A sophomore social studies teacher in downstate Illinois has been suspended for six days and reassigned classrooms because he showed students scenes from "The Daily Show." more ›

Common sat down with Jon Stewart this week and talked about the media firestorm surrounding his White House visit back in May. more ›

Should being the satirical anchorman for "The Daily Show" not work out for him, Jon Stewart has a pretty promising career as a musicologist. (Or at least a music critic). On Monday, Stewart appeared on Bill O'Reilly eponymous Fox News cable news show to debate the host about Chicago rapper Common's recent nontroversial appearance at The White House more ›

President Obama took his eleventh hour campaign push for the midterm elections to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" last night for a wide ranging interview in which Stewart firmly but respectfully asked Obama about the differences between Candidate Obama's rhetoric of "change you can believe in" and the actions of his Administration in its first 18 months. more ›

When Blago visited last, it was the highlight of last fall's Blago media blitz so we had high hopes for Jon Stewart sitting down with our convicted former governor on last night's show. It did not disappoint as Stewart calls Blago out regarding some claims he made last time around and Blago even gets a little flustered. Check out part one below with part two and a bonus video after the jump. more ›

Hey, speaking of Blago... more ›

Between the Pitchfork Music Fest of a few weeks back and the approaching Lollapalooza marathon next weekend, it's sometimes easy to overlook the lesser known local music stars of our city. One such auteur? Jan Terri. We've posted Jan's videos before and she's actually well known about town and on the interwebs, but Friend of Chicagoist Griff sent us a collection of her videos which included a feature on her from the Daily Show from nine years ago (my God, Jon Stewart has been there that long?). Check out the interview below and after the jump, check out a few more of Jan's videos. more ›

Earlier today, we brought you the first in our series of candidate profiles of those running for Congress in the Fifth U.S. Congressional District of Iliinois, the race to replace Rahm Emanuel. If you're interested in getting to know more info about the candidates, several will be appearing at a forum tonight. The forum will run from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Second Unitarian Church of Chicago (656 W. Barry). As of posting time, those candidates scheduled to appear include: State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D), State Rep. John A. Fritchey (D), Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley (D), Ald. Patrick O’Connor (D), Jan Donatelli (D), Charles J. Wheelan (D), Paul J. Bryar (D), Tom Geoghegan (D), Jon Stewart (R), Mark Arnold Fredrickson (Green), and Matt Reichel (Green). Thanks for the tip, Stephen! more ›

Early voting has already begun in Illinois's Fifth Congressional District, so Chicagoist figured that with 25 candidates in the race to keep Rahm Emanuel's seat warm for him, we'd look at five each day all this week. more ›

We know that it's apparently never too early to start celebrating the Christmas season, but when you're comedian and Northwestern grad Stephen Colbert, we're all ears. The hilarious TV show host debuts his new Christmas special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, tomorrow night (Sunday, November 23) at 9 p.m. on Comedy Central. Stephen will celebrate the holidays (Hannukah, too, we're told) with some help from Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart. Given Colbert's usual antics, we're guessing it's going to be a jolly good time. If you like what you see (and hear!) tomorrow night, you'll be able to purchase a DVD of the show and an EP of the songs on iTunes, with proceeds benefiting Feeding America. But not bears. No way. We love Stephen and can't wait to see what green screen surprises he springs on us next. more ›

Whew, thank goodness that's over. We were beginning to think that our planned big-ass Oscar preview would be falling on deaf ears. But now that we know there's really going to be a show, it's time to play catch up. Jon Stewart certainly is. In fact there'll probably be more glitz than ever this year if only to overcompensate for the lack of a proper build-up. more ›

We're referring of course to the Golden Globes ceremony, which has been axed because of the writer's strike. It was announced today that Instead of the long-winded, smarmy fashion show we've seen in the past, the Sunday NBC telecast will instead be a bare-bones press conference padded out with lotsa clips (all the better to separate the commercials with, my dear). Says Jorge Camara, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: "We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007's outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television." Oh, the sacrifice! Yup, we here in the Chicagoist offices are shedding tears right alongside you. more ›

In an annual standard of living report, Chicago came in (tied with Washington DC) at 41st place. The study ranks the quality of life in the world's major cities. Zurich came in first, Baghdad last. The top US city is Honolulu. It's nice out and everyone's pulling out their bikes, but who needs a bike when you've got the LimoJet? The Bean is finally finished. Junk food in schools is still ok for now.... more ›

Yesterday, Wal-Mart announced a plan to build more than 50 stores in struggling neighborhoods all around the country. The name for this initiative? "The Wal-Mart Jobs and Opportunity Zone." Does that even make sense? Wal-Mart plans to build these new stores in places with high crime and unemployment rates and on land that's either environmentally contaminated, in vacant structures, or in malls in need of revitalization. They say that these Zones could create up to 25,000 jobs, mostly for minorities, and could bring in more than $100 million in state and local tax revenue for the communities they're built in. more ›

In the spirit of last night’s Oscars, we present this montage of thoughts: * Forget pimps: it was hard out there for Jon Stewart. Stewart is and was frequently hilarious, but what works on the Daily Show doesn't work for the Oscars. Like most unconventional hosts (Letterman, Chris Rock), Stewart was done in because he was expected to bring his sharp, cutting wit to a venue that doesn't appreciate it. An organization that rolls three... more ›

Chicagoist hasn’t posted much about the Oscars this year, and we think we’ve figured out why. more ›

Rarely do we get the chance, or feel the need, to redeem ourselves around here. Most of the time our readers point out our mistakes, second guess us, and basically call us idiots and we have to take it because, well, most of the time we are. But Chicagoist will indulge ourselves this one time. Ha! We were right: Gov. Blagojevich admits he had no clue what he was getting into on the Daily Show two weeks ago. more ›

Roger Ebert is going to be a guest tonight on the Daily Show. How’s that for a slice of fried gold*? Mr. Ebert posted his Oscar predictions Saturday, and we’re but ten days from the Oscar ceremony itself, which is hosted by – wait for it – Jon Stewart. Chicagoist is a big fan of the Daily Show what with the high and low humor, so we’re looking forward to an intelligent discussion of how... more ›

On Tuesday, a Chicago man was sentenced to 18 months probation for leaving his 82-year old, wheelchair-bound mother outside in the cold while he gambled for 15 hours at the Majestic Star Casino in Hammond. more ›

Set your TiVo or tune into The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight at 10 PM on Comedy Central to catch Stewart interview Senator Barack Obama. more ›

Chicago’s very own Dan Bakkedahl, formerly of Second City and Wrigleyville's IO Theater, has gone to the Big Apple to be the Daily Show’s newest correspondent. Dan made a name for himself here in Chicago with the comedy duo Zumpf (with Miles Stroth). He also brought the house down at Second City in the 2003-04 show “Doors Open on the Right.” The story has it that he left Second City over artistic differences; that is,... more ›

a study he conducted found that Chicago's young adults are actually reading the RedEye and Red Streak. more ›

So John Kerry was on The Daily Show last night, trying to woo youngsters and seem 'hip.' It almost worked, too. He had his moments, specifically when he and Jon Stewart folded their arms and looked right at each other from only a few inches away, which was actually adorable in an unexpected and possibly wrong and gross way. Kerry was sporting one of those oh my god, cancer awareness is so trendy Lance Armstrong... more ›

Chicagoist knows it's not original to say this, but man, we can't get enough of The Onion. Though based currently in New York, the paper hails from Wisconsin and it definitely has that indefinable Midwestern sensibility and sense of humor that we know and love. We have all the books (the brilliant Our Dumb Century, Dispatches from the Tenth Circle), a few of the T-shirts ("Your favorite band sucks"), the coffee mug ("Fuck off"), and can recite classic headlines for days ("There's no 'My Kid has Cancer' in Team"). We went to their Christmas party last year, and if your humor paper can get performances by David Cross, The Walkmen, and Yo La Tengo at such an event, you must be doing something right. Hell, Chicagoist even knows one of the writers, and he's a damn nice guy. more ›