Former “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart surprised this week’s guest host, Roy Wood Jr., on Tuesday night when he dressed up like Obi-Wan Kenobi, the show’s longest-serving host. came out as per Stewart’s records.
Stewart was there, as it happens, to help Wood go viral with his coverage of Donald Trump’s impeachment. Alas, Wood was too obsessed with “Star Wars” to talk about Trump with Stewart.
The talk came near the end of a lengthy discussion of Tuesday’s debate before the show, when Trump was charged with 34 felonies for, among other things, secret money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels using campaign funds. related behavior. 2016.
Wood, at the time, was focusing on the fact that Trump had to drop most of the insults Accused criminals typically encounter after surrendering to police – for example, he was not handcuffed, officers did not take mug shots, and he was not strip-searched, as in most states including New York. Normal procedure in the courts.
“For the sake of this country, I hope Donald Trump gets a speedy trial. But that doesn’t mean he should use TSA Pre-Check. But, here’s the good news: New York’s investigation is just one of many investigations into the former president,” Wood said. “So, we’ll have plenty of other opportunities to correctly arrest him.”
After this bit, Wood lamented as the audience clapped that he thought his comment on Trump’s insults was good, “but I don’t know if it’s viral enough to be a guest host.” There is pressure. You have to be funny, you have to be sarcastic, you have to be powerful, you have to be viral. And I don’t know what to do, I wish I had someone I could talk to about it…”
“Roy. Roy,” said Stewart’s disembodied voice, “use force Roy.”
“Who that?” asked Wood.
“Roy, use force,” Stewart continued.
“I ain’t f— with the ghost guy, who’s that?” Wood replied.
At that point Stewart entered the stage and removed his hood, causing a huge cheer from the audience.
“I knew I knew your ass,” Wood joked. “You are Obi-Wan Kenobi!”
“I’m, I’m John. Stewart. I used to work here when the budget wasn’t that big,” Stewart said.
“You worked here?” Wood asked.
“I actually hosted the program,” Stewart said to a disbelieving Wood.
“‘The Daily Show’ had a white host?” Wood asked. “Why are you dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi?”
Stewart said, “I like to be comfortable.”
Stewart tried to steer the conversation on the topic (Trump), but Wood was more interested in talking about “Star Wars” and who he would be in this scenario. “And I don’t want to be Luke Skywalker,” Wood said.
“Why f— wouldn’t you want to be Luke Skywalker?” Stewart asked.
“Luke Skywalker kissed his sister!” Wood, accurate, explained. I want to be Han Solo instead. Han Solo was badass, Han Solo was cool, he had a ship. You can be Chewbacca.
Stewart said, “Why would I want to be like a wolf-ape.” “Look, I think it would make more sense if I were the wise sage mentoring the young host, not the wolf-monkey. Also, I can’t return the cloak. What happened, the events that There were decreases in this robe-“
“Yeah, but if you’re Obi-Wan,” Wood interrupted Stewart, “and I’m Luke, does that mean my father is Vader? Because if my father is Darth Vader, does that mean?” Does that mean Donald Trump is my father?”
“Why would Donald Trump be your father?” Stewart asked.
“Because, if I’m Luke and Trump is Vader, that means Trump killed you!” Wood replied.
“Okay, you’re Han Solo, I’m Baby Yoda. Okay,” Stewart announced. “The thing is…”
“Why can’t you be regular Yoda?” Wood asked.
“What the f- are you talking about?” Stewart said. “I should have come when Silverman was here.”
“How about you’re Yoda, ’cause you’re all buff and green and s—,” Wood offered, “and I’ll be Lando. For obvious reasons.”
“Is it a trap?” Stewart asked nervously.
Now check out the full segment at the top of the page. Stewart appears around the 10:00 mark.
Since previous permanent host Trevor Noah stepped down last year, “The Daily Show” has had a succession of guest hosts, including Hasan Minhaj, Marlon Wayans, Sarah Silverman, Kal Penn, Al Franken and John Leguizamo.
Stewart, of course, hosted from 1999 to 2015.
