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Spoiler alert: Barack Obama has scored the Democratic nomination. Of course, with The Daily Show taping around 6:00 in the evening, none of this was addressed in this night's episode. Just, you know, keep that in mind for maximum awkwardness while watching the proceedings.

"Anarchy Under The UK": After London's mayor banned alcohol, rowdy drunkards without cars took to the Tube and got wasted. Yeah, way to show the man that you guys are responsible enough to handle alcohol. Senior Mass Transit Analyst John Oliver drunkenly explained the beauty of subterranean drinking and then promptly urinated on the spot. Well done, good sir.

"The Final Countdown" (I can't even read that without Arrested Development immediately blasting Europe in my head): Ahh, yes. Here's where things got a little weird. As I mentioned earlier, Obama finally got enough delegates to get the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton's camp managed to express confidence right up to the very last minute, though, which takes a lot of hard work. At the forefront of this group is Terry McAuliffe, the campaign chairman. He made a special, super-enthusiastic appearance on the show and managed to terrify Jon Stewart to the point where all he could do was laugh. Seriously, that McAuliffe fellow is one intense hypeman. He is the Flavor Flav to Clinton's singular Public Enemy in a pantsuit. McAuliffe must have known that Clinton was on her way out, though. How would he feel comfortable enough to deliver, "Kiss my ass, Barack!" unless he had nothing to lose? I mean, apart from his dignity as a campaign official, obviously.



I expect TDS will play the hell out of this clip in the next episode. Whoo, boy.

And what's this?! A new correspondent! Wyatt Cenac joined in to talk about the painfully never-ending Democratic race, working in as many Lost references as he possibly could. At first I wasn't sure if I would like him, as I am bitter and quick to judge, but he won me over with "A polar bear on a tropical island?! There are so many reasons why that's amazing!" and "Hillary Widmore." However, time will tell if this Wyatt Cenac fellow will be able to hold his own without wonderful Lost jokes. Also, what does this leave for Larry Wilmore? Is he still the Senior Black Correspondent? Does Newbie Cenac get the role of Junior Black Correspondent? And the show seems to have covered most of the popular minorities, but they still haven't found a token Asian female? Can I sign up if I promise to provide my own pantsuit and work for pizza? Question mark?



The night's guest was David Sedaris, author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Despite listening to a bunch of his audiobooks and hearing his numerous contributions to "This American Life", this was my very first time seeing Sedaris speak. It was super-weird. I spent the entire time trying to figure out how he and Amy Sedaris could be related. I find it incredibly unfair that he and Jerri Blank are brother and sister. Way to hog all the humor and quirkiness, Sedaris family. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Sedaris was charming and extremely funny, sharing stories from his time in Japan and the effects of smoking. It was also lovely to see Jon look so genuinely delighted to kick back and listen to stories. I'm surprised they've never met before, though. I mean, Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris are tight, right. Don't all the comedy gods have swanky cocktail parties where they come together and share roast stories and bitch about Last Comic Standing? They do in my mind, anyway.



Jon/Stephen: Stephen Colbert shared a little from his tell-all book about his depressing TDS years. Great choice of photo for the dramatic cover, I must say. Moment of Zen: McAuliffe loves tropical shirts and Bacardi Gold... and not controlling the volume of his voice, evidently.