Despite the fact that it’s bittersweet for Stephen Colbert as he nears the top of The Late Present, Jon Stewart fairly actually lifted the host’s spirits on Tuesday.
Throughout Stewart’s go to to the CBS late night time speak present for his last visitor look, he introduced Colbert a present, previewing the host’s new life as soon as The Late Present ends on Could 21.
“Everybody has been coming up with a bit to sort of end their thing. They sang you a song. They wrote you a poem. They did all that. I am not talented, so I’m not doing any of that,” The Day by day Present host quipped.
“You deserve something tangible, something that you have earned. You deserve a gift that befits the sacrifice and work that you have put into this show, and that can show you the life you can lead and the life that I am leading now that I’m not really in show business,” Stewart stated, as crewmembers rolled out two recliners. “My man. You’re gonna enjoy watching Matlock in this motherfucker.”
Nonetheless, the shock didn’t cease there.
“The thing about these chairs is as you get comfortable in them, you start to think to yourself, ‘Am I going to have to expend energy to get out of it?’” Stewart stated as they each lay again within the chairs. No must concern, although, as a result of he had an answer.
“Stephen, get ready for the ride of your fucking life,” The Day by day Present host quipped, because the duo pressed a button on the chairs that began lifting them up. “Press the up button. Press the up button. Press it. Press it.”
However the second was nonetheless lacking one thing, as Stewart admitted that “his tribute isn’t complete” and not using a particular efficiency.
“Stephen, this tribute doesn’t represent the joy that you brought to me as my friend and the joy that you’ve brought to this country as one of its leading entertainers,” he stated. “No, what this moment needs is something so much more.”
That’s when Andra Day walked out on the stage, leaving Colbert pleasantly shocked. She sang her hit tune “Rise Up,” which was excellent for the second because the pair ascended collectively of their recliners, holding fingers.
Colbert and Stewart have been shut associates for almost 30 years since Colbert joined The Day by day Present in 1997. Then, when Colbert turned the host of The Late Present in 2015, Stewart made frequent visitor appearances, even performing in shock sketches through the years.
Steven Spielberg additionally made an look on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Tuesday. The present’s last episode airs Thursday.
