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It’s hard to believe Trevor Noah has been in the anchor throne of the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show for less than three years. He handles the hosting role with such poise and aplomb that many might assume he’s been sitting there for over a decade.

“Sometimes it feels like it’s been just one month,” Noah muses in a phone interview from New York.

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His mild protestation notwithstanding, it’s been no small task for Noah — who joined the show as a correspondent in 2014 — to take over the job from Jon Stewart, who not only brought great biting satire to the gig, but a fair amount of gravitas as well.

Noah, only 34 but wise and witty well beyond his years, has followed that winning formula, but has also managed to imprint his own vision on the show, geared to targeting younger viewers — many of whom watch the Daily Show as their chief source of news.

But there is another side to Noah, and it will be in evidence when he returns to the Just for Laughs festival to host two galas, July 28 at 6 and 8:30 p.m. at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts.