The Daily Show: October 3, 2006

Mark Foley's blaming his scandal on alcohol? Holy crap. Jon's "Young Boyschlager" joke ("It's got real bits of boy in it!") was funny, but I think I like "Satan's breast milk" better. I also quite liked the word "catastrofuck"... I will have to use it sometime in the near future (perhaps in my midterm paper). Maybe Jon's feeling the pressure to coin some new words/phrases, especially after Stephen Colbert created and popularized "truthiness" and "Wikiality".

John Oliver did a dramatic take on the news, complete with scary lighting and exaggerated hand motions. He was good, but it dragged on a bit.

"10 Fucking Years": An all-animal edition! Lots of goodies from Vance Degeneres to Nancy Walls to Mo Rocca... I think my favorite bit was Ed Helm's day with the monkey. Damn, that was adorable.

The night's guest was Dennis Miller. I distinctly remember being tremendously annoyed the last time he was on TDS. Instead of doing an interview, he pretty much sat in front of Jon and spat his stand-up routine, regardless of the questions. This episode was no different. I know he's a comedian and all, but one can be funny in an interview without just delivering rehearsed material (see: John Hodgman). Robin Williams does the same thing. Honestly, it makes me want to change the channel. Ugh. "Seat of Heat": "If you had to... Hannity or Colmes?" Miller didn't pick up the sexual undertone of the question the first time around. It took a few nudges and winks to get him going. In the end, he answered, "Probably Hannity... 'cause he wouldn't like it."

Jon/Stephen: Stephen immediately introduced the Moment of Zen. A surprisingly short but effective cross-over! Cute. Moment of Zen: Medieval Nights will rock your world.