Jon Stewart: Here are the guests for his final week on 'The Daily Show'
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鈥淭he Daily Show鈥 host Jon Stewart has announced some of the guests for his final week hosting the show.
According to Mr. Stewart, 鈥淩escue Me鈥 actor Denis Leary, comedian Louis C.K., and Amy Schumer of 鈥淭rainwreck鈥 will appear on the show on the week of Aug. 3.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to have a ball,鈥 Stewart on the July 30 episode of 鈥淭he Daily Show鈥 of his last week. 鈥淎nd I can鈥檛 wait to show my appreciation at all the support and enthusiasm that you guys have given the show all these years.鈥澛
He didn鈥檛 mention who the guest or guests will be for the final episode, which will air on Aug. 6.聽
Stewart has hosted the program for 16 years, seeing it through multiple elections. He announced this February that he would be departing the show. Multiple 鈥淒aily鈥 alumni have gone on to host or star in their own programs, including Stephen Colbert, who hosted the Comedy Central program 鈥淭he Colbert Report鈥 and is now set to take over for David Letterman on CBS鈥檚 鈥淟ate Show,鈥 and John Oliver, who currently hosts HBO鈥檚 program 鈥淟ast Week Tonight.鈥澛
Stewart took a break from 鈥淒aily鈥 before 鈥 during the summer of 2013, Mr. Oliver served as host for the program while Stewart was directing the film 鈥淩osewater,鈥 which was based on the true story of journalist Maziar Bahari and his time being imprisoned in Iran.
Comedian Trevor Noah is set to take over as 鈥淒aily Show鈥 host. Mr. Noah has previously appeared on the Comedy Central program in segments that include one on Boko Haram and one about chess.
Those who checked out Noah鈥檚 Twitter account after he was announced as the next host found some old tweets that some called anti-Semitic, sexist, and racist. Noah himself recently discussed the controversy at a Television Critics Association summer event.聽
鈥淚聽don鈥檛 strive to be offensive,鈥 he . 鈥淏ut you can never control what people find is offensive or not.聽Any joke can be seen as offensive. When people get to know you, and when you know a person, you know the context of a joke. Luckily, Comedy Central hasn鈥檛 limited me to 140 characters on the show, so I聽should be able to [better explain the material.]鈥