As “The Colbert Report” draws closer to its final episode, host Stephen Colbert is packing the remaining time with nostalgia.
On Thursday night, Colbert interviewed his executive producer and “host of the liberal elitist ‘The Daily Show'” Jon Stewart in a segment of horseplay 14 years in the making.
“Are you gonna nail me?” Stewart asked. “I’ve heard you try to nail people.”
“I’ve been inside the belly of the beast, I used to work for you,” Colbert shot back. “I remember things you said behind closed doors.”
Stewart remained unfazed.
“You know this—behind closed doors, I only quote rabbinical text,” he said. “There is no dark secret, there is no hidden agenda, I am merely an arbiter of biblical law.”
Watch the interview, courtesy of Comedy Central:
I don’t know how I’ll survive without the Colbert Report. It’s been a major part of my TV viewing since it began in October 2005.
Glad to see all those hands up on the table…
reruns
Well, call me a cockeyed optimist, but maybe the old Colbert will be a regular visitor with the new Colbert. And he does do other characters. I treasure the memory of his senior conceptual art correspondent for The Daily Show the way most people would treasure the memory of, say, a favorite daughter’s wedding day. I think it’ll be OK—I just don’t think he’s going to change into Johnny Carson before our horrified eyes.