The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Headlines - Plane in Vain

Season 3 • 03/04/1999

NASA recreates the Wright Brothers' first flight complete with layovers.

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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
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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
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Headlines - Shania's Twain

Shania's first televised concert gets so hot, fireworks start coming out of her Twain.
03/04/1999
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Moment of Zen - Merlot Chugs

Merlot the magician chugs a bottle of wine.
03/04/1999
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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
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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
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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
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Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe is relegated to infomercial status on "The View" once Barbara Walters procures an interview with Monica Lewinsky.
03/04/1999
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Recap - 3/4/99

Jon recaps the day's events, fixating one more time on Shania's Twain.
03/04/1999
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Corrections/Retractions/Apologies - Shania's Twain

Jon apologizes for accusing Shania Twain of shooting fireworks from her groin.
03/04/1999
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Headlines - Plane in Vain

NASA attempts to recreate the first flight, right down to the three hour layover in Atlanta.
03/04/1999
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Headlines - Little Voice

George Stephanopoulos releases a tell-all book about the counseling and medication he received aboard the Clinton roller coaster.
03/08/1999
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Other News - The Terminated

A Japanese official is terminated for allowing Arnold Schwarzenegger into the country without a passport.
03/08/1999
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Recap - 3/8/99

Jon recaps the day's events, including a question about the health concerns involved in directing Tom Cruise.
03/08/1999
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Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen talks about the life of James Whale and the differences between prejudice in America and in Britain .
03/08/1999
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Moment of Zen - Splashdown

A hot air balloon splashes down in the middle of the ocean.
03/08/1999
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Headlines - Piece of Astronaut

NASA sends a all-woman mission to determine the effects of space on nagging and changing clothes.
03/08/1999
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Face the Music

Vance DeGeneres travels to bucolic Colorado, where the judicial system is drowning out drive-by blarings with Wayne Newton.
03/08/1999
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Out at the Movies with Frank DeCaro - Best Supporting Lightning Round

Frank DeCaro likes Lynn Redgrave and James Coburn for Best Suppoting nods, but he loves Ed Harris.
03/08/1999
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Intro - Heightism

Jon is spooked by the appearances of a freakishly large man in the audience.
03/08/1999
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Weekend Roundup - Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick is dead and his work is incomprehensible.
03/08/1999
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