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Read Patton Oswalt's Twitter defense of Trevor Noah — in 54 tweets

Comedian defends future 'Daily Show' host by dissecting a lame joke about butter

Noah, left, and Oswalt. (AP/File)
Noah, left, and Oswalt. (AP/File)

Patton Oswalt has joined the chorus of fellow comedians coming to the defense of Trevor Noah in the wake of a backlash over controversial jokes found on the future "Daily Show" host's Twitter feed.

Comedy Central defended Noah on Tuesday, a day after critics called some of Noah's jokes sexist, racist and anti-Semitic and called on the network to rescind its offer to Jon Stewart's successor.

On Wednesday, Oswalt unleashed a barrage of 54 tweets dissecting a seemingly innocuous joke, to show the absurdity of the criticism.


Oswalt then retweeted an observation by fellow comedian Neal Brennan.