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“Generally a group you see outside yelling at strangers”

Online Niel October 29, 2024

Jon Stewart is back and rejuvenated, following the announcement earlier today that he renewed his business with Comedy Central to remain host The daily show through next year.

“This is my last show before the election, but not my last show. I’ll be back, baby. Here’s to another year,” the host said, to cheers and applause, as we danced (even doing a few moves from Charli XCX’s viral “Apple” dance).

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The political comedian kicked things off by addressing the presidential candidates’ final push to get out the vote before Election Day on November 5. He joked about Beyoncé’s appearance at the Kamala Harris event (“No scales? Go, I’m voting for Trump”) and was immediately thrust into the headlines Donald Trump’s rally in his own backyard in Madison Square Garden in New York.

After playing a medley of increasingly vitriolic clips from the speakers, which ended on Tucker Carlson’s chuckling face, Stewart quipped, “I’ll never be charmed by his little girl laugh.”

He continued: “Now generally that’s a range you see outer Madison Square Garden, yelling at strangers as they try to get there inside Madison Square Garden. And, let me just say, how dare they desecrate the stage that the piano man has consecrated? how dare you How dare you?”

Stewart then turned to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, whose racist jokes directed at Puerto Ricans sparked a reaction storm from both the public and the media, fueling rare damage control from the Trump camp.

“In hindsight, having a comedian come to a political rally a week before Election Day and have a key voting demographic probably isn’t the best policy decision of the campaign, but to be fair, the guy does what do what.” Stewart said. The host then played a clip of Hinchcliffe’s footage from the Tom Brady roast a few months ago, which included material about Jews and enslaved people.

“Yes, yes, terrible,” replied Stewart, unable to stifle his laughter. “There’s something wrong with me. I find that guy really funny, so I’m sorry. I don’t know what to tell you. I mean, bringing him to a rally and not having him make jokes would be like bringing Beyoncé to a rally and not having… oh.”

Stewart then went on to confuse Trump’s mass deportation policy, a topic approached by fellow host John Oliver just yesterday “Day 1? Grab a snack, meet the staff,” Steward said of Trump’s plan to implement the highly unwieldy plan on his first day. “Day 1 is usually just reading the syllabus, generally no homework.”

Commenting on videos played during the show, Stewart pointed out Trump’s unreliable statistics, citing his estimates of the number of deportees as somewhere between “2 and eleven billion people.”

“We only deport people who came here illegally, or people who came here legally but illegally, or people who have children who are actually citizens, or some people who look like they came here illegally, or people who have protesting the war in Gaza, or a special prosecutor Trump doesn’t like, Jack Smith — who, by the way, go by a more American name than Jack f—ing Smith. Where are you going to deport him, Faneuil Hall in Boston? Stewart said.

He continued, referencing an earlier incident in which Trump failed to accurately identify his wife in a photo: “Right now, you think you’re safe because the group that Trump is talking about, it’s not you . Like, “Are you sure this isn’t my wife?” Donald Trump can tell the big difference or even care.”

As Stewart continued to lament this moment in American politics, he was shocked to find himself interrupted by fan favorite Jessica Williams, a former correspondent for the show. In keeping with the theme of the show, she unleashed some roasts of her own.

“Don’t be sad. Everything’s going to be fine. For you — a white man, a rich old white man,” she said. When asked if his privilege would save him, Williams replied, “Maybe. But honestly, as you really have to live wise? you have a D terminal, don’t you?”

Williams then admitted that Stewart must be tired from “grinding” on the show every day, prompting a “double woof” comment when Stewart – now unable to stay in character – replied that he only hosts on Mondays .

Closing with some witty but serious advice and warning against political apathy, Williams said, “Go ahead, Jon, I’ll tell them your story,” to which he replied that he had signed on with the show for another year.

“Oh my God, you’re crazy,” Williams said. “Do you think you’ll live another year? He’s optimistic.”