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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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On Tuesday night, November 16, 1999 at 11:00pm ET, Comedy Central in the U.S. showed the episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart that included Tori. (This was actually taped on October 20, 1999.) Look below for more details and photos from the show, as well as a complete transcript of the interview! I also just added 12 more screen shots from Heather G. which are larger than mine!
The show was repeated four times in the 24-hour period following the original broadcast.
During the Daily Show's fourth anniversary special on Comedy Central on July 19, 2000, Jon Stewart mentioned Tori at the start of the show, then towards the end they showed the clip of her pouring the water on the floor from this episode during a guest montage showing odd or uncomfortable moments! Tori was one of the few celebrities whose names they actually put on the bottom of the screen while they were on....
On November 25, 1999, Aaron Barnhart's web site TVBarn.com included a comment about Tori's appearance on the Daily Show in their Reader Mail column from someone named Darren Glass. You can find the exact comments here, and I repeat them below:
Richard Handal wrote a really good reply to this, which was posted on TVBarn.com on December 2, 1999. You can read Richard's letter at TVBarn.com. or below:
Jon: Wow, I gotta tell ya, when we told the audience that you were going to be here today, and they weren't aware of that..
Tori: Um hum..
Jon: Uh they literally, I could have said, like it was the "Price is Right" come on down. They were hyperventilating, one woman; blushing, uh, huge fans of yours.
Tori: (turns to audience, waves) Hi.
Jon: All right, fair enough. You have, I would say, a very rabid fan base, wouldn't you agree?
Tori: Um, well...
Jon: There was a woman that passed out when I mentioned your name.
Tori: OK, some of them. But I think some people really kinda get them wrong and...
"So you see, he really caused her to go into defensive mode right off the bat. He seemed to eventually catch on that he'd opened the wrong can of worms and tried to extricate foot from mouth, but it was too late. By then she had decided to almost completely clam up. I'm sure he had no idea that he'd picked at a recent wound and that he meant no harm, but there it was nonetheless.
"In case anyone thinks Ms. Amos is incapable of giving a thoughtful interview, I direct you to the interview she did with Charlie Rose which aired the day before the one for The Daily Show was taped. And although I don't pretend to understand why she emptied her mug out on the floor behind John Stewart's desk, I thought that held some entertainment value."
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Click on thumbnail to see a larger image. These larger screen shots were created by Heather G.
Special thanks to Heather G. (RaysinGyrl) for going to all the trouble to type the following complete trancript. We appreciate this! She is not sure of a few spellings and says that Tori only uttered 107 words during the interview!
Js: Tonight's guest is a 4 time Grammy nominee. Her latest is a double CD
Tori enters.
(inaudible to audience: Tori says hi to Jon, he says hi, she says how are
Js: Wow, I gotta tell ya, when we told the audience that you were going to
Ta: Um hum..
Js: Uh they literally, I could have said, like it was the "Price is Right"
Ta: (turns to audience, waves) Hi
Js: Alright, fair enough. You have, I would say, a very rabid fan base,
Ta: Um, well..
Js: There was a woman that passed out when I mentioned your name.
Ta: Ok, some of them. But I think some people really kinda get them wrong
Js: Get them wrong in what sense?
Ta: Well they're not all out of their minds. I mean there are a few
Js: Right
Ta: Just a few.
Js: I wasn't casting aspirsions on all of them, just the one who vomited
Ta: Yeah but um..
Js: Whereas I uh.. honestly..
Ta: Yeah but what else do you do things well, other things? Like, not
js: Do you mind if I get on the couch too?
Ta: (giggles)
Js: I.. honestly, I did, I made up a list once, and uh.. it was I.. the only
Ta: I don't, I don't buy that.
Ja: Well, you've never spent 24 hours with me and you would see. Are you
Ta: Yes.
Ja: How was that? Was that enjoyable?
Ta: Fantastic, it was great.
Ja: Big studio, big arena type uh..
Ta: Yeah, big.
Ja: Yeah, feel free, by the way, not to fill in any of the blanks. Feel
Ta: Well, you do it all so very well, I'm just letting you fill the space.
Js: Do you have any idea, I literally have ass sweat right now. I.. there
Ta: (picks up her water cup and pours the entire cup of water out onto the
Js: Hey! That was Stolichnaya, how could you do that? Well if you want
Ta: Not ass sweat (giggles).
Js: I.. I wasn't going to squeeze it out into the cup, I'm not insane! Uh,
Ta: Good wine.
Js: Wine, oh see now we're getting somewhere. What kind of wine?
Ta: Well.. good wine...
Js: Uh huh.. just like that kind.. like "GOOD."
Ta: Margeaux '83
Js: Ok, Margeaux '83, which uh, I had the '84 it was delicious.. I don't know
Ta: It's really good.
Js: I know nothing about wine. Did you ever have uh.. what's it called...
Ta: No
Js: You don't have beer?
Ta: No
Js. (Jon taps fingers on his desk, seemingly defeated, and stares blankly
Ta: Why do you think that?
Js: I'm uh lonely. No I'm not, I'm actually very.. I'm healthy and have
Ta: Do you?
Js: Yah, you.. honestly,, if you'd like to stay that's fine . Just don't
Ta: Sure
Js: Oh you're good. Alright, to venus and back is the double cd, it's
A piece of the interview was featured at the end of the show as the moment of
called "to venus and back." Please welcome Tori Amos.
you, and kisses him on each cheek. She asks where she should sit and Jon
shows her where to sit on the couch, reminds her to watch the step. Tori
gives a double hand wave to the audience.)
be here today, and they weren't aware of that..
come on down. They were hyperventillating, one woman; blushing, Uh, huge
fans of yours.
wouldn't you argree?
and..
sociopaths. but..
when I mentioned your name. Just the one who your name actually sent into
peels of estacy. No, it was good though, I think it's a marvelous thing.
It's a tribute to what you do, it moves people, that's all I'm sayin'.
'Cause I can't .. singin 'to me is magic, do you know what I mean? I can't
sing or think of music. But you can think of music, play it, and then uh,
sing it to the people.
singing, but other things.. (jon pouts audience 'awhs')
thing on it was making up lists that's all. I can't.. I do nothing well..
enjoying yourself? You just got off a tour right? Didn't you and Alanis
Morrisette tour for a bit?
free to just, you know, use just the one words.
is a droplet, and I dont meant to share that.. but uh, but I just did. It's
cause I get nervous around talented people, that's what happens to me. Tell
me about this.. (audience 'awhs') By the way, feel free not to comment on
that. Um.. the uh.. how do you get your piano there.. do you have to..
set to the side of Jon's desk)
water during this, you're not having any of mine because that was in utter
disregard for what was delicious water. (Jon moves all cups and papers on
his desk away from Tori). Is there another beverage you'd prefer? Would you
like a coke?
what's your favorite beverage?
anything about wine.
beer?
into the camera taking deep breaths). Here's the thing, I am quite fond of
you, and yet I feel like afterwards you're going to tell your friends it's
the worst date I've ever had. That's what I think will happen.
wonderful.. I'm somebody's secret santa.. There's a lot that I have that..
I have to go.
all get yacky when I'm doin' the show you know? I'm going to hold up the CD.
I am very pleased that you came by, will you come by again?
excellent, it's in stores now. Tori Amos ladies and gentlemen.
zen.
I found Tori's appearance on this show to be hilarious! She did not really say much, but she seemed to be enjoying herself in my opinion, and I was really laughing hard at points during the "interview." One of the highlights was when Tori unexplicably poured her water on the floor behind the desk! Here are some of the comments from my online forum about this appearance. Some people enjoyed the appearance like me, while others found it rather lacking... As you will see, some people think that Tori was not having a good time, but I disagree!
K, I saw the interview, and I though I'd share a few nuggets of wisdom with the fellow Toriphiles:
*This interview was taped about 2 weeks prior to airing, and was A LOT longer. A friend of mine who lives in NYC was lucky enough to attend the taping. She said it was very awkward, but that both Tori and Jon were smiling and acting "giggly" throughout the whole thing. You can tell where parts have been cut...when the camera pans to Tori smiling in silence, you can magically insert another 2-3 minutes of silly banter. They showed basically the beginning and end of the interview.
*If you notice at the end, they are holding hand and smiling. Before leaving the stage, Tori gave Jon a big hug and kiss on the cheek. She signed a few autographs afterwards (I have one of them, yay for me!) and then split. Jon came out a few minutes later and talked to some people outside the studio about the show. He said that he was a fan and was honored to meet and interview her. And he sincerely hopes she returns.
*In case you havent noticed, I am a huge Tori and Daily Show fan. when i heard tori was going to be on, I was kinda shocked....I know how she can be at interviews, and I know that TDS is very comedy based, and while Tori can be a very funny woman, I imagined her getting very shy/whatever. Personally, I enjoyed watching Jon Stewart squirm, but I also wish that Tori had talked more and let more of her wonderful "Tori-ness" shine through. All in all, I was kinda disappointed----i had hign expectations for the meeting of my favorite musician and favortie comedian.
firstly, jon, was insinuating only that her fans had a, "mania" appeal about them. the likes of, "beatlemania," etc... and, although, her fan base is not as large in numbers as your typical, "mania," it is, nevertheless, a testimony of the enthusiasm those fortunate enough to have had the enchanting bliss of exposure to her talents, her beauty and her ethereal perspective. however, jon is a rapid-fire, quick-witted genius. tori, on the other hand is more composed and mythodiacal... she was caught of guard and, therefore, a bit confused. the water was a gesture of playfulness. consequentially, jon, was then caught off guard... resulting in psychic block... the outcome..? confusion... perhaps, a bit of, misunderstanding... and, i kodak moment for the entertainment industry...
let us enjoy these moments with gratitude and appreciation, embrace the pleasing comfort that our idles and celebrities are human just like the rest of us and allow them the same courtesy we desire and need... to live without the dogma and responsibilities of being flawless.
Based on what she said about the media last night on 120 Minutes, I think Tori was quite annoyed. I mean, right from the start Jon was depicting Tori's fans as freaks and would have eventually made her sound like a kook.
When he made the comment about her touching people, something happened - if you taped the show, watch her expression. From that point on, Tori's lips were sealed. In the beginning she was talkative, but after that, forget it. I think maybe she thought it was said in a sarcastic manner. And if that didn't irk her, the ASS SWEAT comment did.
I could be completely wrong, but I think the whole water thing spoke for itself. Based on the 120 Minutes interview, Tori would have much rather have been somewhere else with her friends. Honestly, she didn't even have to be there...and that has to be really annoying. The woman never stops!
I didn't know she was going to be on but we're regular Daily Show watchers anyway...so I saw her and thought, "Cool!"
I thought it was hilarious, and the best part is, bottom line, I really think Tori enjoyed watching Jon **squirm**. He was digging the ditch, and she was just enjoying watching him put himself deeper and deeper!
The other thing that's clear from the interview is that Tori doesn't have ego problems...it's cool that she can just sit and watch him do it in calmness and good humor. I don't think she worried that she wasn't going to be talking about anything important or that she had a "bad" interview or didn't talk about the album or the tour (much). I've learned never to expect much from a Daily Show interview w/Jon anyway, cause they're always really short, no matter who they have on. (That's the only disappointing part about his interviews--they're too short!) And usually, it turns into his self-deprecting humor--which he's good at, by the way--but it was funny to see the whole thing and realize she hadn't gotten maybe 10 words in when it was done...but that it was funny, just the same!
I wasn't sure if he was a fan, or just awed by the fandom she inspires, but I'll wager one thing...he's one now.
i can't believe she did that!
She said what, like 20 words, and that managed to be the most hilarious interview!
go tori!
ok. so that was a little disappointing. tori said all of 10 words. . .what was up with the pouring out of the water? that was totally odd.
hehe..that was wacky 'interview' at least it was a different scene that most of her appearences ..not the usual boring questions..
ok, maybe it's just me, but I really wouldn't call that an interview. The woman said about 10 words.
Yes, it was funny, but um, Jon Stewart might as well have been talking to himself. The water bit and the part where she said that not ALL her fans are psycopaths (thanks Tori ) was great! But overall, there really wasn't much said.
oh well
k, so Tori said about two words. She wasn't very talkative at all and even if she wanted to be, Jon Stewart was too busy talking about his ass sweat and how he's only good at making lists The question about what she thinks of her rabid fans was pretty funny though.
When he wasn't babbling, the conversation went something like this:
"How did you like touring?"
"It was good"
"What do you like to drink?"
"wine"
"what kind of wine?"
"Good wine"
Granted, she's probably been asked those questions fifty times. She was probably just really tired and Jon Stewart really didn't know what to do with the awkward silences.
At one point he did ask her how she moved the bosey around from show to show, but that question got skipped over some how. I wish it was answered. I mean, Jesus! That thing is 9ft long!
Did she dump his water out? That was about the only good part
Don't get me wrong, I love Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, but I was sorta disappointed.
She looked gorgeous as ever,but I gotta know,what was that?!? John Stewart is usually witty as hell, on the level of Dennis Milller.I've also see him do dead on hilarious interviews comparative to the quality of those done by Letterman and Leno.But I didn't see any of that here.I know I always expect too much from these things,but even that in mind,the phrase "another missed opportunity" comes to mind. I may be mistaken,and it may not be entirely his fault,but did Stewart give her any kind of lead in/door/opening which would've given her the opportunity to make more than a brief sentence or two response? I know it's not 60 Minutes,or Saturday Night Live either,for that matter,but SOMETHING would've been nice..seeya..
I know, I was thinkin' maybe the ozone layer finally gave out while I was watching that or something...it was so surreal! It truly seemed on the level of a reeeeally bad date, and it's funny I had just got through remarking that very thing to my boyfriend who was sitting there watching it with me when Jon Stewart made that remark like, 'Now you can tell your friends about the worst date you were ever on,' or something of the like...
I think a couple things were wrong. Jon Stewart was off to be sure. He seemed in a strange mood during the whole show and it was just a very strange show overall. I think after he made that remark about the "rabid" fans, you know the one that's getting old and tired and cliche at this point, that Tori just thought, 'ok, here we go...let's see if he can come up with a better question.' I dunno, that's just a theory that she may have gotten on the defensive a little to start and decided to let him dig himself out of the bad interview hole and it didn't work. I think neither of them were in the mood to talk. Jon didn't want to do any of the work and maybe Tori was feeling a little interview wary when she did this. Or maybe going into a Daily Show interview she knew it wasn't going to be serious anyway so she was just letting him do his schtick. I know I'm thinking this to death right now, but here's something I noticed about Tori in general...
She's not a big talker, she's more of a listener. But if a topic is raised that she's genuinely interested in, you can really get an interesting flow of words from her. I know that she's admitted to not feeling comfortable doing TV in the first place and has admitted that she can be a little "boring" in real life...she puts everything in her music. But usually the interviewer is good enough to know what topics to raise to get her talking, to get the flow going. Jon was just a little giddy goofy and didn't seem to know what to say to get it started...
I also sensed that he didn't know much from her stuff...his plugs of her music were so generic. 'Buy this album...it's really good.' I think if he had a better grasp of her material, like many music journalists do, then it would have been a much better interview. But HE had to get the ball rolling and he just started talking nonsense.
Now with the water pouring thing, what was that??? I was a bit stunned, but maybe that was a last desperate attempt to communicate and "shake things up" a bit. I couldn't tell if she poured it on him so as to be a message for him to get his mind off the ass sweat, or if it was supposed to be a metaphor for the sweat of one's ass...you know Tori and her metaphors.
But yeah, one of the worst Tori interviews I've ever seen...and people were dissin' David Byrne. At least he seemed familiar with her music..
Oh, and just to be clear, I'm not entirely blaming Jon, either. It occurred to me that her behavior was a little strange and oddly reserved as well, I was just trying to figure out why. It felt like an off moment for both of them, really. Normally I really enjoy Jon Stewart's interviews as well, but he DOES seem like a really insecure guy. I don't know if anyone watched when he first took over the Daily Show but I seem to recall him exibiting the same kind of awkwardness in the beginning...but probably not as much as tonight...I dunno, ponder ponder...
.... Actually I did find the thing a little humorous, but in a sad way, like the watching of a really bad date thing. They're both such interesting people too, 'tis a shame they couldn't find something to break the ice with...good kids, good kids.
I think some people are taking this interview a bit too seriously...honestly, it was just four minute chat on Comedy Central.
Tori probably didn't have much to say because she wasn't expecting much at all, just laughs and jokes. Tori doesn't have to be deep and thoughtful all the time.
Stewart asked her almost immediately about her "rabid" fans. When she tried to reply, saying that she has only a FEW "sociopaths," and that her fans have been misrepresented, he interrupted her basically to say that someone in the audience lost it when her appearance was announced. Implying that, well, she really DOES have rabid fans. After this, I think she lost interest/got pissed a bit; Tori isn't a big talker, really, since I think she pours her soul out into her music instead. And I think people who are really creative, but aren't big talkers, get pissed when they really do have something to say, but get interrupted by talk-show hosts. Even if the talk-show host isn't particularly lame.
So, after this Jon tried to ask her a BUNCH of other things, and she gave mostly one-word answers. He quickly started to get nervous, commented on how she wasn't talking, and tried to say how impressed he was with musical people, since he isn't a musician. She commented a BIT on this as well, saying he does other things well, and then he talked about how good he was at making lists, and also something about ass sweat. At which point Tori, totally out of the blue, took her glass and poured water on the floor. Which, excuse the phrase, floored Stewart; i don't think he expected this quiet little woman to do some crazy s*** like that. And Tori was just trying, I think, to let him know that she's NOT a normal guest, and he better work a bit harder because of that.
It was a weird interview, even for Tori: she barely said anything, and its not as if she didn't have the opportunity. Its the only Daily Show interview (usually 4 minutes) that to me felt LONG!
I agree, of course, about the repetition of questions Tori has gotten, but honestly I think every star goes through this when s/he goes through the talk show/interview grind: nobody is giving a talk show on national TV only for Tori's fans.
Mike, Tori ISN'T a big talker????! I think she is a VERY big talker, but only if you let her go .
The water thing- damn, that was funny- IMO. I take it "ass sweat"- pour the water, ya know? I think Tori is really-really funny and I'm also positive that she hates TV along w/all that comes w/it
It takes a certain type of humor for TV
let's just say that 99% of the media has no clue what Tori is about- after ding-ding 8 years, heh...
Bogdi, let me put it another way... Tori can be a big talker, obviously, but I think there are also times when she hestitates a lot wihle talking, choosing her words very carefully. And sometimes, like on the Charlie rose interview, she just speaks pretty slowly. And a four-minute interview on the Daily Show ain't exactly the place for hesitating, as Stewart made clear from his first interruption of her, which occured while she was still formulating what she was going to say, or so it seemed to me, even before she was really getting into it. And it just seemed to me (again), that she kind of gave up after that. I don't think she likes TV that much (she's attacked it and TV interviewers before, as I'm sure we all know), and I would bet she doesn't feel like TV is the best place to discuss the intimate details of her life and work. I bet with her friends, and in some other cases, she babbles as much as anybody
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