Jon Stewart Is the Comedy Hero America Needs Right Now

Also: John Mulaney and Sarah Sherman

Happy National Cranberry Relish Day! Hi, I’m Geoff Plitt, and welcome to What You Need to Know, the brief, weekly newsletter where I share the best comedy videos I’ve seen all week. It will always be free, and you’re welcome to become a friend by following me on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok, where I share my own jokes every week.

And now, the videos you came for:

1. Jon Stewart continues to be, for my money, the fairest and funniest late-night comedian out there. In this latest clip, he covers Trump and Biden of course, and then unpacks Republicans' strategy of aggressively exploiting loopholes, in contrast to the Democrats' style of following rules and norms:

2. The rest of my clips for you this week are from a recent episode of Saturday Night Live. Here’s a funny sketch where a NASA space mission hits a snag, and the flight director (John Mulaney) has to deliver some bad news to Beppo the chimp:

3. I think you’ll also enjoy this sketch, where a game show host makes contestants (John Mulaney, Sarah Sherman) try to guess the name of political figures relevant to the 2024 election:

4. And finally, Sarah Sherman’s hilarious character, the widow of Peanut the Squirrel, stops by Weekend Update to discuss her late husband’s death:

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.

- Geoff

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