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Videos
Jon Stewart has mocked Jeff Bezos’s rocket launch – with the help of Jason Alexander.
The Seinfeld star plays the Amazon billionaire in the mockumentary skit, which tells of his dream to go into space in a rocked that looks like his dick.
30 Rock’s Tracy Morgan also makes an appearance as an advisor, as does comedian Adam Pally as rival tycoon Elon Musk, while a mop takes the role of Richard Branson,
The trailer for ‘the Cum Dog Billionaires’ movie adds that is executive produced by ‘the American taxpayers’,
It serves as a trailer for the former Daily Show host’s new hour-long topical Apple TV+ show The Problem With Jon Stewart, which launches in September.
Jeff Bezos in space
As mocked by Jon Stewart and Jason Alexander
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By Alasdair Beckett-King