TDS Time Machine | The Oscars

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Hit the red carpet with a look back at The Daily Show's coverage of the Academy Awards over the years. Jon Stewart recaps the biggest moments, and gets roasted by John Oliver for his hosting ratings. Lewis Black attempts to make the Oscars watchable. Roy Wood Jr. deconstructs another white Oscars, before celebrating a year of Peak Blackness, and Trevor Noah reacts to Will Smith's slap, and being among the celebrities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:03.0	A four hour telecast and I lost my office pool after three minutes.
0:21.6	Though you probably haven't heard of it, in Los Angeles last night there was a ceremony called the Academy Awards, also known to insiders as the Oscars, where, get this, the movie business gives itself prizes.
0:35.6	And because no other news organization
0:37.6	thought it was big enough to cover,
0:39.3	the Daily Show has decided to stand alone
0:41.3	and give you these exclusive highlights.
0:45.0	The awards were hosted by Whoopi Goldberg,
0:47.6	who was responsible for more bombs
0:49.4	than saving Private Ryan
0:50.6	and the thin red line put together.
0:53.4	Without the ability to censor the live broadcast,
0:56.3	Whoopi's repeated profanity went unchecked.
0:59.7	I thought the blacklist was me and Hattie McDaniel.
1:02.7	Hi Goldie!
1:03.9	I curse.
1:05.1	Sit down.
1:08.4	Later, while apologizing to the Academy,
1:10.8	the streetwise Whoopi inadvertently used the word 14 more times, along with seven hoes and one biotch.
1:20.6	Tom Hanks showed up.
1:21.6	Tom Hanks showed up with a beard, just so that hilarious guy at the water cooler could do that shaving private Ryan bit he's been dying to use.
1:29.3	Other big names on hand included Celine Dion, who can be seen here arriving from the filming of a Virginia Slims commercial.
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