Is Desi Lydic The Best Daily Show Guest Host?

Also: Nathan Fielder, Hari Kondabolu, Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, and Fred Armisen.

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And now, the ha-has you came for:

1. Desi Lydic is doing a fantastic job as The Daily Show’s latest guest host. In this clip, she covers Fox News's shocking firing of Tucker Carlson, Sarah Huckabee Sanders's "Real Women" koozies, Don Lemon's CNN termination, Elon Musk's latest Twitter fiasco, and Bed Bath & Beyond's bankruptcy:

2. Here’s a great compilation of restaurant pranks from Nathan For You, one of my favorite shows:

3. Hari Kondabolu is hilarious, and his new special is FREE to watch on YouTube! He discusses the strange and unique experience of having a kid during a global pandemic, loving dark chocolate as proof of aging, the absurdity of white replacement theory, and the horrible truth behind Curious George:

4. Finally, Comedy Central just released this compilation of comedians doing crowd work featuring Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, Fred Armisen:

That’s all, folks!

- Geoff

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