# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/41 "2015-08-07T16:36:10Z")
> [@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 didn’t see Beth Littleford either. Might have missed her though. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/42 "2015-08-07T16:48:10Z")
> [@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? Missed the show last night so hopefully I’ll catch a repeat tonite. I’d completely forgotton about Kilborn until you mentioned his name. [This](Missed the show last night so hopefully I’ll catch a repeat tonite. ) is good, 9 essential things about Stewart and TDS. ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/43 "2015-08-07T17:16:00Z")
> [@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? Are you kidding me? Kilborn was a _total_ drag. What a bore. What has he done since? Do tell. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/44 "2015-08-07T17:25:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Are you kidding me? Kilborn was a _total_ drag. What a bore. What has he done since? Do tell. Whoa, I’m not saying he deserved anything special, I just found it jarring. As each correspondent came out, they all got their own applause break (and let’s face it, some of those people we’d forgotten existed), but when Kilborn came out, it was basically crickets chirping. I figured he’d at least get some token applause just to be polite. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/45 "2015-08-07T17:32:58Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Are you kidding me? Kilborn was a _total_ drag. What a bore. What has he done since? Do tell. Well he was in [Old School.](https://youtu.be/bOQSZBrOkFI) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/46 "2015-08-07T18:01:28Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Missed the show last night so hopefully I’ll catch a repeat tonite. I’d completely forgotton about Kilborn until you mentioned his name. > > [This](Missed the show last night so hopefully I’ll catch a repeat tonite. > ) is good, 9 essential things about Stewart and TDS. Your link doesn’t go anywhere. ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/47 "2015-08-07T18:34:34Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > I didn’t see Beth Littleford either. Might have missed her though. That’s a good one. She was a huge part of the show’s early days. Thanks above to the person who made the list. Rachel Harris was another one who was on the show for quite a while. Some trivia: the comedian Liz Winstead helped create the show but was pushed out in the shows early days by Craig Kilborn. Since she has a creator credit she gets a check every time an episode airs. Not a bad gig. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/48 "2015-08-07T18:40:26Z")
Thanks, **Leaffan**. [This](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/04/arts/television/jon-stewart-daily-show-9-essential-moments.html?_r=0) is a good review of TDS over the years and personalities. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/49 "2015-08-07T18:44:36Z")
I had completely forgotten how utterly uninteresting or flat-out annoying so many of the correspondents were until seeing them all together last night. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/50 "2015-08-07T18:46:51Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Whoa, I’m not saying he deserved anything special, I just found it jarring. As each correspondent came out, they all got their own applause break (and let’s face it, some of those people we’d forgotten existed), but when Kilborn came out, it was basically crickets chirping. I figured he’d at least get some token applause just to be polite. I don’t think he came out. I think his line was taped. Somehow it felt like it, even though Jon ‘replied’ to him. Maybe they just didn’t applaud because he wasn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/51 "2015-08-07T18:57:33Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I didn’t notice anyone missing. The only ones I noticed were missing were Rachel Harris, who I’m a big fan of, and Beth Littleford, who I saw in one of the episodes during the marathon preceding the finale. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/52 "2015-08-07T18:57:37Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I had completely forgotten how utterly uninteresting or flat-out annoying so many of the correspondents were until seeing them all together last night. Speaking of which, did Olivia Munn get some plastic surgery done or something ? Throughout her bit, all I could think was “why do they all pretend like this is Munn ? She looks nothing like her !”. Maybe it’s just the hair and the fact that when she was a correspondent you hardly saw her profile ; but it was _weird_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/53 "2015-08-07T19:04:01Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Missed the show last night so hopefully I’ll catch a repeat tonite. I’d completely forgotton about Kilborn until you mentioned his name. I used to love Craig on the Daily Show and I really liked his late late show as well. He has the unfortunate situation where BOTH guys who replaced him were way better. Jon Stewart here and Craig Ferguson over there. > [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Are you kidding me? Kilborn was a _total_ drag. What a bore. What has he done since? Do tell. He did host the Late Late Show for 5 years. And he wasn’t even fired, though I assumed he was no matter what he said back then. Recently, he said, “I didn’t leave to do anything else, I left to leave. I achieved my career goals and it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.” He isn’t that big on being on TV. I know he attempted a show once more, but I think he honestly does not enjoy being on TV. And I liked him on Sportscenter, too. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/54 "2015-08-07T19:06:00Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > Whoa, I’m not saying he deserved anything special, I just found it jarring. As each correspondent came out, they all got their own applause break (and let’s face it, some of those people we’d forgotten existed), but when Kilborn came out, it was basically crickets chirping. I figured he’d at least get some token applause just to be polite. It struck me as odd too. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/55 "2015-08-07T19:11:04Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > 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. AFAIK, Winstead never worked on the show while Stewart was there, so it would be really odd for her to show up for Jon’s finale. If it were the last episode of the entire show, it would make some sense, but why would she show up to say goodbye to a guy who she doesn’t have any sort of relationship with? ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/56 "2015-08-07T19:11:44Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Speaking of which, did Olivia Munn get some plastic surgery done or something ? Throughout her bit, all I could think was “why do they all pretend like this is Munn ? She looks nothing like her !”. > Maybe it’s just the hair and the fact that when she was a correspondent you hardly saw her profile ; but it was _weird_. She looked different to me too but I think I still think of her a younger from her Attack of the Show days. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/57 "2015-08-07T19:13:56Z")
[If you are curious, here is Jon Stewart on Craig Kilborn’s second to last show.](https://youtu.be/oyw8TJobEpI?t=522) ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/58 "2015-08-07T19:18:15Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > 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. I didn’t notice the Arby’s bags, but I suspect there was a lot hidden in that video I also missed. I’ll have to watch it again. ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/59 "2015-08-07T22:34:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I didn’t notice the Arby’s bags, but I suspect there was a lot hidden in that video I also missed. I’ll have to watch it again. Was hard to miss, there were like 5-6 of them in a row with the logos prominently displayed front and center. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-episode-of-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/727181/60 "2015-08-07T22:57:59Z")
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