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JULY 15, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! The view on Iraq extends to the entire Axis of Evil, and slows down as Bush yearns to head to the Middle East for a bit of war – a fact which clearly depresses guest Michael Moore, and doesn't phase newly minted Democratic frontrunner Joe Lieberman. Meanwhile, in a non-Meanwhile mome...

JUNE 27, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Jon Stewart starts his new year off with war and elections on the brain. As North Korea and Iraq vie for American intervention, the 2004 presidental election already starts cooking with the introductions of Al Sharpton and Joe Lieberman into the race. Meanwhile, Ed Helms, Rachael Har...

Conversation #177, recorded on July 24, 2019. Everybody loves JB Smoove - from stealing scenes in four season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (with a fifth on the way), to his latest role entering the MCU in SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, JB is just getting starting. He spent 3 years writing (and warming up the crowd) on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, made the frequent pop in to CONAN's various talk shows, and co-starr...

MAY & JUNE 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! After taking a serious summer hiatus, the boys are raring to go on over two months of fascinating summer developments. We roast every single Democrat running for President, comment on the latest Alec Baldwin leaving SNL rumors, commend Kenan Thompson on being the next Regis, eulogy the tenure of Sarah Huckabee S...

2002 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY PODCAST, a rewatch hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! THEY ARE HERE: The annual Awards for great Daily Show material are here and we're ready to break down 2002 to its essence and give out the prizes. Will comedians get their representation on the Best of Guest list, or will serious important guests fill up the ranks? How about...

2002 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY PODCAST, a rewatch hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Before getting to the annual Daily Awards, the correspondents need to face their performance reviews. From the old guard of Stephen Colbert, Mo Rocca and Steve Carell, to middle children Matt Walsh and Lauren Weedman, to the new hires of Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, Rachael Harris...

2002 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY PODCAST, a rewatch hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! As 2002 wraps up, The Daily Show wrestles with its identity as wars overseas ramp up and the Midterms come in like an oh-so quiet beast. With new players like Rob Corddry and Ed Helms finding their grooves as correspondents, can others from the previous generations survive -...

2002 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY PODCAST, a rewatch hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! 2002 enters quietly, and eager for progress. Coming off the Patriots in Clown Suits zenith post 9/11, there are many more variables at play – what's fair game to joke about? How comfortable is our rising star Steve Carell, and will Hollywood be calling his name sooner than w...

SEPTEMBER 2001 - It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! What happens when you give an artist with OCD unlimited time, money and freedom? Mo Rocca may have gotten pretty close. Released 6 DAYS BEFORE 9/11, Mo is at his dandiest singing an ode to academia and his best bits through 3-odd years. It's a magic ride and an unmitigated...

APRIL 2002 - It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! A prayer for LEWIS UNCHAINED finally gets fulfilled with a full-on Lewis Black fields with fields pieces, a much funnier version of headlines and special Daily Show guests: Senators Bob Dole and John McCain. Lewis lectures a class of real students, gets a massage and talks to b...

NOVEMBER 2001 - It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Nobody loves Stephen Colbert like us – from his verbal gymnastics to his sharp political segments, after more than 4 years on The Daily Show, you'd think the man would easily coast through a half hour best of. Eh, not so much. As we debut a new Colbert character and look bac...

MAY 2001 - It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! It was only a matter of time – with Steve Carell MVPin' it up, cracking out more appearances that any other correspondent in a single year and more than occasionally HOSTING the show – he was bound to break into his own celebration. And what a celebration! With original music, se...

AUGUST 1999 - It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! So far removed from 1999, this side quest seems like a trip to another dimension! The DAILY SHOW SUMMER SPECTACULAR is so damn goofy, who knows which way is up. And questions galore this side quest –Is Steve Carell going Full Squidward?? Who has Mo tangled ass with??? WHY IS B...

MAY 1999 – It's a DAILY SHOW WEEKLY SIDE QUEST, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! When the journey through Jon Stewart's year proves too dull for the boys to handle, they bust out a side quest down the path of the rarely seen Daily Show Primetime Specials! First up is the show's half hour VIEW parody, THE DAILY VIEW. Featuring a Vance DeGeneres mission to fit...

Early 2002 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! As if the journey wasn't long enough, we're closing the book on 2002 with a little bonus coverage! Remember that time Jon left the show for a month or so, and the host-round-about brought such joy to the boys during 2001. Well, in 2002, we find out who was to blame with DEATH TO SMOOCHY...

APRIL 11, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In our final week of the year, you'd expect The Daily Show to phone it in – far from it! Featuring some of this year's most incisive interviews with Charles Barkley and Chuck Schumer, the field pieces are also swinging for the fence and lobbing a few homers. Stephen Colbert breaks d...

MARCH 29, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Jon breaks out some key moments this week with a significant interview with not President Al Gore, and goes after the Mississippi Mirth Trent Lott and 100-year-old Strom Thurmond. But we invent a needless a shy Corddry, and spend way too much time marking our calendars. The Daily Sh...

Being a good actor is hard enough - but to master both COMEDY and DRAMA? That should be impossible. But a set number of performers have climbed the mountain, and found success on the other sides. Scott and Vic give out Gold, Silver and Bronze to the thespians who are truly multi-faceted: where will Robin Williams, Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Christopher Walker and more rank? Originall...

MARCH 25, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! We wind down our year with a December full of Middle East coverage and plenty of engaging interview from both the worlds of comedy in Andy Richter and Colin Quinn and political media in The Nation's editor-in-chief Katrina Vanden Heuvel. We also learn a bit more about Jon's stance o...

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! The is a yearning in the air, a lust for a new TDSW era, but perhaps not a step in the right direction. Steve Carell is all but dead as Ed Helms devours yet another staple with the introduction of Ed Nausium, and poor Lauren Weedman is so soon forgotten as her body double Rachael...

FEBRUARY 20, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! With the midterms in the rear-view, Indecision 2004 is already on our plate with a tepid intro to future nominee John Kerry. But other than that, we've got Buckingham Palace coverage, more than a few Inferior Animals and worst of all: the evolution of Mark Your Calendar into Mark...

Conversation #176, recorded on March 14, 2019. George Lopez has literally done everything a funny man can do in showbiz. He's hosted a late night show, he's produced award winning comedy specials for HBO, his name has been lent to THREE successful sitcoms - both single camera, and with a live studio audience. What's left... but to judge a dog show? Blazing a trail with Facebook Watch's new format...

FEBRUARY 19, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Impossible to follow-up our fun week away in DC with anything but a letdown, but man, Midterms must be so boring because even the show can't hide their lack of interest. With two musician interviews and a brief cameo from friend of the show, Senator McCain – our live election cov...

FEBRUARY 12, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! What a surprise, as The Daily Show hits the road for a week in the nation's capitol to exhalant in the perfunctory nature of Indecision 2002's boring, boring Midterm Elections. We have a Schoolhouse Rock parody animation (with Colbert's dulcet tones!), Ed Helms is haunted by the...

FEBRUARY 7, 2019 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Such a slow week, but finally Jon Stewart has his Midterm Interest piqued thanks to Judy Woodruff fighting the claim that we should expect the lowest voter turnout in history. Plus, enjoy the final week on the classic Daily Show set! The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler Rewat...