( EW.com ) -- As of Monday , the best damn news team in America has a new member : Jordan Klepper , an Upright Citizens Brigade veteran who happens to look a lot like the vast majority of `` Saturday Night Live 's '' new featured players ( read : blandly handsome ; white ) . `` The Daily Show '' — which , in the fairly recent past , has come under fire for a lack of onscreen and behind-the-scenes diversity — made a joke of this in Klepper 's very first segment Monday night , naming him the program 's new Senior Caucasian Correspondent . John Oliver sheds a tear in 'Daily Show ' farewell . And naturally , the self-referential humor did n't stop there . The Daily Show Get More : Daily Show Full Episodes , The Daily Show on Facebook . Theoretically , Klepper 's Caucasian-ness made him the perfect choice for a piece focusing on the situation in Crimea . In practice , the poor guy was so nervous that he ended up turning the entire segment into a self-conscious commentary on his own situation as a new member of the `` Daily Show '' family — culminating in a fourth-wall busting act that might have gotten Klepper the ax if , you know , it had n't been planned . Liam Neeson , Jon Stewart ( nearly ! ) come to blows on 'Daily Show ' Nicely done , Jordan ; we 're sure Dad is very proud of you this morning . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
` ` The Daily Show '' has added a new correspondent . Jordan Smith is an officer of the Senior Citizens Bureau . He debuted on ` ` The Daily Show '' Season Two .