# Final Episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181 "2015-08-06T19:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/21 "2015-08-07T04:49:34Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > IThose are ginormous shoes young Trevor is stepping into, I hope he does well. Actually they’re very tiny, like a child’s shoes. But I do feel bad for Trevor Noah, he’ll just lose in all the comparisons with Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/22 "2015-08-07T06:07:19Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > I kept trying to think of which former correspondents hadn’t shown up yet, as many as there were it still seemed like there would be more somehow. Yeah, I thought so too, but at least they got all the good ones. And I was semi-surprised to see Cenac in light of their recent little spat, but it’s cool that he was man enough to make the appearance anyway. I also liked that they individually acknowledged a bunch of the off-camera crew. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/23 "2015-08-07T06:15:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Some old guy from New Jersey with a band closed the show. Yeah, that performance was garbage. I’ve never watched the Daily Show for the music (nor has anyone, I imagine), but you’d think they could at least book something good for his last episode. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/24 "2015-08-07T06:22:27Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Yeah, I thought so too, but at least they got all the good ones. And I was semi-surprised to see Cenac in light of their recent little spat, but it’s cool that he was man enough to make the appearance anyway. > > I also liked that they individually acknowledged a bunch of the off-camera crew. I liked the Cenac bit too and I liked that it was kinda awkward. It really worked. The Goodfellas/staff thing was great! I cackled. I really enjoyed the last show and I was happy that it wasn’t maudlin and I was very proud of myself–“hey look! I’m not even crying or anything!” UNTIL when everyone was dancing in front of that old musician from NJ and you could see Jon dancing with what I assume are his kids. At that point I did start crying. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/25 "2015-08-07T07:30:51Z")
I enjoyed his monologue on BULLSHIT. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/26 "2015-08-07T13:00:08Z")
I saw it this morning. I liked the homage to Goodfellas. It was a nice way to show the crew and the office. One minor nitpick, though. The listing in my cable company program guide said it was 52 minutes long. Fortunately I also taped the following program, because it ran at least ten minutes longer. And earlier in the day, Comedy Central ran the very first episode. It was amazing how much younger he looked. Plus the suit he was wearing in the first episode looked ill-fitting, as if he was a kid wearing his dad’s suit. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/27 "2015-08-07T14:14:08Z")
I made it all the way through without crying, until he said “And here it is, my moment of Zen” and it was Bruce and the E Street Band!!! What a great moment for Jon, to dance to friggin Born to Run with his family and all these people he clearly loved working with. I try to picture him out on the farm trying to relax after being “on” for so long. I find myself falling back on the stereotypes of guy underfoot just hanging around not DOING anything! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/28 "2015-08-07T14:25:27Z")
It was glorious. Did they miss any correspondents? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/29 "2015-08-07T14:45:16Z")
Great ending. All the cameos were great, and then I teared up at Colbert’s off-prompter speech. You could tell that Stewart was overwhelmed, he looked like he was about to bolt but Colbert kept him in his seat. > [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > I kept trying to think of which former correspondents hadn’t shown up yet, as many as there were it still seemed like there would be more somehow. > > Those are ginormous shoes young Trevor is stepping into, I hope he does well. Almost all of them were there, except for a few who started during Kilborn’s time and carried over. > [@gigi](#): > > I made it all the way through without crying, until he said “And here it is, my moment of Zen” and it was Bruce and the E Street Band!!! What a great moment for Jon, to dance to friggin Born to Run with his family and all these people he clearly loved working with. > > I try to picture him out on the farm trying to relax after being “on” for so long. I find myself falling back on the stereotypes of guy underfoot just hanging around not DOING anything! 🙂 I’m guessing he’ll start writing more books. Or doing more standup, he did a surprise set the other day at a comedy club. Also this is somewhat related, in honor of Stewart, [Amazon is doing deep discounts off of a bunch of Kindle books from some of his popular guests](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=lp_12216014011_gbrc_tit_r-1_5082_ac3fcc1a?rh=i%3Adigital-text%2Cn%3A12216014011%2Cn%3A12216014011&ie=UTF8&smid=A3T7DQBB0CKEM6&node=12216014011&tag=kinjadeals-20&ascsubtag=2dd208826723e33ab98be8766bcd7359a1a1b0a1&rawdata=%5Br%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fjezebel.com%2F%5Bt%7Clink%5Bp%7C1722673141%5Bau%7C5727177402741770316). I’m definitely going to get some of them. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/30 "2015-08-07T15:47:54Z")
I saw what was supposed to be a complete list of every missing correspondent, and the only name that I recognized was Demetri Martin. The others may have had very short runs, or been mostly from the Kilborn era. My favorite parts were Colbert’s appearance and the montage of Jon’s frequent targets. It was a very satisfying way to end the show. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/31 "2015-08-07T15:51:22Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I made it all the way through without crying, until he said “And here it is, my moment of Zen” and it was Bruce and the E Street Band!!! I consider my heart to be 60% stone and the rest robotics, but even I teared up considerably at the Colbert bit. Jon’s modesty is one of the things I like best about him and it was great to see how uncomfortable he was with the very idea of Colbert about to say something nice. Obviously we’re all biased fans in this thread already, but is it too early to declare that the best farewell episode of it’s kind, ever? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/32 "2015-08-07T15:53:49Z")
Also, did anyone else notice that Kilborn got little to no applause for his appearance? Maybe the audience who grew up on Jon only didn’t know who he was? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/33 "2015-08-07T15:57:01Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I saw what was supposed to be a complete list of every missing correspondent, and the only name that I recognized was Demetri Martin. The others may have had very short runs, or been mostly from the Kilborn era. > > My favorite parts were Colbert’s appearance and the montage of Jon’s frequent targets. > > It was a very satisfying way to end the show. The ones I noticed who weren’t there were Dmitri Martin and there was briefly another short dark haired fat guy who was not Josh Gad but he was not there very long also I am sure there were more women on the show besides Nancy Walls and Samantha Bee. I would be curious to see that list. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/34 "2015-08-07T15:57:28Z")
It was a great final show. I think the greatest line might have been John McCain: “So long, jackass”. I had a good laugh at that. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/35 "2015-08-07T16:00:14Z")
I wish they would had included Lizz Winstead, the show creator, although she was more visible on Kilbourne’s version. I especially liked her appearances with her family whom I’m sure have passed. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/36 "2015-08-07T16:00:23Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Also, did anyone else notice that Kilborn got little to no applause for his appearance? Maybe the audience who grew up on Jon only didn’t know who he was? How long will this myth endure? There was no Daily Show before Jon Stewart, Craig Kilborn is just a fictional character made up for an early segment on the show. It was funny to see them showing someone pretending to be him. A lot of the confusion arose because a guy name Greg Kilbourne hosted a public access TV Show from Wisconsin called the Dairy Show. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/37 "2015-08-07T16:29:17Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m really bummed he isn’t staying for just one more day. I’m really going to miss his coverage of tonight’s Republican debate …circus music plays in my head … You don’t suppose they scheduled the debate when they did for this reason, do you? Hmmm… > [@TriPolar](#): > > Some of his favorite political targets got to take a shot at him. Not to mention [Arby’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJz3FXjZ3Sc), taking the “all publicity is good publicity” thing and running with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/38 "2015-08-07T16:33:36Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > The ones I noticed who weren’t there were Dmitri Martin and there was briefly another short dark haired fat guy who was not Josh Gad but he was not there very long also I am sure there were more women on the show besides Nancy Walls and Samantha Bee. I would be curious to see that list. I can’t find that list, but [here’s the list of all the correspondents who have been on](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Daily_Show_correspondents). So here’s who it appears was missing: [ul] [li]Mary Birdsong[/li][li]Rachael Harris[/li][li]Beth Littleford[/li][li]Miriam Tolan[/li][li]Lauren Weedman [/li][li]Bob Wiltfong[/li][li]Stacey Grenrock-Woods[/li][/ul] There are other correspondents listed, who were from before Jon’s time: [ul] [li]A.Whitney Brown [/li][li]Susie Essman [/li][li]Caroline Rhea [/li][li]Jeffrey Ross [/li][li]Michael Showalter [/li][li]Denny Siegel [/li][li]Jeff Stilson [/li][li]Brian Unger [/li][li]David Wain [/li][li]Lizz Winstead (creator of the show)[/li][/ul] There are others who are listed as Contributors or one-time correspondents. The only one’s who stick out for me who were missing were Frank DeCaro, Mick Foley, and Demetri Martin. The rest of the missing contributors were either one time or very short time. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/39 "2015-08-07T16:35:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Not to mention [Arby’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJz3FXjZ3Sc), taking the “all publicity is good publicity” thing and running with it. I laughed so hard at their commercial about how they’ll miss him, with the song “Thank You For Being a Friend.” And I also enjoyed the delivery guys with Arby’s bags in the Goodfellas hallway video. ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/40 "2015-08-07T16:35:50Z")
I’ve never been quite as enamored with Jon Stewart as I feel I was supposed to be, but I have long enjoyed the Daily Show and the more voices we have calling out bullshit the better. It was a touching finale and his monologue on bullshit was dead on. Even if I haven’t always agreed with him completely, he’s been a very positive presence and will be missed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181.md?page=3)