Episode
The Daily Show: John Mellencamp
Overview
Tonight, musician John Mellencamp.Jon first looks at the moral outrage over a Super Bowl snickers ad and a suicide prevention groups complaint over GM's ad showing a robot killing itself after losing its job. Jon then looks at Paul Bremmer's failure to account for $8 billion that went to Iraq for reconstruction. Finally, John Oliver investigates a man in Colorado who is suing a bar for sex discrimination because they have a ladies night.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2007-02-08
Episode context
John Mellencamp is Episode 20 in Season 12 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2007-02-08.
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