The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jonathan Alter
Season 16 E 15 • 01/26/2011
Jonathan Alter says Barack Obama has struggled to connect with the American public, yet he's accomplished more than any president since Lyndon Johnson.

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The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E13
Moment of Zen - Pill Prevents Hot Flashes
Brian Kilmeade will drink to a prescription pill that prevents hot flashes in women.
01/24/2011
00:16
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E14
Moment of Zen - Congressional Prom Night
Members of Congress liken the State of the Union to prom night in high school.
01/25/2011
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The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E14
Indianapolis Homeless Talent Show
A local reporter in Indianapolis doesn't realize that making a homeless woman sing "Amazing Grace" is a horrible idea.
01/25/2011
06:27
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E14
Chicago Snubs
John Oliver doesn't think Chicago is being too strict on Rahm Emanuel since its politicians are paragons of virtue.
01/25/2011
01:49
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E14
Intro - James Franco Is Stuck Under the Mini-Fridge
The mini fridge in the green room came down on James Franco after he tried to get a fun-size Snickers bar.
01/25/2011
06:52
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E14
James Franco
James Franco walked to poetry class after learning he had received an Oscar nomination for best actor.
01/25/2011
02:55
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E15
State of the Union 2011 - Republican Rebuttal
Paul Ryan sells his vision of limited government to a primetime audience, and Michele Bachmann speaks for the real America.
01/26/2011
05:37
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E15
State of the Union 2011 - Night of Too Many Promises
Republicans and Democrats risk physical contact with each other, and an audience member gets excited about her presidential shout-out.
01/26/2011
00:21
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E15
Moment of Zen - Bipartisan Seating Chart
Jason Chaffetz was scared to death he was going to have to sit next to Anthony Weiner at the State of the Union address.
01/26/2011
04:45
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E15
State of the Union 2011 - Correspondent Rebuttal
John Oliver, Olivia Munn and Larry Wilmore deliver rebuttals to Jon's jokes about the State of the Union.
01/26/2011
07:01
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E15
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter says Barack Obama has struggled to connect with the American public, yet he's accomplished more than any president since Lyndon Johnson.
01/26/2011
06:21
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E16
T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens notes that America is the only country in the world without an energy plan.
01/27/2011
22:16
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E16
Exclusive - T. Boone Pickens Extended Interview
In this complete, unedited interview, T. Boone Pickens wants to get America off of foreign oil with the Pickens Plan.
01/27/2011
06:46
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E16
Bill O'Reilly Defends His Nazi Analogies
Bill O'Reilly explains that he had a good reason for comparing Arianna Huffington to Nazis.
01/27/2011
00:16
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E16
Moment of Zen - 15 Inches of Fun
A local reporter thinks it's a perfect night for 15 inches of fun.
01/27/2011
07:08
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E16
The Rule of the Nile
Jason Jones, Olivia Munn, Sam Bee and Aasif Mandvi disagree on who deserves the credit for a wave of democratic uprising sweeping the Muslim world.
01/27/2011
04:35
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E17
Mess O'Slightly-to-the-Left O'Potamia - Egyptian Protests
Despite its expressed support, America loses some credibility with Egyptian protesters thanks to tear gas canisters stamped "Made in U.S.A.".
01/31/2011
03:27
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E17
Let's Go Exile! - Hosni Mubarak
If France is too close to The Hague for Hosni Mubarak's tastes, he might enjoy another exile hot spot, the Arabian Peninsula.
01/31/2011
04:56
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E17
From Russia with Gov
Only a Soviet agent would purposefully twist around historic facts and put out a willful misunderstanding of President Obama's words.
01/31/2011
00:27
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E17
Moment of Zen - Natasha Takes Washington
Natasha claims that anybody can take Washington, D.C.
01/31/2011
07:11
The Daily Show with Jon StewartS16 E17
Bill Gates
Bill Gates wants to eradicate polio in India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the next year.
01/31/2011
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