30 years ago today, The Daily Show began satirizing and skewering politicians and broadcasters on cable TV’s Comedy Central. “Nobody had done it before,”...
30 years ago today, The Daily Show began satirizing and skewering politicians and broadcasters on cable TV’s Comedy Central. “Nobody had done it before,” said former head writer and co-creator Lizz Winstead. “We became the watchdogs of the watchdog.” Her co-creator Madeleine Smithberg supplemented the brilliant talents of host Jon Stewart with a posse of comical ‘correspondents’ like Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry, Mo Rocca, Aasif Mandvi, Jon Oliver, and Lewis Black. WATCH a video of top moments...(1996)
