But on election night, the queue crowd wasn't excited so much as tense as it filed in around 10:15 p.m. ET, when the first results were showing a lean in Donald Trump's direction.  It was a feeling that continued throughout the hourlong live special.

Stewart played clips going back to 2008 of the pundit class declaring the lesson of each election only to be proved wrong by the next election. “My point is this,” Stewart said, then he let loose with a long, loud F-bomb.