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Jon Stewart has not been getting great press lately.
(Yes, John Mulaney was there with her too).
Back, assuming you agree with the essays asking what happened to him: Jon Stewart!
Friendship isnt something he half-asses, like acting.
Or gives up on quickly, like directing.
But not Jon Stewart.
His are in a cardboard box, shoved behind a door.
Because thats who he is: lazy and vaguely disrespectful.
On the way home, I threw up out the window of Stephens car.
I said that this is the best job on television, Colbert recalled.
I meant that when I said it in 2000, and 22 years later …
I no longer mean that.
I make more money.
I have a much bigger audience.
People chant my name.
He would rather be dead than let that happen, which is why Im so glad that he is.
You are a cure to what ails our culture.
You are a voice that people consistently trust.
He seemed like a coke guy).
Theres a lot of talk right now about whats going to happen to comedy, he said.
There was The Slap and What Does the Slap Say About Comedy?
and Is Comedy Going to Survive in This New Moment?
Ive got news for you: Comedy survives every moment.
Bassem Youssef here is a really great example of the true threat to comedy.
Its not the woke police that are going to be an existential threat to comedy, Stewart continued.
Its not the Fresh Prince, its the crown prince.
Its not the fragility of audiences, its the fragility of leaders …
Comedy doesnt change the world, but its a bellwether.
Were the banana peel in the coal mine.
When society is under threat, comedians are the ones who get sent away first.
Its just a reminder to people that democracy is under threat.
This was Jon Stewart at his Jon Stewart-ist.
