Jon Stewart on Wednesday had a sincere question for his audience following relentless news coverage of the announcement that he would step down from “The Daily Show” by the end of the year.
“Did I die?” the host asked.
“Because it all seems very, ‘I died,'” he added. Stewart said the aftermath of his announcement had been “overwhelming.”
But then the Comedy Central star confessed that he had already been offered a new job, from an unlikely source: his arch-nemesis, Arby’s.
Upon hearing the news of Stewart’s retirement, the fast-food chain tweeted on Wednesday, “Jon, feel free to reach out to us at careers@Arbys.com.”
Stewart has a longstanding feud with the chain and often turns to the camera to deliver a mocking advertisement of what he considers a disgusting mealtime option.
During the Ebola panic, Stewart saw a marketing opportunity for the company: “Arby’s: See? A lot of things cause diarrhea.”
When the host struggled to process the decision not to indict the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold, he quipped, “Arby’s: you think pain and grief are hard to digest!”
Still, Stewart took Wednesday’s job offer in stride.
“I guess my only question as a future employee would be: to work there, would I have to handle, serve, touch, eat or even look at what you so generously describe as ‘food?'” he asked.
“That’s right, Arby’s, this shit ain’t over,” he added.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
Will he have to wash his hands after he uses the bathroom?
Go ahead Arby’s, poke the grizzly bear.
J.T. Addaway’s next story on Redneck News:
“Apparently, not even homosexuals will go into an Arby’s here in Blount County.”
LOL! That’s exactly the impression I was getting from the obsessive coverage on MSNBC the last two days. It was all “Jon Stewart was…” and “Jon Stewart made…” – all simple past tense, and no “Jon Stewart has been…” and “Jon Stewart has made…” – present perfect tense that would suggest he might continue doing things into the future. I kept having to remind myself that he hadn’t died.