The Daily Show: October 11, 2007

Taco Bell is moving back to Mexico. Yes, I said "back" because Daily Show failed to mention that this isn't Taco Bell's first attempt at taking their business to the country. Obviously, they shut down after two years, but I guess they felt like it was necessary to re-introduce tacos to the Mexican people.

"This Armenian Strife": It's just a fact: This American Life references are the greatest. It adds a bit of cheekiness to the not-so-fun topic of genocide. Senior Armeniologist Aasif Mandvi joined in to share his thoughts on playing down those not-so-fun situations. Only the Daily Show could get away with turning the "Holocaust" into a "Half-a-caust".

News networks love their hardcore teasers for war specials. I think it's pretty obvious that this was just an excuse for the Daily Show crew to make their own awesome teasers. Finland! Magneto! Roar! Melting Indiana Jones Nazis! Actually, this is a good time to salute the show's designers for their flashy graphics. Considering they only have a few hours to work on it all, they do a pretty awesome job -- better than those on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update", anyway. Ugh, so boring.

The night's guest was media critic Howard Kurtz, author of Reality Show. Wow! A book title with no colon. It's been a while, hasn't it? Also, the entire interview stayed completely on topic. Another surprise! At least Kurtz didn't abruptly leave at the end. He must have learned from Lynne Cheney... or learned basic talk show etiquette.

Jon/Stephen: Stephen Colbert and Larry King are new best friends. Colbert even perfected his elbow crawl. He was going to say something at the end but they cut away from him! How dare they. Moment of Zen: Hispanic Heritage Month brings out Bush's head-bobbing. Aww, yeah.