# Jon Stewart taking 12-week "Daily Show" break to direct a movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-taking-12-week-daily-show-break-to-direct-a-movie/652118>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-taking-12-week-daily-show-break-to-direct-a-movie/652118 "2013-03-05T21:07:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-taking-12-week-daily-show-break-to-direct-a-movie/652118/21 "2013-03-10T21:38:47Z")

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Definitely looking forward. Jon Stewart is not as good as he used to be, he is doing the same jokes too much (pulling a muscle when he does something physical), and he is too political, and not just about stuff that’s agreeable anymore.

I think Jon Oliver will be great.

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