didn't invite, you didn't vote for, you didn't get to choose. >> now seeing as this is my first show, we wanted to start it off with something a little light. so here we go. syria. >> i'm sure trevor noah struck a lot of people as a gigantic missed opportunity. i mean very talented guy, but not even an american guy. >> there was articles written at the time, they should just cancel "the daily show." >> i remember having a conversation with him, i go trevor, aren't you nervous? he said hey, if this all doesn't work out, i can just fall back on poverty. isn't that the best response? >> it was a firestorm the likes of which i've never experienced. the most important thing for me was i was never trying to be a clone of jon stewart. and i think that's one of the things jon liked about me. one thing i really pushed was getting "the daily show" online. john did not care about having the show be online. i said why? where are we on facebook? where are we on instagram? where are we on twitter? for me it was great.