After a full week of taking Republicans to task for the government shutdown, Jon Stewart made a heroic effort on Monday to mock the other side by slamming Obamacare's implementation problems. The only hitch was, it's hard to make bandwidth issues and long hold times sound as bad as taking the country's economy hostage until you get your way.


But the important thing is to try. Watch part one of Stewart's continuing coverage of "Shutstorm 2013" above, and part two below.




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  • Into The Weekend


    Sunrise at the U.S. Capitol as the federal government shut down goes in to its fifth day on October 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chris Maddaloni/Getty Images)




  • John Boehner


    House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) walks to the House floor on October 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chris Maddaloni/Getty Images)




  • Nancy Pelosi


    Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC); House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) speak to members of the media during a news conference in the Capitol on October 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chris Maddaloni/Getty Images)




  • Kevin McCarthy


    House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, (R-CA) speaks to members of the media during a news conference in the Capitol on October 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chris Maddaloni/Getty Images)




  • Capitol Tourists


    Tourists visit the U.S. Capitol in Washington on October 5, 2013, the fifth day of the government shutdown. The US government shut down for the first time in 17 years on October 1 after lawmakers failed to reach a budget deal by the end of the fiscal year. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Eric Cantor


    House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) speaks to members of the media during a news conference in the Capitol on October 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chris Maddaloni/Getty Images)




  • President Obama And Vice President Biden Walk To Lunch As Government Shutdown Continues


    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 4: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look over the menu at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue after walking from the White House for a take-out lunch October 4, 2013 in Washington, DC. Democrats and Republicans are still at a stalemate on funding for the federal government as the shutdown goes into the fourth day. The deli, like many other eateries in Washington, is currently offering a discount for furloughed federal workers. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)




  • Government Shutdown Enters Fourth Day With No Resolution


    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 04: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks at a press conference on the government shutdown October 4, 2013 in Washington, DC. Today marks the fourth day of the government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over funding the federal government. Also pictured are Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)




  • Shutdown Protester


    A protestor holds a sign against the government shutdown in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on October 5, 2013. The U.S. government shut down for the first time in 17 years on October 1 after lawmakers failed to reach a budget deal by the end of the fiscal year. (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer


    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) leave a press conference on the government shutdown October 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)




  • Senate Democrats


    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L) speaks at a press conference on the government shutdown October 4, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)




  • Barack Obama


    President Barack Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are mocking Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. for saying Republicans should get something from the budget standoff — but he doesn't know what that is. . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)




  • John Boehner


    House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. President Barack Obama laid the blame for the government's partial shutdown at the feet of Boehner Thursday, escalating a confrontation that is running the risk of a potentially damaging clash over the nation's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)




  • Nancy Pelosi


    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives for a news conference about the ongoing budget fight, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Hill Capitol Hill in Washington. The government limped into a third day of partial shutdown Thursday with no sign of a way out after a White House conversation between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders seemed only to harden the stances of Democrats and Republicans. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)




  • John Boehner


    House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, as Congress continues to struggle with the government shutdown. President Barack Obama laid the blame for the government's partial shutdown at the feet of Boehner Thursday, escalating a confrontation that is running the risk of a potentially damaging clash over the nation's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)




  • Barack Obama


    President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction, which specializes in asphalt manufacturing, concrete paving, and roadway reconstruction, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)




  • Eric Cantor


    House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. is pursued by reporters after a news conference with the GOP Doctors Caucus to talk about how the government shutdown is impacting on medical research, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)




  • Protesters for federal workers idled by the government shutdown gather outside the San Antonio office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)




  • US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-BUDGET


    A protester displays a placard as he joins others in a demonstration in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, October 3, 2013, urging congress to end the federal government shutdown. The political crisis gripping Washington could trigger a 'catastrophic' US debt default, the Treasury warned Thursday, as America limped into day three of a government shutdown. Despite the looming danger to the US and world economies, there was no sign that either President Barack Obama or his Republican foes were ready to give ground. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)




  • US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-BUDGET


    A vendor, who's main business comes from tourists visiting the national mall and museums around it, arranges her food truck in Washington, DC, October 3, 2013, during the third day of the federal government shutdown. US President Barack Obama on October 3, directly attacked Republican Speaker John Boehner, saying he could end a 'reckless' US government shutdown in just five minutes. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Ted Cruz Protesters


    Leonor Ramus holds a sign at the door to the San Antonio office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as she helps protest for federal workers idled by the government shutdown, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)




  • Statue Of Liberty


    Tourists take photos of the Statue of Liberty while riding a tour boat in New York Harbor, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The statue is administered by the National Park Service and is closed as a result of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)




  • San Antonio Protests


    A protester for federal workers idled by the government shutdown holds signs outside the San Antonio office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)




  • Democratic Senators


    Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., center, accompanied by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., left, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., right, and others, gestures during a news conference with small business owners about the impact the government shutdown is having on their business, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)




  • Tourists snap photos in front of New York's Federal Hall, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. The site of President Washington's inaugural, Federal Hall is administered by the National Park Service and is closed as a result of the government shutdown. President Barack Obama laid the blame for the government's partial shutdown at the feet of House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday, escalating a confrontation that is running the risk of a potentially damaging clash over the nation's borrowing authority. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)




  • Protesters for federal workers idled by the government shutdown gather outside the San Antonio office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)




  • Barack Obama


    President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, about the government shutdown. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a protracted dispute over Obama's signature health care law reached a boiling point, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)




  • Senate Republicans


    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (2ndR), speaks while flanked by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) (R), Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (2nd-L) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) after the Senate Republican policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill, October 1, 2013 in Washington D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)




  • House Republicans


    House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, looks on as Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Congress was unable to reach a midnight deadline to keep the government funded, triggering the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)




  • Capitol Protesters


    A protester covers his mouth with a dollar bill as he joins others in a demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013 urging congress to pass the budget bill. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Lincoln Memorial


    A US Park Police officer watches at left as a National Park Service employee posts a sign on a barricade closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)




  • Chuck Hagel


    U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel listens on speaker phone during a conversation with Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and other senior Defense Department officials about the U.S. government shutdown, at his hotel in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)




  • American Cemetery


    A notice advising visitors that the American Cemetery is closed due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government hangs from the gates of the cemetery in Suresnes, west of Paris, Tuesday Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)




  • President Barack Obama


    U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the launch of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces and the first federal government shutdown in 17 years as he's joined by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (R) and Americans who will benefit from the Affordable Care Act in the Rose Garden of the White House October 1, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)




  • National Parks


    Park Ranger Scott Rolfes locks a gate closing a road over the dam at Saylorville Lake, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Saylorville, Iowa. About 800,000 federal workers are being forced off the job in the first government shutdown in 17 years, suspending most nonessential federal programs and services. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)




  • MLK Jr. Monument


    A U.S. Park Service worker hammers a iron stake into the ground to install a fence around the Martin Luther King Monument in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2013, as the first U.S. Federal government shutdown since 1995 begins. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Smithsonian Museums


    Fay Wagstaff, right, and her mother Fernanda Wagstaff of El Paso, Texas., sit outside the closed Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)




  • Everglades National Park


    Park Ranger Christine MacKarvich mans the Shark Valley entrance booth in Everglades National Park, early Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. She was told to report to work but had been warned that a call from the park service would shut the park down. The partial government shutdown that began Tuesday left many federal workers uncertain of their financial future, with many facing unpaid furloughs or delays in paychecks. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)




  • Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)


    U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) (R) talks to a military veteran at the World War II Memorial during a government shutdown October 1, 2013 in Washington, D.C. The memorial was temporary opened to veteran groups arrived on Honor Flights on a day trip to visit the nation's capital. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)




  • Denis McDonough


    White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough listens to President Barack Obama deliver remarks about the launch of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces and the first federal government shutdown in 17 years in the Rose Garden of the White House October 1, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)




  • Liberty Bell


    Visitors to Independence National Historical Park are reflected in the window of the closed building housing the Liberty Bell, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)




  • Statue Of Liberty


    A park ranger, who declined to give his name, reads a sign announcing the closing of the Statue of Liberty, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)




  • Lincoln Memorial


    A U.S. Park Police officer ties police tape to a hand rail closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)




  • Statue Of Liberty


    A tour operator uses a megaphone to announce that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to a government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. The shutdown, the first since the winter of 1995-96, closed national parks across the nation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)




  • Castle Clinton


    A government employee steps out of an opening in a door at Castle Clinton National Monument in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)




  • Statue Of Liberty


    People look at a sign for informing that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown in Battery Park on October 1, 2013 in New York City. Federal museums and parks across the nation are closed starting today due to a government shutdown for the first time in nearly two decades. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)




  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial


    US Park Rangers place barricades in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC, October 1, 2013, as all National Parks closed due to a US government shutdown. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)




  • National Gallery Of Art


    A group of art students take up the staircase of the National Art Gallery as it is closed due to Federal government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)




  • Clinton Presidential Library


    Visitors walk from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., after being informed that the building is closed Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 because of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)




  • Ebenezer Baptist Church


    A man walks past a sign on the doors of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta notifying visitors that the church is closed because of the government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)




  • World War II Memorial


    A US military war veteran visits the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. The US Park Service opened the area to the veterans who are brought to Washington to visit and reflect at their memorials. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)