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Michael Kosta Calls Out Audience for Sinkhole Groan
Michael Kosta mocked audience groaning over sinkhole pandemic joke on The Daily Show.
In brief
Michael Kosta mocked audience groaning over sinkhole pandemic joke on The Daily Show. Michael Kosta criticized his 'Daily Show' audience for reacting negatively to a sinkhole pandemic joke during Wednesday's episode. Originally reported by TheWrap.
Michael Kosta's audience reaction
The Daily Show's studio audience groaned during Michael Kosta's Wednesday evening monologue.
Sinkhole pandemic context
A reporter described hundreds of thousands of sinkholes linked to abandoned mines across the United States.
Reported sinkhole details
The reporter cited a 30-foot sinkhole swallowing a chunk of a suburban South Dakota street and cars.
Kosta's response
Kosta questioned the sinkhole pandemic concept, saying the ground should be the ground, not something under the ground.
“There’s a sinkhole pandemic?! I thought the whole job of the ground was to be the ground. What do you mean there’s a ground under the ground? What the f, k have I been walking on this whole time?”
Audience reaction consequence
Kosta's joke about sinkholes sparked audience groaning during The Daily Show's Wednesday episode.
In short
Michael Kosta criticized his 'Daily Show' audience for reacting negatively to a sinkhole pandemic joke during Wednesday's episode.
