Arby's pays tribute to frenemy Jon Stewart with a loving mashup of his meanest comments

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Looks like Arby's can stomach a joke.

The fast-food chain — and one of the favorite targets of fake newsman Jon Stewart — produced an ad thanking the anchor for all of his, uh, attention over the years ahead of Stewart's final bow on Thursday night.

The tribute starts starkly, with a Hallmark-worth, "To Jon, From Arby's" and then slides into to the lovey dovey Andrew Gold tune "Thank You for Being a Friend," better known from The Golden Girls.

It's a walk down memory lane with Daily Show clips the burger joint probably wants to forget.

Sometimes Jon's jokes about us were hard to digest, but we kept watching #TheDailyShow anyway. #JonVoyage pic.twitter.com/FGoLhf6QyX— Arby's (@Arbys) August 6, 2015

Stewart ribbed the chain's prime ribs, burgers, and other offerings with some great fake slogans, including "Technically, it's food," "It's like if a stomach got punched in the balls," and "It's like shock and awe for your bowels."

It all shows that Arby's can take a joke. So fear not: Arby's has no beef with Stewart. And that's one less thing that Stewart can insult on Thursday night.

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