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Posted Sep 14th 2006 1:42PM by TMZ Staff
President Bill Clinton will be a guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Monday, September 18 at 11PM ET/PT. It will be President Clinton's second appearance on the show -- his first was August 9, 2004.
Other politicians who have appeared on "The Daily Show" include former President Jimmy Carter, former Vice President Al Gore, Senator John McCain, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Senator John Kerry, Senator Joe Biden, Senator Bob Kerrey, Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Norm Coleman, Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Barack Obama, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Trent Lott, Senator Rick Santorum, Senator Russ Feingold, Senator Barbara Boxer, Representative Dick Gephardt, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator John Edwards, who announced his intention to run for the 2004 Democratic nomination during an appearance on "The Daily Show" on September 15, 2003.
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Tags: jon stewart, JonStewart, president bill clinton, PresidentBillClinton, the daily show, TheDailyShow
Posted Sep 9th 2006 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
For many around the country, this week was all about back-to-school. But in the Zone, where reading, writing and arithmetic take a backseat to autograph signing, it was more along the lines of back-to-DUIs, back-to-skeletons-in-the-closet and back-to-New-York, Jon.
Jon Stewart:
There's nothing quite like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences running away from its most recent previous Oscar show host, as fast as it possibly can. It happened with Chris Rock, and now it's happened again in the wake of The Daily Show host's stint on The Yearly Show. By rushing out the news of Ellen De Generes' selection as the next MC, a full four months on the calendar before Stewart was announced as savior in 2005, AMPAS is treating him like an Emmy loser rather than the winner that he is. There was no mention of Stewart in the press release that went out to the media late Thursday, just backhanded jabs such as this quote from producer Laura Ziskin: "the show requires someone who can keep the show alive and fresh and moving, as well as someone who is a flat-out great entertainer." Oh well, if early Internet petitioners have their way, Stewart will be in the running in the fall of 2008 for a much bigger MC-ing gig, one that will probably require the adoption of a middle initial.
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Filed under: The Z List
Tags: carls jr., CarlsJr., ellen, ellen de generes, EllenDeGeneres, EllenDeGenres, in-n-out, john stewart, JohnStewart, marc e. platt, MarcE.Platt, oscars, path to 9/11, PathTo9/11, the daily show, TheDailyShow, william shatner, WilliamShatner
Posted Jan 29th 2006 5:30PM by TMZ Staff
For every 'Seinfeld,' there are 100 like 'Emily's Reasons Why Not.' Why do most shows go so wrong, and a select few become iconic? TMZ has the secret to five great comedy TV shows, courtesy of two truly iconic funny people: 'Saturday Night Live' legend Cheri Oteri, and writer Alan Zweibel ('SNL,' 'The Garry Shandling Show,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm').
Homer: The Committed Imbecile
When the animated series about a yellow family with funny hair premiered on FOX in 1989, no one expected it to live through the millennium. Seventeen seasons later, it's clear there's something quite genius about 'The Simpsons.'
The secret here is that the characters, although animated, are completely relatable. "It's fun to watch Homer speak directly from the empty place in his mind," Oteri says. "Everyone wants to say their stupid thoughts, but stops themselves." To Zweibel, the people of Springfield makes no apologies for the bigoted beings that they are, and because it's a cartoon, laughing at the screen doesn't seem so dirty.
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Filed under: TV, The Biz
Tags: comedy, I Love Lucy, ILoveLucy, monty python, MontyPython, saturday night live, SaturdayNightLive, seinfeld, Simpsons, The Daily Show, TheDailyShow
