--- title: Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart description: Twitter erupted Thursday night with farewells for the departing host of 'The Daily Show' and ideas for what he might do next canonical: https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-07T05:15:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:09.526Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart og:description: Twitter erupted Thursday night with farewells for the departing host of 'The Daily Show' and ideas for what he might do next og:url: https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4071607c6b12224b/69885e4ee53abab6544defaa/483217408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" #JonVoyage og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart twitter:description: Twitter erupted Thursday night with farewells for the departing host of 'The Daily Show' and ideas for what he might do next twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4071607c6b12224b/69885e4ee53abab6544defaa/483217408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 5:15 AM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 06: Jon Stewart hosts "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" #JonVoyage on August 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Comedy Central) NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 06: Jon Stewart hosts "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" #JonVoyage on August 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Comedy Central)Brad Barket—Getty Images for Comedy Central  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 7, 2015 5:15 AM CUT In the wake of Jon Stewart’s final night at his _Daily Show_ desk, the Twittersphere was saturated with mournful goodbyes and sincere appreciations for his 16 years at the helm of the show. There were comparisons to Johnny Carson and invitations to Gracie Mansion. There was even a conspiracy theorist reading (perhaps too deeply) into the meaning of Bruce Springsteen playing “Born to Run” in the moments before Stewart finds himself with a lot more time on his hands. There were even suggestions as to what Stewart might do with that free time. _Magic Mike 3_, anyone? Steve Carell, Hillary Clinton and others offered final farewells: > [](https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/629501894046666752) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/629497403486404608) > [](https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/629492221318983680) > [](https://twitter.com/Chirlane/status/629496798105747457) > [](https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/629494213990854656) > [](https://twitter.com/edhelms/status/629514730844106752) > [](https://twitter.com/leslieventura/status/629514671075127296) _Daily Show_ insiders showed the situation behind the scenes: > [](https://twitter.com/edhelms/status/629490136703565824) > [](https://twitter.com/imnatecorddry/status/629493261397270528) > [](https://twitter.com/MoRocca/status/629480554770116608) And the rest of Twitter crowdsourced Stewart’s future hobbies and career options: > [](https://twitter.com/BlackOni/status/629506001969016833) > [](https://twitter.com/LesBeatrice/status/629506010869301249) > [](https://twitter.com/lonis119/status/629506007190929408) > [](https://twitter.com/clizpynn/status/629506595765010432) > [](https://twitter.com/Marcoe%5FPolo21/status/629506475375759361) > [](https://twitter.com/heyjessibrown/status/629506289408671744) > [](https://twitter.com/JuzzJamie/status/629510254213136385) > [](https://twitter.com/TheKennEdwards/status/629506026790866944) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/"},"headline":"Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart","datePublished":"2015-08-07T05:15:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:09.526Z","description":"Was Springsteen's \"Born to Run\" a suggestion that Stewart will run for office?","url":"https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4071607c6b12224b/69885e4ee53abab6544defaa/483217408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4071607c6b12224b/69885e4ee53abab6544defaa/483217408.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart\" #JonVoyage","caption":"\"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart\" #JonVoyage","creditText":"Brad Barket—Getty Images for Comedy Central","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988465/jon-stewart-daily-show-twitter-goodbye/","name":"Here's How Twitter Said Goodbye to Jon Stewart"}}]}] ```