The Daily Show’s Pun Intended at Australia’s Federal Election 2013
The Daily Show, an American late night television program which claim to fame is its witty satirical theme, makes fun of Australian election 2013 political blunders in the person of Peter Dowling, Jaymes Diaz and Sarah Palin. If The Daily Show waited a day more, they could have included Tony Abbott's "sex appeal" comment on Fiona Scott.
The Daily Show, which is also fond of making fun of itself as a fake news program, takes comedy and satire out of news headlines and political personalities. Usually, host Jon Stewart begins the show with his witty and mostly sarcastic monologue or dialogues with other correspondents of the show.
However, for The Daily Show's episode titled "Down Undercision 2013", it was comedian John Oliver who made satire out of the controversial Australian federal election 2013.
Mr Oliver started by expressing his admiration to the brevity of the Australian elections happening in just a matter of four weeks but still was able to come up with political gaffe that made it to the headlines around the world.
"They spend a huge amount of time and energy getting people to the polls, rather than spending time, energy and a Supreme Court decision preventing them. Their whole election season is just one month long, four weeks, that's like only three new iPhones from now," British host Mr Oliver commented.
As compared to that of the US election which happens longer in order to dwell with political scandals and dim-witted election candidates, Australia's election is truly in its impressive fast-track mode, Mr Oliver said.
"Australia, you truly are a nation of criminals, because with that magnificent sound bite, you just stole my heart," animated Mr Oliver said.
Mr Oliver then went about doing an analogy, sort of a ratio, of controversial US and Australian political figures.
He said that if Texas had Rick Perry, Australia has Jaymes Diaz whose political blunder had gone viral as he was dumbfounded about his own party's six-point plan on illegal boat immigration in the country.
If New York has Anthony Weiner, Australia has Peter Dowling whose claim to controversy was a sexting scandal with picture of his penis plumped in a glass of red wine.
But for Mr Oliver, the hands-down went to Alaska's Sarah Palin counterpart, Stephanie Banister, who said that Islam is a country, that Muslim's holy book was called "haram" and that the society should accept kosher food because Jews "follow Jesus Christ."
"Of course the real test is does it have an under-informed, right wing woman thrust into a national political spotlight she's not only unprepared for but at times seems to barely comprehend."