TV-Reviewed

The Daily Show – 101905 – Louis Freeh
Original Air Date: October 19, 2005

Originally Published: October 20, 2005

Rating: 8.6

Jon starts off the show by saying he’s going to nail Freeh to the wall tonight. Jon then talks about the news networks, which scared people with fires, floods, and bomb threats. Jon then rolled some clips of seasoned journalists, sounding not so seasoned, but more like idiotic rookies.

Jon turned the news to Saddam Hussein, who is now on trial. The accusation is for capturing, torturing, and killing thousands of people in a city.

For more on this, Jon turns to Iraqi Legal Analyst, Dan Bakkedahl, live in Baghdad. Dan goes on to explain Saddam’s legal team’s strategy. I thought Dan’s material was pretty good, but the audience didn’t respond to the material as well as they should have in my opinion. Who’s to blame? Not the writers, but Dan. I don’t think he’s got his timing down quite yet. Some changes with emphasis and some pauses could have turned it into a funnier piece. This was one of the things Stephen Colbert is so good at. Give Dan time, and he’ll pick this stuff up. I think he’s got a lot of potential.

Back from commercial, Jon turns it over to Rob Corrdry, who has “This Week in God”, taking over for Stephen Colbert. This week’s topic ranged from The End Days to Madonna. Rob then looked into the Shakers, and wondered why their sect has disappeared.

Back from commercial, Jon welcomes tonight’s guest, author of “My FBI”, Louis Freeh. The interview ranged from some stories about investigating Bill Clinton to an experience when he was a new agent, and he had to put a microphone in a wise guy’s house, but it was surrounded by large dogs.

Overall, not a bad episode. Rob did a great job with his segment, the interview was actually funnier than I expected, but the Dan Bakkedahl segment stuck out in my mind because Dan’s got so much potential.