Jon Stewart is in perfectly good health as far as we know, but that didn’t stop Stephen Colbert from reading a eulogy for the “Daily Show” host on Thursday night. “Because that’s what good friends do,” according to Colbert.
The “Late Show” bit was inspired by former president Jimmy Carter’s state funeral. During the ceremony, Gerald Ford’s son read a eulogy his father wrote for Carter before his own passing, because Ford and Carter made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.
Indeed, Carter spoke at Ford’s funeral in 2007, and Ford left behind a eulogy for Carter for when the time came.