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Ray Tamarra—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 18, 2015 2:02 PM UTC Former _Daily Show_ host Jon Stewart’s advice to incoming Trevor Noah was apparently something along the lines of “Do or do not, no try.” The new host [visited _The Late Show_ ](http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/ZPBH8zOmMF31k3oLcLHRazn%5FOeC9oDbp/the-late-show-9-17-2015-trevor-noah-ban-ki-moon-chris-stapleton-/)on Thursday night and told Stephen Colbert that his former boss is “like a Jewish Yoda.” When Noah asked what form the show should take under his tenure, Stewart said, “_The Daily Show_ is what _The Daily Show_ should be for you to be the best show you can make.” Noah may not have known exactly how to interpret that advice, but he’ll get his first chance to try on Sept. 28. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/"},"headline":"Trevor Noah Says Jon Stewart Is a 'Jewish Yoda'","datePublished":"2015-09-18T14:02:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:56.730Z","description":"The new host of The Daily Show paid a visit to Stephen Colbert","url":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Daily Show","stephen colbert","the late show","Jon Stewart","trevor noah"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0298793a1ec8cc19/69886424524fc08bd2df4902/trevor-noah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0298793a1ec8cc19/69886424524fc08bd2df4902/trevor-noah.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Visit \"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert\" - September 17, 2015","caption":"Celebrities Visit \"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert\" - September 17, 2015","creditText":"Ray Tamarra—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/","name":"Trevor Noah Says Jon Stewart Is a 'Jewish Yoda'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Introducing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah","description":"Introducing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Tsw4BYLa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-18T16:31:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Tsw4BYLa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/","duration":"PT31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4040009/trevor-noah-jon-stewart-jewish-yoda/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```