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Jon Stewart took time on the finish of Monday’s Daily Show episode to recollect his canine Dipper, who died on Sunday.
The host shared the story of how he ended up adopting the pooch. He recalled that round 12 or 13 years in the past, his kids wished to lift money for New York City-based no-kill animal shelter, Animal Haven. So they baked cupcakes and held a bake sale on the shelter.
“As a little extra incentive, (the shelter) brought out this one-ish-year-old brindle pitbull,” he mentioned, stopping himself as he started to tear up. “(He had been) hit by a car in Brooklyn and lost his right leg,” Stewart added, choking again tears.
“They put the dog in my lap and we left that day feeling really good that we’d helped this great organization — and we also left with this oneish-year-old brindle pitbull,” Stewart continued. “We called him Dipper. In a world of good boys, he was the best.”
Stewart shared that Dipper would go together with him to the Daily Show set “every day” and was a part of the “OG Daily Show dog crew.” He recalled that Dipper would patiently look forward to him whereas he was taping the present. During the canine’s time on set, the canine had the chance to satisfy “actors and authors and presidents and kings,” Stewart mentioned.
“He did what the Taliban could not do, which is put a scare into Malala Yousafzai,” he quipped, displaying a behind-the-scenes clip of the activist walking away from Dipper.
Stewart famous that upon Dipper’s loss of life the canine was “ready.” He added, “He was tired—but I wasn’t.” The household was capable of collect to provide Dipper their goodbyes at his time of passing.
He then directed a message in the direction of the viewers, expressing hope that they too discover the love of a tremendous pet sometime. “My wish for you is one day, you find that dog, that one dog that just is the best,” he mentioned, earlier than displaying footage of Dipper taking part in within the snow, which was Monday evening’s “Moment of Zen.”
The information of Dipper’s passing was beforehand introduced within the Daily Show Dogs Instagram account. The message, accompanied by a collection of images of the canine on set, learn: “Adopted from @animalhaven, Dipper was a 3-legged Pit Bull mix that came to The Daily Show in his early years and fit in perfectly with all of his furry and human coworkers. He’ll be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of meeting him.”
