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Episode 5 — Pete Townshend

Season 18 • The Daily Show

Released: 2012-10-08 • News/Comedy

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Slightly lower unemployment numbers spark conservative conspiracy theories, Sesame Street comes under fire, and Pete Townshend discusses his memoir, "Who I Am".

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Season 18 · Episode 5 · Streaming in USA

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Episode 2
Liam Neeson
2012-10-02

Episode 3
Rand Paul
2012-10-03

Episode 4
Bill O'Reilly
2012-10-04

Episode 5
Pete Townshend
2012-10-08

Episode 6
Ben Affleck
2012-10-09

Episode 7
Magic Johnson
2012-10-10

Episode 8
Paul Thomas Anderson
2012-10-11

Episode 9
J. K. Rowling
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Episode 10
Eugene Jarecki
2012-10-16

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Nate Silver
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Barack Obama
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D.L. Hughley
2012-10-22

Episode 14
Gerard Butler
2012-10-23

Episode 15
Dakota Meyer
2012-10-24

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Nancy Pelosi
2012-10-25

Episode 17
Jon Ronson
2012-10-31

Episode 18
Bob Woodruff
2012-11-01

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Martha Raddatz
2012-11-05

Episode 20
Democalypse 2012: Election Night - This Ends Now
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Nate Silver
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Katie Dellamaggiore & Pobo Efekoro
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Mike Huckabee
2012-11-12

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Jason Sudeikis
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Jon Meacham
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Andrew Napolitano
2012-11-15

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David Nasaw
2012-11-26

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Warren Buffett & Carol Loomis
2012-11-27

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Neil Young
2012-11-28

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Calvin Trillin
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Denis Leary
2012-12-03

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R.A. Dickey
2012-12-04

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Alan Simpson
2012-12-05

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Chris Christie
2012-12-06

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Bishop Gene Robinson
2012-12-10

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Laura Linney
2012-12-11

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Cory Booker
2012-12-12

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Kristen Stewart
2012-12-13

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Anne Hathaway
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal
2013-01-08

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Jeff Bridges
2013-01-09

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Josh Brolin
2013-01-10

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Roger Waters
2013-01-14

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Bob Schieffer
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Jessica Chastain
2013-01-16

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Lena Dunham
2013-01-17

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Sonia Sotomayor
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Jennifer Lopez
2013-01-22

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Missy Cummings
2013-01-23

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Christopher Walken
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Bob Costas
2013-01-28

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Melissa McCarthy
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Al Gore
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Jason Bateman
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Michelle Rhee
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Ray Kelly
2013-02-05

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Ed Whitacre
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Neil Barofsky
2013-02-07

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George Stephanopoulos
2013-02-11

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Mike Piazza
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Fawzia Koofi
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Paul Rudd
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson
2013-03-06

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Tom Coughlin
2013-03-07

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Peter Dinklage
2013-03-25

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Michael Moss
2013-03-26

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Eva Mendes
2013-03-27

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Denise Kiernan
2013-03-28

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Mary Roach
2013-04-01

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Jonathan Sperber
2013-04-02

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Sheryl Sandberg
2013-04-03

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Danny Boyle
2013-04-04

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David Stockman
2013-04-08

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Jimmy Carter
2013-04-09

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Ken Burns
2013-04-10

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Edie Falco
2013-04-11

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Tom Cruise
2013-04-16

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Ricky Gervais
2013-04-17

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Mark Mazzetti
2013-04-18

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Christina Hendricks
2013-04-22

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Salman Rushdie
2013-04-23

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Bassem Youssef
2013-04-24

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Vali Nasr
2013-04-25

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Jon Hamm
2013-04-29

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Robert Downey Jr
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Eric Greitens
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Christiane Amanpour
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Mindy Kaling
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Carey Mulligan
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David Sedaris
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J.J. Abrams
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Nathan Lane
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Olympia Snowe
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George Packer
2013-05-16

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Ellen Page
2013-05-20

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Phil Jackson
2013-05-21

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Bill O'Reilly
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Morgan Freeman
2013-05-23

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Maxim Pozdorovkin & Mike Lerner
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Brian Williams
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Jon Favreau
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No Guests
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Mavis Staples
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Jim Gaffigan
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Dawn Porter
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Tom Brokaw
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Josh Fox
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Tom Goldstein
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Michael C. Hall
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Sheri Fink
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Billy Crystal
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Robert Reich
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Jake Gyllenhaal
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Robin Williams
2013-09-26

Information

Episode air date	08.10.2012
Episode runtime	—
Episode rating	7.00
Genres	News / Comedy
TMDB series rating	6.4
IMDb series rating	8.3
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	14+
Country	US

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