Four More Years! Four More Years!

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Comedy Central has resigned Jon Stewart to anchor The Daily Show. The new contract will run though 2008. Stewart's contract was set to expire at the end of this season and Stewart had been making statements about testing free agency but the two sides were able to come to an agreement without arbitration and without Comedy Central slapping Stewart with the franchise player tag.

This is excellent news for fans of The Daily Show.

You can find five of the funniest minutes from the show here. The RealPlayer file is Stewart interviewing two of the clueless Spice Girls.

You can also find an interview of Stewart by Bill Moyers here. Stewart discusses The Daily Show in terms of where the show fits in the world of journalism. Linking the interview also gives me the excuse to mention that I always thought a Celebrity Death Match between Bill Moyers and Regis Philbin would be good TV.

Many people wonder where the show finds its material. The answer is simply "in the news". For example the bit on gay penguins was probably sparked by this.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that when I read about Stewart resigning on the show - one of my first thoughts was that Lewis Black will never make it to 2008. Black looks like he's about ready for a massive heart attack at any moment.

In other news - Craig Kilborn still sucks.