This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2006.
2006
January DateGuestPromotion January 4 George Packer The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq January 5 Pierce Brosnan The Matador January 9 James Risen State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration January 10 Albert Brooks Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World January 11 Peter Bergen The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader January 12 Edward Lazarus Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court January 16 Eugene Jarecki Why We Fight January 17 L. Paul Bremer My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope January 18 R. James Woolsey Jr. "A former Director of the CIA under the Clinton administration; he is currently Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton." January 19 Josh Lucas Glory Road January 23 Fred Barnes Rebel-in-Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush January 24 Reza Aslan No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam January 25 Anthony Hopkins The World's Fastest Indian January 26 Bernard-Henri Lévy American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville January 30 Randy Jackson American Idol January 31 Charles Barkley Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?
February DateGuestPromotion February 1 Michael Beschloss "A renowned presidential historian and best-selling author." February 2 Robert O'Harrow Jr. No Place to Hide February 7 Torie Clarke Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game February 8 Harrison Ford Firewall February 9 Will Arnett Arrested Development (episode hosted by Rob Corddry) February 13 Astronaut Mike Mullane Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut February 14 Peter Tertzakian A Thousand Barrels a Second February 15 Julianne Moore Freedomland February 16 Ed Harris Winter Passing February 21 Sarah Vowell Assassination Vacation February 22 Matthew Fox Lost February 23 Roger Ebert The Great Movies II
March DateGuestPromotion March 7 Eugene Linden The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations March 8 Neil Young Neil Young: Heart of Gold March 9 Bruce Bartlett Impostor : How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy March 13 Eric Burns Infamous Scribblers March 14 Bart Ehrman Misquoting Jesus March 15 Natalie Portman V for Vendetta March 16 Vin Diesel Find Me Guilty, and possibly Tigon Studios. March 20 Clive Owen Inside Man March 21 Georges Sada Saddam's Secrets March 22 Senator Russ Feingold "The Democratic junior senator who has recently called for the censure of President Bush." March 23 Michael Mandelbaum The Case for Golaith March 27 Michael Gordon Cobra II March 28 Fareed Zakaria The editor of Newsweek International... and host of Foreign Exchange on PBS to talk about illegal immigration to the United States, and Iraq. March 29 Queen Latifah Ice Age: The Meltdown March 30 Sharon Stone Basic Instinct 2
April DateGuestPromotion April 3 Ricky Gervais More Flanimals April 4 Studs Terkel And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey April 5 Tony Zinni The Battle for Peace; N.B. this was a special episode entitled, "Race: The AfroSpanicIndioAsianization of America", which focused on race relations in America. April 6 Josh Hartnett Lucky Number Slevin April 17 Jon Meacham American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation April 18 Ryan Nerz Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit April 19 Dennis Quaid American Dreamz April 20 Ted Kennedy America Back on Track April 24 Efraim Halevy Man in the Shadows April 25 Tom Selleck Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (made for TV movie) April 26 Kimberley Strassel "A member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board... [to speak] about the oil industry and the rising price of gasoline." April 27 Robin Williams RV
May DateGuestPromotion May 1 Matthew Continetti The K Street Gang May 2 Madeleine Albright The Mighty and the Almighty May 3 Clark Kent Ervin Where America is Vulnerable to Attack May 4 John Malkovich Art School Confidential May 8 David Remnick Reporting May 9 Eric Shawn The UN Exposed May 10 Billy Connolly Billy Connolly - Live In New York May 11 Francis Fukuyama America at the Crossroads May 15 Howard Dean The Democratic Party May 16 Denis Leary Rescue Me May 17 Ramesh Ponnuru The Party of Death May 18 Willie Nelson The Tao of Willie
June DateGuestPromotion June 5 Caroline Kennedy Profiles in Courage June 6 William John Bennett America: The Last Best Hope June 7 Bonnie Hunt Cars June 8 Lily Tomlin A Prairie Home Companion June 12 Thomas Friedman The World Is Flat June 13 Ken Mehlman The Republican Party June 14 Tim Russert Meet the Press June 15 Louis C.K. Lucky Louie June 19 Calvin Trillin A Heckuva Job June 20 Juliet Eilperin Fight Club Politics June 21 Anderson Cooper Dispatches from the Edge June 22 Adam Sandler Click June 26 Lance Armstrong ESPY Awards June 27 Helen Thomas Watchdogs of Democracy? : The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public (Scribner, 2006) June 28 Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth June 29 Kevin Spacey Superman Returns
July DateGuestPromotion July 10 Ilario Pantano Warlord: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy July 11 John Dean Conservatives without Conscience July 12 Shawn Wayans Little Man July 13 Owen Wilson You, Me and Dupree July 17 Gordon G. Chang Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On The World; Daily Show's Tenth Anniversary (although July 22, 2006 would be the exact date) July 18 M. Night Shyamalan Lady in the Water July 19 James Maguire American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds July 20 Paul Giamatti Lady in the Water July 24 John McCain July 25 Edward Burns The Groomsmen July 26 Sharon Weinberger Imaginary Weapons July 27 Alon Ben-Meir Professor of New York University (NYU) International Relations and Middle East Director of The World Policy Institute at The New School, to talk about 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict July 31 Will Ferrell Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
August DateGuestPromotion August 1 Vali Nasr The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future August 2 Chris Paine Who Killed the Electric Car? August 3 Danny DeVito It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia August 8 Brian Williams NBC Nightly News August 9 Craig Glenday Guinness World Records August 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. August 14 Thomas E. Ricks Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq August 15 Samuel L. Jackson Snakes on a Plane August 16 Thomas Kean Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission August 17 Matt Dillon Factotum August 21 Reza Aslan No god but God (paperback) August 22 William Cohen Dragon Fire August 23 Frederick S. Lane The Decency Wars August 24 Martin Short Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
September DateGuestPromotion September 11 Maggie Gyllenhaal Sherrybaby September 12 Gary Hart The Courage Of Our Convictions September 13 Ed Gillespie Winning Right September 14 Norm Macdonald Ridiculous September 18 Bill Clinton Clinton Global Initiative September 19 Ben Affleck Hollywoodland September 20 Johnny Knoxville Jackass Number Two September 21 CC Goldwater Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater September 25 Pat Buchanan State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America September 26 Pervez Musharraf In the Line of Fire: A Memoir September 27 Al Franken The Truth (with jokes) September 28 Jim McGreevey The Confession
October DateGuestPromotion October 2 Trent Lott Herding Cats: A Life in Politics October 3 Dennis Miller October 4 Ian Bremmer The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall October 5 David Rakoff Don't Get Too Comfortable October 9 James Baker Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics! October 10 David Cross Freak Show October 11 Lou Dobbs War on the Middle Class October 12 David Mark Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning October 16 Frank Rich The Greatest Story Ever Sold October 17 Amy Sedaris I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence October 18 John Ashcroft Never Again October 19 Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette October 30 LeBron James October 31 John Mueller Overblown
November DateGuestPromotion November 1 None Battlefield Ohio: The Daily Show's Midwest Midterm Midtacular November 2 Sacha Baron Cohen Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan November 6 Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie & Seinfeld Season 7 DVD November 7 Dan Rather 2006 Midterm Elections Coverage November 8 Howard Dean 2006 Midterm Elections Coverage November 9 Dustin Hoffman Stranger than Fiction November 13 Tina Fey 30 Rock November 14 John Edwards Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives November 15 Ted Koppel Iran - The Most Dangerous Nation (Discovery Channel documentary) November 16 Muhammad Yunus Banker to the Poor November 27 Rahm Emanuel The Plan: Big Ideas for America November 28 Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards November 29 George Clooney The Good German November 30 Tenacious D Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
December DateGuestPromotion December 4 Nathan Lane Butley (Broadway Play) December 5 John Danforth Faith and Politics December 6 Eve Herold Stem Cell Wars () December 7 Ed Viesturs No Shortcuts to the Top () December 11 Lincoln Chafee December 12 Fareed Zakaria December 13 Ricky Gervais Night at the Museum December 14 Rajiv Chandrasekaran Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone () December 18 Tom Vilsack December 19 Bill Kristol December 20 Ben Stiller Night at the Museum
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