The Daily Show host Jon Stewart responded to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Thursday by delivering a “government-approved,” “administration-compliant” monologue, which consisted of nothing but praise for President Donald Trump.
“From Comedy Central, it’s the all-new, government-approved Daily Show, with your patriotically-obedient host Jon Stewart!” an announcer declared, before the camera transitioned to a golden set in the style of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago and White House Oval Office.
As Stewart opened, “We have another fun, hilarious, administration-compliant show,” the audience laughed, prompting him to whisper, “What are you doing? Shut up… Shut the f*ck up!”
“If you’ve felt a little off these past couple of days, it’s probably because our great father has not been home. For father has been gracing England with his legendary warmth and radiance,” he continued. “Gaze upon him with a gait even more majestic than that of the royal horses that prance before him! He wowed the English with charm and intelligence and an undeniable sexual charisma that filled their air like a pheromone-packed London fog!”
After covering the news that Kimmel’s show had been suspended by ABC this week, Stewart remarked, “Our great administration has laid out very clear rules on free speech. Now, some naysayers may argue that this administration’s speech concerns are merely a cynical ploy, a thin gruel of a ruse, a smokescreen to obscure an unprecedented consolidation of power and unitary intimidation, principleless and coldly antithetical to any experiment in a constitutional republic governance.”
“Some people would say that. Not me, though, I think it’s great,” he mocked. “For more, we go to our correspondents who are live at the Donaldham Linctrump Monument and Casino.”
Stewart then cut to a group of seven reporters, who recited in unity, “Americans are free to express any opinion we want. To suggest otherwise is laughable… We are a nation of diverse perspectives and we are not afraid to be different.”
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