Jon Stewart Is Excited To Take Over "The Daily Show" | Letterman

uh, starting Monday, uh, our first guest becomes the new host of The Daily Show, which airs on Comedy Central, here he is friends, the very funny Jon Stewart, happy new year, thank you very much, have a good Christmas season. How much do you know about Hanukkah traffic, but do you know? Are you worried about the end of the Millennium? You know, tell him about the year 2000 and what's coming. Yes, I know I'll tell you what's going to happen. Here is my prediction. Midnight of the year. 2000 Dick Clark dies no um I think there's no need to listen to my theory my theory is that he died 24 years ago and what they did was replace him with the Dick Clark 3000 uh which is a humanoid type form of Dick Clark and what happens is when midnight H the chip in his brain goes back to 1900 yeah and he becomes a baby again and it all starts again that's a good story I think it's a lovely story yeah and who decided who decided we'd have it Dick Clark oh now you're not going to get Dick Clark back on the

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You'll have to get Casey Casm to fill in. Did you spend time with your family on vacation? I saw my grandfather. How old is your grandfather? 94 no, actually 94 yes. You know that he. He was born in 1905 1905 is when he was born can I have a pencil? Don't know. I think something like that, yeah, that's for sure. When I say 94, people always say, "Oh my God, clap because 94 is really cool." I know conceptually, but uh uh as an idea, but when you're 94 years old I don't think it's not like you know he runs by and people say oh my God, what was that?

Yeah, yeah, oh, that's just grandpa running to the phone, uh, but he's. great guy, but this is what's interesting. I went to visit him a couple of weeks ago and he's a great man, you know, and he's a great man. I went to see him at 5:00 and he was already in bed because he had already had his ice cream and uh then he was in bed with his shoes in his pants a flannel shirt and a jacket because as you know the older you get the older you are. cold it seems oh that's right, yeah, uh, so, uh. uh I walked in and he was asleep but we woke him up so we could talk to him and it's really hard to understand now but he's

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to see you and I kept

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ing him pictures of me and him together so he didn't think Do you know a salesman or a income you know, because he's like Snuffy Smith with income, so we go over the whole thing and it's nice to see him and we talk for about 15 minutes and I can see he's getting tired so I say well grandpa why don't you go back to sleep myself I'm just going to go let me grab my coat and I'm leaving and as I started to leave he gets very agitated and you know and the nurse says oh he wants to tell you something and I think this is good he'll impart some wisdom on you you know I I'm going to tilt and he's going to say you're my favorite, or um, well, Super Bug will probably come to you.

I know something, so I lean over and he grabs my jacket without even looking at me, he just grabs my jacket and says, "Oh, okay, I thought you took mine, what's okay, I thought you took mine? Well, then I tell him "I slapped the man and took off his jacket." Anyway, that's right, but you know, he's cute, I guess he's cute, he's cute for you and I hope it's good for him, oh you know, and he's so shaky he was raised in China. They are such great stories that he tells, yes. Fascinating life, yes he was a furrier, it's one of those great riches to rags stories you hear if the Japanese hadn't

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n over China.

He would be a millionaire, talking about riches you are about to

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. for the uh The Daily Show, congratulations, I think he's very happy, well, I'm very

excited

because Dave, as you know, it's very rewarding to do a show night after night like this, don't you think that's good? In fact, if I could say something right now, you know you're my late-night Patch Adams and I want you to know that and I'm not even sick, well, thanks John, that's right, I can call you Patch, please go. make any difference, prer   Mr. no patch is okay, well that will be very nice, yes, it is exciting and people of course know the program and you are T, yes, you have had the programs before, although you had the MTV. show now wait a minute wait a minute no it's a good thing no in fact you did me one of the biggest favors I've ever had in my career on our last show after we got cancelled, you came on as the final guest it was very fun.

I appreciate you asking, but I'm already writing you down for when they cancel me again. It's not going to happen, no, this time, fool, are you excited? excited, you know, it's, uh, it's getting me back into the routine. I'm not used to that one bit and I've been doing other things, but I've been doing a lot of movies, oh, my filmography is huge, no, but. you have done you have done everything you have done a lot in a very short time I have done yes I you are in college two in 36 years so how is that leave me when I? m 72 that's four that's four um   yes, the faculty the faculty and then the other one is from Heart By Heart It hasn't come out well yet it's an ensemble piece it's uh it's a kind of ensemble patch atam I see well who does it you play by memory I play Trent Adams Patch's little son because he's not funny at all in college you played Mr.

Furong this is what I didn't know did you know when you play clips from a movie that you're just annoying people In it, they're playing a clip from the movie and the whole time he's sitting there saying, Mr. Furlong, come on, you're not Mr. Furlong, you're the killer. I didn't know it was open, yes, no. I played this one friend I don't know what his last name is they don't they don't tell you what the thing was uh uh I was reading in the uh in the newspapers they have quotes from people who were talking about the movie and there are many big stars in this movie Johan Connory and Jenna Rollins and mine and Dennis all these people and everyone said they love the project so much that they took huge pay cuts to do the job and I thought that's where I am in my film career because when I heard how much money they were paying us, I was like quote, woohoo , so that's the difference between me and maybe they took the pay cut so they could give you the big salary.

I don't think so, so they had a trailer and I was actually getting dressed in the back of those Ford taxis, that little space between the seats and that's where I was putting my uh oh no, my dress, it's a great life. "You're having a great time. I'm having a great time. Do we want to show a clip or let me just check? Did the dancers take their time? Let's show me the dances. Hey, can you show the clip?" We're going to show it, okay, here we go, now this is, this is the movie, uh, playing from memory, that we're going to.

It's an ensemble piece, you mentioned we don't even know what that means, for God's sake, uh, I think, uh, honestly. The whole thing is French, uh, my part is too small, so no, I don't know, no, I think it's okay, tell them the Heal Me patch, heal me, tell them what we're going to see here, oh, we're going to see a Part of the movie I'm in now, when you do it, the first time you have a guest on your new show who takes that attitude, what are you going to do? Simply turn on your light.

My God, you have taught me. Good, teacher. it's something he's doing in a movie with others take a look it's an ensemble piece playing from memory playing from memory opens nationwide on january 22, although i bet you'll have a hard time getting away from the set and out of the house because John from Of Course takes over as host of The Daily Show on Monday. You're seeing that. Good luck to you, my friend John Stewart, ladies and gentlemen, we will be back, Marv Albert, yes.