Early Christmas!

Yes, it's true, Christmas came early this year. The new Daily Show website launched yesterday, with a vast archive, going back all the way to early 1999.

This is amazing news for all the fans of the show, myself included, who love to rewatch certain parts of some episodes. YouTube provided that opportunity in the past, but Viacom actively took down every single Daily Show video in that site. Thankfully though, they decided to make up for it.

So far there are 7,128 videos available, with more being added every day. That, of course, means countless hours, just waiting to be wasted, by watching every single one. I'm especially interested in the Even Stephven segments, as I wasn't watching the show when Steve Carell was still on. That, and This Week in God, which is probably the funniest non-Jon part of the show.

Fans of The Colbert Report should not feel disappointed, as an online archive of the show is schedule to go live in early '08, and the same goes for the Graig Kilborn era of The Daily Show.

The layout of the site is pretty simple and easy on the eyes, unlike the Comedy Central one, so finding the clip you want with relative ease, and better yet, you can embed these videos to your blog/website.

Understandably, the site is getting hammered right now, so you may experience difficulties searching and/or loading certain videos, but I expect this to get better as the initial craze settles down.

Praised be the Internets!