TDS Time Machine | Summer Blockbusters

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

May 25, 2026•44 min

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Episode description

As summer movie season kicks off, take a look back at The Daily Show's blockbuster coverage.

Stephen Colbert explains that he prefers the trailers to the movies themselves. Jon Stewart interviews MCU stars Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr., and pesters George Lucas with Star Wars minutia. Sigourney Weaver visits to explain Avatar before it becomes the biggest movie of all time. Star Wars star Lupita Nyong'o sits down with Trevor Noah to break down being an alien. And Rob Riggle works through his feelings about Steve Carell's blockbuster success.

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