--- title: John Oliver on Jon Stewart: Let's Make Him King of New Jersey description: "I would like to see him probably rest for a second," Oliver says of what his former Daily Show boss should do after he leaves the show canonical: https://time.com/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-03T19:13:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:51:32.425Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's What John Oliver Says Jon Stewart Should Do Next og:description: His final 'Daily Show' airs on Thursday og:url: https://time.com/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab501a36c086a062/6987eac92dce0167ac9e1461/150413_ff_johnoliver.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 150413_FF_JohnOliver og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What John Oliver Says Jon Stewart Should Do Next twitter:description: His final 'Daily Show' airs on Thursday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab501a36c086a062/6987eac92dce0167ac9e1461/150413_ff_johnoliver.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Oliver Says Jon Stewart Should Be Crowned 'King of New Jersey'  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 3, 2015 7:13 PM UTC  Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Last Week Tonight With John OliverEric Liebowitz—HBO/Courtesy Everett Collection  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 3, 2015 7:13 PM UTC _Last Week Tonight_ host John Oliver has a [few ideas](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/03/john-oliver-jon-stewarts-influence-post-daily-show-career) about his mentor Jon Stewart’s future after his final episode of _The Daily Show_ on Thursday. “I want to see him become the official King of New Jersey,” Oliver tells _Entertainment Weekly_. “I think New Jersey would probably move to a monarchy–it would be him and Springsteen duking it out, War of the Roses style.” In all seriousness, Oliver would like to see his former boss take a breather—or at least take on some low-pressure projects. “I would like to see him probably rest for a second. Probably… standup?” Oliver says. “That’s something he can go back to.” Read EW’s full interview with Oliver [here](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/03/john-oliver-jon-stewarts-influence-post-daily-show-career). _Read next:_ [_John Oliver: ‘Thank F–k There Weren’t Camera Phones’ When I Started Out_](http://time.com/3830741/john-oliver-trevor-noah/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/"},"headline":"John Oliver Says Jon Stewart Should Be Crowned 'King of New Jersey'","datePublished":"2015-08-03T19:13:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:51:32.425Z","description":"\"It would be him and Springsteen duking it out, War of the Roses style\"","url":"https://time.com/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/","keywords":["Television","celebrities","The Daily Show","Jon Stewart","John Oliver"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab501a36c086a062/6987eac92dce0167ac9e1461/150413_ff_johnoliver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab501a36c086a062/6987eac92dce0167ac9e1461/150413_ff_johnoliver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"150413_FF_JohnOliver","caption":"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver","creditText":"Eric Liebowitz—HBO/Courtesy Everett Collection","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/3982764/john-oliver-jon-stewart/","name":"John Oliver Says Jon Stewart Should Be Crowned 'King of New Jersey'"}}]}] ```