By JEN CHEN
Spotted on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night: Peter deSilva, the president and chief operating officer of UMB. In this clip, deSilva shows up around 1:03 to share his thoughts about last week’s vice presidential debate in St. Louis. The Daily Show’s John Oliver chides him for taking the debate seriously. “Go to the circus if you want to be entertained. This is a professional debate tonight and it’s for the future of our country,” deSilva tells him.
“Cut his mike off,” Oliver says.
“We’re done,” deSilva replies, then walks off.
I was watching the show with my sharp-eyed significant other, who hesitantly identified deSilva. So I called UMB to find out for sure. I got hold of Pam Blase, the senior vice president and director of corporate communications, who immediately started laughing. “That I can’t deny,” she said.
“He was at the debate at Wash U. and honestly, he told me the other day that he’d been interviewed by somebody, but he wasn’t sure who it was,” she said. She hasn’t talked to him today to see if he’s seen the clip, but says that when he found out that he was going to appear on The Daily Show, he wasn’t really fazed.
“It was pretty funny, to be honest,” she said. “I’m a big fan of the show and you know what they’re going to do with those clips, but he really didn’t know. He’s got a great sense of humor. The way he was represented is who he is – in a very serious discussion.”
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