In a segment about the Republican presidential debate, which had yet to occur at the time the show taped, Stewart trotted out Aasif Mandvi, Lewis Black, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee and Wyatt Cenac.
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Comedian JON STEWART became the latest U.S. TV heavyweight to step down on Thursday night (06Aug15) when he quit THE DAILY SHOW after 16 years.
When the music ended, Stewart said a final goodbye.
Jon Stewart never sitting behind “The Daily Show” desk again is reason enough to not get out of bed today while continuing to maintain the fetal positions we’ve taken up under our covers as we wait for sadness to slowly leave our bodies. And it only got better from there.
With that, Stewart took the mic for his final words as Daily Show host: “Thank you“.
Stewart’s last show is well within striking distance of the show’s most-viewed episode from October 29, 2008, which featured a soon-to-be-elected President Barack Obama.
He is being replaced by the South African comedian Trevor Noah. “I say to you, friends, the best defense against bullshit is vigilance”, said Stewart according to effect of Sound. We owe you – and not just what you did for our careers by employing us to come on this tremendous show that you made – we owe you because we learned from you. Colbert clocked 6,669, which is good news for CBS, where he’s launching next month as host of Late Show.
Watch Stewart’s moment of zen below.
The show was the most socialed episode of the entire 16-year series, racking up 117,000 tweets that were viewed 26.4 million times by 4.3 million people.
Don Lemon was one of Jon Stewart’s favorite punching bags on “The Daily Show“. With his E-Street Band, Springsteen performed Land of Hope and Dreams and part of Born to Run in the final moments of the finale.
As they did, Stewart, his staff and correspondents on the show flooded the stage.
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“You were infuriatingly good at your job”, Colbert told Stewart.
