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Desi Lydic Talks To Kids In Her First Night As 'Daily Show' Guest Host

By Andrew Sanford | TV | April 25, 2023 |

By Andrew Sanford | TV | April 25, 2023 |


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I’m a sucker for funny adults talking to kids. If you take a child seriously, no matter what they say, the results are pure magic. It’s the best game of “yes and” there can be. I’m also a sucker for Desi Lydic. The Daily Show correspondent has proven time and again that she has the comedy and charisma to have her own show. This week, she sits in as guest host, and like three of Ron Desantis’s fingers, the proof is in the pudding.

Hosts so far have been savvy enough to use their time as guests to show off what makes them viable candidates. Even when it hasn’t been successful, it has still been fun. Lydic put herself in a room full of kids. It was the best choice she could make. Desi can make the funny all by herself, but her interactions with these kids show a multi-faceted talent. Lydic is quick, smart, and funny. It’s a perfect showcase.

The segment itself will leave you in stitches. Without spoiling too much, Lydic drops some hard truths on a group of young girls. Since they are children, the soul-crushing reality that life is anything but fair and that society only lifts up those who are already well off while casting women and minorities aside has yet to set in. They are happy and proud and convinced they can do anything. It is infectiously sweet, and their repudiation of Desi’s points is hilarious.

Desi Lydic is one of my picks for the future host of the show. She’s already off to a great start, and I’m psyched to see what the rest of the week brings!