THE DAILY SHOW
01 Jon Stewart : ((clapping)) WELCOME TO THE DAILY SHOW >MY NAME’S JON STEWART< 1.3 AND
02 WE’RE BA::CK (.) WE’RE BACK THIS THIS RIGHT NOW THAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT NOW NOT A RERUN
03 THIS IS NOT A RERUN ((laughter)) 0.7 unless of course you are watching this episode five weeks from
04 now when we get another ((clapping&laughter)) 1.7 unreasonably undeserved vacation
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06 -MY CUT07 so we're not going to dwell on? weekend ‘s sad news the passing of music legend Whitney Houston
08 this show (.) can't really process (.) tho::se types of stories eh (.) properly with the right autho::rity (.)
09 class and and grace eh but you know what's interesting? Eh neither can cnn ((clapping&laughter))
10 a::nd ehm 2.4 here they are breaking the sad news 0.4 one person at a time
11 IR male: News just broke (.)it's not uhm not so good news <Whitney Houston> < has died>.
12 IE 1 female: Oh <m::y Go::d>
13 IR m.: Whitney Houston 0.7 passed away
14 IE 2 f.(?): SHE DID?
15 IE 3 f. : WHAT? You're kidding me
16 IR m. : Nope 0.6 just happened
17 Jon Stewart : ((clapping&laughter)) Deal with it (.) whatever 1.4 YOU CAN’T JUST WANDER THE
18 STREETS WITH A CAMERA CREW (.)((laughter))SURPRISING PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW SOMEBODY
19 FAMOUS HAS DIED >YOU CAN’T< ((long laughter)) 3.7 isn't the thing you're supposed to use to inform
20 people about these deaths 0.4 your network? ((long laughter)) In the I thought 0.8 the whole point of
21 broadcasting your signal ((long laughter)) 0.7 broadcasting it publicly through television sets, is that
22 you don't have to go 0.4 with the news 0.4 town crier1 style ((clapping& laughter)) 0.5 door to door
23 0.9 you are giving the news of this death the same way in Time Square they pass out nail salon
24 coupons (.) that's not 1.1 that's not ((clapping& laughter)) 0.8 that’s no::t right 1.3 Is (.)What is the
25 point? 1.7 Is the point of cnn now to just show people going (.) what? 1.4 Because that's the point of
26 candid camera 1.7 ((laughter)) ((changing intonation)) we've placed a news reporter inside a mail box
27 ((laughter)) 1.1 with the news that a celebrity they love has died ((soft laughter)) 0.7 Let's see what
28 happens when they try to mail a letter ((laughter))
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A town crier, or bellman, is somebody who makes public announcements.
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CNN INTERVIEWS
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IR: Whitney Houston 0.7 passed away.
IE F 1 (?): SHE DID?!
IE F 2: WHAT? You’re kidding me!
IR: Nope 0.6 just happened.
IE F 2: <Oh that is extraordinarily sad> She was eh probably eh she was a remarkable talent and
I know >she also expected at the Grammys<
Interview 2:
7. IE F 3: <Oh m::y Go::d this is ridiculous> oh my God ehm ya >I mean I’m a huge fan
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obviously she’s (.) made a mark on music but just< 0.9 really disheartening wow
Interview 3:
9. IE F 4: Very sad? She was you know 0.8 I was hoping she was going to come back cause when
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she was great she was great and no::w 0.7 you know she will never come back that’s a
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pity
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IE F 5: IIE M 6: [ I remember the 80s songs like you know You want to dance with somebody and then
she married Bobby Brown and had that reality show
IE F 5: =Ya she’s an icon 1.5
IE M 6: That’s crazy that’s sad
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IE M 7: We’ve just heard ()
IR: Wha-t what you think
IE M 7: I’m very upset. 0.9
IR: Would anybody go- to one of her concerts? or
IE M 8: =I- (.) remember the Body guard [when I was three
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[yes several times we have seen that that’s really sad
terrible
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Interview 6:
24. IE F 10: It’s a shame so young hhh and she was making a come back 0.7 .hhh I believe she was
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1.0 .hhh what was that movie eh hhh 3.1 Sparkle or something [IR/IE M 11: yes] she
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was coming back for that 0.9 that’s terrible ah
Interview 7:
27. IE F 2: That’s very very sad on every level. I think she was really having eh she was fighting
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for really strong come back whit health and personality and professionalism so
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BBC NEWS
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Anchorwoman: >And good morning to you< (.) the singer Whitney Houston as died (.) she was forty-eight
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.hhh Los Angeles police say she was found in her hotel room on the <fourth floor> of the Beverly Hilton
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yesterday afternoon .hhh from the mid 1980's until the end of the1990's she was one of the world's best
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selling artists (.) a mu::lti Gra::mmy winner herself <she was due> to attend this yea::r's ceremony (.)
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(later) on today.
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Reporter 1: 1.3 Medics reached Whitney Houston’s room in the Beverly Hilton Hotel just minutes after
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the alarm was raised, 0.4 but they couldn't revive her. 0.9 it was hours later 0.4 just before midnight in
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Los Angeles 0.5 when her body was removed from the hotel 1.0 the investigation into what <caused the
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death> 0.4 is continuing
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10.6 ((song))
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It was a voice that <inspired a who::le generation of stars>
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4.0 ((song))
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From the mid 1980's (.) till the late 90's 0.4 Whitney Houston was one of <the world's best> selling artists
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0.7 and the most honored female singer 0.7 she had it all
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10. 6 ((song and USA anthem))
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Eleven number one hits in America 0.5 a hundred and seventy million records sold worldwide 0.3 and six
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Grammys to her name 0.7 she was in Los Angeles (.) for the annual awards ceremony 0.8 but the image
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had been shattered 0.3 by drug abuse 0.3 and her tumultuous marriage
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Reporter 2: 1.6 Whitney Houston died in a bedroom (.) on the 4th floor (.) <of this hotel> 0.5 >it's the
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biggest weekend of the< yea::r (.) for the music industry 0.3 and a huge party (.) was being hosted here
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this evening 0.3 she was due to attend 0.3 but many of those arriving (.) were only just finding out the
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news
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