The Daily Show

It was cool of Wyatt to come back and do that bit. It was a little awkward and unresolved the way it was written but that is good, because it sounds like their situation was that way in general. Just acknowledging it and not bsing a scripted resolution where they hug at his desk or something. That WTF episode was pretty intense, I didn't expect him to show up.

It looks like a big party and a lot of affection on that set. Pretty rad send off! Good work Jon Stewart I say he's one of the best pop satirists of all time, easily top 3. Fault him for being too liberal or not being liberal enough, it does not matter. That's not why I watched the show. I watched it because it was funny.

I hope he gets to play a silly Italian gangster in a Wes Anderson movie in a few years.

wyatt did run out and leap up into the big hugfest before commercial

It was kind of a victim of its own success tho, all the movie stars w big movies got a few minutes sneering patronizingly at Jon as if their half-dozen Daily Show segments were more important than many of the funnier, less well-known contributors to the show.

Like that one kid w glasses, who is in all the dudebrah movies whose entire schtick is being a scheming status climber.

Not a satirist. Satirists don't interview politicians and kiss their asses.

xxxp

I watched it because it was funny.

See AB, here you correctly identify him as a comedian, and not a satirist.

I was about to wonder aloud why Laura Kightlinger wasn't there, but wiki reminded me she was from the Kilborn era.

Satirical TV comedian.

He was a good one of those.

JS wasn't aw-shucks folksy like Will Rogers, but he played a similar national role for much of his tenure on TDS.

Best thing about Jon Stewart quitting: expected cease of tinnitus in my left ear from complaints about Jon Stewart.

wait until he runs for office

He does seem to have some level of admiration for Franken, but I don't see it happening.

screw you highly evolved jerks whose tear ducts are dead/closed over, I am kinda sad to see him go & Colbert's goodbye speech made me teary

brooooooooooce

you guys he's just gonna make more midlevel Oscar bait movies

i do wonder if that's the case -- he had a personal stake in Rosewater's story that motivated him to work on it. i imagine he'll direct again but i'm curious if it would be something like that or something more comedic.

The total non-reaction to kilborn was hilarious

he looked like later-years roger ebert, it was weird!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpBPm0b9deQ

has he been reading ILX

Hope he brings back the Rally to Restore Sanity

Not a single thing he said in that long monologue would I disagree with. It's even funny enough to make me laugh. It's good to hear someone with a large megaphone saying that stuff. But unless it motivates somebody to do something more or better than they would have otherwise, it's just entertainment. Not that I mind being entertained, but I'm going to base my actions on a lifetime of seeing all sorts of shit go down and not waste my time on what doesn't increase the odds of getting better tangible results.

lol at least wave at us from the high ground, aimless

Was he mugging into the camera with a shit-eating grin for 5 minutes as he repeats the same punchline?

nice to see Jon doing his thing again, he's very good at it!

I like Jon Stewart

If this comedy routine doesn’t change the world then I’m going to have to pass

I like the kind of comedy that isn't funny but gets results

there were a lot of posts about that rally in October 2010 on this thread. it's hilarious that Kid Rock played

It's the kind of comedy that feels like it's somehow politically consequential, but really isn't, unless it's consequence is to make the audience feel like their attitude of superiority to politics has been validated.

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/buffalonews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/fe/9fe2d0ec-cf24-11ed-9779-47222b39b16a/5ef2572024ea9.image.jpg

personally i thought the bit was good

To me, comedy and art can be good at pointing out problems, but should not be tasked with fixing them.

Thanks to an expert monologue, the 9-11 first responders were instantly healed.

what's the story here with JS returning to TDS? is it a temp thing? was that the first show back? (audience response suggests it was)

It's once a week apparently

Stewart hosts on Mondays & Jordan Klepper hosts Tue-Fri

And yes, it’s temporary

It was a good monologue and preaching back to the converted obviously has useful therapeutic (as well as comedic) value. Admittedly I laughed the most at a non-political gag ("Perhaps it was my fault for sleeping in a meat dehydrator").

he must have felt lonely during the trump years. he couldn't make funny. it was kinda like he had retired.

i didn't really miss him but i REALLY don't miss trevor noah as the grammys reminded me.

if anything trevor noah was even more sanctimonious than JS and that's a really hard thing to be.

john oliver's shaming sanctimony owns. for me. stewarts mugging can get old but he charismaticly frustrated, so that offsets a bit.

just need the Knepper character to call Stewart a melt every Monday, and I think we'll all be OK