The segment, which touched on alleged Russian hacking, Obamacare, and racism, aired on Comedy Central yesterday.
The comedian is interviewing the president for the first time.
If we’ve learned anything from the Daily Show being in Washington, it’s that we need a lot more practice with the whole television taping process. Yesterday, yours truly showed up for the taping about a hour too early, spending the next 240 minutes either enjoying the Harman Center pavement’s non-existent ergonomic qualities, standing in a line waiting to be let into a studio or sitting in a seat as a very odd mix of Rihanna,…
Jon Stewart and the jokesters behind the Daily Show have arrived in town and will begin a week’s worth of tapings of the popular late night program this afternoon at Sidney Harman Hall. If you were one of the lucky few to get tickets, you’ll get the chance to see interviews with Council Of Economic Advisors Chairman Austan Goolsbee today and Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE) on Tuesday. Oh, right and some Obama guy on Wednesday. (Nah, your DCist editor isn’t bitter at all about having to listen to some guy from Delaware instead of one of the most important figures of the 21st century. Not at all.)
Jon Stewart’s Rally To Restore Sanity now has a place on the National Mall. In the Frequently Asked Questions page of the rally’s website, the location for the event is revealed as “the far eastern end of the National Mall between 3rd Street and 7th Street, known as East Seaton Park and Henry Park.” D.C. residents will be really familiar with the location — it’s where Screen on the Green happens every summer. (Though we imagine there will be a bit less HBO Dancing at the Stewart rally.)
Always wanted to see a taping of the Daily Show, but never got around to doing it in New York? Well, you’re in luck. Jon Stewart and company will be filming in Washington between October 25 through 28 as part of Comedy Central’s Indecision 2010 midterm elections coverage. Tickets to the afternoon sessions at Sidney Harman Hall are free, but going fast. Those looking to attend one of the tapings of When Grizzlies Attack: The…
Good morning, D.C. Did any of you stay up watching the filibuster, or pre-filibuster, or anti-filibuster, or whatever the heck we’re calling it? Yeah, us neither. We did manage to catch a moment of it while en route to the Daily Show, and were greeted with a slightly disheveled-looking legislator gesticulating wildly at a chart of a Humvee. Unfortunately, we have no idea whether the sleepless showdown is likely to produce anything other than entertaining…
The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh’s controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio’s Hacienda is a good place to get…
In case you missed last night’s Daily Show, the writers decided to poke a little fun at White House Press Secretary Tony Snow’s comparison of Washington, D.C.’s former murder rate to the level of acceptable violence the Bush administration hopes to one day see in Baghdad. We don’t want to spoil any of it for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, so enjoy….
MONDAY Richard Preston, fresh off his Daily Show appearance, where he confounded Jon Stewart, brings his unique perspective on some of America’s oldest residents, California redwood trees, in The Wild Trees. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 7:00 p.m. TUESDAY With the glut of celebrities proclaiming themselves Buddhists, it’s sometimes hard to pin down the historical and ethical roots of this ancient religion. Author Lama Surya Das, who the Dalai Lama calls ‘The American…
