Jon Stewart last night did was he does best: poke fun at the media. He premiered a new segment, an assault on puns in cable news, aptly titled “You’re Not Punny.”
“They’re not just painful and unpleasant, they take us out of the newscast,” Stewart said. “It’s like in the movies, when people start phone numbers with ‘555.’ It’s completely unnecessary.”
So Stewart “released” the media from the prison of puns, making it official with a quill and parchment.
“By this act, I, Jon Stewart, grant newscasters ‘purr-mission’ to stop with the wordplay, because where there’s a quill, there’s a way. I’ve got the right stuff for a declaration of ‘inde-pun-dence’ ” …
Watch:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| You’re Not Punny | ||||
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