Stewart ended 16 years as host of “The Daily Show” with a standing ovation and was played out by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, bringing to close a unique era in US broadcasting. For his last show on the air, we had just four segments left with the man who became a news source for an entire generation.
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The report says that earlier this year, Omaze, Stewart and NYCA teamed up at Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars” event to create a raffle for a meet-and-greet with Stewart.
Notable was Stewart’s introduction of The Boss, as he said, “An artist I really admire said that he thinks of his career as a long conversation with the audience”.
Hillary Clinton bemoaned Stewart leaving “just when I’m running for president”.
After taking viewers on a tour to thank all of his employees, Stewart then gave his own, incredible four minute speech.
As for what is next for Jon, the comedian has made no official plans other than to spend more time with his family in New Jersey.
“We are better people for having known you”.
The second act of the episode, Stewart involved the audience and staff of the show.
South African comedian Noah, 31, who joined The Daily Show as a contributor in late 2014, will take over as host in late September.
Stewart, 52, who has presided over the Comedy Central news-parody show since 1999, concluded his final episode with a spirited sermon against what he euphemistically described as “social-contract fertiliser”. We couldn’t have made it through this time without you.
Below, we’ve rounded up the best farewell tweets from famous people who already miss Stewart as much as you do.
He’d been away from the show for more than a decade, but Carell said that “becoming an worldwide superstar is just something I did while awaiting my next assignment”. Now that Stewart’s final show is history, the CNN anchor has decided to take a couple of jabs in return.
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“Yeah, I’m good. I’d love to see you”, shrugged Stewart. This show isn’t ending.
