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Jon Stewart interviews Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson

by Chris Rawson (Oct 26th, 2011)

Walter Isaacson recently appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote his biography of Steve Jobs. In the seven-minute interview (embedded below), Stewart and Isaacson discuss the the process of writing the biography while trying to stay objective about its subject -- a task Isaacson ...

The Daily Show takes on the Verizon iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 12th, 2011)

While the tech world debates both the merits and the shortcomings of the Verizon iPhone, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and John Oliver used the occasion to do some good ol' AT&T bashing. They celebrated the announcement of the Verizon iPhone with a rousing chant of "Freedom!" and poked fun at ...

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear app now available

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 29th, 2010)

MTV Networks has released the official Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear app for this Saturday's Jon Stewart rally and Stephen Colbert march. The app features a map of the rally site, Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare integration, a portal to upload photos to the official rally photostream, news ...

Comedy Central mutes "eyePhone" Futurama parody

by Michael Rose (Jul 3rd, 2010)

If you saw Thursday night's new episode of Matt Groening's Futurama on Comedy Central (and let's take a moment to relish those beautiful words, 'new episode of Futurama' -- mmm, yes), you got an earful of biting satire focused on the enthusiasm of a certain company's customers and their appetite ...

Daily Show tackles iPhone fever

by Michael Rose (Jun 29th, 2007)

Nothing's funnier than geek humor, I suppose. Tonight's episode of The Daily Show featured a segment with correspondent Rob Riggle on a mission to get himself an iPhone. When he discovered that the onsale date was tomorrow, he interviewed (and came close to beating up) Gizmodo's Brian Lam (of the ...

New video content in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Mar 28th, 2006)

Plug in your iPods, folks, there's new content in the iTunes Music Store. Comedy Central has added David Spade's The Showbiz Show [iTunes Link] and Disney has added Hannah Montana (which is up to 143 reviews already. Wow.), which features one episode and one music video [iTunes link]. New episodes ...

Mind of Mencia in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Mar 22nd, 2006)

I must admit, I'm really enjoying the comedy content in the iTunes Music Store. This morning, Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia has been made available [iTunes link]. Thirteen episodes from season 1 are available at $1.99 each, and a single episode from season 2 is up. Unfortunately, there is no ...

Colbert Report, Daily Show in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Mar 8th, 2006)

As of earlier this morning (8:00 AM EST), there is a page for both The Colbert Report [iTunes link] and the Daily Show [iTunes Link] in the iTunes Music Store, though they still do not contain any available episodes. The sale of these shows is being handled a bit differently. You can buy a ...

Screech in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Feb 14th, 2006)

It's "new content Tuesday" in the iTunes Music Store, and this week season 1 of Saved by the Bell [link] has been made available. Screech on your iPod...isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse? Also added to the store's video offerings are the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit videos ...

Comedy Central bumps Lost for top spot in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Feb 3rd, 2006)

Sorry, Lost. Comedy Central's stand-up clips [link] are performing very well in the iTunes Music Store. In fact, Dane Cook's episode currently has the top spot for videos. I've purchased Dane's show, as well as Lewis Black's. They're fun to watch while you're bored to tears standing in line at the ...