Jon Stewart's Triumphant Return to The Daily Show

Also: Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng, and Bill maher

Happy National Banana Bread Day! 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, Threads, Instagram, or TikTok, where I share my own jokes every week.

And now, the videos you came for:

1. Jon Stewart is back on The Daily Show once per week on Mondays, and his first monologue back on the air is nothing short of incredible. He raised a lot of eyebrows last week for torching Biden and Trump equally about their campaigns:

2. Stewart also skewered Tucker Carlson’s softball interview with Vladimir Putin, masterfully:

3. The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic and Ronny Chieng also recently made fun of the Alabama embryo ruling with some truly hilarious jokes:

4. And finally, I really enjoyed Bill Maher’s latest spiel on how the media always turns election year into a circus / professional wrestling show / etc:

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.

- Geoff

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