Al Madrigal, The Daily Show's new Senior Latino Correspondent, has a face that seems like a caricature artist whipped it up: wicked smirk, scribble of beard, and eyebrows that jerk up above the rims of his Elvis Costello glasses and hang there as black and sharply cut as what a pro might carve in a jack-o'-lantern.
He was pretty funny, too. First he gave Jon Stewart gentle hell for having waited so long to hire a Latino correspondent. Then he explained the relevance of teardrop tats, celebrated Las Vegas as the exemplar of American culture, and skewered U.S. misconceptions about Latinos. The audience laughs weren't huge, and Madrigal seemed a touch less confident than he does on his excellent stand-up special, but it confirms for us our suspicion -- mentioned yesterday -- that this San Francisco native will seriously jack up our Who Is the Best Daily Show Correspondent brackets.
Follow us on Twitter at @ExhibitionistSF and like us on Facebook.
