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What Jon Stewart Told ‘The Daily Show’ Audience After Cameras Stopped Rolling on Election Night
After cameras stopped rolling on 'The Daily Show' election special, Jon Stewart addressed the studio audience with remarks about the election.
Since the audience was instructed to shut off their cell phones around 10:30 p.m., 30 minutes before Stewart went live on air, the crowd’s only information source was “The Daily Show,” which, aside from announcing that Harris won New York and New Jersey, did not feature a lot of actual election news. As the night went on, the commercial break playlist reflected the souring mood — Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” the Beatles’ “Help!” and CeeLo Green’s “Fuck You,” which played directly after a bit in which correspondent Desi Lydic pulled out a bottle of wine and flipped off the American electorate. With the entire news team engaged in bits adapted in real time, plus pivots from segments apparently scrapped at the last minute (including an interview with Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, who Stewart said canceled 30 seconds before airtime), Tuesday night’s “Daily Show” broadcast was a feat of live television, with all of its hiccups and humanity.
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