\u201cThe Daily Show\u201d host Jordan Klepper went down South to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday for a new installment of \u201cJordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Airing during tonight\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d the segment finds the host in New Orleans during Sail250, a traveling maritime celebration featuring ships and military vessels. Klepper wanders the streets talks to people about the state of America and the current political administration. Along the way, he finds people dressed in stars and stripes, and a boozed-up man in a pirate costume.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI would give America a nice, tall mug of common sense,\u201d the man tells Klepper, holding up a metal cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t smell like common sense,\u201d Klepper responds, before the man offers him some of his drink. Klepper declines: \u201cI usually wait until after 5 to have my common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse\u201d is Klepper\u2019s hallmark series on \u201cThe Daily Show.\u201d Last year, he won an Emmy for writing for a nonfiction program for the half-hour special \u201cThe Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation.\u201d His latest special \u201cJordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize\u201d is eligible for this year\u2019s awards ceremony.<\/p>\n
Klepper is one of a handful of hosts of \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d which airs on Comedy Central at 11 p.m. ET. Michael Kosta hosts tonight, and the other anchors include Jon Stewart, Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng and Josh Johnson.<\/p>\n
Catch an early glimpse at the segment, titled \u201cJordan Klepper Heads to NOLA for America\u2019s Semiquincentennial,\u201d below.<\/p>\n
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