2 comedians from ‘The Daily Show’ went to Iran expecting … well, not this.

When “The Daily Show” sent a team to Iran to film some comedy sketches, two things happened: A lot of Americans got offended on behalf of the Iranians, and the Iranians understood the joke immediately. What does it say when the only people pissed off about sending comedians to Iran are Americans?

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Rollie Williams

Oct 10, 2012

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