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Is "the daily show" with jon
Stewart.
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>> Jon: welcome to "the daily
Show".
My name is jon stewart.
What a program tonight.
The director ron howard will be
Joining us later on in the
Program.
First let's get to the top
Story.
It's been five days since the
Terrible events in tucson,
Arizona, and last night the
President of the united states
Paid his respects speaking to an
Audience of thousands at the
University of arizona.
The president played the role of
Mourner in chief.
>> Our hearts are broken by
Their sudden passing.
Our hearts areçñr broken.
>> Jon: the president played
The role of consoler in chief.
>> Gabby opened her eyes for the
First time.
Gabby opened her eyes for the
First time.
>> Jon: and the president
Played the role of inspirer in
Chief.
>> If this tragedy prompts
Reflection and debate, as it
Should, let's make sure it's
Worthy of those we have lost.
Let's make sure it's not on the
Usual plane of politics and
Point scoring and pettiness that
Drifts away in the next news
Cycle.
>> Jon: it was a message not
Lost on the purveyors the of the
Next news cycle who across
Political lines praised the
Speech for nearly two to three
Minutes before allowing
Politics, point scoring and
Pettiness to kick off the
Reunion tour.
>> We saw barack obama at his
Finest.
>> President obama did a
Wonderful job.
>> I thought the speech was
Particularly courageous.
>> Do you have to question the
Timing of it.
>> Jon: no,çç no, you don't he
To.
We're not a primitive people
Capable only of response to
Outside stimuli.
You have a choice you went to
Oberlin.
Once it was established that the
President successfully delivered
A healthy infusion of support,
Inspiration and comfort to a
Community in dire need there was
Nothing left to do to wonder
About the seating arrangement.
>> I thought it was strange they
Didn't put the people that
Tackled the shooter why weren't
They in the first two rows.
>> Would have been better if
They had them in the front row.
>> Jon: yeah, yeah that would
Have made it much better.
That would have made it a better
Show.
It's a memorial service, not the
Emmys.
Even the blessing by dr. Car
Loge gonzalez a member of the u
Of a faculty and the yaqui
Tribe.
>> I come to give a blessing.
>> The native american who
Opened up the show which i found
Very strange.
>> Jon: it's not a show!
He didn't open up a show!
It's mourning with a u.
You are confusing a morning show
Which you are on with a show of
Mourning which is what this is.
Didn't you wonder why no one
Threw to commercial?
Veteran journalist brit hume was
More perplexed.
>> Reverend gonzalez blessed the
Reples of sea, prayed to the
Four doors ofji'm sure it's an e
Tradition with his people it was
Most pa cuellar.
>> Jon: yeah, yeah, i like my
Benediction like i like my
Coffee, christian.
I have to say, i also think the
People of arizona made a dire
Mistake afterwards eating
Sandwiches and a corn pancake
Instead of on a more american
Slice of b. Ad
But if there was one thing
Everyone agreed on it was that
The memorial service audience.
It up for everyone.
>> The students at the
University of arizona didn't get
The message.
They thought they were at a pep
Rally.
>> The audience, mostly students
Was reacting with cheers and÷úñi
Yells in what was supposed to be
A solemn memorial.
>> It turned into a pep rally.
>> You can either have a pep
Rally or a memorial service.
You can't have both at the same
Time.
>> Jon: have you ever been to
An irish wake?
I have never been sadder and
Laughed harder in my life.
I got news for you guys: amen
Ain't that far from woohoo.
For more on the tucson memorial
Service we go to samantha bee
And johner have.
Thank you - Johner have.
I - John oliver.
I was touched.
It seemed like what the
Community needed.
What do you make of the
Criticism of the crowd at a
Memorial service?
>> I think it was absolutely
Appropriate, jon.
We untrusted tucson with giving
A - Entrusted tucson with
Giving a voice to our nation's
Grief and boy, did they let us
Down.
>> John oliver is right they
Ruined the memorial service.
>> They were terrible.
I personally was owe offended.
>> You know what, brow beating
Them isn't the answer.
They need constructive
Criticism.
>> Jon: you are giving notes
To mourners.
>> In my business we say we're
Helping them with the optics.
May i?
Why don't we start with that
Stupid orange flag on the stage.
Hello, tacky.
No, no.
>> Jon: that's the state flag
Of arizona.
>> Okay.
But it's inappropriate for a
National audience.
>> Absolutely, sam.
Taous taous tiew they made it
About themselves.
I haven't checked tucson's
Approval number but i bet the
Negatives are way up.
Way up.
>> It's an easy fix.
Next time you suffer a shockingr
Unexpected tragedy remember a
Few pieces of black crepe change
The whole mood.
>> That is absolutely beautiful.
>> Jon: what is this over here
>> None other than sir elton
John.
No one personalizes a sad song
To your tragic event like this
70s hit maker.
>> That was great but it doesn't
Change the fact that the people
Didn't know how to publicly
Grieve to our expectations.
>>S they a great question, john.
That's why i've taken the
Liberty of replacing the people
Of tucson with italian widows.
>> Great choice.
>> Thank you.
>> Such a great choice, sam.
>> Thank you.
>> Such a great choice.
Those women know how to wail.
>> Jon: this is terrible.
We weren't there.
We don't know the context in
Which this event took place.
The grove and catharsis are not
Universal in how they are
Expressed.
You are focusing on the wrong
Things.
I'm appalled the you and - At
You and the way it's beenç
Dissected.
I'm sorry.
>> Whoa whoa whoa, okay.
>> Okay.
>> You made your point.
Maybe you are right.
Instead of talking about the opt
Ics and the
Superficialalities we should be
Focusing on how this effects the
2012 electric.
>> This has to give a huge boost
To huckabee's chances in new
Hampshire.
>> Jon: thank you very much.
>> Jon: welcome back.
It seems at a once proud
American sport is in trouble.
>> Nascar has struggled in
Recent years hurt by the effects
Of the recession.
>> The sport is in a fight for
Sponsor dollars.
>> Nascar's rating 10% down.
>> Some say i've gotten stale.
>> How could people get bored
Watching someone drive in a
Circle again and again.
>> Jon: luckily here to lend
His expertise is john hodgman in
His segment: you're welcome.
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>> Jon: thank you very much
For being here john.
All right.
I like this.
Is that a mustache in honor of
Your bushy dale earnhardt
Stasche.
>> I don't know what you are
Talking about.
I forgot i had this on.
It's for a movie part.
Let me get rid of it for you.
There we go.
>> Jon: did you grow a
Mustache?
>> I was going for stanley tucci
In the lovely bones.
You know, sophisticated,
Friendly.
>> Jon: was tucci's character
A -
>> I don't know i didn't see it.
>> Jon: let's get to the
Matter at hand here.
>> Sure, nascar.
>> Jons. Ye
>> The problem is they have lost
Touch with the heritage.
Today's drivers are all
Millionaires.
The cars they drive in are space
Age safety÷úñi cages with wheeld
The tracks they drive on are
Gold and spray painted to look
Like asphalt.
>> Jon: that sound as mazing.
Do they have that?
>> You would think so but it's
Boring.
Not even worth the price of
Admission.
Cost costs $5 million.
That's why nascar is eclipsed by
Down and dirty sports like cage
Fighting which brings me to that
First solution.
Lose the boring oval track and
Replace it with the shape people
Love the october gone.
>> Jon: obviously the intearal
Angle of an october gone is 1358
Degrees i don't know how a
Driver -
>> Wait a minute, how do you
Know what the exact interior
Angle an october gone is.
Hand it over, jon.
A protractor.
I thought so.
That's my job.
>> Jon: you can't just change
The shape of track and steal
Back viewers from ultimate
Fighting.
>> Of course not that's why they
Must enact the secondç solution
No more cars.
>> Jon: a giant foot race?
>> More like a fist race.
As soon as the flag goes down
The drivers punch each other in
A cage.
>> Jon: i know cage fighting
Is popular without changing it
To be cage fighting?
>> Why?
It could be back to its roots.
Stock car racing started out
With boot leggers outrunning the
Police during prohibition.
>> Jon: rugby started with
People fighting over a ham.
>> I don't know about that.
>> Jon: how does nascar
Recapture the excitement and
Danger of those rum-Running
Days?
>> It's simple: after each race
The loser is handcuffed to his
Own bumper and beaten to death
By a corrupt southern sheriff.
>> Jon: your solution is to
Force the drivers to suffer
Pain?
>> That's nascar's solution,
Watch.
>> They loosened the rules this
Year.
>> Officials want drivers to mix
It up, saying have at it, boys
The history is based on bang rig
Fender.
They are going to allow people
To intentionally wreck people.
>> Allow people.
That means not hitting people is
An option.
That will never work.
>> Jon: there's a middle
Ground?
>> You want to compromise
Between my solution as an
Exciting sport which people want
To watch with nascar insisting
On cars.
Answer is staring us in the
Face: make the a death race.
In the year 2011 when the
Crashes are mandatory and the
Navigators must have glasses.
I can't believe it was 11 years
Ago.
>> Jon: it's 40 years.
It was david carradyne in death
Race 2000.
>> A lot of people liked that
Movie.
A lot of people watched it.
>> Jon: they didn't actually
Huge bomb.
>> At least one person watched
It.
A lot.
>> Jon: thank you very much.
Stanley tucci
>> Jon: welcome back.
My guest tonight an academy
Award winning director whose new
Film is called "÷úñithe dilemma"
>> You are in love.
Kit be rewarding and very
Filling, like a warm stew.
It honestly is.
Look, if you want ice cream, go
In the car and get ice cream.
You don't worry in a while i'm
Driving i might have chest pains
And you veer off you kill a
Bunch of seniors and toddlers.
You get your ice cream.
And you know what, 99% of the
Time you'll end up at the shop
With a big hot fudge sundae.
Nuts!
>> I'm not understanding what
You are trying to say to me.
>> Apparently.
>> Jon: please welcome back to
The show ron howard.
What is up, brother.
>> Jon: what is happening?
About.
What?
>> Jon: i don't know.
How do you choose the movies the
Da vinci code.
Angels and demons.
What is the trilogy you are
Working on?
>> The dark tower series.
>>ç jon: you have the broadest
Career.
>> I love all kinds of movies
And i want to explore the
Medium.
As an actor was categorized in a
Particular way pretty much.
As i filmmaker i wanted to make
Sure that i ran the gamut.
I have not done a comedy in a
Long time but being around
Arrested development which i was
One of the producers on -
- A couple years ago i noticed
I enjoyed being around the
Writers and actors and it was
Fun being involved.
I started looking for something
I could kreblgt.
I didn't - - Could direct.
I found this to be a fresh
Interesting subject.
>> Jon: it's a - You know,
What is amazing to me is you've
Been able to maintain your
Enthusiasm.
How long have been in this
Stpwheuz since you were a child.
How old were you when you
Started?
>> Jon: are you going to die?
Is it a piece of beard?
What do you have in there?
>> Catching my wife's cold.
>> Jon: let's just do this.
>> 52 years.
That was the answer to your
Question.
>> Jon: you've been in this
Business 52 years?
>> Right.
>> Jon: and you are only 49.
How did you pull that off?
Your enthusiasm for it.
Your lack of cynicism towards it
And it's a business in many ways
Built on that, how would you be
Able to maintain that.
Have you been sheltered?
Are you resilient?
What is the secret to
Continuing?
>> It's creative, it's
Different.
Every news story whether it's a
Comedy or a drama you are
Exploring something about
People.
The talented people - Oh, my
God.
>> Jon: do you want to whisper
It to me.
>> It's becoming an episode of
Arrested development or the
Simpsons.
>> Jon: if you want to write
It down and i'll read it for
You.
>> I think i'm okay [making
Clearing throat sounds] you were
Saying?
>> I got it now.
>> Jon: now we got it.
>> It's endlessly fascinating.
Whether you are doing something
About science or the mind or
Politics or a comedy about, you
Know, contemporary circumstances
As tricky and particular as this
One in the dilemma it's fun.
I grew up in it.
I was a child actor.
The environment is a place i'm
Comfortable.
That process is exciting and i
Love creating stories.
>> Jon: it feels as though you
Were almost designed for this
Business in that -
- In the resilience of it.
Is that - What drove you to get
Into - If it's 52 years ago you
]U"t have been a -
>> Well, i was 4.
>> Jon: you said at that time
To your parents, i would like to
Direct.
>> And then direct.
>> Jon: you would like to tell
Stories in moving pictures.
>> My dad is in the dilemma.
Continues to act at age 82.
He loves it.
It was infectious.
I was lucky.
I knew i liked it.
The environment on the andy
Griffith show was creative.
It was collaborative and the
Actors were having a great time.
People were getting something
Out of it and it was good to be
A part of it.
>> Jon: even in the times, the
Business being on that show, it
Was such a light show.
The people seemed like good
People.
Were you not exposed to the sort
Of more negative side.
Maybe an early foundational
Time.
>> Very lucky.
It was a great environment and
It really was creative.
Even as a little kid i was
Actually allowed to comment.
For example, people would say
That this and the other.
This line doesn't feel right and
So forth.
For the whole first season i
Kept throwing in my two cents
And no one seemed toit8&?Mx ft.
In the second episode of the
Second season, i remember this.
I was supposed to come backing
Into the sheriff's office and
Say something.
I stopped and the director said
What is the problem.
I said i don't think a kid would
Say in this way.
I said whatever i thought it was
And he said, fine, say it that
Way.
I remember feeley really -
Feeling really happy to have an
Idea.
Andy said, come on, what are you
Standing there for youngin?
You would actually call people
Youngin.
>> Jon: when you walked to the
Set would you actually whistle
That song, too?
>> He would say what is the
Matter, ronnie?
What is going on?
I said it's the first idea you
Accepted.
Andy said, it was the first one
That was any damn good.
>> Jon: if everyone had the
Type of attitude they had in
Their line of work it seems
Like -
>> I'm lucky.
I love it.
>> Jon: the films you make are
Such a nice level.
I appreciate it.
>> Thanks.
>> Jon: "the dilemma" in the
>> Jon: thank you very much.
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