Bruce Springsteen was Jon Stewart’s final moment of zen

The extended 50-minute finale featured a veritable who’s who’s of “Daily Show” correspondents past, including Steve Carell, Ed Helms, John Oliver, Matt Walsh, Larry Wilmore, Rob Corddry, Josh Gad and Olivia Munn.

They arrived outside “The Daily Show” midtown studio as early as 7 a.m. for the 6:30 p.m. taping, with folding chairs, picnic baskets and plenty of reading material to pass the time.

“It’s kind of sad, actually”, said Majid Lahijani. Stop, you’re crying!

We’ll hold you to that.

“Thanks for everything, Jon“, said Springsteen before bursting into the song. “It really is one of the great comedy accomplishments of all time”, he said.

Mobile user? (To make it simple: Stewart’s the Frodo to Colbert’s Sam.). But not before Stewart had one last chance to slam Donald Trump and his fellow debaters. Colbert basically was chasing him in his own rolling chair.

It was disappointing, but also a good reminder that none of our heroes is ideal, and that people we like don’t always agree.

And the anchorman’s beloved baseball team, the New York Mets, sent along its congratulations via Twitter too: “Thank you for 16 Amazin’ years”. For more of our favorite clips from The Daily Show, check out our list of Jon Stewart’s best moments.

Colbert, who begins in September as David Letterman’s replacement on CBS’ “Late Show“, offered the most heartfelt tribute, saying the accomplishments of Stewart’s troupe members through the years was a testament to the example he set.

All the correspondents surrounded the comic in a group hug as the show went into a commercial break.

“Have fun feeding your rabbits, quitter”, said Bill O’Reilly, a frequent target of Stewart’s jabs. Stewart went on a rant and called the club “classless” the next day.

Stewart warned his viewers that, “Bull– is everywhere… If you smell something, say something“.

Towards the end of the finale, Stewart taught us the historical trend of, well, bullsh*t, closing out his comments with, “The best defense against bullsh*t is vigilance”.

And with that, he threw to his last Moment of Zen: Bruce Springsteen’s “Land of Hopes and Dreams”. On Thursday night, they appeared on the network together for one final time. And then he was gone.

Some of the people Stewart bashed over the years had some things to say about him.