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She proved to be quite educated about the show, avoiding the obvious questions and even asking one that produced a story fans have never been told publicly: How did he and Jon Stewart meet?

Stephen had already been a correspondent under the Craig Kilborn regime for a few years, when Jon was hired as the new host. Comedy Central held a press conference to announce it and to show Jon off to the media. Stephen was in the TDS offices, and thought “hey, shouldn’t we be covering this press conference?”. So he grabbed a camera guy and a mic and headed down there. He acted like a real reporter, asking Jon questions starting with “yes, Jon, Stephen Colbert from the Daily Show….” One of the questions was “Stephen Colbert, Daily Show. I was told that I was in the running for the hosting job.” Without missing a beat, Jon turned to the president of Comedy Central and stage-whispered “you told me he wasn’t funny”.