‘The Daily Show’: Chest in Show
Well, this is awkward. Jon Stewart had the unenviable task of responding with humor to the bizarre spectacle that was his friend Rep. Anthony Weiner's big reveal -- both in sexting form and in the congressman's eventual admission of guilt -- on Monday's "Daily Show."Well, this is awkward. Jon Stewart had the unenviable task of responding with humor to the bizarre spectacle that was his friend Rep. Anthony Weiner’s big reveal — both in sexting form and in the congressman’s eventual admission of guilt — on Monday’s “Daily Show.” Stewart’s writers didn’t give him much wiggle room on this one, either, but sometimes the cringe-worthy can be funny. –KA
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