when did jon stewart leave the daily show

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“The Final Blow,” was about the Senate impeachment trial of Presidentīill Clinton. That Kilborn was “on assignment in Kuala Lumpur.” His first headline, Stewart made his debut on Monday, January 11, 1999. Show so Jon could get used to the format. When Jon replaced Craig, they wanted to do a test Producer who was with the show from the very beginning. University of Kansas, and my roommate, Stewart Bailey, became a segment Technically I was Jon’s first Daily Show guest interview. Because they basically said to him, “Welcome aboard. Little bit like “Wow, none of this was in the brochure. Weĭo a real show here.” I just sat there like “Oh, fuck.” It felt a Were annoyed that I had an idea about where I wanted to go, who thought

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They’re so happyĪnd I walked in, and it was a room full of people who, as it turned out, Had been told, were so excited about that. That, and so this was my first chance to meet with all the people who, I The sensibility that I thought was right for me, and so when theyĪpproached me for the show, I was pretty clear about the direction I Kilborn show were rightfully proud of it. “Jonny’s surprise party.” I knew that the people working on the

There was a meeting with the writers and producers. JON STEWART: A couple of months before I officially started as host If this doesn’t work on fuckingĬable, then where would Jon have ended up? He didn’t get the Conan job on NBC he didn’t Super-young guy anymore, and he’s had shots, and people easily disappearĪnd go into the woodwork. The stakes for Jon were fairly high at that point, because he’s not a MATT LABOV (publicist for Jon Stewart, 1994-2008): “You told me he wasn’t funny.” That’s what Jon said to Doug Herzog. STEPHEN COLBERT (correspondent, 1997-2005): The press representing The Daily Show, wanting to know why he didn’t get And Stephen Colbert showed up, as a member of The Daily Show, we had a little press conference in the lobby of the oldĬomedy Central offices. In the summer of ‘98, when we announced that Jon was going to take over They called and said, “Hey, man, would you be interested in talkingĪbout this?”-something along those lines, something as romantic asĭOUG HERZOG (executive, MTV, 1984-95 president, Comedy Central, JON STEWART: The Daily Show wasn’t necessarily on the radar. Larry Sanders Show and changing the name of it to The John Stewart Show, So there was a moment when Garry was considering continuing The Similar to what really happened with Leno and Conan andįallon. In ways that he understands and might not understand, slowly pushes you The network likes him more than it likes you, and then that younger guy, Subtle aspect of it, which is you support a young comedian, and slowly Garry had the foresight to write about the talk-show wars and this very JUDD APATOW (stand-up comic, writer, director): On The Larry Sanders Show, and I learned a lot from Garry Shandling. So I spent some time writing and performing Realized you still have to make your act better. I thought losing The Jon Stewart Show meant I was an unmade man.

Getting fired from the talk show was the real turning point for me.īecause I thought that, after appearing on Letterman, now I’m a made JON STEWART: At the time, I was obviously making my mark in such filmsĪs Wishful Thinking and Dancing with Architecture, or Dancing About. not burnt onīeing on TV, but he wanted to kind of wet his feet with film. JAMES DIXON (manager for Jon Stewart, 1987-):Īfter The Jon Stewart Show was canceled, he was. Karlin, co-creator and executive producer Madeleine Smithberg, and Stewart on set, circa 2000.

When did jon stewart leave the daily show