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Cult satirist Stewart retires from ‘Daily Show’

The veteran talk show host will officially sign off from the long-running nighttime television program on August 6. Rumors abound for who the guests for the final episode on Thursday will be.

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While Jon Stewart will undoubtedly keep us laughing with his final guests, little else has been revealed about his finale.

What do U think – will U be watching Stewart’s last episode of the Daily Show?!

In February, he said he wanted a more flexible schedule, citing a desire to spend more time with his children, aged nine and 11.

Jon Stewart, Steve Bodow, Jen Flanz, Tim Greenberg, Jill Katz and Adam Lowitt are the Executive Producers of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” with Hillary Kun as Co-Executive Producer.

Now, Stewart-like appropriation of political and media clips has become a way of life, not just for reporters and critics but for everyone with a computer. That era – think of the Donald Trump footage still to come – is far from ending.

The stunt occurred the week that comedian Jon Stewart is scheduled to retire from hosting the Daily Show on Comedy Central. “We need him”, she added.

Like Stewart, they try to sift out the media histrionics, the constant misstatements, and the talking points, to keep our public conversations as close to the facts as possible. Repeatedly, polls have proven him the most trusted name in news among young-adult viewers.

We’ve combed the archives to find three minutes of Stewart huffing and puffing about his passion for pizza pies – from ordering a pepperoni and cheese to the desk back when Stephen Colbert was still a correspondent to his recent spat with Chicago over the War of Deep Dish versus New York Style.

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With them, in a way, the Stewart era is also just beginning.

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