Jon Stewart Says the World Cup Final Was the ‘Reverse Super Bowl’: ‘The Players Spoke Spanish and the Halftime Show Was in English’
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart gave his post-game thoughts about Sunday’s World Cup final match, which saw Spain win out over...
Key points
- On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart gave his post-game thoughts about Sunday’s World Cup final match, which saw Spain win out over Argentina 1-0.
- “Of course, the World Cup ended yesterday, finito, with Spain defeating Argentina 1-0 on the pitch, in the footy,” Stewart said at the top of the show.
- “The Spain-Argentina final was like a reverse Super Bowl, where the players spoke Spanish, and the halftime show was in English.” The World Cup final halftime show, the first in the tournament’s history, featured Madonna, Justin Bieber and the Muppets.
- Stewart took note of “Sesame Street’s” The Count, who was there to celebrate the match along with Kermit and Miss Piggy.
What happened
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart gave his post-game thoughts about Sunday’s World Cup final match, which saw Spain win out over Argentina 1-0. “Of course, the World Cup ended yesterday, finito, with Spain defeating Argentina 1-0 on the pitch, in the footy,” Stewart said at the top of the show. “The Spain-Argentina final was like a reverse Super Bowl, where the players spoke Spanish, and the halftime show was in English.” The World Cup final halftime show, the first in the tournament’s history, featured Madonna, Justin Bieber and the Muppets. Stewart took note of “Sesame Street’s” The Count, who was there to celebrate the match along with Kermit and Miss Piggy. Popular on Variety “You got all the Muppets to choose from, why would in God’s name make the vampire work during the day?” Stewart joked. ‘I sat in traffic for one, two, three hours for this.’” Stewart then, of course, shifted his attention to President Donald Trump’s presence at the game.