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Stephen Colbert Makes Jon Stewart Cry with Moving Tribute
“Guess what?” Stewart said as the final show began. “I’ve got a lot of ideas, a lot of things in my head”.
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And yes, John McCain called him a jackass.
Chris King, who with his wife drove seven hours from Ottawa, Canada, was among the fans outside the Comedy Central studio near 11th Avenue and West 52nd Street. “You said to me and many other people to never thank you because we owe you nothing”. She had been in the audience four times before, but felt that Stewart’s last week was something special.
Armed with a razor-sharp wit and research team adept at finding video evidence of hypocrisy or unintentional comedy among the nation’s establishment, Stewart turned a sleepy basic-cable entertainment show into a powerful cultural platform.
Audience member Randy Gunnell, 29 said: “From start to finish, it was fantastic”.
Bruce Springsteen played the show out.
As to be expected, the episode was an emotional one.
“It was definitely not a regular show”. Stewart, 52, exclaimed, beginning his final minutes behind the anchor desk. Have I caused this?
The last episode for the series aired August. 6, 2015, and unsurprisingly, fans lined up in droves to see what is arguably a cultural milestone.
But while less than one per cent of conservatives said they trusted the show, almost half of liberals – 45 per cent-do.
Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Vitovitch was anxiously waiting to see if she’d get a seat.
The pals joked around for a few moments until Stewart tried to throw to a commercial, but was surprised when the cameras kept rolling. Nearly perfectlySee alsoCartoon: Really now Jon Stewart?!
It was the third major farewell for a late-night television personality in eight months.
This doesn’t seem particularly consistent with a recent interview in which the network’s second-highest rated host Megyn Kelly confessed to crying over an 11-minute clip of Stewart’s.
“It’s the end of an era, just like when David Letterman retired”, said Jennifer Robinson, 37, who arrived from Missouri on Wednesday.
Jon Stewart has consistently poked fun at Arby’s on The Daily Show – but now the restaurant chain has had the last laugh. During the summer of 2013, he guest-hosted while Stewart took time off to direct a movie.
Stewart pointed out that Fox News President Roger Ailes advised Bush on how to “present” the war on terror to the American public. Liberals loved him, while some conservatives despised him, but they all had to pay attention. “We think he’s amusing”.
“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.
Towards the end of the finale, Stewart taught us the historical trend of, well, bullsh*t, closing out his comments with, “The best defense against bullsh*t is vigilance”.
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“Yeah, I’m good. You good?” replied Cenac.