Trevor
Noah - Comedy Central
The Democratic presidential candidate debate was comedy
gold for The Daily
Show and Trevor
Noah, as the long lineup of hopefuls provided enough memorable moments to
fill a ballot. Or, in this case, a program, via Noah’s Votegasm 2020, a
live show that followed the Democratic scrum.
The Daily Show kicked
off the live laughs seconds after the debate with a show festooned with the
graphic, “World War D: Let’s Get Ready to Ramble: Part 1.”
Host Trevor Noah got off several quality shots at more
than half the field, beginning with Beto O’Rourke, who answered a question
about health care in fluent Spanish. “‘To hear my answer in English, press
one,'” Noah riffed. “This guy was so fluent, people probably thought they had
switched to Univision by mistake.” A reaction photo of a wide-eyed Corey Booker
watching the conquistador to his left accentuated the bit.
The logistics of the debate became a big theme in Noah’s
broadsides. Amy Klobuchar, he noted, continually ran out of time just before
she delivered what she hoped would be a killer line. Noah imagined time
management being a problem even if Klobuchar were to be elected. “But I’m
president!” he said, imitating her being told she was out of time during her
inauguration.
As footage showed Washington Gov. Jay inslee raising a
finger trying to get a word in edgewise, Noah cracked that Inslee had “spent
the whole night like he was trying to order a drink. How are you going to get
the nomination when you can’t even get a vodka soda?”
John Delaney, Noah marveled, got several applause lines
despite next to zero name recognition heading into the debate. “He should say
his name after each answer, like DJ Khalid,” Noah laughed. “John De-LAY-neee!
Bew, bew bew!”
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio came in for some ribbing
from the hometown show. After a string of clips showing De Blasio horning in on
the time of others onstage, Noah said, “That was a typical subway move
right there!” With that kind of performance, Noah reasoned, “he went from a one
[percent rating in the polls] to like at least a three.”
