how are you Say goodbye to the late-night show redefined by your presence? Well, if you listen to the advice of Comedy Central executives, Paramount Global boardrooms, and all Daily show Employees – not you. But for Trevor Noah, who stood back Daily show Miz as host for the last time Thursday night, you say goodbye with the party – and thank you.
“One last time,” Noah said, opening the show. “Let’s celebrate.”
Farewelled by the full cast of reporters and crew and semi-successfully renditions of Liverpool favorite “You’ll Never Go Alone”, Noah spent his final show urging the audience to value human life. And conditions on the partisan divide – while looking back. In a show that changed forever under his leadership.
When Noah announced his exit from the show earlier this month, the bombshell revealed that fans were left wondering why he left the show. Industry insiders said the announcement came as a shock not only to Paramount and Viacom executives, but to the show’s cast and crew, who heard the news live with the broadcast’s studio audience. “Part of the reason I did it was because I didn’t want anyone to be the one who told someone else, who then told someone else, who then told someone else,” Noah said. The Hollywood Reporter. “And that’s where we build the thing. [The show] It’s where we are together, our place, and so to me, it seems the most natural way to say everyone at the same time.
Starting in 2023, while Daily show Hosted by a rotating list of guests, Noah will embark on a 28-city North American stand-up tour. But according to Noah, there is no fight or conflict or opportunity for great work that leaves him without the desire to do something, something else, something new. The lack of planning was enough for reporters Michael Costa, Desi Ledecky, Dulce Sloan, Roy Wood Jr., and Jordan Clipper all feature in the spotlight for mild entertainment during their shifts.
“You quit work to do nothing?” Sloan noted. “Wow, you really are half-white.”
While the big question on everyone’s mind is what Noah does next, the show took a surprising surface level look at Noah’s journey from unknown newcomer to beloved (and somewhat divisive) public figure. Instead of featuring some of the host’s most impressive videos, there was a gentle mash-up of his favorite tagline, “Get out of here, man.” It also included celebrity tweets from Oprah, Jesus Roy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Nick Offerman, Bill Gates, and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton—a true exercise in why we should give celebrities horizontal iPhone videos. Learn how to shoot. But Noah took the accolades and thanks in stride, constantly drawing the attention of the audience and the executives in the audience who first chose him.
“Enjoy every moment,” he said in a moment of reflection, advice he directed toward a younger version of himself. “There are moments in life that mean something. [But] It’s hard to appreciate in life how all the growth comes from bad moments… and don’t invest in crypto.
When Noah was tapped by executives in 2015 and given the blessing of former host Jon Stewart, he was relatively unknown in the world of American stand-up comedy and was only a Daily Show reporter for three months before stepping up as host. and But Noah’s inexperience with American politics, which many saw as a weakness, gave the former host a new leg up when candidate Donald Trump emerged. In later years, however, Noah would be criticized for his tendency to “speak only humanly” during some tense political situations. Daily show The host created the show from a global perspective, allowing Noah to use his comedy with a strong will to see the good in others. Since then, the South African comedian has increased the show’s online presence tenfold, and has battled an initial decline in ratings to become a staple of millennial primetime television.
Trevor Noah says goodbye during his final taping Daily show On December 8, 2022.
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Is Noah’s departure a sign of a big change in late night television? It’s hard to say. In our current understanding of the format, the host has to be fresh enough to break the series but established enough to watch and keep an audience. And for every success story like Fallon, Colbert, and Stewart, Noah’s class is now getting together, failures have the ability to set back years of comedy progress. That wasn’t the case with Noah, as Thursday’s guest, comedian Neil Brennan, noted. “[You] Bring on the late-night variety,” he said, presenting Noah with his *literal* flowers. “You turned. Daily show inside The Breakfast Club“
It is easy to imagine the finale Daily show With Noah that was much bigger than Thursday. There were no grand guests, no sweeping memorials, and no surprise tears. But what there was in every break, every camera reset, every moment backstage as reporters hugged, kissed and made out with growing children, was celebration. There were plenty of thank you punchlines, and even a moment where Noah put everything aside to thank black women for their support and understanding.
“Who do you think is teaching me?” He said, remembering his mother and grandmother. “Like everyone else, black women can’t stand around and find out.”
Trevor Noah said goodbye to his seven-year run of the show with the air of a man confident in his choices — and focused on making a final bow centered around the friends and family that meant so much to him.
“It’s been the craziest ride I could have ever predicted or expected,” Noah told the full audience. “It’s an honor, thank you.”
