History Series / TheDailyShowWithJonStewart

* CanadaEh: Creator/SamanthaBee, whose Canadian-ness has often been fodder for jokes. Her equally-Canadian husband, Jason Jones, doesn't get anywhere near this kind of treatment. Sam's entries in ''America (The Book)'' are parodies of excessive Canadian politeness, usually prefaced by the header "Would You Mind If I Told You How We Do It In Canada?" and full of apologies.

** When John Oliver first starts hosting the show during Jon Stewart's absence, Samantha Bee, a {{Canad|aEh}}ian, expresses outrage at a "godforsaken foreigner" being selected for the position over her.

* IKnowKungFaux
-->'''Jon:''' You can't be a dick to (Newt) Gingrich. He's a master of [[FooFu dick fu]]. He will use his opponents' dickishness against ... Newt studied it in the mountains of Tibet with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_lama Dicky Lama]].

* RealSongThemeTune: "Dog on Fire" by Bob Mould, as covered by Music/TheyMightBeGiants.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** In October 7, 2008, while analyzing the "stupid" vote, John Oliver broke it down into twelve sections: paste eaters, numbskulls, nitwits, fucktards, people whose hands get stuck in pickle jars when they eat pickles, people who lose arguments to babies, douchenozzles, tiger petters, people who jump up and down on frozen lakes, shaved gorillas who've somehow managed to acquire a driver's license, the voluntarily lobotomized, and [[TakeThat Cubs fans]].
** In their commentaries on the television news media, they'll often show the news media's hive-mind collective latches onto a particular key-word or -phrase and repeats it incessantly by means of a montage. They'll show sometimes upward of a dozen clips of different news anchors, reporters, and pundits repeating the same catch-phrase about an item, then end it with one of the talking heads (usually a Fox News pundit) saying something ... really bizarre, though still on-topic.

** Anyone notice that every time the show goes on hiatus, even CRAZIER crap happens? When Jon and the crew come back from vacation, they've got twelve different scandals or disasters to cover. It's as though, "hey let's take a break here while nobody's doing anything! So here we are in sunny Hawaii and... what's that on CNN?... holy shit, the Vice President shot someone in the face!" Some might even think that those in the scandals do it on purpose, knowing that Jon and his crew would be more damaging to them than the "actual" journalists. Some examples:

Stewart himself took over from [[ThePeteBest Craig Kilborn]] in 1999 and turned the show into a household name,[[note]]Stewart turned the show into the premier news/political satire show in the world, with "Indecision 2000" cited as the moment when the show really came into its own[[/note]] but it's also launched a few careers among its correspondents. Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/EdHelms are successful alums, and Creator/StephenColbert got his own {{spinoff}} program called ''Series/TheColbertReport'' (a parody of confrontational talk programs such as ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'',) which became a runaway success leading him to be picked [[Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert 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'' and the critically acclaimed ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''.[[note]]The other major ''Daily Show'' correspondents now with their own show are Creator/JohnOliver, whose show ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' airs on Creator/{{HBO}}, and Creator/SamanthaBee, whose show ''Series/FullFrontalWithSamanthaBee'' airs on Creator/{{TBS}}[[/note]] 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.

* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/09wu11/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-cpac-after-party Parodied]] when Jon Stewart checks a [[{{Doorstopper}} huge book]] on comedian ethics to see if it's all right to make fun of [[TeenGenius a 14-year-old speaker]] at the Conservative Political Action Conference (turns out, only if you're a classmate or sibling).

* ArcFatigue: InUniverse, Creator/{{CNN}}'s excessive coverage Malaysia Flight 370 is lampshaded heavily by Stewart.

** Jon is rather infamously credited for cancelling Tucker Carlson's program on Creator/{{CNN}}, ''Crossfire'', after making [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossfire_(TV_series)#Jon_Stewart.27s_appearance an appereance]] during which he delivered a equally infamous tirade in which he expressed his criticisms of the format and style of arguments presented on the program. Years later, it was clear that there was no love lost between the two.

** 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.cc.com/video-clips/s1th3k/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-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.]]

** Not to mention his tirade towards Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}: "Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself!..." Etc. ''With a gospel choir backing him.'' Repeated for the terrorists that threatened the creators of WesternAnimation/SouthPark.

** After watching [[Creator/FoxNews Shep Smith]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b05xyt/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-goin--rogue do actual journalism]] (with real facts!), Jon cracks that "He's the Black Shep of Fox News". Cue the earpiece gag:

** [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ahba3f/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-gretchen-carlson-dumbs-down A charge leveled at Gretchen Carlson]] of the Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} program ''Fox and Friends'' for her having to look up the words "czar" and "ignoramus", despite being a Stanford honors graduate in Sociology, having studied at Oxford and being a talented violinist, and so probably being familiar with those words.

** Jon himself seems to see Creator/AndersonCooper as one; he goes to great lengths to trash Creator/{{CNN}} at every opportunity, but never seems to take so much as one pot-shot at Cooper, and when Cooper comes on the show Jon makes no secret of his respect for the man.

** Jon also seems to see Shepard Smith this way for Creator/FoxNews.

** Used against Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} on [[http://www.mediaite.com/online/jon-stewart-to-fox-news-go-f-yourselves/ April 15th, 2010]] (making it worse, the timing was ''right'' after one of them making a remark that having five kids and one of them having Down Syndrome was something that liberals "certainly don't allow to happen"). Fox's response was then analyzed, line-by-line, on the 20th, culminating in a [[ClusterFBomb cluster-GoFuckYourself-bomb]] set to music.

** Several times over, typically directed at various news networks for failing in the investigative portion of "investigative reporting." Among them are Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} (typical fodder for the show), followed by [=CNBC=] (over bad financial advice), and Creator/{{CNN}}, for "leaving it there".

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Jon's response to [[BlondeRepublicanSexKitten Dana Perino]], a commentator on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}, when she criticized [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/j5ujut/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-i-give-up---9-11-responders-bill Anthony Weiner's tirade]] over the 9/11 healthcare bill.

* TheCameo: With overlapping JustForFun/OneOfUs part, in one episode when Jon Stewart was criticizing the national spying programs and mentioning the spy satellite mission NROL-39, there was [[Literature/HennekoTheHentaiPrinceAndTheStonyCat one particular cute highschool girl]] who is being tentacle raped by the logo's octopus. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/09-1/tsukiko-from-henneko-makes-a-cameo-appearance-on-the-daily-show You'll have]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wnciaf/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-that-thing-they-said-they-re-not-doing--they-re-totally-doing to see it for yourself]].

* TheCameo: With overlapping JustForFun/OneOfUs part, in one episode when Jon Stewart was criticizing the national spying programs and mentioning the spy satellite mission NROL-39, there was [[LightNovel/HennekoTheHentaiPrinceAndTheStonyCat one particular cute highschool girl]] who is being tentacle raped by the logo's octopus. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/09-1/tsukiko-from-henneko-makes-a-cameo-appearance-on-the-daily-show You'll have]] [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/wnciaf/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-that-thing-they-said-they-re-not-doing--they-re-totally-doing to see it for yourself]].

* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Rob Riggle apparently joined the Marines because he thought he could [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mplEt-7HNR8 kill flaming demons with a sword.]]

* JewsLoveToArgue: Often joked about, and once they captured empirical evidence on camera. It's also the basis for Jon's [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic retort]] to the notion of [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories a Jewish banking conspiracy]]: [[SelfDeprecation Jews can't even agree on where to go for dinner, let alone how to control the world's money]].

Stewart himself took over from [[ThePeteBest Craig Kilborn]] in 1999 and turned the show into a household name,[[note]]Stewart turned the show into the premier news/political satire show in the world, with "Indecision 2000" cited as the moment when the show really came into its own[[/note]] but it's also 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 ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'',) which became a runaway success leading him to be picked [[Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert 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'' and the critically acclaimed ''Series/ImportantThingsWithDemetriMartin''.[[note]]The other major ''Daily Show'' correspondents now with their own show are Creator/JohnOliver, whose show ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' airs on Creator/{{HBO}}, and Creator/SamanthaBee, whose show ''Series/FullFrontalWithSamanthaBee'' airs on Creator/{{TBS}}[[/note]] 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.

-->-- '''[[Series/TheRachelMaddowShow Rachel Maddow]]'''

-->'''Oliver:''' [[AlphaBitch I'm]] likely to try to put this in a [[BlatantLies ludicrously fabricated]] [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie historical context]], the BroadStrokes of which I will have derived from a [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer cursory reading]] of {{Wiki/Wikipedia}} [[RefugeInAudacity literally moments before going on air]].

* ILoveNuclearPower: Alluded to during the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning.

** In their controversial segment on the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Washington Redskins]] on September 26, 2014, upon having his stuttering mocked by Native American activists, Jason Jones says, "Just because I am uncomfortable doesn’t mean you have to make fun of my uncomfortableness. You don’t see me doing that to people."

In September 2021, Jon returned to late night with another talk show, ''The Problem with Jon Stewart'', which airs on Creator/AppleTVPlus and also examines current events.

** A RunningGag that when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney or former GOP Chairman [[AwesomeMcCoolName Michael Steele]] are mentioned, a clip of a similar-looking Muppet (Guy Smiley and the hapless restaurant patron, respectively) will be shown. And when the ''real'' Michael Steele appeared as a guest, so did Muppet!Steele].

* {{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.cc.com/video-clips/1gonk2/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-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. He also just barely got through [[https://www.cc.com/video/m8ixyc/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-kermit-the-frog his interview with Kermit the Frog]] without losing it.

* EroticEating: Back when Creator/StephenColbert was a correspondent, his field segments tended to involve him, some sort of vaguely phallic-shaped food product, and a ''lot'' of laughter from both the audience and Jon. One notable instance involved Prince Charles, a banana, and [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1gonk2/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-prince-charles-scandal the single greatest example of]] {{Corpsing}} ever seen on ''The Daily Show''.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In one skit, Stewart was mocking a (defeated) bill that would've said, "Life begins at conception." He then monologues to himself about a screenplay idea involving the killer being a woman's unborn baby. The camera then pulls away like they're going to commercial, leaving Stewart confused and {{Corpsing}}, and [[DiscussedTrope quoting the trope]] by name ([[PrecisionFStrike mostly]]):

* DirtyCommunists: Frequently pokes fun at Fox News and other right-wing pundits for accusing anyone to the left of them of being this. Later they ''[[UpToEleven even tried to do this to Stewart himself]]'' but he [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/r16u6b/communist-central wasn't having any of it]].

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

** In [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/8o83j9/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-tower-record this clip]], after a dispute between whether the reconstructed New York City's World Trade Center or Chicago's Sears Tower is the tallest building in America, Stewart tries to mend the bridge between the two cities with champagne. Buuuuut then Chicago makes a claim that [[RantInducingSlight Deep Dish Pizza is better than New York Pizza]]...

** Jon dismissed the pissing contest between New York City and Chicago over which city had the tallest skyscraper in the country and urged everyone not to take the issue so seriously. [[RantInducingSlight Then he watched a clip of a pundit declaring Chicago's deep dish pizza to be better than New York's pizza.]]

* 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 capped 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''.

The lead-in program: ''MyLittlePony''