Jon Stewart

Celeste Headlee, host of The Takeaway, blogs about her experience at Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.”

A former Cairo heart surgeon has become a sensation in Egypt for his Daily Show-like satirical internet program. Bassem Youssef credits Jon Stewart as one of his heros. Thursday night, Youssef appeared on the program.

The Egyptian revolution has ushered in a new type of media freedom to the country. Ursula Lindsey reports on a new program in Egypt that is modeled on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.”

Takeaway host Celeste Headlee and Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich talked to people at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear to find out why they came and what they hoped would be the new legislative agenda.

From the Glenn Beck’s ‘Rally to Restore Honor’ to Jon Stewart’s upcoming ‘Rally to Restore Sanity,’ it may feel like this election season has become something of a joke. We talk with Allison Silverman, former executive producer of ‘The Colbert Report.’