--- description: And no, it's not himself title: John Oliver Has the Perfect Idea for Who Should Take Over 'The Daily Show' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Oliver Has the Perfect Idea for Who Should Take Over _The Daily Show_ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2015 3:25 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 18, 2015 3:25 PM CUT _Last Week Tonight_ host John Oliver won’t be Jon Stewart’s successor on _The Daily Show_ because HBO just [renewed his show for two more seasons](http://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/ "undefined"). But on _The Tonight Show_ Tuesday, the former _Daily Show_ correspondent offered a very helpful suggestion for an even better replacement: a hologram of Jon Stewart. “How about Hologram Jon? Because he’s said almost every word in the English language,” the comedian said. “If you can put Oliver Reed in a film that he wasn’t in, surely you can just have Hologram Jon, like Tupac, hosting the show every night.” Oliver also made sure to acknowledge that he truly owes everything to Jon Stewart. “I could fact check how much I owe him, and it would be everything.” _Read next:_ [_How the ‘John Oliver Effect’ Is Having a Real-Life Impact_](http://time.com/3674807/john-oliver-net-neutrality-civil-forfeiture-miss-america/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ### See Jon Stewart's Career Over the Years  Jon Stewart takes the reins as anchor of The Daily Show in 1999. Comedy Central/Everett  Stewart gets a cameo as Kevin Gerrity in the 1999 Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy. Columbia  Jay Leno interviews Jon Stewart on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2000. NBC/Getty Images  Stewart plays Marion Frank Stokes in the 2002 black comedy Death to Smoochy Warner Bros.  Jon Stewart and his team win the first of many Emmys for The Daily Show in 2003. Chris Weeks—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Jon Stewart hosts the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Academy of Motion Picture Arts—WireImage/Getty Images  Stewart has a cameo as himself on The Simpsons in 2008 in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum." Fox  Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart host the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on the National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Jon Stewart interviews President Barack Obama on The Daily Show at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2010. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  Jon Stewart speaks at the 51st USO Armed Forces Gala & Gold Medal Dinner on Dec. 13, 2012 in New York City. Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Stewart makes his directorial debut in the 2014 drama Rosewater. Open Road Films  Jon Stewart announces his retirement for the end of 2015. 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