History Series / TheDailyShow

* AppealToObscurity: After playing a [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-16-2013/thanks-for-nothing--d--k-trippers clip]] of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie saying, "If they wanna make new rules about disasters, well they picked the wrong state to make the new rules with," Jon follows it up (in "mobster" tone) with, "Hey, nice state you're representing. It'd be a shame if it ended up like New Delaware. Oh, you never heard of New Delaware? Yeah, that's right."

* ArousedByTheirVoice: Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-15-2013/the-silence-of-the-clarence speculates]] that the reason why U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas never spoke during Court proceedings for seven years was to protect America from his lovely baritone.

** In the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-5-2010/american-apparently 5/5/10 episode.]] [[CaptainObvious "I'm beginning to think 'the American people' is a meaningless phrase.]] ...And as such, perhaps should be struck from public utterance, along with other such false monolithic projections such as 'the Founders intended', 'our children deserve better', and [[BlatantLies 'nobody doesn't like Sara Lee'."]]

* AsTheGoodBookSays: When Pat Robertson made his infamous "pact with the devil" remark in the wake of the Haiti earthquakes, Stewart responded by [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-14-2010/haiti-earthquake-reactions reminding him what the Bible really says.]]

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-13-2010/islamophobiapalooza Squirrel!]]

* AttractiveBentGender: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Al Madrigal]], [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-20-2013/strife-of-pie---new-york-pizza-is-magic through the magic of New York Pizza]].

** Jon has a few things that get his goat, including bad journalism, racism and homophobia. But do not, do not, ''do not'' imply that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwiBBtMX0ac- New York or other big cities]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-20-2008/pfriend-or-pfoe- are less American]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-20-2008/quiz--are-you-a-real-american- than small towns and rural areas.]]
** The final part [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-20-2008/governor-palin-clarification here.]]
** Not to mention implying that voting for a certain candidate in an election will [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-7-2008/mitt-drops-out "aid a surrender to terror"]].
** [[http://tv.gawker.com/5497006/the-jon-stewart-clip-that-will-make-glenn-beck-cry-real-tears Any ]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian hyperbolic comparison]] to Nazicommunism. He has no time for anyone of any political ideology who uses HitlerAteSugar, and it's one issue that causes him to drop the comedic tone and get serious.

** Hiding behind a religion to make death threats on [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark the staff of other shows on the same network]]. Jon Stewart has respect for Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}, even though it might seem otherwise, because as he's noted before they have a mission and they stick to it like glue. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-22-2010/south-park-death-threats He has none for the people in the same city his shows are taped in using the Islamic faith merely as a means to induce terror.]]
** As of August 4th, 2010, Congressional Republicans voted against a bill giving aid to rescuers of 9/11 victims. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-4-2010/i-give-up---9-11-responders-bill This was his response.]]
*** In his last show of 2010 (December 16), [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-16-2010/worst-responders he dedicated the entire show to this issue]]

** As a New Yorker, Jon takes his pizza [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-1-2011/me-lover-s-pizza-with-crazy-broad very seriously]].

** And do not disrespect Music/BruceSpringsteen around him, or try to cut off the power on one of his concerts. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-17-2012/keep-quiet-and-don-t-carry-on Especially if he's on stage with Paul McCartney!.]]

** Speaking of New York, the citizens in general, and Lewis Black in specific, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-17-2013/back-in-black---new-york-vs--texas are majorly pissed off by Rick Perry dissing the city]].

* BetterThanABareBulb: In response to CNN putting together a discussion panel to discuss simply what they'll discuss after the 2009 election in NY's District 23rd, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-3-2009/indecision-2009---reindecision-2008-and-beyond TDS's ensuing speculation-on-speculation panel provides four full minutes of Lampshading goodness. (Starting near the 5min mark)...]]

** Sasha Baron Cohen showed up in character as [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-7-2012/admiral-general-aladeen Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen]] from ''Film/TheDictator''. This character was a pastiche of Middle Eastern tyrants. He took a page from Muammar Gaddafi's infamous Amazonian Guard and brought two quite lovely BodyguardBabes along with him.

** Jon has this reaction to Jason Jones' [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-18-2011/stars-war roaring lion tramp stamp]].

** During the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-3-2012/the-war-on-christmas--friendly-fire-edition 12/3/12 episode's The War on Christmas: Friendly Fire Edition segment]], Jon plays mock Mad Libs and requests for some words to fill in what Fox News is covering this time. He gets Santa Monica, atheists... and ass.

* BrooklynRage: Jon will drop into a Brooklyn accent from time to time, especially when hallmarks of New York culture are viewed in a negative light. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-13-2013/tower-record Here he is on a rant defending Pizza]]. (starts at about 3:25 in)

* CallBack: Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-8-2012/joe-biden-voices-his-support-for-gay-marriage takes appropriate safety precautions]] after his previous [[AGlassInTheHand unfortunate encounters]] [[TheShowMustGoOn with broken glass.]]

** Regarding the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-15-2012/stockblockers STOCK Act]]: "Yes, Congress should obey the same laws as everyone else. I believe that was in the 'No Shit, Sherlock' Act of 2000 and ''always''."

** '' '''[[{{Gladiator}} ARE YOU NOT]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-10-2011/indecision-2012---mercy-rule-edition ENTERTAINED?!!]]''' ''
* ChirpingCrickets: Lampshaded and spoofed in a [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-16-2007/deal-or-no-deal segment ]] comparing Apple's release of the iPhone to a White House announcement of an increased troop deployment in Iraq.

** [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-1-2004/rnc-protestors "...It was as though the street was melting away from him."]]

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: In the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/health-con1---the-mediscarening 3/17/2010 episode]], John Oliver frantically implores Jon and the studio audience to do this to save the life of [[ItMakesSenseInContext a rose named Reagan, the final breath of American freedom.]]

* ClusterFBomb: Done quite humorously while discussing [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-28-2010/speech-therapy Obama's first State of the Union]] address.

* ContinuityNod: You know how Jon made Kristen Schaal depressed by revealing that the Chinese "one baby" rule [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-15-2008/olympic-mascots had some bad consequences to female babies]]? Well, apparently he learned his lesson when she expressed how nice it was that Hugh Hefner "lives with his three grand-daughters."

* {{Corpsing}}: Jon tends to giggle a lot while trying to report. One of the greatest examples is when he and Stephen completely lose it while reporting the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-10-2003/prince-charles-scandal Prince Charles Scandal.]] He does it often during the tosses to the Colbert Report as well, or whenever one of his correspondents says something he wasn't expecting. Jon rarely tries to keep a straight face during his reporting, however.

** The toss at the end of the show (once or twice a week, anyway) [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-15-2008/daily-colbert---who-s-the-toss- And now let's check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert over at the Colbert Report]].

* CuteKitten: [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-11-2009/clusterf--k-to-the-poor-house---wall-street-bailout This video]] has Jon show a kitten's adorably despondent reaction to the bank bailout - just 'cause.
** Used again on [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-7-2010/pope-opera April 7, 2010]], when more sex abuse scandals come to light around the Catholic church:

* DastardlyWhiplash: Jason Jones claims Geraldo Rivera is [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-12-2007/was-it-murder- this.]] To be fair, he does have the mustache for it.

** [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-26-2009/brian-williams Any interview Jon has with Brian Williams turns into a deadpan-off.]] Brian can hold his own.

** Also [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-26-2011/state-of-the-union-2011---correspondent-rebuttal here,]] when Creator/LarryWilmore reminds modern viewers what Jon looked like back in 1999. Rowr.

* EveryoneIsBi: ''Everybody'' on the show has either shown bisexual tendencies [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-3-2008/the-best-f--king-news-team-ever---larry-craig-bathroom on screen]], or simply [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/b6zjg2/bus-tour-of-the-other-america hinted at]] having had sex with both genders.

* FoodPorn: Darn near literally in [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-2-2011/parliament-slight one sketch]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Of course, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-6-2000/intro---marathon Jon didn't intend to do so.]]

** On April 23, 2013 Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-23-2013/insider-house-rules comments on the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) act]], guessing that Fiscal Use of Congressional Knowledge is Expressly Restricted (FUCKER) act was a little too much to-the-point.

** [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-17-2011/la-douche-vita---italian-stereotypes The correspondent segment]] on Silvio Berlusconi's trial for statutory rape was a grand mockery of the trope, what with Jon's attempt at playing the whole thing seriously.

* GeekyTurnOn: Elizabeth Warren (yes, the future Senator) gives an eloquent and accurate speech on the urgent necessity of Wall Street reform. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-26-2010/elizabeth-warren Jon wants to make out with her.]]

* AGlassInTheHand: Parodied in [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-11-2009/clusterf--k-to-the-poor-house---wall-street-bailout this clip]] as Jon handles a series of bad news about the Wall Street bailout by breaking a champagne glass, then the accompanying bottle, and finally his "comically convenient fish tank." (He's done similar gags with Spit Takes, as mentioned below, and one time with a Jenga game.)
** A CallBack was made to that clip in [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-1-2011/america-s-next-tarp-model this clip]] on TARP, where Jon reacts to the financial loopholes involving the bailout by first snapping a pencil, crushing a piece of coal so hard it becomes diamond, before doing the same to [[CrossesTheLineTwice a cute (live) kitten.]] [[spoiler:Not really.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's p-p-p-p-[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-2-2009/changing-of-the-garb poisonous]]

* GodwinsLaw: The ''Back in Black'' segment ripping [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black---glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s Glenn Beck's "Nazi Tourettes."]]

* GospelRevivalNumber: "I guess what I'm sayin' is this..." "GO..." "If 'Fair and Balanced' is how you want to sell yourself..." "FUCK..." [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-20-2010/bernie-goldberg-fires-back "Guess what I'm sayin' is this..." "YOURSELVES!"]]
** "Revolution Muslim and that kind of hate, that's the enemy. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-22-2010/south-park-death-threats And so...I say to you..." "GO..." "And I KNOWS ya get cable..." "FUCK..." "And I say this to anyone who's threatening death in the name of religion or politics..." "YOURSELF!"]]

*** And got extra jokes out of it, too. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-15-2007/dance-dance-resolution "It's as if Harvey Fierstein had hosted the Daily Show!"]]

* HeartbreakAndIceCream: When RobertPattinson appeared on the show after KristenStewart was caught cheating on him (his appearance had been scheduled long before the incident), Jon pulls out 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-13-2012/robert-pattinson Unfortunately, it melted.]]

* HereWeGoAgain: Jon Stewart cut his hand by breaking a glass object [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-25-2012/space-innovators AGAIN!]]

** Making fun of CNN doing a splitscreen satellite interview with two reporters in the same parking lot, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-8-2013/the-standlot Jon said:]] "The audacity of something even resembling a news organization to pretend that a correspondent is in an entirely different location when in fact that correspondent is standing no more than a few feet away, maybe in the very same studio for all we know - pretty shameful."

** Kristen Schaal pulled one of these in a [[strike:BlackComedy]] [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-3-2010/sarah-palin-s-mama-grizzly-coalition never-have-baby-comedy]] moment. After talking about UsefulNotes/SarahPalin's new group, "Mama Grizzlies", she mentioned that she'd "never be a Mama Grizzly."

* InsaneTrollLogic: Played brilliantly straight in the manner of Glenn Beck. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project Watch it on video here.]] Comes complete with spoofing HitlerAteSugar.

* ItsBeenDone: After Jon's recap of the Bipartisan Health Care Summit of 2010, Stewart and John Oliver proceeded to [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-25-2010/bipartisan-health-care-reform-summit-2010---government-unity explain in great detail]] a hypothetical system where legislators could come together, sit down, and talk about relevant issues. OH WAIT, THAT'S CONGRESS.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: the show was completely different when Craig Kilborn was host. It was more of a parody of local news programs, with a focus on entertainment. The field pieces generally set their sights on obscure weirdos rather than public figures or activists, so the mockery came across as much more mean-spirited. The show as a whole had a meaner, condescending tone, most noticeably in Kilborn's personality and interviewing style. Each episode was also much more standardized, with Kilborn running through the same named segments in each episode and ending each interview with "Five Questions." There was also no audience for the first season. Once Jon Stewart took over, he shifted the focus to hard political satire, did away with most of the pre-existing segments, and significantly changed the tone.

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* GrandFinale: While the show will keep going, Jon's depature from the show after nearly twenty years on the program (they alternated between calling it 16 and a half and 17 years in the run-up to his final show) was treated as this. With [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters almost every correspondant]] (and even the show's original ''HOST'') coming back along with a multitude of guests and even some of his [[FriendlyEnemy on-screen and real-life on-air competition]] chiming in to give Jon a send-off unlike anything seen since Carson left the Tonight Show back in the late 80s. The whole show was caped off by the surviving members of ''Bruce Springsteen And the E Street Band'' playing Jon off in what was called ''his'' moment of zen. The entire crowd was pretty much invited to come onto the set to share in the farewell during this. If the show had legitimately ended with this broadcast, it would have probably been picture perfect in terms of how to end a LongRunner like the Daily Show.

* GrandFinale: While the show will keep going, Jon's depature from the show after nearly twenty years on the program (they alternated between calling it 16 and a half and 17 years in the run-up to his final show) was treated as this. With [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters almost every correspondant]] (and even the show's original ''HOST'') coming back along with a multitude of guests and even some of his [[FriendlyEnemy on-screen and real-life on-air competition]] chiming in to give Jon a send-off unlike anything seen since Carson left the Tonight Show back in the late 80s. The whole show was caped off by the surviving members of ''Bruce Springsteen And the E Street Band'' playing Jon off in what was called ''his'' moment of zen. The entire crowd was pretty much invited to come onto the set to share in the farewell during this. If the show had legitimately ended with this broadcast, it would have probably been picture perfect in terms of how to end a LongRunner like the Daily Show.
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: When RobertPattinson appeared on the show after KristenStewart was caught cheating on him (his appearance had been scheduled long before the incident), Jon pulls out 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-13-2012/robert-pattinson Unfortunately, it melted.]]

Before you dismiss it as silliness, the show gets some astonishingly important guests--Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ([[AmericanPoliticalSystem D-NY]]), former Senator Secretary of State UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton (also D-NY), her husband and former President of the United States UsefulNotes/BillClinton, Representative UsefulNotes/RonPaul (R-TX) (three times, most recently in 2011), former [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet UK Prime Minister]] Main/TonyBlair, Senator UsefulNotes/JohnKerry (D-MA) (when he was running for the U.S. Presidency in 2004), UsefulNotes/BarackObama (ditto, 2008, and again in 2010 as well as 2012 while sitting President), Mayor of London UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson, Senator John [=McCain=] (R-AZ) (many, many times, including 2008), the King of Jordan Abdullah II (twice, in 2010 and 2012), Vice President Joe Biden (in 2009), former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ''while he was still president'' (who is not even the first sitting head of state to be interviewed)- and none other than current UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, to name a few.

* TheCastShowoff: Somehow, even this show can do that. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-6-2009/playing-the-race-card The 6 October 2009 episode]] features Creator/LarryWilmore doing some pretty awesome (if fairly standard) card tricks while discussing how to [[IncrediblyLamePun play the race card]]. Who knew he was a magician?
** Which means...[[MagicalNegro Uh-oh]]...
** Lampshaded where Jon says that the only reason Larry is doing this segment is to show off the magic tricks he's been trying to get on the show. Larry responds...[[VisualPun by playing the race card]].

Not to be confused with WebVideo/TheDalyShow. While we're at it, the host himself is not to be confused for that African-American ComicBook/GreenLantern, or the singer/songwriter best remembered for writing Music/TheMonkees' "DaydreamBeliever".

In March 2013, Stewart announced that [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html he would be taking a three-month hiatus]] from hosting the show in order to direct his first-ever feature film, ''Film/{{Rosewater}}''. Regular contributor Creator/JohnOliver filled in as host for 8 of the 12 absent weeks (06/10/2013 - 08/15/2013). Stewart returned to hosting on September 3, 2013. Oliver subsequently left the show to start his own program on Creator/{{HBO}} called ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''.

In March 2013, Jon Stewart announced that [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html he would be taking a three-month hiatus]] from hosting the show in order to direct his first-ever feature film, ''Film/{{Rosewater}}''. Regular contributor Creator/JohnOliver filled in as host for 8 of the 12 absent weeks (06/10/2013 - 08/15/2013). Stewart returned to hosting on September 3, 2013. Oliver subsequently left the show to start his own program on Creator/{{HBO}} called ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''.

The main anchor is currently Trevor Noah (who took over in 2015, replacing Jon Stewart, who in turn took over in 1999, replacing [[ThePeteBest Craig Kilborn]]), but it's launched a few careers among its correspondents. Creator/SteveCarell, Ed Helms, and Creator/JohnOliver are successful alums, and Creator/StephenColbert got his own {{spinoff}} program called ''Series/TheColbertReport'' (a parody of confrontational talk programs such as ''TheOReillyFactor'') which became a runaway success leading him to be picked to take over for Creator/DavidLetterman. Two more ''Daily Show'' alums have since been given their own Comedy Central shows, Creator/LewisBlack's ''[[Series/RootOfAllEvil Root of All Evil]]'' and the critically acclaimed ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''. The show's writing staff has also published two books in connection to the show, both parodies of high-school textbooks; they are ''[[Literature/AmericaTheBook America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction]]'' from 2004 and ''[[Literature/EarthTheBook Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide To The Human Race]]'' from 2010.

In March 2013, Jon Stewart announced that [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/jon-stewart-taking-hiatus-from-daily-show-to-direct-film-rosewater-this-summer_n_2812933.html he would be taking a three-month hiatus]] as host of the Daily Show in order to direct his first-ever feature film, ''Film/{{Rosewater}}''. Creator/JohnOliver filled in as host for 8 of the 12 absent weeks (06/10/2013 - 08/15/2013). Stewart returned to hosting on September 3, 2013. Oliver subsequently left the show to start his own program on Creator/{{HBO}} called ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''.

In February 2015, Jon Stewart announced that he would retire, although the Daily Show will go on. In March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would succeed him as host. Jon's last episode as host aired August 6, 2015, and Trevor's first show as host will air September 28, 2015.

The main anchor is currently Trevor Noah (who took over in 2015, replacing Jon Stewart, who in turn took over in 1999, replacing [[ThePeteBest Craig Kilborn]]), but it's launched a few careers among its correspondents. Creator/SteveCarell and Ed Helms are successful alums, and Creator/StephenColbert got his own {{spinoff}} program called ''Series/TheColbertReport'' (a parody of confrontational talk programs such as ''TheOReillyFactor'') which became a runaway success leading him to be picked to take over for Creator/DavidLetterman. Two more ''Daily Show'' alums have since been given their own Comedy Central shows, Creator/LewisBlack's ''[[Series/RootOfAllEvil Root of All Evil]]'' and the critically acclaimed ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''. The show's writing staff has also published two books in connection to the show, both parodies of high-school textbooks; they are ''[[Literature/AmericaTheBook America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction]]'' from 2004 and ''[[Literature/EarthTheBook Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide To The Human Race]]'' from 2010.

* BackForTheFinale: All the corespondents from the past 16 years returned on Jon Stewart's last show. '''ALL OF THEM!''' [[spoiler: Including Craig Kilborn.]]

* HasTwoThumbsAnd: Variation on the June 16, 2010 episode: "Who has four fingers and resigned in disgrace? [[RichardNixon This Guy]].".

* BackForTheFinale: All the corespondents from the past 16 years returned on Jon Stewart's last show. '''ALL OF THEM!'''

The main anchor is currently Jon Stewart (who took over in 1999, replacing [[ThePeteBest Craig Kilborn]]), but it's launched a few careers among its correspondents. Creator/SteveCarell and Ed Helms are successful alums, and Creator/StephenColbert got his own {{spinoff}} program called ''Series/TheColbertReport'' (a parody of confrontational talk programs such as ''TheOReillyFactor'') which became a runaway success leading him to be picked to take over for Creator/DavidLetterman. Two more ''Daily Show'' alums have since been given their own Comedy Central shows, Creator/LewisBlack's ''[[Series/RootOfAllEvil Root of All Evil]]'' and the critically acclaimed ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''. The show's writing staff has also published two books in connection to the show, both parodies of high-school textbooks; they are ''[[Literature/AmericaTheBook America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction]]'' from 2004 and ''[[Literature/EarthTheBook Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide To The Human Race]]'' from 2010.

In February 2015, Jon Stewart announced that he would retire, although the Daily Show will go on. In March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would succeed him as host. Jon's last episode as host will air August 6, 2015, and Trevor's first show as host will air September 28, 2015.

* AwardSnub: DiscussedTrope. In the middle of a segment about unrest in Europe, John Oliver starts complaining about ''SavingPrivateRyan'' losing Best Picture to ''ShakespeareInLove.'' Jon pipes in to complain about ''DancesWithWolves'' over ''{{Goodfellas}}''.[[invoked]]

** Jon really loves Goodfellas.

** During the MichaelJackson trial, then-correspondent Creator/StephenColbert was referred to as "...our Senior Child Molestation Expert."

** Jon Stewart also lampshaded this in regards to ''Film/{{Noah}}'', with FOX complaining about it using the word "Creator" instead of "God". Jon Stewart points out that in the movie, Noah's son says that the Creator is God. It is then taken a step further with some of there complaints showing that they must not have read [[Literature/TheBible the source material]] either.

*** Except for when they're performing card tricks (see CastShowoff, above).

In February 2015, Jon Stewart announced that he would retire, although the Daily Show will go on. In March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would succeed him as host. Jon's last episode as host will air August 6, 2015.

* IrishmanAndAJew: ''The Daily Show'' is headed up by Jon Stewart ([[StageNames born]] ''Jonathan Leibowitz''--and no, [[DoNotCallMePaul you're not allowed to call him that]]); its sister show, ''Series/TheColbertReport'', stars Creator/StephenColbert, who self-identifies as Irish-American, despite the French-sounding name. Like many other instances of such pairings, the Jewish half is [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] and exasperated with [[CrapsackWorld a world gone mad]], while the Irish half is blustering and [[TedBaxter self-assured]], but [[TooDumbToLive oblivious to the problems around him]].

** During a segment inviting former president GeorgeWBush to, er, be a guest on the program: "Come On Jon Stewart!"

In February 2015, Jon Stewart announced that he would retire, although the Daily Show will go on. In March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would succeed him as host.