It’s election season, and whenever politics gets stupid and creepy (okay, stupider and creepier than usual), that’s the time to tune in more regularly to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

One thing about getting older (coming soon!) is the realization that hot means nothing unless you have a brain to go with. Luckily, Mr. Stewart racks up the points in both areas. Early-grey semi-distinguished-looking sparkly-eyed? Check. Smart enough to make you snort your Dr Pepper up your nose laughing at what he just said? Check. He has a crack team of writers and researchers working for him, but you have to admit that all that info is just so much more noise until that deadly eyebrow lift and blank “You have got to be kidding me” look skewer the day’s ridiculousness.

So, dinner a deux with plenty to laugh about (or cry, given the state of American politics), then dessert. And you know what I’m talkin’ about when I say dessert.