Jon Stewart returned to host, on a Thursday no less, after Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air following comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer that caused the FCC chair Brendan Carr to threaten Disney’s ABC.
But he didn’t do what many expected, which was to mount a full-throated attack on the enemies of free speech and pay tribute to his friend Kimmel, with whom he shares a manager in James ‘Babydoll’ Dixon and who’s show he has appeared on many times.
Instead, Stewart was a “patriotically obedient” host for the entirety of the first act of The Daily Show.
“We have another fun, hilarious, administration-compliant show,” he began. “Coming to you tonight from the real shit hole, the crime-ridden cesspool that is New York City. It is a tremendous disaster…
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