The Daily Show Discovers Americans Are Stupider Than Iranians

Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones taped a bunch of segments in Iran before the election called Jason Jones: Behind The Veil, and for a while last week they were kind of awkward because of all the stuff, but last night's was really funny and revealing. In a segment called "Jihad Walking," Jason tested the knowledge of Americans in Times Square versus regular Iranians, and learned exactly what you'd think he would: Iranians know more about America than Americans know about Iran (but nobody knows who the minority whip is). And at the end Jason meets an Iranian who doesn't just watch The Daily Show, he even has a Jon Stewart impression. (He's probably a ringer, but it's still funny.)

"Iran? It doesn't ring a bell? The country of Iran." You would think the "People in other countries know more about America than Americans do" comedy trope would be hack by now, and yet it's still funny-sad.