Jon Stewart is again and rejuvenated, on the heels of the announcement earlier at the moment that he re-upped his deal with Comedy Central to stay as host of The Daily Show by means of subsequent yr.
“That is my final present earlier than the election, however not my final present. I’m coming again, child. We’re doing one other yr,” the host stated, to cheers and applause, whereas dancing (even doing a little strikes from Charli XCX’s viral “Apple” dance).
The political comedian kicked issues off with addressing the presidential candidates’ respective closing pushes to get out the vote forward of Election Day Nov. 5. He quipped about Beyoncé’s appearance at Kamala Harris’ event (“No singing? F— it, I’m voting for Trump”) and promptly laid into the headline-churning Donald Trump rally in his personal yard at New York Metropolis’s Madison Square Garden.
After taking part in a mash-up of more and more vitriolic clips of the audio system, ending on Tucker Carlson’s cackling face, Stewart joked, “I’ll by no means not be charmed by his girlish giggle.”
He continued, “Now, usually, that’s a lineup you see exterior Madison Sq. Backyard, yelling at strangers as they attempt to get inside Madison Sq. Backyard. And, let me simply say, how dare they desecrate the stage that the Piano Man has consecrated? How dare you? How f—ing dare you?”
Stewart then addressed comic Tony Hinchcliffe, whose racist jokes directed at Puerto Ricans has summoned up a firestorm of backlash from each the general public and the media, spurring uncommon injury management from Trump’s camp.
“On reflection, having a roast comic come to a political rally every week earlier than Election Day and roasting a key voting demographic might be not the perfect resolution by the marketing campaign politically, however, to be honest, the man’s simply doing what he does,” Stewart stated. The host then performed a clip of Hinchcliffe’s materials from the Tom Brady roast a number of months in the past, which included materials about Jewish people and enslaved individuals.
“Sure, sure, horrible,” Stewart responded, unable to assist his laughter. “There’s one thing improper with me. I discover that man very humorous, so I’m sorry. I don’t know what to inform you. I imply, bringing him to a rally and have him not do roast jokes, that’d be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and never have—oh.”
Stewart then segued into skewering Trump’s mass deportation coverage, a subject tackled by fellow late-night host John Oliver simply yesterday. “Day 1? Have a snack, meet the employees,” Steward stated of Trump’s plan to implement the wildly unwieldy plan on his first day. “Day 1 is, usually, we simply learn the syllabus, there’s usually no homework.”
Commenting on movies performed in the course of the present, Stewart identified Trump’s unreliable statistics, outlining his estimates of the quantity to deport as someplace “between 2 and eleventy billion individuals.”
“We’re solely deporting individuals who’ve come right here illegally, or individuals who have come right here legally however sneaky-legally, or individuals who have kids who’re really residents, or some individuals who appear to be they might have come right here illegally, or those that have protested the conflict in Gaza, or a particular prosecutor who Trump doesn’t like, Jack Smith — which, by the way in which, title a extra American title than Jack f—ing Smith. The place are you gonna deport him to, Faneuil Corridor in Boston?” Stewart stated.
He continued, referencing an earlier incident the place Trump wasn’t capable of precisely determine his spouse in {a photograph}: “Proper now, you assume you’re protected ’trigger the group Trump’s speaking about, it’s not you. As if, ‘Are you certain this isn’t my spouse?’ Donald Trump can inform the f—ing distinction and even cares.”
Whereas Stewart continued to lament this second in U.S. politics, he was shocked to seek out himself interrupted by show-stealing fan-favorite Jessica Williams, a former correspondent on the present. In step with this system’s theme, she unleashed some roasts of her personal.
“Don’t be unhappy. All the things’s gonna be OK. For you — a white man, a wealthy previous white man,” she stated. When requested if his privilege will save him, Williams answered, “Perhaps. However, actually, how for much longer do you actually have, residing smart? You might have a terminal D[isease], proper?”
Williams then conceded that Stewart have to be drained from “grinding it out” on the present every day, prompting a “double woof” remark when Stewart — now unable to maintain in character — responded that he solely hosts on Mondays.
Ending off with some witty but earnest recommendation and cautioning towards political apathy, Williams stated, “Let go, Jon, I’ll inform them your story,” to which he answered that he had signed on with the present for an additional yr.
“Oh my God, you loopy,” Williams stated. “You assume you’re gonna stay for an additional yr? That’s optimistic.”
