Trevor Noah ended his “Daily” task thinking more than laughing. The host of Comedy Central’s flagship program bid a low-key farewell to a small studio audience that gathered Thursday for the final …
” of his tenure. An early-evening taping held in front of fans, crew and current and former network executives featured appearances by many of the show’s correspondents, including Jordan Klepper, Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic, as well as Noah’s longtime friend, comedian Neal Brennan.
But the bulk of the evening belonged to Noah, who used the show’s last segment to try and make sense of a surreal seven-year journey during which he was plucked from near-obscurity in the U.S. and asked to succeed Jon Stewart, who anchored the program for 16 years. He urged his audience to rise above red-versus-blue positioning when trying to solve problems and to think more before reacting to information found online.
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