Q & A: Jon Stewart Totally Plays Minesweeper (and Loves Buffalo Tom)
Stewart performs stand-up this Friday night at The Ryman, and for this week's paper, Jack Silverman conducted an interview with the reluctant anchorman, which includes questions like this:
Scene: Does having Colbert come on after you, since he is obvious parody, allow you to be a little more serious? Or is he more of the Dr. Phil to your Oprah?
Stewart: I guess he's more of a Judge Joe Brown to my [Marilyn] Milian. I don't know...our shows are of the same genetic material. I think they both exist on their own, but hopefully together they complete a nice picture [laughs]. You know what's sad? You're clearly far more thoughtful about this than I am. I'm like, “Geez, you know, I never thought of that.” I've been sitting up here playing Minesweeper.