Worst Daily Show Interview Ever?

by ThaneEconomou

I recently stumbled upon the oddest video at TheDailyShow.com featuring Jon Stewart interviewing John Cusack. I had seen it when it first aired, and thought to myself, this is by far the worst interview I’ve ever seen. But hadn’t seen it since. It became an urban legend among people I knew. We would speak of the Cusack interview in hushed tones, wondering if it was actually real.

Cusack admits to playing Jenga with Dr. Cox from Scrubs, mumbles about where he lives and what movie he’s promoting, and Stewart is eerily unprepared for the interview, asking if Cusack is married and has a family. And it finishes with both men basically admitting that the interview was terrible.

It’s long and boring (which is part of why it’s so wonderfully bad) but stick with it because each passing moment makes it more and more toe curlingly awkward.

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Cusack: Who’s the worst guest you’ve ever had?

Stewart: The worst guest?

Cusack: The absolute worst guest besides me?

Stewart: You’re not … you’re not bad.

Cusack: But this is going badly, you have to admit it.

Stewart: They like it in like a weird, internetty kind of way.