daily show

When 'The Daily Show' (weekdays, 11 PM ET Comedy Central) began Thursday, none other than Justin Bieber was sitting in Jon Stewart's anchor chair.

As the Canadian singing sensation began to introduce the show, Jon Stewart, dressed in a hoody, rushed onto the set.

"Yo, yo, yo, what's up? I found the magic skull, now we can switch back, yo," Stewart said, signaling the premise was that he and Bieber had switched bodies and he was really Bieber.

"I got to get rid of this [body], it's like living in a haunted house," Bieber-in-Stewart's-body continued, before making creaking sounds as he moved his suddenly 48-year-old arms.

On 'The Daily Show' (Weeknights, 11PM ET on Comedy Central) Matthew Perry and Jon Stewart reminisced about how they met, 15 years earlier, when Perry was a guest on a talk show Stewart was doing for Paramount.

"I remember way back when, you asked me if I could potentially set you up with Jennifer Aniston," Perry brought up.

"Yes," Stewart said, laughing.

"Which I thought it was funny because I couldn't even get a date with Jennifer Aniston."

Over the last couple of years, 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' (Weeknights, 11PM ET on Comedy Central) has used a puppet stand-in for former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, who wouldn't agree to come on as a guest.

Now free from his chairmanship, Steele made his first appearance with Jon Stewart, who immediately doubted Steele was who he said he was.

The National Mall started to fill up around nine o'clock for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear today, and the signs were plentiful. Everyone has their own angle, getting creative with the satirical vibe of the event. People carried signs featuring many different types of calls for reasonableness: advocates for everything from marijuana to masturbation, and a plea for President Obama to do something about 'Twilight.' Here are twenty of the best we saw.

%Gallery-106298%


Check out the rest of TV Squad's Rally to Restore Sanity Coverage:

Keeping Things Moderately Reasonable on the Ground at the Rally to Restore Sanity (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Reflect on Rally: We Did It! Now What?

The Best Moments From the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (VIDEO)

Who Attended the Rally to Restore Sanity?

Sigourney Weaver is a famous actress and occasional international sex symbol. But still, she has her insecurities, as we all do. Luckily, Jon Stewart is the perfect person to confide in. So on the latest 'Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on Comedy Central), Sigourney reveals all her problems to a sympathetic ear.

First, Weaver confesses that she wasn't very popular in high school. Honestly, though, this is probably a good thing. Our premise is that anyone who ends up being cool later on in life wasn't actually "cool" in high school. But this is just a working theory.

We're at Day 59 of the BP oil spill. It is truly a national nightmare. But it does give Jon Stewart plenty of new material. And it provides us with a few more satirical news bites on 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on Comedy Central). So, that's not great -- but it's something, at least.

President Obama requested that BP put money into a fund that would assist the victims of the oil spill. Surprisingly, the company actually went ahead and did this. But no good deed goes unpunished -- and so, for some odd reason, Republican Congressman Joe Barton decided to attack this move.

Barton defended British Petroleum -- the company responsible for the oil spill which has devastated the Gulf Coast. Joe Barton said that making this fund for the oil victims was a "tragedy." The congressman then accused Obama of trying to create a "slush fund" with the money.

This was the point where Jon Stewart's anger kicked in. The 'Daily Show' host was fairly unrelenting in his attack. "I don't like you!" he yelled in reply to Barton.

Olivia Munn made her first appearance on Comedy Central's 'Daily Show' last night and judging by the results, well ... the jury is still out.

Munn, for those of you who are lacking in geek cred, is one of the co-hosts of G4s flagship series 'Attack of the Show.' Now, however, she is branching out into other endeavors, including what, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central is terming a "try out" for the role of 'Daily Show' correspondent.

So how did Munn do? She seemed maybe just a bit nervous in a sketch that cast her as the show's "Senior Asian Correspondent," but soldiered through with the help of, well, just about the entire 'Daily Show' cast, who congregated around her in what was essentially a Comedy Central hazing ceremony.

Jon Stewart has a message for Apple on 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM). He's confused, you see. Stewart remembers those company ads from 1984 about overthrowing Big Brother with the introduction of Macintosh computers. But has the situation reversed?

Watch the video after the jump.

Zoe Saldana visited 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM) last night to promote her new movie 'The Losers.' But when you start talking to Jon Stewart, the conversation can veer into dicey territory.

Watch the video after the jump.

Conservative activists might be a little confused, said Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM). Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has crossed party lines to work with Democratic Senator Charles Schumer on the issue of immigration. But one Republican voter wonders if the recent move has to do with Graham's sexuality.

Watch the video after the jump.

Jon Stewart has a message for Fox News. While he usually speaks from behind the "anchor" desk of 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM), this particular statement was made in front of a small gospel choir of backup singers. They helped Stewart really get his point across.

Watch the video after the jump.

Is there anyone who has not seen the 'Spider-Man' films? Apparently, Tracy Morgan. The guy holds grudges, as revealed by Jon Stewart on last night's 'Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM). "The gentleman says to me, 'Ask Tracy Morgan if he never saw 'Spider-Man' because Tobey Maguire owes Tracy Morgan $75,'" said Stewart. True or False?

Watch the video after the jump.

More cow valve! When 'The Daily Show' (weeknights, 11PM ET on COM) host Jon Stewart asked Robin Williams how his post-surgery heart was doing, the actor didn't mince words.

Always quick with a routine, this one a Christopher Walken impression, "More cow valve," Williams painted a not so lovely image.

"The wonderful thing about a cow valve is you can [bleep] standing up," Williams said, causing Stewart to double over in laughter -- or horror.

"I did not need that image," Stewart said. Us too Jon, us too.

Watch the video after the jump.

I don't care about the politics of this clip, I just think the whole thing about the shower and the birthday party and all that is pretty damn odd and funny. Last night on 'The Daily Show,' Jon Stewart talked about the resignation of Congressman Eric Massa and his appearance on Glenn's Beck's show. It involves tickling.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Sour Gropes
www.thedailyshow.com

With his own New York-based stand-up comedy series launching on Comedy Central in January, John Oliver became only the latest correspondent from the channel's flagship program, 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' to break out into his own series.

Here's a rundown of what the top correspondents are up to now.