After 16 years lampooning American politics and culture on “The Daily Show”, Jon Stewart had his final moment of Zen on Thursday night. Reporter: The last Jon Stewart hosted episode of “The Daily Show” featured a final showcase.
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Also stopping by was John Oliver, who had just launched into a detailed recollection of his time at “The Daily Show” when Stewart suggested he wrap it up.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the show off, performing “Land of Hopes and Dreams”, which Stewart requested and then the last part of “Born to Run“.
Like most talk shows, Stewart opened with a monologue, interviewed celebrity guests, and often ended with a musical guest.
In his send-off, Colbert, who is a well-known Lord of the Rings fan, used metaphors from the trilogy to describe Stewart’s departure. Even with all the excitement surrounding Jon Stewart’s final episode of “The Daily Show“, it came just shy of being the series’ most-watched episode.
In a pretaped segment, Stewart took viewers behind the scenes. Stewart reacted to a Politico story headlined “Jon Stewart’s Secret White House Visits”.
At that time, Jon Stewart, the known media critic and comedian said that it had “been an absolute privilege” to have been the host of the show since 1999. I got to say this is for me it’s very touching that you would come back after 12 years and do this.
‘The show isn’t ending, we are merely taking a small pause in the conversation – which, by the way, I have hogged, ‘ said the host. From bolstering the careers of plenty of huge comedy stars that we see all over movies and television today, to giving a straight-shooting opinion on the day’s headlines, to skewering the endless drivel spouted through 24-hour cable news, Stewart has made quite an impact.
“Rather than saying goodbye, or goodnight, I’m just going to say I’m gonna’ go get a drink”, he said.
The video starts with the studio audience applauding the end of the show, when Stephen tells him: “Actually Jon, we’re not quite done”.
The future CBS Late Night host also got the moment to say goodbye in his own words without cue cards and brought the host and us to tears.
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Stewart had spent years skewering the nation’s establishment, but had turned the spotlight on himself during his penultimate show Wednesday, noting how institutions he had supposedly eviscerated were stronger than ever.
