'Daily Show' Reunion: Colbert Welcomes Carell AND Stewart (VIDEO)

The moment last night's "Colbert Report" began, you knew some gold was a-comin'. The show opened with guest Steve Carell, who was clearly not content with just plugging his movie. Nope, he took over the entire intro, dubbing it the "Carell Corral."

But the real magic happened later as Colbert's attempt to interview his former "Daily Show" colleague devolved into a revival of their classic segment "Even Stevphen." After breaking out the bit's original title sequence, the two proceeded fire insults at will, knocking the other down a peg with each jab.

Some highlights:

Carell: "You are just jealous because you're stuck here in the same building, just a half an hour later. What's the matter, doesn't Jon Stewart's teet come with an extension cord?"

After Carell's boasted that he had ten chairs, Colbert responded: "Ooh, ten chairs. You could seat everyone who saw 'Dan In Real Life.'"

The one thing they could agree on? That they're lucky to no longer work for Jon Stewart. Said a tearful Colbert: "That asshole really held us back while he was launching our careers."

But of course the segment wouldn't be complete with an appearance by Stewart himself, looking over them with pride.

INTRO:

EVEN STEVPHEN:

Comments

[GoodGuysandBadGuys]

05:11 PM on 07/12/2010

hahahaa that was funny, good job!

[THSee]

04:20 PM on 07/12/2010

To think: Saturday Night Live does one show a week, vacations half the year... and they can't mine a nugget of comedy gold equal to this 7 minutes.

[jeonagem]

12:39 AM on 07/13/2010

too true to be funny

[PeteBogs]

02:35 PM on 07/12/2010

No Craig Ferguson?

[darth geekboy]

04:52 AM on 07/10/2010

hey!!! i liked "Dan in Real Life."

[leora kurtzer]

06:37 AM on 07/11/2010

then one out of the ten seats are for u!

[eklousia]

01:13 PM on 07/11/2010

I did too! Critics are dumb.

[KaLeeDo]

12:03 AM on 07/10/2010

The old Even Stephen segments were the best...I remember a Islam vs. Christianity that was pure gold, both of them were so committed to the argument it was hilarious.

[qglenda]

06:56 PM on 07/10/2010

OMG, I loved the Islam Vs Christianity one, too! I've watched it countless times! I've also shared it with lots of friends! Great comedy!

[Plebean]

07:08 PM on 07/10/2010

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-Aldx-LM0

[John Cotton]

08:25 AM on 07/13/2010

Thank you!!

[ydrittmann]

03:46 PM on 07/09/2010

Favorite skit was when they made the Daily Show office into a haunted ride for a story Carrell was doing on Halloween and he was most frightened by the tableau of Colbert as the host.

[Number 6]

03:40 PM on 07/09/2010

I can see it coming.... Eventually (God forbid), both Colbert and Jon Stewart will end their shows, and I'll have to pony up a year's salary to buy the complete blu-ray DVD sets.

[eklousia]

01:21 PM on 07/11/2010

Firstly, they can never, ever retire. Secondly, I would TOTALLY buy a 30 or whatever disc set of the Daily Show and Colbert Report. I would totally live on Ramen for a year so I could do that.

[MissWooster]

12:40 PM on 07/09/2010

This is what great television comedy looks like!

[rinpochet]

12:12 PM on 07/09/2010

I fondly remember those Daily Show days with these guys. Love them all!!

[Michael A929]

12:08 PM on 07/09/2010

Wow. Life could not exist without them.

[AllShookUp]

11:44 AM on 07/09/2010

Good times.

[Toonguy]

11:06 AM on 07/09/2010

There was a time when Stewart was too sick to host the Daily Show and Colbert took his place. After Colbert's "sick" episode on Monday, I thought Carell's introduction on Wednesday's episode of the Colbert Report meant the same thing. Leave it to this creative team to come up with something even funnier and more surreal. The back-stabbing "compliments" in the Even Steven segment were some of the best ever written. Keep up the good work, boys.

[eklousia]

01:27 PM on 07/11/2010

I remember Colbert hosting the Daily Show but I think I am thinking of when the Stewarts were welcoming their first little one. Corddry did it the for the second little one.

[pinkeyelemonade]

10:41 AM on 07/09/2010

I was SO excited at the beginning of the episode. I love Colbert, but I was disappointed that the Carell Corral was only a "bad dream." Would have loved to see Carell host the entire episode.

[Jazmo]

10:21 AM on 07/09/2010

Oh, those were the days!

[sherifffruitfly]

10:20 AM on 07/09/2010

All 3 of them are teh shite.