A Daily Show: February 12, 2008 - VIDEO
After all the intense fake-feuding with Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien, it may be difficult to remember that Mike Huckabee is actually a real guy who is truly running for president. You may remember him from Daily Show jokes like "Ha! That guy doesn't believe in evolution!" and "Ha! That guy says he doesn't harp on his religious views, but he totally does." Jon also needs to start singing random renditions of "Don't go chasin' waterfalls..." more often. As for Chuck Norris' action pants, additional information can be found here. Place your orders now!As mentioned in the previous episode, the writers' strike is tentatively over (well, we now know that it's over for realsies) and the Daily Show writers will return on Wednesday. Senior Correspondent Rob Riggle stopped by to talk about just how pathetic Jon has been without his writers and how pathetic he will continue to be hosting the Oscars later in the month. Last night, I asked why John Oliver was doing so much correspondent work and, while I remember that he had mentioned in a previous episode that he wasn't allowed to picket because of his work visa situation, I'm still not entirely sure I understand why Riggle and, say, Jason Jones weren't around more. Obviously, they provided material, but none to the extent of Oliver's.
The night's guest was Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard. The man should have known better than to say those sort of things in the presence of this sort of audience! TDS fans are generally pretty orderly, but Kristol was totally asking for an angry mob. The interview got pretty intense, especially towards the end, with both sides making very strong points. Actually, I'm just saying that so that I don't seem biased, but I most definitely was.
Moment of Zen: Good Morning America... in spaaace!



