Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Talk Talmud
By Anne Cohen November 21, 2014
It was a Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert lovefest last night as the comedian appeared on “The Colbert Report” to promote his new film, “Rosewater.”
Colbert, who let’s remember, got his start on “The Daily Show,” threatened to expose some dark secrets about what goes on behind closed doors. Jon Stewart’s response was to do a pretty impeccable Jewish sage impression.
“I’m going to say something to you, and you know this,” Stewart quipped. “Behind closed doors I only quote rabbinical texts. You know that. There is no dark secret, there is no hidden agenda, I am merely an arbiter of biblical law.”
Laughing, he added: “If you want to have a Talmudic discussion, I’m happy to have it.”
Please comedy gods, make it so.
Watch the whole clip below.
[h/t Tablet]
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