As the Weinergate Twitter scandal continued to drag on, Jon Stewart had no choice but to send up the whole thing with a soulful song Thursday night.
Stewart was at first conflicted over whether to cover the controversy at all. Two animated characters, News Angel Tom Brokaw and Comedy Devil Don Rickles, appeared on his shoulders and tried to convince him what to do, with Brokow intoning, “facts, truth and judgment,” and Rickles shouting, “Weiner’s weiner!”
In the end, Stewart did a little of both,having a singer provide backing vocals while he tried to put the matter to rest with a monologue about how Rep. Weiner should come clean and end all the speculation.
“If you’re sending pictures of your penis as bait to young women who are following you on Twitter, then you gotta go,” Stewart said.
“But if you’ve just got some junk shots of yourself on your computer,” he said, pausing to let the backing singer deliver the punchline, “Welcome to the club.”
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