The Daily Show/John Hodgman (November 16, 2005)

John Hodgman
"Here's another Haiku: Thiry-six percent / Is my approval rating / East Asia road-trip"

Airdate	November 16, 2005
Production Number	10147
Guest(s)	John Hodgman
November 15, 2005 Rosario Dawson	November 17, 2005 Richard Clarke
The Daily Show — 2005

This is the 147st episode of the 2005 season of The Daily Show.

Guest Stars: John Hodgman (Guest)

Episode Overview

Bush in Asia: Moments of Zen - Here's how good Bush has gotten with the Iraq talking points: When he goes to Japan, he delivers them in Haiku form!

Senior Asian Bureau Chief, Dan Bakkedahl - Dan Bakkedahl and Jon discuss the president's tour of Asia, but the difficulty of the Asian names gets in the way. Bakkedahl also mentions that Bush is shooting an advertisement for television.

From Rag to Riches, Samantha Bee: Samantha Bee uncovers a scandal at the Newark Weekly News where Howard Scott, publisher for the newspaper, proposed to the city that they pay him $100 thousand to only write positive stories about the government. John O'Brien of the New Jersey Press Association, however, disagrees and Sam mocks him for it. Later, Sam gets Howard Scott to spin the Iraq war and admit that he never went to Journalism school.
- Sources:
  - Howard Scott, Publisher
  - John O'Brien, New Jersey Press Association

Indecision 2008: Talk Don't Run - A slew of senators and political figures are badgered by the press about whether or not they'll run for president in 2008. Among the people shown are Gov. Bill Richardson (D - New Mexico), Gov. Mark Warner (D - Virginia), Gov. Tom Vilsack (D - Iowa) and Gov. Mike Huckabee (R - Arkansas).

John Hodgman, a contributing writer for the New York Times and contributer to This American Life on NPR, promotes his book, The Areas of My Expertise. The two discuss Hodgmania, the Hobo Rebellion of the 1940s and other "hobo matters" from the book.

Stephen tells Jon that they missed him at the 3rd Annual "Stephen Colbert's Let's Lick Lupus" Celebrity Journalist Polo Tournament. Stephen calls out Lupus, saying "You hear me Lupus? I am licking you!"

A birthday party for a 175 year old tortoise, the oldest living creature in the world. It was born the year Abraham Lincoln turned 21.

Although this is John Hodgman's first appearance on the Daily Show, he would later appear occasionally as an "expert" rather than a correspondant. The different being that Hodgman's future appearances would be entirely "in studio" and he states his opinion, rather than reporting fake news.