and to learn more about mr. cosbycosby, his life and times by mark whitacre. an when they tell you they don't have it yet, go out and buy it, you cheap skate. good night. (cheers and applause) >> this happened on kickstarter today. currently one of six of the hottest kick startees. show me the money. john. >>> bring it,. >> now that's what i call a money shot. >> thank you. hooray, yes. (cheers and applause) >> wonderful, thank you. who save you from removing such immediate yok rit. that is the money gun h that is the gun that shoots money because who wants to bother with expressing love compliments or regards for another person. she looks like she's having a breat great time getting shot in the face with hundies. this gun is only 2 dollars but there is a gold-plated version for five grand in case you can't get rid of your cash fast enough. and an ammo clip, it is called your wallet, no waiting period, just load it with thousands and thousands of dollars an send a stripper to college.

and to learn more about mr. cosby check out cosby, his life and times by mark whitacre. an when they tell you they don't have it yet, go out and buy it, you cheap skate. good night. (cheers and applause) >> this happened on kickstarter today. currently one of six of the hottest kick startees. show me the money. john. >>> bring it

and to learn more about mr. cosbyry and check out cosby, his life and times by mark whitacre. an when they tell you they don't have it yet, go out and buy it, you cheap skate. good night. (cheers and applause) >> announcer: from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. [ applause ] >> jon: welcome to the daily show. i'm jon stewart. glad to be back. excited to be back. my guest, former secretary of defense, leon panetta a new book called ready to fight. with iesz isis. that's them. terrorist army rampaging across the middle east. an organization so vile, just thinking about it is enough to make you vomit non-stop for hours on end. sitting on the toilet drenched in sweat. i had a bad day yesterday. [ laughter ]

(cheers and applause) mr. cosby, thank you so much. pleasure to be here. thank you so much.y, i-- thank you so much for being here tonight, sir. >> yes. >> stephen: not all of our guests look this nice. not everyone has an insignia on their pocket. i really appreciate you putting some effort in. >> betsy ross asked me if she wanted to-- if she could, do a flag. i aid no. -- i said no. >> stephen: you turned down betsy ross. >> yes. >> stephen: so who did the flag? >> betsy ross did the flag. >> stephen: right. >> because george washington heard that i turned her down. (laughter) >> stephen: okay, okay. >> so-- . >> stephen: he pulled strings. >> she sewed strings. (laughter) >> stephen: potato, potato sir. >> no, not the same. tomato. tomato, tomato, parade. (laughter) >> stephen: are you going to be-- are you going to be in town for the tomato parade? >> yes, sir, pomona. give me these. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now, sir -- >> i want to tell you something. >> stephen: i want to hear it. >> it's frightening. >> stephen: yes, what's frightening. >> it's fri

. >> is mrs. cosby on the board now? >> dr. lle cosby is a member of the national advisory board of the smithsonian national museum of african art. can you imagine how grateful i am that she is on our board? >> when you think back to your 10 years at spelman college, what is the first moment that you remember, other than the $20 million gift? when you think back through those years, what is the moment that you remember? >> the moment i remember, i have to collapse as moments. moments of looking at young, african-american women, and just knowing of the promise, of the possibilities. knowing that if we did our work well, they could change the world. they could change the world. and it is really hard to describe the sense of honor. i talk with dr. beverly daniel tatum, who i think has just been a sterling leader at spelman. she describes the same experience. there you are, realizing the power of education. to inspire, to instruct, an individual to soar to the height of her possibilities. and i cannot resist an african saying. "when

they were y homework but then after a few months of that i got another call from a lawyer who said mr. cosby wants to speak with you. i said is that good, is it bad? he said i'm not going to speak for him. he said expect a phonecall. so another month and a half goes by. finally one day i was just leaving "cnn" my job fairs managing editor and i was still in my office when my then assistant rushes to my office and says bill cosby is on the phone. so i picked up the phone and the first words out of his mouth are congratulations. what are you congratulating me for? all of a sudden we are good friends. he said i have a process when i write my comedy routine called floating the boat and i'm going to help you load the boat. now what he was calling that day to do was to give me the name of the people from early on in his life in philadelphia where he was born and went to college at temple, who he thought i should interview and i might not otherwise be aware of or if i was wouldn't talk to me necessarily without his permission. but what i discovered in that first conversation is what would then rema

mr. president, thank you very much for joining us. >> translator: thank you so much for this opportunity. >> next up, 30 years ago bill cosby changed television, but did the comedian and his show also change the face quite literally of american politics? >>> just over 30 years ago "the cosby show" premiered on american television screens. it was ground breaking, especially for the way it portrayed this african-american family with bill cosby as the patriarch. but did it break so much ground that without it barack obama might not be our president? that's what my next guest says. mark whitaker is the author of the new book "cosby: his life and times." i should note mark was cnn's managing editor until last year and many years ago we worked together at "newsweek." actually he was my boss. welcome back. >> hi, for reareed. >> explain that idea. you talk about it in the book, if not for bill cosby and "thes whody cosby show," barack obama may not be president. >> karl rove was on fox news and talking to chris wallace about the social significance of the election and they pointed out for the first time we were going to have an african-am

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