Stewart Mocks Michael Steele One Last Time With Puppet (VIDEO)

On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took one last go at Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as he leaves his post.

Things didn't go so well for Steele during his final speech. First the RNC emblem fell off his podium as he was saying "The Republican party is a good party," and then his party went against his endorsement of Maria Cino to be his successor and elected Wisconsin state party chairman Reince Priebus instead.

Priebus, the candidate to whom Stephen Colbert gave his infamous bump and whose name has already delighted Stewart and Colbert on both their shows, isn't likely to provide the same fodder for comedy as did Steele.

So, Stewart thought it appropriate to have one last hurrah with his infamous puppet Michael Steele to say goodbye and find out what he thinks of Priebus. Naturally, Steele went for the obvious joke first.

"His name makes no sense," Steele said. "Whose his mom, Jodie Foster's character in 'Nell'?"

But Puppet Steele's best joke came later, and combined a jab at Priebus with one at Brett Favre:

"I'm not saying he's a d--k from Wisconsin, but Brett Favre just texted me his picture."

Watch the rest of the clip to see what's next for Michael Steele -- well, the puppet version anyhow.

WATCH:

Comments

[ccm800]

08:57 PM on 01/19/2011

OMG the SIGN! OMG OMG OMG! LOL! Is that a damn sign from God???? Hmm Righties is it?

[OlskoolDem]

10:57 AM on 01/19/2011

Apparently the Huffington "puff" post doesn't want any one to know just how bad Reince Priebus is
because they have censored all of my comments about him.
This guy is Bad News from WI.

[bmwracer]

11:05 AM on 01/19/2011

Maybe the RNC is thinking "With a name like 'Reince Priebus,' he's got to be good!"

[Twohairydogs]

05:43 PM on 01/19/2011

What's up with him?

[bmwracer]

10:17 AM on 01/19/2011

"Reince Priebus????"

Is that a name or a medical condition?

[OlskoolDem]

10:53 AM on 01/19/2011

this guy is super bad news "Evil" !!!!

[Avery Owen]

07:00 AM on 01/19/2011

Gonna miss the ol'Steele trap! Hope he goes to Fixed News, so the jokes can continue!

[Pam Harris]

01:50 AM on 01/19/2011

When I saw the Republican emblem fall off the podium at the perfect moment I immediately thought "Thank you God!"

[denicci1977]

12:20 AM on 01/19/2011

Lmao lmao! Hilarious!

[pbnyc59]

11:50 PM on 01/18/2011

Rinse Pubics

[TaxpayingVoter]

11:22 PM on 01/18/2011

Prince Rebus.

[LMPE]

10:19 PM on 01/18/2011

I'd like to see Michael Steele now attempt a rap. The way that I see it, he couldn't embarrass himself any more than he already has.

[60s Dem]

09:26 PM on 01/18/2011

Michael Steele makes Barack Obama look like Malcolm X.

[YouDontWantMeHere]

07:11 PM on 01/18/2011

Hay Kon!(have i used that1 yet?) what's the matta? my way of doin' it 2obvious?

[TheGreyDuck]

06:58 PM on 01/18/2011

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

[climbing panda]

06:17 PM on 01/18/2011

one of the best bits ever.

[Quitcherbichin]

06:05 PM on 01/18/2011

John Stewart and Bill Maher....now there is a couple of losers....Stewart can't even let Steele slip out of the door without one more cheap shot...and he has the nerve to criticize conservatives over their rhetoric...mmm.mmm

[60s Dem]

09:27 PM on 01/18/2011

Ohhhhhhhhh, shhhhuuuuuddduuuupppppp!!! Michael Steele's reign as republican house boy is over.

[Robert Elliott Simmons]

09:50 PM on 01/18/2011

Ummmm, they're comedians. Plus Steele was quite the character that provided plenty of material. Also it's rather lighthearted, it isn't the vindicative bile you get from Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Malkin, three of which are regulars on a "news" network.

[cschmick]

05:56 PM on 01/18/2011

It's a really incredible coincidence that if you remove the vowels from the name Reince Priebus, you get RNC PR BS!

[LMPE]

10:17 PM on 01/18/2011

fanned

[Harlem-bred]

01:13 PM on 01/19/2011

"Awesome even!!".....--Snagglepuss