Wanda Sykes makes it look straightforward. On Monday evening, the comic grabbed the baton from Leslie Jones and commenced her week-long gig because the host of The Day by day Present, filling in as Comedy Central brass continues searching for a brand new, everlasting host within the wake of Trevor Noah’s shock departure. For Sykes, the primary day on the job was all about acclimating to the well-honed, fast-paced clip of the present’s manufacturing.
“They’re a well-oiled machine right here,” Sykes remarked in awe throughout a business break. All she, ostensibly, needed to do was stroll in, sit behind the legendary desk, and do what she does greatest: inform jokes.
In basic Day by day Present style, the present’s “Headlines” section ran the political gamut, from President Joe Biden’s present paperwork debacle to ex-president Donald Trump’s newest cringeworthy gaffe. The latter occurred on the funeral of Diamond, of the conservative rightwing duo Diamond and Silk. Trump, who invited the duo to the White Home and to his marketing campaign occasions, gave an unreal eulogy at Diamond’s funeral, declaring he “didn’t know Silk in any respect. I simply realized about Silk. You’re unbelievable.”
“That’s like saying I do know Bert, however I by no means heard of this Ernie fellow,” Sykes quipped, laughing in disbelief at Trump’s remarks. “Figuring out Trump, he most likely solely has room for one Black lady in his mind at a time. If he activates the TV proper now, he’ll be like ‘Wow, Diamond’s internet hosting the Day by day Present.’”
She then ran via a section on the egregious oil and pure gasoline business that aired throughout a current soccer sport. Sykes then threw it to an interview with Day by day Present correspondent Michael Kosta, the present’s resident overgrown bro who loves shilling for crypto and “the miracle liquid that’s oil.”
Sykes pivoted to the subsequent section, an emotional change of tempo through which she acknowledged the 11 victims of the Monterey Park mass capturing. “We ship our ideas and prayers to the victims and those recovering,” she mentioned. “And sadly, that’s all we do on this nation, as a result of it solely occurs right here.” The present then moved right into a pre-taped section hosted by longtime correspondent Roy Wooden Jr., who went to London and did a man-on-the-street interview asking individuals how they felt about America’s gun obsession.
The section, as insightful because it was hilarious, was one more boon for Wooden, who has been prompt as a possible subsequent host of the present, although it is unclear whether or not he’d have an interest. Previous to the present’s taping, Wooden got here into the studio and chatted with the thrilled viewers. He answered questions in regards to the London section, then riffed on the ridiculous M&M’s ethical panic, which noticed the sweet firm announce that it could retire plenty of inclusive “spokescandies” after invoking the unironic ire of rightwing figures like Tucker Carlson. “They gotta fake to be Skittles now,” Wooden quipped of the jobless candies. His candor with the group, mixed with the easy London section, made it straightforward to see how he would fare if he was given the everlasting reins to the comedy establishment.
