TDS Time Machine | Summer Blockbusters

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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. -- The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Stream full episodes on Paramount+ Follow TDS: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This show is supported by Odu. When you buy business software from lots of vendors, the costs
0:06.2	add up, and it gets complicated and confusing. Odo solves this. It's a single company that
0:12.8	sells a suite of enterprise apps that handles everything from accounting to inventory to sales.
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0:24.0	You can save money without missing out on features you need. Check out Odu at ODO.com. That's O'DOOO.com.
0:44.8	Attention all passengers. Theber ride for jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from platform 15 your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five
0:51.3	minutes thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:56.5	Trains on Uber.
0:58.6	You're listening to Comedy Central.
1:00.6	You're listening to the program.
1:17.6	This past Sunday was a banner day for fans of the Star Wars series.
1:22.6	As Fox aired the first glimpse of the latest installment of the saga, Attack of the Clones.
1:30.3	We must stop them before they're ready.
1:35.3	...begun this cornwall has.
1:47.9	Joining us now, our resident expert in all things, science fiction, Stephen Cobert.
1:52.4	Stephen, you worked with Bradbury, with Huxley, understudied many of them.
1:56.9	What did you think of this particular trailer?
2:00.0	John, I loved it.
2:01.9	The special effects were mind-blowing.
2:04.0	The editing was crisp.
2:05.3	Jimmy Smith was in it.
2:06.9	I don't want to tell you the ending, but what the heck?
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