TOMORROW on DVD: "The Daily Show: Indecision 2004"...3 DVD set

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# Starring: Jon Stewart, See more
# Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
# Format: Color
# Rated: Unrated
# Studio: Paramount Home Video
# DVD Release Date: June 28, 2005
# DVD Features:

* Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
* A DVD introduction by Jon Stewart
* Original segments featuring Jon Stewart and the correspondents
* Stephen Colbert's award-not-winning featurette: Requiem for a Show That Was Daily
* Voice-over commentary by Rob Corddry, Ed Helms, and Samantha Bee
* On the Bonus Disc:
* Our National Anthem sung in 4-correspondent harmony
* The First Presidential Debate: The Squabble in Coral Gables
* Election Night '04: Prelude to a Recount
* Daily Show Rock! Presents: Midterm Elections
* John Edwards Campaign Announcement
* Stephen Colbert's "Interviews I Could Get"
* Rob Corddry: Democratic debates in NY and Detroit; The Secretaries' Tour
* Ed Helms: Original Introduction; Principle Spinner
* Samantha Bee: Block the Vote; So You Want to Bee...A 527 Organization?
* Continental Skiff Boat Oarsmen for Veracity
* Steve Carell: Trail and Tribulations following the Howard Dean campaign
* Bob Wiltfong: Sticker Shock
* Number of discs: 3

# From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
# ASIN: B0009CTV5E
# Average Customer Review: 5 out of 5 stars Based on 6 reviews. Write a review.
# Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14 in DVD

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is so laugh-out-loud funny that Indecision 2004--which could have been a dated recap of a time many would rather forget--is instead a hilarious time capsule of the follies and foibles of the 2004 presidential election. What also helps is that many of the issues being lampooned, such as the Iraq war, are still in the news in 2005. The 10 episodes included in the three-disc set are the four reporting on the Democratic National Convention, the four from the Republican National Convention, the episode following the first Bush-Kerry debate, and the hourlong election-night episode, subtitled "Prelude to a Recount." The Daily Show mimics the format of a news program, with Stewart as the anchor and his troupe of "senior correspondents/analysts"--Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee, and Ed Helms--filing their "reports" from the field. Stewart is always quick to dismiss his show as "fake news," but an increasing number of people have taken to the Comedy Central staple as the way to get their news. Political news is mostly sound bites anyway, so Stewart piles the video clips together at their most incongruous or contradictory, then follows up with a wisecrack or a marvelously deadpan look of disbelief. As further proof of its impact, The Daily Show won a 2005 Peabody Award for electronic media excellence for its "satire that deflates pomposity on an equal opportunity basis." (Stewart admitted during the campaign that he himself was voting for Kerry, and his audience is very anti-Bush, but he takes the opportunity to skewer anyone who deserves it.) He also attracts a number of "legitimate" guests. Appearing on these episodes are Ted Koppell, Joe Biden, Chris Matthews (shortly after he'd been challenged to a duel by Zell Miller), Al Sharpton on election night, and a wry John McCain not looking like the combative party zealot that had appeared at the convention podium the night before.

In addition to the 10 episodes, the three-DVD set has more reports by Colbert (whose survey of Democratic minority groups has something to offend anyone), Corddry, Bee, and Helms. There's also John Edwards's 2003 announcement of his presidential candidacy on The Daily Show, the Schoolhouse Rock! spoof about midterm elections, a surprisingly musical four-correspondent rendition of the national anthem, and other lunacy. --David Horiuchi

Description
The 2004 race for the White House was one of the most memorable presidential elections of the last five years. Now relive it again - and again - and, that's enough - with this exquisitely packaged heirloom collection. This 3-DVD set brings together some of the most repackageable moments from "Indecision 2004."

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