'The Daily Show' returns with jokes and serious talk about war in Israel
by Eric Deggans
Oct 17, 2023
3 minutes
Minutes into his first episode as guest host on The Daily Show Monday, correspondent Michael Kosta faced a particularly tough challenge: making comedy out of the biggest news of this past week, Hamas' brutal attack in Israel and war in Gaza.
Rather than start with a super serious monologue like some other hosts — I'll talk about them in a minute — Kosta made a different, and mostly deft, comedy choice. He made fun of knuckleheaded Americans who post
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