Unlike the Colbert Report, The Daily Show isn't going off the air. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is leaving the airwaves tonight. We don't know quite what to expect for the future Daily Show.
Let's start by pointing out that the actual show is taking a hiatus until late September. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah debuts on September 28. We don't know how much the new incarnation will spend on food trends or nutrition issues. The new host might be more aghast at American food trends.
The Daily Show has been taking its own look back at the amazing Jon Stewart era, mostly in silly ways such as his singing ability, noises, and his (mostly early) ritual of saying he hadn't seen or read the guest's work.
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We wanted to take our own look at what Jon Stewart and others on and off the screen at the show have contributed to bringing awareness to food and nutrition trends.
While Stewart's focus wasn't as much on food as his counterpart Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report, The Daily Show has had some fun while shining a badly needed light on hunger issues, school lunches, food safety, and even some time for Baconnaise.
Jon Stewart would occasionally take on the indulgences of food, such as his "love" for Baconnaise and Jimmy Dean's pancakes and sausage on a stick.
Who can forget Stewart's odd obsession with Arby's? We are going to miss that and a lot more.
We are going to miss Jon Stewart and what he has brought to The Daily Show since 1999. We are especially going to miss what he and the rest of the crew have said about food and nutrition trends.
Food stamps/hunger
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Expensive seafood on food stamps is latest conservative lie
Daily Show on the real life Hunger Games
Temptation of the Week: A Place at the Table
School lunch
Paul Ryan school lunch lie is why we need truthful discussion
850 calories argument makes for good TV, but falls short on honesty
Food safety
Daily Show takes on Subway yoga mat bread
Pink slime conversions prove that food quality battle is all about PR
Jon Stewart, Spaghetti O's, and the food safety bill
Corporate food
Daily Show slams Monsanto's seed dominance
Daily Show takes on ag-gag laws
Other highlights
Dylan Ratigan making nice transition to helping veterans become farmers
Daily Show finds the bliss point with Michael Moss
Daily Show has fun with Quebec maple syrup heist
Temptation of the Week: Reducing drink sizes
Michelle Obama talks of vegetable feasts on Daily Show
Daily Show tells us we are getting just a little fatter
Daily Show takes on Happy Meals in San Francisco
Setting food rules is good, but make them your own rules (Michael Pollan)
Robert Kenner on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Daily Show takes on backlash toward White House organic garden
Can baconnaise be part of the balance?
photo credit: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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