Jon Stewart began his show Wednesday night with some sober commentary on the attack on Charlie Hebdo and the role of comedy in America.
“Very few people go into comedy as an act of courage, mainly because it shouldn’t have to be that,” said Stewart. He went on to call the attack a “stark reminder that for the most part the legislators and journalists and institutions that we jab and ridicule are not in any way the enemy. For however frustrating or outraged the back and forth can become, it’s still back and forth among those on ‘Team Civilization.’”
Later, on a more satirical note, Stewart compared the terrorists to a news story on “Nazi cows”—cows finely-bred by Nazis that would lord over all the other inferior cows, or something. Stewart turned, naturally, to his “Moo-Slim” correspondent, for some sly jokes about “cow-ards.” (“Why do I have to answer for every cow out there?”)
Watch both segments below:
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