Leaving before they fire you and that becomes the story for the rest of your life?

> Honestly can't believe Noah is leaving. Like, to do what?

Its an exhausting show to run. John Oliver keeps it once a week and takes breaks to limit his creative burnout.

Its rare to see "Daily" comedy shows. If they do exists, its even more rare to see it be continuously "fresh" and not become stale with time.

Jon Stewart and his writers did a practically impossible task (And likely why so many of his writers became successful on their own afterwards).

Make movies. Write. Do stand up. Who knows? But anything beats doing a mediocre show that you know you’ve never really made your own.

I gave up on the Trevor Noah Daily Show about a week after he started. Checked it out one more time about a year later and still couldn’t do it. My partner kept up with it somewhat regularly via YouTube for years.

When we found out he was leaving we both had the same reaction - we couldn’t believe he had been doing it for seven years because it always felt like he still hadn’t found his groove. In both our minds he was still “just getting his footing” - but that can be an excuse for a 1-2 years at the very best. Seven, though?

He’s smart to move on before his career is totally tanked.