Episode
The Daily Show: Maxwell Kennedy
Overview
Barack Obama doesn't sound like a newly elected president. John Oliver explains Rod Blagojevich's Tennyson reference. Jason Jones learns how to be a great pundit, and Maxwell Kennedy discusses kamikaze pilots.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2009-01-12
Episode context
Maxwell Kennedy is Episode 5 in Season 14 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2009-01-12.
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