The Daily Show: July 24, 2006

"Crisis in Israfghyianonanaq": So, Condoleezza Rice paid a not-so-surprise visit to Lebanon. Jon said that Rice would have paid a visit earlier if it wasn't for some motherfucking snakes on her motherfucking plane. Oh, hell yes. Snakes on a Plane jokes will never, ever die... I have a feeling I'll take this back once the film actually comes out.

"The 'L' Country": Senior Mideast Correspondent Ed Helms elaborated on Lebanon's situation. His joke about the Hezbollah militiamen handing out peanut brittle cans (not full of plastic snakes, but bombs) was a bit predictable, but it still made me laugh. And his Lebanese/sarcastic voice was hilarious. He sounded a bit like a flamboyant hairdresser I once met. Another fan said that he sounded more like Snagglepuss. Haha, so true.

Whoa-ho-ho-ho. Extremely early interview. The show hadn't even hit the halfway point when they brought out the night's guest, Senator John McCain. Senator McCain did a lot of friendly jokes (bought the fans' trust when he said that he missed the old TDS couch) and it really showed that Jon appreciated his presence. However, when Jon tried getting some straight talk out of McCain, the Senator started trying to skirt the issue (throwing around McCain-Stewart '08 jokes). I've liked McCain for a long time, but I kind of lost a bit of my admiration once he started all that Bush brown-nosing. I could kind of sense that Jon felt the same way and was trying to push McCain into speaking a bit more openly about his political views. Not much luck, although there were a few humorous moments when McCain visibly struggled to appeal to Jon without pissing off his Capitol Hill buddies.

Jon/Stephen: Stephen Colbert could have near-rivaled McCain's endurance as a POW... Kind of. I loved two things... Jon and Stephen almost broke into giggles; Stephen's 1984 reference ("Do it to Julia!"). Moment of Zen: Miss Israel and Miss Lebanon brought some wicked hotness to Miss Universe 2006.