Jon Stewart: Why I'm leaving 'Daily Show'
After 16 years, comedian says, "I'm not getting the same satisfaction" from the job.
I really, really hope Jon Stewart doesn't have to spend the next several years explaining why, after 16 years of delivering the fake news, he's decided to move on.
Because we've seen what that looks like for "Sopranos" creator David Chase, and it mostly isn't pretty.
Tony Soprano may or may not be dead, but Stewart's very much alive, and his decision, at 52, to try something different seems like a good one. And not just because even the fake news can wear a body down -- though Stewart's struck me, on many nights in the past year or so as being at least as frustrated as he's funny. Running in place isn't good for anyone, and for those lucky enough to have a choice, moving on can be a good thing.
Still, he's not gone yet, and the questions will be asked, as they were by a reporter from Britain's Guardian, who was told; "It's not like I thought the show wasn't working any more, or that I didn't know how to do it. It was more, 'Yup, it's working. But I'm not getting the same satisfaction.'"
Good for him. Can't wait to see what he does next.