Jon Stewart of the Daily Show put on a hilarious display this week, calling out Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford, and his recent crude references to oral sex during a press conference. No one but Jon Stewart could pull off a report like this–replete with comedic facial expressions and deadpan dramatic pauses. It’s what he is best know and loved for.
In a hilarious clip, now referred to as Throw Down the Mic, Stewart has no doubt left people all around the United States–and likely in Canada, too–in stitches over the debacle that is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. On his show, he prefaced it by urging parents to call their children to the TV.
“You might want to go right now and wake them up and bring them downstairs. And gather them around the television set. It’s more important than school,” he said.
Of course he wasn’t serious. Any parents who followed his command either don’t get the gist of Stewart’s show, or require a serious psychiatric evaluation.
Twitter followers responded to Stewart’s report–urging others to check it out.
Jon Stewart Hilariously Ripped the Glorious Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford http://t.co/SWvEWwkGnW
— BroBible (@BroBible) November 15, 2013
Jon Stewart on Rob Ford is quite precious. Starts right after the part in which he mocks Obama (pauvre Obama) http://t.co/Hs9Hvkqse9
— Tamy Emma Pepin (@TamyEmmaPepin) November 15, 2013
While it’s absolutely unfathomable to imagine someone like Rob Ford in the mayor’s office in a city like Toronto, comedians all over the world are no doubt reveling in his crude faux pas. For those still harboring some concern about the fair Canadian city, do note that Ford was voted out of office this past week.
If the world must, on occasion, deal with abominations like former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, at least people like Jon Stewart offer deep sighs of comic relief. It’s quite likely that late night TV and other big name comics will follow suit as well.
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