Watch the Daily Show: Hurricane Edition

Are you staying safe, New York?

Hurricane Sandy has walked the room in a big way: everyone from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre to Louis C.K. cancelled their Sunday evening performances (“I really don’t want a pole to smash your face in because you saw some comedy,” C.K. said in an email to ticketholders).

Since none of you New Yorkers are going anywhere, and presumably ConEd hasn’t turned off your power yet if you’re reading this, perhaps you could use a little entertainment?

The above video Daily Show from 1999 features a youthful Jon Stewart improvising his way through an episode taped during Hurricane Floyd, which similarly had the city staying put. They had no script, no rehearsal, and what sounds like the crew of the Soupy Sales Show in place of an audience. It’s well worth watching the remainder of the episode on the Daily Show site just to see correspondent Vance Degeneres in a dress.

UPDATE 10/29 1:30 p.m. ET: The Daily Show and the Colbert Report have cancelled their Monday tapings, but are still scheduled to tape on Tuesday. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will tape, with SNL’s Seth Meyers in place of previously scheduled guest John Goodman. The Late Show with David Letterman will also tape as scheduled, however no word as of yet regarding any guest changes.

Tags: Jon Stewart, Louis CK, UCB

About the Author

Sharilyn Johnson is the author of the book Bears & Balls: The Colbert Report A-Z. Called "one of the city’s most discriminating comedy critics” by NOW Magazine, Sharilyn has been covering comedy for longer than she cares to admit. She served as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg's Uptown Magazine for five years, and was the host of the radio show Laugh Tracks for three seasons. Her work has also appeared in the Toronto Star, the Winnipeg Free Press, The Apiary, and on CBC Radio's national comedy programs LOL and Definitely Not the Opera.