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Check back here on Collider tomorrow as Chris and I break down Jon’s final episode and the legacy of his run on The Daily Show. It would define his career.

“Before I see the gentle yet firm gravitation pull of my home planet, New Jersey”, Stewart said, “I’d like to reflect on what we’ve built here over these past 16 years”.

It’s possible that O’Reilly or some of Stewart’s other “frenemies” will show up on the finale – there was a report last month that “Daily Show” producers had invited people to “turn the tables on him”.

Along the way, Stewart has tackled all of the big issues from 9/11 to the ensuing wars to multiple president elections and on and on and on.

Stewart has hosted the late night show since 1999 and has interviewed an array of celebrities, including actors, authors and President Obama.

For all of Stewart’s lambasting of the political circus, The Daily Show was equally incubator for up-and-coming comedians.

Rob Corddry, Mo Rocca, Olivia Munn, John Hodgman, Lewis Black, Aasif Mandvi and Larry Wilmore (who took over for Colbert), to name just a few of the dozens who now occupy space on your television or movie screen, owe debts to Stewart.

Stewart’s final “Daily Show” airs on Thursday. Stewart screamed while banging on his desk.

For Jon Stewart’s loyal fans, it’s time to say goodbye to his “Daily Show“.

“So now at the end of my tenure, with all my targets pulverized into ash before me, I would like to take a moment to see my crushed enemies driven before me and hear the lamentation of their women”, Stewart said.

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