USA

Troops shout, "USA" while watching the Olympics.
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Miming for Gold

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Dying From the Inside

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Security

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Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula discusses the members of his crew on "Enterprise."
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Opening Ceremony

If you're the kind of person that loves pageantry and pomp, music and magic, you might have been able to hang in there for the first 2 hours of the Olympic opening ceremony.
02/11/2002
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Moment of Zen - America is Extremely Nothy

Iranians call for a spell check embargo.
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Jump and Poop

Jon dares the Norwegian alpine team to not only jump, but to jump and poop at the same time.
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Axis To Grind

Angry Iranians protest America by issuing a spell check embargo.
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The Olympics: They're On - God's Pilates Class

Stephen Colbert finds the Olympic Village to be a place that inspires lofty rhetoric and he is claiming it as his new home.
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The Olympics: They're On - Dull

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Moment of Zen - Plead the 5th

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