Jon Stewart Devotes Entire 'Daily Show' to Celebrate Glenn Beck's Fox News Exit (Video)

Jon Stewart Devotes Entire 'Daily Show' to Celebrate Glenn Beck's Fox News Exit (Video)

Published: April 08, 2011 @ 7:51 am
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By Dylan Stableford

Jon Stewart celebrated the announcement of Glenn Beck's Fox News exit with a Beck-esque melodramatic intro to Thursday's "Daily Show," seated on a stool with glasses and backed by a pair of chalkboards.

Stewart then spent a full 15 minutes (the entire show, minus an interview with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver) mocking Beck, warning the audience of "impending doom" -- which, of course, is "signified by changes in seating, lighting and camera angles."

After showing the clip of Beck's Wednesday announcement -- in which the cable news star compared himself to Paul Revere -- Stewart called Beck a "sweet, sweet, humble man."

Stewart concluded that Beck "started to believe his own messianic delusions and became a giant pain in the ass" for the top-rated cable network.

Watch all of the clips below:

Tags: cable news, comedy central, Daily Show, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, Media, Television
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