uh, but to do our thing,

you know, to do our part during this pandemic,

The Daily Show is not gonna have a live studio audience

starting from Monday.

Which means you guys in the audience tonight

are the last ones to get coronavirus from us.

-(cheering) -And-and I'm not gonna lie.

It's gonna be tough without an audience.

You know, you guys are the heart and soul of the show.

But-but before you go,

I just wanted to dedicate a special little something to you

and all those audience members who have joined us before

here in New York to help us make every episode

of The Daily Show.

This one goes out to you.

All right. Let's get the thing.

♪ E ♪

♪ E ♪

I never know what they're doing when they do that,

but I think it looks-- it looks and it feels professional.

(trilling lips)

All right, all right, all right.

Five, six,

seven, eight.

♪ ♪

♪ Is it still a joke ♪

♪ If no one laughs at it? ♪

♪ Am I still a host ♪

♪ If I'm just standing in an empty room? ♪

♪ Audience, this is for you ♪

♪ Time for social distancing ♪

♪ Pack your things and go ♪

♪ Just know that I'll be waiting ♪

♪ For you to come back to the show ♪

-♪ To the ones who stood ♪ -(cheering and applause)

♪ And the ones who clapped ♪

♪ I'll even give a shout-out to the haters ♪

-♪ Who just sat there and never laughed ♪ -(laughter)

♪ It's the ones who cheered ♪

♪ And the people who love to wave ♪

♪ I'll even miss those ones ♪

♪ Who seemed to get all the jokes too late ♪

(laughs)

-♪ You know, I'm even gonna miss ♪ -(phone ringing)

♪ Those people who forgot to turn off their phones ♪

♪ During the show, it would mess me up and spoil jokes ♪

♪ But, you know ♪

♪ I liked hearing the ringtones ♪

♪ They were so retro ♪

♪ I'm gonna miss those guys ♪

♪ Who love to explain the show ♪

It's funny because Trump is dumb.

♪ The people with the weird-ass laughs ♪

♪ Are the ones I'll miss the most ♪

(weird laughing)

♪ The guy who came to kill me ♪

♪ But then I won him over with my jokes ♪

♪ The fans who came from Africa ♪

♪ And just wanted to hear about home. ♪

Tell them about Uganda!

No one knows about Uganda, man, but I'm gonna miss you.

It's time for quarantine, y'all.

I can't wait 'till this is over and the virus is beat

and all your asses... are back in those seats.

I love you, guys.

(cheers and applause)

(Noah laughs)

Thank you, man. Thank you so much. Thank you.