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The first episode
of Daily Show hosted by Jon Stewart premiered on January 11,
1999. If I'm not mistaken, I think Beth Littleford did a story
on female midget wrestlers, and Michael J. Fox was the first
guest Jon interviewed.
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Vance DeGeneres'
first appearance on Daily Show on January 14, 1999
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Steve Carell's
first appearance in March of 1999 (I think)
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Vance DeGeneres'
mom comes out with a book ("Love Ellen, A Mother Daughter
Journey"). We all know about Vance's childhood traumas now.
(little joke there, Vance)
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Former host Craig
Kilborn premieres his own late night talk show on CBS.
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Jon Stewart in the
movie Big Daddy with Adam Sandler. Quite possibly the
highest grossing movie that Jon has ever been in.
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The Daily Show
does its last Summer Spectular.
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The first episode
(since 1996-ish) without an audience (see "The
Hurricane Edition Of TDS" )
due to Hurricane Floyd.
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Nancy Walls' first
appearance on TDS in November (don't bet the farm on that date,
I forget the exact month)
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The Daily Show
goes to their first presidential candidate debate. John McCain
says he likes their (Mo Rocca, Steve Carell, and Vance
DeGeneres') Indecision 2000 jackets.
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1996 presidential candidate
Bob Dole becomes The Daily Show's election "pundit"
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On December 15th,
1999 Frank DeCaro hosts a webcast with Jon and Vance DeGeneres,
where fans questions are answered. Transcript here.
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Later that same
night, the hour long Daily Show special entitled The
Greatest Millennium airs,
with They Might Be Giants as a musical guest.
