Jon Stewart thanked Jesus Thursday for giving him something to laugh about, namely the made-for-comedy “Fangate” incident, in which Florida Gov. Rick Scott at first refused to debate Democrat opponent Charlie Crist because he was violating debate rules by having an electronic device with him on stage. Stewart jumped on the opportunity to mock the Republican governor, whom he called “the hairless serpentine incumbent,” and roll out a bunch of “sweaty balls” jokes.

After laying out just how depressing the global news has been as of late, Stewart played the clip of the incredibly awkward beginning of the debate, when the moderators first announced that Scott would not come on stage because the former-Republican-former-Independent Crist insisted on having his fan onstage, presumably so we he wouldn’t sweat off his makeup.

After playing the clip, Stewart looked up into a light shining down upon him and said, “Thank you, Jesus,” for the welcome comic relief. Stewart then launched into a number of testicular jokes, including references to Crist’s trip to “Bed Balls & Beyond” to buy his fan and America’s partisan insistence on “stewing in our own testicular moisture.”

And, of course, Stewart made sure to work in some predictable jabs at Scott’s “horrifying policies.” Crist’s utterly principle-less campaign founded on the perfect inverse of his former Republican platform gets by largely unscathed by Stewart.

H/T Mediaite. Video via Comedy Central.