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Well, he finally revealed exactly what he's been doodling._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 29, 2015 1:31 PM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 29, 2015 1:31 PM UTC With just a few more days before Jon Stewart says goodbye to _The Daily Show_, he’s letting fans in on some secrets—like what’s up with those blue papers he’s always scribbling on during the show? The papers themselves are scripts for the show, but his drawings are just some rudimentary cartoons to keep his brain busy. “I get bored, I can’t smoke anymore, so I scribble, or I doodle the same cartoons over and over again,” he explains in the above video. “What I normally do is I draw a round-headed drunk guy, or I draw me when I was in a college.” No word on what happens to the scripts _after_ he’s done sketching—Comedy Central could probably make a lot of money auctioning off Stewart’s discarded doodles. ## Transcript So, you know those blue papers Jon Stewart is always scribbling on during The Daily Show? Well, the blue papers are, of course, a script, but what Jon doodles on them has always been a mystery. Well, until now. I'm just scribbling on them. I get bored. I can't smoke anymore, so I scribble, or I doodle the same cartoons over and over again. That's what I do. Yeah. And what do these recurring cartoon doodles look like, do you ask? So what I normally do is I draw just a round headed drunk guy, like that. [ LAUGH ] Or I draw me, when I was in college. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] Yes, during a rather intense Q and A with his Twitter fans, Jon was tortured by his coworkers to give honest answers. Even though said torture consisted of eating pizza with a fork and knife, and other questionable tasks, Jon fessed up during every question. ANd now we can die happy knowing the deep dark poofy haired secrets behind the Daily Show's blue paper before Jon steps down as host. But of course this isn't the first time Jon has let his fans in on some of the show's classified information He often warms up the audience during the taping with a pre show Q and A that viewers at home never get to see. That is until Comedy Central released one on line Monday. Which public figure has been the biggest source of material for you? Do you watch the program? Program. [ LAUGH ] Hopefully we'll learn a few more secrets before Jon takes his final Daily Show bow August 6th. And guys, maybe don't torture him next time, okay? 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