In the wake of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC — ostensibly over comments he made in the wake of the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — Jon Stewart made a special Thursday-night appearance on “The Daily Show.”

But it wasn’t just any Daily Show: It was the “all new, government-approved Daily Show, with your patriotically obedient host, Jon Stewart.”

Spoofing state-sponsored television under authoritarian regimes, Stewart — who typically only hosts on Mondays — broadcast from a new set adorned with golden flourishes similar to those President Donald Trump has added to the White House , and referred to the president as “our dear father.”

Stewart was one of several prominent late-night hosts, current and former, to comment on the controversy . Watch Stewa

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