Jon Stewart’s upcoming departure from “The Daily Show” got a little more real for fans on Monday night when the longtime host announced the date of his final episode.
“My last ‘Daily Show’ program will be Aug. 6,” he said. “I will be wearing a suit, I will more than likely be showered.”
The audience cut him off with an audible groan. Stewart did a double take.
“I’m sorry, I’ll be wearing overalls and I won’t shower,” he quipped.
Stewart said he hoped viewers would tune into the final episode, noting that some fans could win a trip to New York to spend some time with him before he left the show for good.
“And then maybe I’ll see you here, Aug. 6 and we’ll have a nice hug! We’ll hug!” he added.
After hosting “The Daily Show” for nearly 17 years, Stewart will hand off the show to correspondent and South African comic Trevor Noah.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
Sure, as you get older you learn a lot, and you branch out politically - but who here can honestly say Jon Stewart didn’t have a hand in kindling their interest in politics? I think that’s his greatest legacy - he’s had a hand in creating so many engaged young voters… it’s incredible. Not many can make that claim.
We’ll have a nice hug if you shower. I see overalls? No hug.
I was politically ‘conscious’ back in the 70’s, but he definitely helped my wife understand politics. She proudly says that she gets all of her news from the Daily Show.
Did he really have that kind of impact? I seem to remember his “Restoring Sanity” in 2010 rally drawing a large crowd of young adults, and then those same young adults not bothering to vote in the midterm election a few days later. So much for being interested in politics.
I don’t doubt that the comedic, witty perspective that Jon Stewart gave to the news had a lot of appeal to younger adults who were skeptical of the news sources their parents turned to. But that demographic remains very unreliable when it comes to voting, which is the only expression of political involvement that actually counts in the end.
Bill O’Reilly announced today that he’s leaving his TV and radio shows to retire to the moon, where he will never speak to anyone or be heard from ever again.
Oh sorry, that was a dream I had last night.