“The Daily Show” is dedicating itself to a worthy cause: making comically rich billionaire Elon Musk even richer. At least Troy Iwata is.
“This man is barely worth $300 billion at this point, but we can change that,” the senior correspondent said on Thursday night. As he spoke, the light around him darkened and soft piano played, mimicking charity commercials. “For the simple price of $50,000, you can help a 53-year-old boy afford all the things he was already able to afford.”
It should be noted that Iwata started by asking the “Daily Show” audience for a measly $30,000 or, as he put it, “just 70,000 cups of coffee a day.”