Jon Stewart Takes On World Cup Refereeing, Diving, and America's Problem with Soccer
Tonight's Daily Show was chock-full of World Cup talk. First, Jon Stewart recapped the last few days of competition. Then, correspondent John Hodgman channeled Glenn Beck and talked about how soccer can "fix" itself to last in America. Videos inside.
Here's Stewart's recap, which mixed complaints about bad refereeing with a couple of humorous jabs at England:
And here's the segment with Stewart and Hodgman, in which Hodgman offered a three-pronged solution for what the sport needs to do to be able to catch on/last for American audiences (ridding it of "socialized medicine" is at the top of the list, naturally):
