The Daily Show

Alastair Campbell

Season 12    Episode 97
July 30, 2007    TV-14
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Tonight, former press secretary to Tony Blair as well as the author of The Blair Years: The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Alastair Campbell. Jon begins tonight with some sports news as Iraq's soccer team defeats Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup in a segment called "Achieving Our Goooal". Senior "Football" Correspondent John Oliver talked about the celebrations in the streets of Iraq resulting in only seven deaths for the day, a record low for Iraq. Jon then talks about Sen. Patrick Leahy who issued a subpoena for Karl Rove to testify about the fired U.S. attorney's scandal in a segment called "The Sworn Supremacy". Also, Senior White House Correspondent Aasif Mandvi talks about the use of contempt by the Bush administration. Finally, Jon reports on Britain's new prime minister Gordon Brown who had a sleepover with Bush at Camp David in a segment called "Foxy Brown". As Jon notes, Bush has a new British lapdog.

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Cast of Alastair Campbell
  • Jon StewartSelf - Host
  • Wyatt CenacSelf - Correspondent
  • Samantha BeeSelf - Correspondent
  • Adrianne FrostSelf - Correspondent
  • Bob WiltfongSelf - Correspondent
  • Brian UngerSelf - Correspondent
  • Jerry MinorSelf - Correspondent
  • Frank DeCaroSelf - Contributor 'Out at the Movies'
  • John BloomSelf - Contributor 'God Stuff'
  • Matt WalshSelf - Correspondent
  • Michael ShowalterSelf - Correspondent
  • Nancy CarellSelf - Correspondent
  • Rachael HarrisSelf - Correspondent
  • Stacey Grenrock-WoodsSelf - Correspondent
  • Alastair CampbellSelf

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