# How much affect on the election has Jon Stewart not being the host of The Daily Show had?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233 "2015-12-02T18:51:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/21 "2015-12-08T02:15:04Z")

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> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> “Boffins” are scientists and engineers who are usually in esoteric fields. I’m sure the London Zoological Gardens staff a Puffin Boffin.

Are puffins buried in their boffins’ coffins?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/22 "2015-12-08T02:24:21Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Are puffins buried in their boffins’ coffins?

Did Merv Griffin feed the Baffin puffin a muffin?

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/23 "2015-12-08T02:33:28Z")

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Griffin keeps the puffin boffins laffin while they’re ruffin it on Baffin.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/24 "2015-12-08T04:48:36Z")

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> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> Griffin keeps the puffin boffins laffin while they’re ruffin it on Baffin.

This one is causing me sufferin’.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/25 "2015-12-08T19:20:38Z")

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But did David Geffen catch David Ruffin and Lane Kiffin boffin’ actress Deborah Raffin?

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**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/26 "2015-12-08T20:16:19Z")

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Is the puffin boffin often stuffing muffins in a coffin while the Baffin Island gryphons are laughing in their mittens?

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affect-on-the-election-has-jon-stewart-not-being-the-host-of-the-daily-show-had/739233/27 "2015-12-08T20:23:33Z")

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I was a fan but come on, man. Zero effect on the election.

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