Jon Stewart surprises Stephen Colbert with a surprise serenade from Andra Day

“The Daily Show” big Jon Stewart was 1 of Stephen Colbert’s last guests arsenic “The Late Show” continues its last week, and he had rather nan going-away coming for his aged friend.

Stewart, 63, and Colbert, 62, reminded fans that they spell backmost decades to nan precocious 1990s, erstwhile they some worked together connected “The Daily Show” during Stewart’s first hosting stint.

“One of america has not aged arsenic good arsenic nan other,” Stewart says of himself, joking, “One of these group is getting age-defying peptides, and nan different is getting a placebo.”

The question and reply ended pinch Stewart presenting a gift for Colbert, a caller recliner, but he had a astonishment up his sleeve, bringing retired 1 of Colbert’s favorite singers, Andra Day, which intelligibly stunned Colbert.

She came retired and blew Colbert a fewer kisses earlier breaking into her 2015 breakthrough deed “Rise Up” for nan drama titans.

Stewart is nary alien to Colbert’s position, reminiscing connected erstwhile he was fired from “The Jon Stewart Show,” which was syndicated done Paramount Domestic Television from 1993 to 1995.

“The word backmost past was ‘s–t-canned.’ I don’t cognize what they telephone it now. We had 2 much weeks to go, and they put information guards astatine each nan exits … We didn’t person thing of value,” Stewart joked.

Stewart added that his show, ““spiraled truthful retired of control” successful those last weeks, “because I was not a mature grown-up for illustration you are.”

Stewart’s last impermanent for that show was David Letterman, adding, “He said to maine thing very profound. He said, ‘Don’t confuse cancelation pinch failure.’ … But past he said, ‘But successful this lawsuit it is besides a failure.’”

Stewart besides praised “The Late Show” staff, adding they were always, “So game” for immoderate he had sounded to them, including a sketch involving alpacas.

“I americium not a peculiarly bully agelong word planner and I would situation them. I talked to them and I said wouldn’t it beryllium funny if it showed wherever I would beryllium surviving astatine nan time. Wouldn’t it beryllium funny if I had a James Bond bookcase wherever I opened nan bookcase and it revealed much of my lair. Wouldn’t it beryllium funny if erstwhile it opened, it was revealed that I was raising alpacas? I was coming connected nan adjacent time and he says to me, ‘They’ll build nan room but nan alpacas can’t beryllium present till 1,'” Stewart said.

Colbert besides welcomed head Steven Spielberg, who was promoting his caller movie “Disclosure Day,” which hits theaters June 12.