Ben Shapiro On Jon Stewart

"While Stewart was undoubtedly talented – or rather, his writers were – Stewart also had the easiest job in media. He appeared nightly before an audience of simpletons, cued to laugh and cheer by his funny faces. He didn’t even need jokes: he could just run a clip from Fox News, any clip, and then screw his face up in his patented 'I don’t get it, I must be stupid, no, actually, they’re stupid' expression, raise his voice in incredulity, and then shrug. This had his trained seals rolling in the aisles. Jon Stewart without his live laugh track would be dead on arrival." - Ben Shapiro, writing for Breitbart.

Harlem Hate Pastor Returns To Daily Show

Obama Jokes On Daily Show: I'm Issuing Executive Order That Stewart Must Stay

The Guardian reports:

Barack Obama mocked foes, talked up his legacy and teased Jon Stewart in a nostalgic final appearance as president on The Daily Show, providing a bittersweet farewell for the old sparring partners. “I can’t believe you’re leaving before me,” Obama told his host, who is due to retire in two weeks after 16 years in the Comedy Central hot seat. “I’m going to issue an executive order: Jon Stewart cannot leave the show. It’s being challenged in the courts.”

The two men bantered on Tuesday night’s show over Iran, Donald Trump, lost opportunities and the “Hope” posters – gentle jabs rather than blows that yielded a fond, affectionate coda to the satirical news show’s prickly relationship with the president. Obama joked that critics of the Iran nuclear deal seemed to think that “if you had brought Dick Cheney to the negotiations everything would be fine”.

Stewart, who reflected liberals’ initial euphoria and later disappointment with the Obama era, noted his guest’s recent run of victories: “It appears that you’re feeling it a little bit right now. Do you feel like seven years in …” “I know what I’m doing,” Obama interrupted. “A lot of the work that we did early starts bearing fruit late. The way I’m feeling right now is, I’ve got 18 months.” He vowed to tackle climate change and fuel-efficiency standards before leaving.

Obama To Appear On Daily Show

Via Reuters:

President Barack Obama will tape his seventh appearance on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" in New York on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday. Obama has appeared on Comedy Central's satirical news show twice as president and four times prior to that. This is likely to be the last appearance Obama makes since Stewart has announced that he will be leaving the show on Aug. 6. The White House did not announce when the segment with Obama would air.

The final Jon Stewart show is the same night as the first GOP debate on Fox.

Jon Stewart Mocks Wingnut Marriage Sadz

Jon Stewart: I Can't Joke About This

Jon Stewart opened his show last night with a somber, joke-free monologue about the mass murder in South Carolina.

"Nine people were shot in a black church by a white guy who hated them who wanted to start some sort of civil war. The confederate flag flies over South Carolina. And the roads are named for confederate generals. And the white guy is the one who feels like his country is being taken away from him. We’re bringing it on ourselves. And that’s the thing—al Qaeda, ISIS, they’re not shit compared to the damage we can do to ourselves on a regular basis."

Jon Stewart: Thank You Donald Trump

Jon Stewart Takes On SCOTUS Nutters

With a great breakdown of quotes by the justices.

Jon Stewart Rips GOP Gay Wedding Flap

Mediaite recaps:

Jon Stewart tonight mocked all the Republican candidates who gave all sorts of answers to the question of whether they’d go to a gay wedding. Because if, Stewart said, this election comes down to one thing, it’s “who do you trust to pick up a phone at 3 am and RSVP to a gay wedding?” He saved perhaps the strongest derision for Rick Santorum, who said he would love and support gay loved ones, but wouldn’t attend their wedding. Stewart said, “I know you don’t want to redefine the word ‘marriage,’ but it does appear you want to redefine the words ‘love’ and ‘support.’”

South African Comedian Trevor Noah Named As Jon Stewart's Replacement

Via the New York Times:

In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider’s perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States. “I never thought I’d be more afraid of police in America than in South Africa,” he said with a smile. “It kind of makes me a little nostalgic for the old days, back home.” Now, after only three appearances on that Comedy Central show, Mr. Noah has gotten a huge and unexpected promotion. On Monday, Comedy Central will announce that Mr. Noah has been chosen as the new host of “The Daily Show,” succeeding Mr. Stewart after he steps down later this year. The network’s selection of Mr. Noah comes less than two months after Mr. Stewart, 52, revealed on Feb. 10 that he was leaving “The Daily Show” after a highly successful 16-year run that transformed the show into authoritative, satirical comedy on current events.

Here is Noah's Daily Show debut from last year.

Jon Stewart On Ted Cruz 2016

As good as you'd expect.

Jon Stewart On Kansas Gov. Brownback: There's No Place Like Home...ophobia

Jon Stewart Breaks The News

Jon Stewart To Leave The Daily Show

Stewart made the announcement during this afternoon's taping of his show.

Jon Stewart On Eric Garner

Via Gothamist:

Sharing the same outrage that many felt after an NYPD officer was not indicted for choking Eric Garner to death, a disgusted Jon Stewart appeared on The Daily Show last night. He said, "I honestly don't know what to say. If comedy is tragedy plus time, I need more fucking time. But I would really settle for less fucking tragedy to be honest with you." He also pointed out there's video with Garner's death, whereas with Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, there were conflicting witness accounts and forensics, "None of the ambiguities of the Ferguson case exist here in the Staten Island case... the guy's not acting threatening, and we know that not through witness testimony, unreliable bystanders, but because we are fucking watching it."

UPDATE: The clip has been pulled. Watch it here.

Jon Stewart Recaps CPAC

"It's like Burning Man for people who don't do drugs and are afraid of fire." Many more gems within.

Jon Stewart Rips Fox News Over President Obama's Super Bowl Interview

Josh Feldman has the recap:

Jon Stewart thinks Fox News is maybe a little too sensitive about President Obama taking a few swipes at them during his Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly, and mocked the idea that the leader of the free world went out of his way to deflect from the major scandals plaguing his administration by doing an interview in which naught but those scandals were addressed on the same day and on the same network as the most watched television event of all time. Stewart said, “You know the president doesn’t work for Fox, right? He can deviate from your script!” He showed clip after clip of Fox personalities citing a number of different events, speeches, and policy announcements that could easily be distractions from either the economy or a scandal.

UPDATE: The clip has been yanked. See it here.

Daily Show Mocks Sean Hannity's Vow To Move Out Of New York State

Mediaite provides the recap:

Noting that Fox host Sean Hannity pledged to leave the state as a result of those comments, Stewart worked out an innovative way to convince the conservative broadcaster to stay in New York. The Daily Show talked to gay couples pledging to marry people of the opposite gender, cab drivers pledging to abandon their accents, food vendors promising to stop selling Halal meats, and African-American youths pledging to take off their hoodies if Hannity would stay.

Stick around for the cameos by Nathan Lane and Tim Gunn. Which is followed by a great song-and-dance number by the cast of Jersey Boys. 

Jon Stewart On Marriage In Red States

Josh Feldman recaps:

Jon Stewart was admittedly surprised Thursday night at the gains gay marriage is making even in strongly red states like Utah and Oklahoma, even if in one of those cases people are stuck in a complex Schrodinger’s marriage paradox. Utah officially recognized gay marriage, except that it then decided not to, but then the federal government stepped in, so they’re sort of married, but not fully, and… well, Stewart couldn’t really make heads or tails of it.

Jon Stewart Vs Fox News On Duck Flap

Another recap from Mediaite:

The Daily Show host took the opportunity to deliver a scathing take down of the “free speech absolutists” at Fox News. “Look, I think what the guy said is ignorant,” Stewart said, “but I also have an inclination to support a world where saying ignorant shit on television doesn’t get you kicked off that medium.” But does Fox News truly believe you shouldn’t “pressure people to have to adhere to cultural norms of speech?” This led to an epic “War on Christmas” montage, after which Stewart explained that Fox’s “belief in free speech doesn’t extend to the holidays where the word Christmas is mandatory.”