Jon Stewart retook his rightful place behind The Day by day Present desk on Monday night time, returning to the Comedy Central’s late-night information present for the primary time in 9 years.
“Now the place was I? I’m excited to be again,” Stewart mentioned to start his opening monologue. “Why am I again, chances are you’ll be asking yourselves. It’s a really affordable query. I’ve dedicated a variety of crimes and from what I perceive, discuss present hosts are granted immunity. It doesn’t make a variety of sense, however take it up with the founders.”
After making a couple of jokes concerning the Tremendous Bowl and the suitable’s obsession with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Stewart launched into the present’s protection of the 2024 presidential election — or, as he dubbed it, “Indecision 2024: Electile Disfunction.”
Stewart hammered Joe Biden and Donald Trump equally as he questioned each candidate’s psychological acuity. “These two candidates, they’re each equally challenged. And it isn’t loopy to assume that the oldest folks within the historical past of the nation to ever run for president may need a few of these challenges,” he mentioned. “We’re not suggesting neither man is vibrant, productive and even succesful. However they’re each stretching the boundaries of with the ability to deal with the hardest job on the earth. What’s loopy is pondering that we’re those as voters who should silence considerations and criticisms. It’s the candidates job to assuage considerations.”
Even when that is the presidential rematch that “no person wished,” Stewart concluded his monologue by advising his viewers to not lose sight of the times main as much as, and following, election day. “In case your man loses, dangerous issues would possibly occur, however the nation is just not over. And in case your man wins, the nation is under no circumstances saved,” he mentioned. “I’ve realized one factor over these final 9 years: the work of constructing this world resemble one you’d want to stay in is a lunch pale f*cking job, day in and day trip, the place hundreds of nameless, sensible, and devoted folks bang on closed doorways and choose up those that have fallen and grind away on points till they get a constructive consequence, and even then, they’ve to remain on to be sure that consequence holds. So the excellent news is, I’m not saying you don’t have to fret who wins the election, you must fear about on daily basis earlier than it and on daily basis after — endlessly.”
After a 16-year stint as host of The Day by day Present, Stewart initially stepped down in 2015. He was changed by Trevor Noah, who hosted the present for eight seasons earlier than asserting his departure in 2022. Comedy Central has struggled to discover a alternative for Noah; Hasan Minhaj was reportedly the community’s alternative, however these plans modified after it was revealed that Minhaj had embellished a few of the tales of discrimination in his standup act.
Luckily for Comedy Central, Stewart got here to the rescue, agreeing to host new episodes of The Day by day Present by the election. The remainder of every week’s episodes will probably be hosted by Day by day Present correspondents, together with Jordan Klepper, Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, and Dulcé Sloan, with Stewart serving as an govt producer.
In an interview with CBS Mornings forward of Monday’s episode, Stewart mentioned his resolution to return to The Day by day Present. “I very a lot wished to have some place to unload ideas as we get into this election season,” Stewart defined. “I’m hoping to have a catharsis and a solution to touch upon issues and a solution to categorical them that hopefully folks will take pleasure in.”