Ever since The Daily Show came back after the writer's strike began, Jude and I have been seeing subtle differences in the format of the show- guests stay and chat a little longer, Jon Stewart works the crowd a little more, the correspondents have more air-time compared to before when Jon Stewart did most of the "news" delivery, and the tenor of the show is just that little wobbly, and not as incisive as before. But Thursday night was just pure genius. Pure genius, people... And it featured my all-time favorite Daily Show correspondent, the absolutely inspired John Oliver :)
I have to say that the mock aggrandizing of the Monica Lewinsky scandal is simply not as funny or half as precious as the wonderful comic chemistry between the two guys. You see two men, confident and at ease with their wit and each other, having just a ball of a time! Jude and I are convinced that the entire exchange about the flashback to 1998 Jon Stewart was completely improv on the spot, which explains why they could barely contain their own laughter... We watched this on the first run on Thursday night, again yesterday when it re-ran, and I'll watch it again and again. It's a classic!
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