Jon Stewart Says Goodbye To Glenn Beck, Mocks Him For Entire Episode (VIDEO)

On Wednesday you might have wondered why Jon Stewart hadn't addressed Glenn Beck's departure from Fox News after it was announced that morning, but Thursday night's "Daily Show" revealed the transcendent farewell Stewart and the "Daily Show" writers were working on.

For the entirety of the episode (minus the Jamie Oliver interview even Stewart said you'd probably fast-forward through) Stewart did his beloved Glenn Beck impression while at the same time commenting on Beck's departure and what it means. Donning his signature glasses, he forewent his usual opening segment and re-enacted Beck's melodramatic sign off to a tee before moving on to three more hilarious segments dissecting all his quirks.

Citing Beck having the third-highest rated show in cable news as proof, Stewart broke out the chalkboard to reveal the real underlying reason Beck is leaving the network. After comparing Nielsen families to the Manson family and making a number of other ridiculous comparisons a la Beck, Stewart broke it down with hilarious clarity: Fox wanted him on to inject ultra conservative opinions into the news cycle and make the rest of their programming seem moderate by comparison. But then things went awry:

"He started to believe his own messianic delusions and became a giant pain in the ass, so they dropped his ass," Stewart said.

And there's a second theory: Beck has to leave because he's been sent here by Jesus. He tells the truth; he knows this is the "most perilous and tumultuous era in the history of mankind" and that the rapture is near. It was Beck's destiny to do the show, and leave it, after all:

"Glenn Beck was sent here by Jesus to take the 5:00 p.m. slot between Neil Cavuto and Shepard Smith for 27 months."

Watch all four parts of Stewart's epic Beck-a-palooza below, including the final segment where Stewart acts out a Beck-style conspiracy theory involving the Mayan 2012 prediction and Obama's birth certificate.

WATCH: Part one

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Intro - Jon Tells the Truth While Wearing Glasses
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WATCH: Part two

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Glenn Beck Announces His Departure
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WATCH: Part three

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Glenn Beck Was Sent by Jesus
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WATCH: Part four

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Barack Obamayan
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Comments

[Andrea Blackwell]

11:49 PM on 05/12/2011

Paul Revere? Beck is the fool in the movie theater yelling "fire!"...the boy who cried "wolf"!
Jon Stewart is the godsend, revealing the deceitful. Boogyman Inc has lost one more board member and I'm so happy The Daily Show is dismantling it. Freedom of speech does not mean, lie to the masses, so that's one small step for Jon, one giant leap for the evolution of American television. Take a deep bow, Jon...you BS debunker. I luv u!

[Martin Eldred]

01:20 AM on 04/13/2011

This was epic. I think Jon will really miss Glen.

[Danilo-11]

11:14 AM on 04/12/2011

Thank God for Jon Stewart

[BestFunnyBlog]

09:23 PM on 04/11/2011

Goodbye and good riddance to Beck. JS for life!

[Paulo1]

02:02 PM on 04/11/2011

Jon was correct, he was a gift to comedians everywhere. Fortunately he is still going to have his radio show to say insane things on so perhaps we will see more comedy sketches in the future.

[TjB6478]

01:52 PM on 04/11/2011

I thought we weren't supposed to mock "special people".

[hachmom]

12:51 PM on 04/11/2011

I wont miss Glenn Beck at all...but I will miss the Daily Show mocking him.

[ellexmarie]

09:21 PM on 04/12/2011

Somehow I feel as though there will still be opportunities to do so. I can only hope! :)

[dramaglama]

11:36 AM on 04/11/2011

Brilliance.

[chaapai]

10:32 AM on 04/11/2011

Ok, so why is there an Star Fleet command emblem on the black board? From the original series and one could argue that the other is a representation of the United Federation Of Planets insignia from around the time of the first Movie.

I don't watch Beck, so i don't know if that was something he was into. But I cant really see him as a Trek fan. Star Trek is pretty much the opposite of Beck and the GOP in every way.

[Cye]

07:30 AM on 04/13/2011

Perhaps Star Fleet Command was part of one of Beck's conspiracy theories. His audience really aren't the curious type. If he told them Start Fleet Command was a secret organization run by Obama and the Democrats that wanted to ban religion, take their guns and destroy American values, they wouldn't ask too many questions.

[lmd1106]

07:55 AM on 04/11/2011

What a great episode.. one of my favorites of all time I think. Him and Colbert bring me so much happiness.. I don't know what I would do without them.

[Damothedevo]

04:44 AM on 04/11/2011

I'd only heard about glen beck, I saw this, and thought it must be an exagerated version. So I looked him up, nup, he's for real. J.S is the best.

[MarkBoston]

02:17 AM on 04/11/2011

THIS is why JS is a comic genius .....

[Yaxchibonam]

02:01 AM on 04/11/2011

What would the world be like without Jon? Dull, gritty, putrid and insane.

[Graham DeShazo]

12:39 AM on 04/11/2011

Funny AND further proof (as if anymore was needed) that Mr. Beck is one of the few people for whom drugs might actually be a viable alternative to the reality he exits within.

[Adam Warrenchak]

12:25 AM on 04/11/2011

its almost TOO easy to make fun of Glen Beck........ but that doesnt mean we shouldn't do it HAHAHAHA