November 7, 2000, prime time, and everything at The Daily Show’s studio on West 54th Street in New York City was rolling along on schedule. The program’s producers and stars were in a celebratory mood. That night’s broadcast would cap months of successful election coverage, dubbed “Indecision 2000.” These spots saw the cast of Comedy Central’s nightly satirical news show mingling among legitimate press and accredited media, trailing both the Democratic hopeful, Vice President Al Gore, and his challenger, the Texas political scion George W. Bush. As polling stations began closing down across the country, the Daily Show staff retreated to a nearby nightclub for a party being thrown by the network’s bigwigs.
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