Jon Stewart gives the last laugh

(ABC News) —  Good day, sir!  Tonight, after 16 years, Jon Stewart will, for the last time, sit behind the desk of “The Daily Show” as host.

Stewart has been the face of “The Daily Show” since January 1999, when he succeeded Craig Kilborn. He took a hiatus from the program in the summer of 2013 to direct the film “Rosewater,” which was released last fall. His version of the show is the currently the second-longest-running program on Comedy Central after “South Park,” and has won 20 Primetime Emmy Awards and two George Foster Peabody Awards.

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