Jon Stewart is on a sabbatical from his duties as host of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” but that has not stopped him from appearing on television. Last week, he was a surprise guest on “Al Bernameg,” or “The Program,” the Egyptian equivalent of “The Daily Show” that is filmed in Cairo and hosted by Bassem Youssef. Mr. Stewart was brought on stage wearing a black hood and introduced as a captured foreign spy. At first, he spoke to the audience in Arabic, his comments, according to CBS News, translated to, “Please sit down, I am a simple man who does not like to be fussed over.” The interview then switched to English, and Mr. Stewart discussed, among other things,...
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