Jon Stewart interviewing Stephen Colbert is just as much fun as you're hoping

"Which child do you love the most?"
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Sam Haysom
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If there's one thing Jon Stewart's appearance on the The Late Show proves, it's that you can't beat a good reunion.

On Tuesday night, Stewart took Stephen Colbert's place behind the desk and introduced his first guest -- none other than Colbert himself -- for a hard-hitting interview.

The interview above begins with a question from Stewart about which of Stephen Colbert's children Colbert loves most, and ends with the two discussing, in detail, "the turd-mining business".

It didn't stop there, either. Here's Colbert talking about how he learned to do his show without the mask of a character:

And, to finish, a conversation about the best bible characters:

Here's to many, many more reunions in the future.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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