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Jon Stewart starts off by announcing that tonight's episode will be the last ever episode in this particular studio because the Daily Show family is moving to a new home. This explains the sudden mid-week hiatus (re-runs for Wednesday and Thursday). Stewart then goes on to say that he enjoys music and plugs the new Coldplay and Foo Fighters albums, free of sarcasm (this gives me another reason to adore Jon). He then relays an anecdote of going to Wendy's and ordering a single cheeseburger but getting a chicken sandwich instead. It didn't have anything to do with anything. I guess Stewart was just feeling random.

News moves on to the Supreme Court's ruling from Monday about the frieze of the Ten Commandments outside the Texas state capitol: it will remain there. Stewart remarks that it's more like a bead curtain between church and state now. But, two Kentucky courthouses's inside displays of the Commandments have been outlawed. Okay, so... Exterior good, interior bad. That makes sense.

 
The Supreme Court also ruled that file-trading networks like Grokster can be held liable if their users illegally trade copyrighted material. Many popular musicians such as Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Buffett, Brian Eno, and Heart took sides in this battle, either with the record companies or with the file-trading networks. Stewart remarks that it doesn't really matter because either way, the victory party music is going to suck. He then takes this opportunity to plug Coldplay and Foo Fighters again.

The Daily Show: State Department takes a deeper look into news in specific states...

• Cullyfawnia (that was meant to be done in an Ahnold-esque way) -- California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, gave a speech at his alma mater, Santa Monica College, to a group of graduates. Protesters, however, were also in the mix and began booing the governor during his speech. What was even more hurtful was that several of those people were kids that he helped nurture as a Kindergarten Cop.
  
• Utah -- The group Tapestry Against Polygamy has recently been calling for the state to put more effort into helping the victims of polygamy. Many situations are getting out of hand. For example, some men have up to 80 wives. "It's like being Larry King. Only all at once," Stewart explains.
• Alaska (state located in a box off the California coast) -- Due to a lack of bathrooms on the state's greatest attraction, Mt. McKinley, the mountain's about to be completely covered with crap. "[Climbers] think they're going out on a pristine climb and there's virus laden poo all around them." Well then, guess where I'm not going for vacation! Stewart nods with respect. "Oh poo. Bringer of harvest, destroyer of mountains! Will we ever truly comprehend your awesome power?" he asks. "By the way, trivia note: Mt. McKinley was named after our 25th president, William McKinley, who was known for his explosive diarrhea."

Lewis Black is "Back in Black" and he's yelling about something, as usual. This time it's medical. "I hate going to the doctor. It costs a fortune and when they take my blood pressure, everyone gathers around to see if its a new record!" he spits. But why go to a doctor, when you can go to a higher authority? That's right, the doc up in the sky. Christian groups are pushing abstinence more than ever as part of God's health plan. Here's a sample of what's being taught by these advocates: Using condoms leads to poor mental health, birth control pills increase your chances of infertility, and HIV can be transmitted through open-mouth kissing or tears. Wow. Brilliant. But it's not only Christians jumping on the medical bandwagon. A clip of Tom Cruise from his interview with Matt Lauer starts rolling and, I've got to note, the audience already starts laughing. No punchline, it's just Cruise's face that's enough to get them going. Okay, anyway... Cruise told Lauer during the interview that he doesn't agree with psychiatry and believes that it's a pseudo-science. "Unlike Scientology! I mean, that's got "science" right in the name!" Black says. Cruise also says that he doesn't believe in chemical imbalance. "No? Then what do you call what's happening to you right now?!"

Tonight's guest is the man from Supersize Me, creator of the new FX series 30 Days, and writer of Don't Eat this Book, Morgan Spurlock. Seriously, he's the only man that can pull off that crazy moustache. Spurlock discusses his new television series in which people experience new lifestyles to hopefully learn something. For example, this week's episode is about a man from West Virginia living as a Muslim for thirty days, going through all the trials and tribulations that these people have to go through too. Spurlock says that it's quite a job finding people willing to go on the journey because on a show like this, you do become vulnerable. But in the end, it is effective. The man from this week's episode had never been stopped at an airport in his entire life. But the first time he walks through an airport with his Muslim clothes on, he is stopped. Thirty days is enough to have someone get a feel for what life can be like for a certain group of people. Next week's episode features an ex-military man sent to San Francisco to live with a homosexual community. It's true reality. Nobody wins, no one gets voted off. "How much weight do they lose?" Stewart asks. He then pitches his own idea for an episode of 30 Days in which the red states swap with the blue states.

Great Moments in Punditry as Read by Children: Scarborough Country; May 6, 2005 -- Joe Scarborough mistakenly reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger went on Howard Stern's show and said, "If we get rid of the moon, women, whose menstrual cycles are governed by the moon, will not get PMS.  They will stop bitching and whining". Way to fact-check, Scarborough.

And now, your Moment of Zen: Voice-overs during footage of Chief Justice Rehnquist leaving after the Court term's last day. Apparently, if he's planning on retiring, they'll be discussing confirmation with him and if he's not, they'll be talking about... sharks. Uh... I don't get it.