The Daily Show: February 7, 2006

Jon Stewart just became a daddy (again)! Jon started off by commenting on his wonderful weekend... His wife just gave birth to a baby girl named Maggie Rose Stewart, weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 oz. and 130 inches ("Like a tapeworm!" he exclaimed). Jon was clearly proud, as he should be. And is it just me, or has Jon's hair gotten remarkably more gray in the recent weeks? Not like I have a problem with it... The salt-and-pepper look suits him beautifully.

"Mohammed, Mo' Problems": Who knew cartoons could cause such a riot (haha... "riot")? Recently, a blasphemous cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed caused great uproar in the Middle East. I loved how they had Billy from "Family Circus" doing his little path thing, toting a gun. Anyway, the anger overwhelmed some people to the point of jumping the Danish Embassy's moat (yeah, moat) and frightened some others, like Senior Middle East Correspondent Ed Helms, to the point of hiding (Ed even resorted to sporting a fake beard). Resident Cartoon Analyst Jason Jones joined in to talk about how the Danish cartoon community has been crazy and edgy. He proceeded to show examples, including a "Far Side" cartoon simply captioned "I don't like black people" and another doodle of a tiny little Hitler facing a big guy, labeled "Poland", grabbing his own crotch and saying, "Yo, Adolph... Blitzkrieg this!" Jason suggested that we limit newspapers to only running Su Doku problems. He also said "row" wrong. That upset me. Tsk tsk, Mr. Seemingly Eloquent Fake Correspondent Man.

"This Week in God": Rob Corddry came in to fill us all in on what God has been up to this week ("Forgive me, Father, for I have... SMACKED!"). He started with Voodoo (the only religion where you can be a doctor without med school) and the effect that Katrina had on it. Apparently, a lot of New Orleans people (New Orleansese?) that practice Voodoo claimed that the work that they put into keeping the hurricane actually worked... After all, the hurricane didn't hit them, the levees did. Yup. A comment worthy of a slow clap. Rob moved on to Christianity on the TV and the cancellation of The Book of Daniel. The final word was that a show with Jesus as a sidekick is not acceptable, while a show where scantily-clad women devour pigs' balls is a-okay by the AFA's standards! Rob then covered the more violent part of religion in a segment called "Thank You Lord, May I Have Another?" Recently, some Shinto and Russian Orthodox followers doused themselves in cold water as part of different rituals for their religions. Compared to the violent, bloody acts of other religions, this makes the Shinto and Russian Orthodox followers are "pussies and not impressing God". Well played, Mr. Corddry.

The night's guest was Torie Clark, author of Lipstick on a Pig. Her new books is about the current no-spin era ("In what world?" Jon asked). She and Jon discussed the government and what sort of information is being withheld from the public. Fairly straightforward book-interview.

Jon checked in with Stephen Colbert, who started to tell a sexy Torie Clark story, only to be cut off by the time limit (black-and-white-film Colbert with the proper moody lightinglooks pretty awesome, by the way). Moment of Zen: Firing a gun in the air means that you can disregard the shells flying into the face of the person next to you. It's true.