After Jon Stewart announced he is to leave the Daily Show after 16 years, we look at some of his best moments.
The comedian, who is known for his biting satire of politicians and the media, made the announcement on his show on Tuesday night.
The 52-year-old described it as an “absolute privilege” and the “honour of his professional life”. Here, we look at some his best moments.
This segment from early 2014 on then Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford, who had admitted smoking crack cocaine, is brilliant.
At one point, he plays a clip of the embattled official answering questions in the Toronto council. In Ford’s eight-second pause before confirming he’d taken drugs, Stewart considers he was “pausing for dramatic gameshow contestant effect” before Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? graphics and music flash across the screen.
In this clips he takes down former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain after accusations of Islamophobia against Fox News in 2012.
“First let’s address what I believe may be some pronoun issues…”
He goes on to tear apart Cain’s assertion that “Islam is both a religion and a set of laws”.
“I read about the strangeness of their combination of religion and laws in my people’s holy book the Torah, which translated into English literally means “the law”.
“It’s not so much that it’s bad, as it’s hurting America,” he said describing CNN’s Crossfire programme in an appearance in 2004. “What you do is not honest, what you do is partisan hackery” he later said.
At one point he asked one of the hosts, Tucker Carlson “how old are you?” When he replied “35”, Stewart retorted “and you wear a bow tie”. Cue howls of laughter from the studio audience.
The show was cancelled just months later by CNN president Jonthan Klein, who specifically cited Jon Stewart’s crticism. “I agree wholeheartedly with Jon Stewart’s overall premise,” he said.
The 52-year-old mocked CNN’s coverage of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
“The only thing less likely than an aeroplane disappearing out of the sky is CNN’s ratings doubling,” he said.