‘The Daily Show’ Is Finding The Funny During Our Collective Isolation

Social distancing pushed late-night comedy into exile for a minute, but several hosts quickly found a way to still connect with their audiences, most notably by way of home-bound editions like what Stephen Colbert kicked off Monday from his bathtub and social-first clips from pretty much every show. And as with other efforts to mine creativity and comedy from the competing streams of anxiety and boredom that are dominating our lives right now, some of these things have worked and some have not. But we still appreciate the effort!

Over at The Daily Show, their batting average has been pretty stellar during this incredibly bizarre week. Trevor Noah has been on point, calling out the Trump administration’s failings (while still getting laughs… like anger laughs, but still laughs) with The Daily Social Distancing Show on the show’s social channels; and the show’s band of correspondents are helping too, tagging in to play with the necessary weirdness of life under lockdown.

To ease your burden, we thought we’d collect some of the best posts from The Daily Show team so you could check them out. Warning: this whole thing ends with puppies.

I know people who are watching pandemic movies to fill the time between crying, masturbating, and rebooting rejected talent show routines on TikTok. I just don’t get it. Do you not have access to CNN or Twitter Watch Space Jam! Again! Not Contagion. Anyway, here’s Roy Wood Jr. being similarly perplexed by the idea of watching these films, which he has apparently been forced to review for our absolute pleasure.

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 20, 2020

While some youths are out personifying Melania’s “I really don’t care do you” dress, Jaboukie is doing right by the world, staying inside with his best friend and checking on senior citizens in his life.