--- title: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Did a Spit Take Battle description: The former 'Daily Show' host popped up at his friend's 'Late Show' for some casual banter and to announce a charity fundraiser. canonical: https://time.com/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-09T16:02:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:36.248Z og:title: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Can't Stop Their Spit Takes og:description: It's all for a good cause, of course og:url: https://time.com/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Can't Stop Their Spit Takes twitter:description: It's all for a good cause, of course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Can't Stop Spitting on Each for a Good Reason  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 9, 2017 4:02 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 9, 2017 4:02 PM UTC Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have long been a top-notch comedy duo, ever since the two appeared in adjacent time slots on Comedy Central back in the heyday of [Stewart’s _Daily Show_](http://time.com/4773166/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-daily-show-reunion/) and Colbert’s _Report._ And while both have moved on — Colbert to his [_Late Show_](http://time.com/4975665/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-trump-equal-time/) and Stewart to a well-earned retirement of sorts — they haven’t quite finished[ making cameos](http://time.com/4772715/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-complete-friendship-history/) in each other’s TV gigs. That was the case Wednesday night, when a very casual Stewart literally popped up from under Colbert’s desk during his show, eating a pudding. (Why not?) Stewart is doing the rounds to promote the upcoming [Night of Too Many Stars](https://toomanystarshbo.com/?pid=googleadwords%5Fint&c=Google|Search|MKL|IQ%5FID%5F105480686-VQ16-c&camp=Google|Search|MKL|IQ%5FID%5F105480686-VQ16-c), a charity TV event on HBO co-hosted by everyone from Chris Rock to John Oliver, Ellie Kemper and, yes, Colbert as well. They’re raising money for an autism fund [through Omaze](https://www.omaze.com/experiences/stephen-colbert-late-show-notms) — and offering intriguing prizes. “One lucky winner is going to spend an entire episode of the _Late Show_ under your desk,” Stewart explained to Colbert of what to expect. (The winner also will be joined under the desk by Jon Stewart for a “whole segment,” and get to deliver one of Colbert’s punchlines during the taping.) “I’ve got the hottest ankles in late night,” Colbert quipped back. The two then participated in an epic spit take battle. Turns out both of them have impressive spitting capabilities. For the full visual, watch the segment above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/"},"headline":"Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Can't Stop Spitting on Each for a Good Reason","datePublished":"2017-11-09T16:02:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:36.248Z","description":"The former 'Daily Show' host popped up at his friend's 'Late Show' for some casual banter and to announce a charity fundraiser.","url":"https://time.com/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5016962/jon-stewart-colbert-spit/","name":"Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Can't Stop Spitting on Each for a Good Reason"}}]}] ```