History Heartwarming / TheDailyShow

-->'''Jon:''' However you felt about the man, whatever your opinions are, I believe we, as a people, should make a rule that once you die … whatever derisive nickname that we used for you, it dies with you. So can we stop calling him 'Jacko' now? … After you die, can a brother get a 'Mr. Jackson'?

-->'''Jon:''' However you felt about the man, whatever your opinions are, I believe we, as a people, should make a rule that once you die … whatever derisive nickname that we used for you, it dies with you. So can we stop calling him 'Jacko' now? … After you die, can a brother get a 'Mr. Jackson'?

* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-19-2009/gaywatch---peter-vadala---william-phillips Mick Foley]] comes on the show and vows to protect a 10-year-old who supports gay rights from bullies.
** From that very same episode, Andrew [=McMahon=] of the band Jack's Mannequin discussed his battle with leukemia, and performed his song [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-19-2009/jack-s-mannequin---swim "Swim"]]. Two [=CMoH's=] in one show. Not bad.

* His willingness to apologize for using Dick Molpus, a politician who fought for civil rights, as the center for a joke about how Mississippi failed to ratify the banning of slavery.

** In the Moment of Zen, Jon says that, in the spirit of making the viewers smile in these times, they brought a puppy. [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-20-2001/a-puppy He promptly takes out an adorable puppy from under his desk and coos at it to not be scared,]] and he does this while being entirely sincere in his desire for people to smile again.
* The Report and ''The Daily Show'', between them, have quite a few Crowning Moments of Heartwarming. A few that come to mind: The first time Steve Carell came back as a guest; Colbert's combination civil-rights episode and tribute to his striking writers and his own father; the "[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-20-2006/moment-of-zen---moment-of-ben Moment of Ben]]" when Ben Karlin left TDS (it was a waterskiing squirrel); the standing-ovation toss when Colbert came back from Iraq; and Stewart's response the day after Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner ("We've never been prouder of our Mr. Colbert, and, uh... holy shit.")
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-september-13-2005/kurt-vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut's interview.]] The entire room - Jon, the audience, even the camera - is in awe of the man, and [[Creator/KurtVonnegut rightly so.]]
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-4-2008/indecision-2008--barack-obama-wins Jon's reaction]] to BarackObama winning the 2008 Presidential election.
* At the Rally To Restore Sanity, basically asking everyone why can't we all just get along no matter what our political views are.
** Also,

* His serious and sensible reaction to the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-10-2011/arizona-shootings-reaction Arizona shootings]], treating such an incident with the respect it deserves [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-13-2011/veiled-criticism instead of]] trying to make it about something it's not or using it to push his views on people.

* Jon [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-12-2011/kid-rock "outs" Kid Rock]] as a "responsible, caring, diligent, professional parent".

---> '''John:''' If he turned into TheHulk his arms wouldn't get bigger, they'd just turn green.

* The Report and ''The Daily Show'', between them, have quite a few Crowning Moments of Heartwarming. A few that come to mind: The first time Steve Carell came back as a guest; Colbert's combination civil-rights episode and tribute to his striking writers and his own father; the "[[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-20-2006/moment-of-zen---moment-of-ben Moment of Ben]]" when Ben Karlin left TDS (it was a waterskiing squirrel); the recent standing-ovation toss when Colbert came back from Iraq; and Stewart's response the day after Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner ("We've never been prouder of our Mr. Colbert, and, uh... holy shit.")

* The Report and ''The Daily Show'', between them, have quite a few Crowning Moments of Heartwarming. A few that come to mind: The first time Steve Carell came back as a guest; Colbert's combination civil-rights episode and tribute to his striking writers and his own father; the "Moment of Ben" when Ben Karlin left TDS (it was a waterskiing squirrel); the recent standing-ovation toss when Colbert came back from Iraq; and Stewart's response the day after Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner ("We've never been prouder of our Mr. Colbert, and, uh... holy shit.")

* On April 4, 2013, the day Creator/RogerEbert died, the Moment of Zen was a clip from a 2006 interview with him, talking about his hilariously scathing review of Jon's movie ''DeathToSmoochy''.

* After the incident where Revolution Muslim made death threats against Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Jon not only stood up for the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' writers, he also made it clear that whatever disputes he had with FoxNews, he didn't consider them enemies.

* After the incident where Revolution Muslim made death threats against Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Jon not only stood up for the SouthPark writers, he also made it clear that whatever disputes he had with FoxNews, he didn't consider them enemies.

*** Not only did he do that but he also switched his usual Daily Show mugs for a Boston Celtics (for himself) and a Boston Bruins mug (for his guest). Not bad for someone who is a huge fan of most of the New York sports teams.

*** Not only did he do that but he also switched his usual Daily Show mugs for a Boston Celtics (for himself) and a Boston Bruins mug (for his guest). Not bad for someone who is a huge fan of basically every New York sports team there is.

** And as a small tribute, that whole week, the globe on the set that scrolls through real/joke city names at the start of every episode (see CouchGag on the main page) simply said "Boston Boston Boston" over and over.

* On April 16, 2013, Jon dedicated the entire opening act of the show to talking about how much he enjoyed hearing about the acts of heroism and kindness that people displayed in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, managing to both be funny and utterly heartwarming at the same time.

* On April 17, 2013, Jon dedicated the entire opening act of the show to talking about how much he enjoyed hearing about the acts of heroism and kindness that people displayed in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, managing to both be funny and utterly heartwarming at the same time.

* On April 4, 2013, the day Creator/RogerEbert died, the Moment of Zen was a clip from a 2006 interview with him, talking about his hilariously scathing review of Jon's movie ''DeathToSmoochy''.

* His willingness to apologize for using Dick Molpus, a politician who fought for civil rights, as the center for a joke about how Mississippi failed to ratify the banning of slavery.

* His willingness to apologize for using Dick Molpus, a politician who fought for civil rights, as the center for a joke about how Missouri failed to ratify the banning of slavery.

* His willingness to apologize for using Dick Molpus, a politician who fought for civil rights, as the center for a joke about how Missouri failed to raitfy the banning of slavery.

* The interview with Denis Leary- they talked little about the movie but they talked about their careers, their kids and ribbed each other with the comfortableness of two men who known each other for a long time.

* The interview with Denis Leary- they talked little about the movie but they talked about thier careers, their kids and ribbed each other with the comfortableness of two men who known each other for a long time.

* The interview with Dennis Leary- they talked little about the movie but they just talked about thier careers, their kids and ribbed with the comfortableness of two men who known each other for a long time.

---> '''John:''' If he turned into TheHulk his arms wouldn't get bigger, they'd just turn green.

** And then it was a CrowningMomentOfFunny / TearJerker when a Tea Party audience insisted that the man shouldn't serve anymore now that he's out of the closet. John pointed out that the man's biceps were bigger than most people's heads, so getting a strong guys out of the armed forces (or being a jerk to him) isn't a good idea.

* His serious and sensible reaction to the [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-10-2011/arizona-shootings-reaction Arizona shootings]], treating such an incident with the respect it deserves [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-14-2077/veiled-criticism instead of]] trying to make it about something it's not or using it to push his views on people.

--> John: If he turned into TheHulk his arms wouldn't get bigger, they'd just turn green.

** Of course, FridgeHorror takes affect once you realize that it was up to a COMEDY program to bring the insanity of this issue to light, instead of any of the news networks.

* Getting Congress to pass the 9/11 first responders bill, providing them with much-needed healthcare.