That was the Stephen Colbert show’s largest audience.
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At the end of all the politicians’ goodbyes, a puppet appeared and said in a mocking voice, “I’m Jon Stewart”. His last night as host of “The Daily Show” was watched by 3.5 million people, 1.8 million of whom were in the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic.
His so-called “frenemies” included CNN’s Wolf Blitzer who wished him well, while the screen behind him read: ‘Screw you, Stewart’. Even Hillary Clinton and John Kerry got in on it, just before John Oliver joined Stewart on set. “What a bummer”.
He has been credited for taking American political satire into new realms on the Comedy Central show. “I think there was just a comfort level that a lot of people had with his honesty, his sense of humor, his ability to take on anyone is going to be missed”, Wojcik says.
Watch Stewart’s moment of zen below.
Springsteen inspired Stewart to follow his own career dreams, and also Thursday’s farewell.
The man who hosted The Daily Show before Stewart, Craig Kilborn, delivered a taped cameo, joking, “You’re finally getting cancelled, Jon“. Stewart tried to wheel away in his chair and plead not to hear the goodbye but was forced to listen to Colbert because “you can’t stop anyone because they don’t work for you anymore”.
“From start to finish, it was fantastic”, said audience member Randy Gunnell, 29, of Westchester County, New York. “So last night’s absurd Republican debate only adds to the sting of Jon’s departure from the Daily Show“, the email reads.
It was the third major farewell for a late-night television personality in eight months.
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An long-lasting bracket announced a mass along the show’s storied reporters who might sold… Then Stewart launched into his last bit, a memorable speech seeking to battle against B.S.in the world. It’s just the part where he tells Jon why he has to be Frodo (“One of us adult-size and does not have hairy toes”), which doesn’t make sense because Sam is also a hobbit.
