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"Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart have joked about the approaching end of The Colbert Report. Colbert will end his Comedy Central show in just over seven months, when he replaces the retiring David Letterman on the Late Show.  The comic dropped by his former series The Daily Show on Wednesday (April 23) while in his conservative pundit character to break the news to long-time friend Jon Stewart. &amp;quot;Jon, I have some terrible news. You&amp;#039;d better sit down,&amp;quot; Colbert began, adding: &amp;quot;Jon, this is going to come as something of a shock to you.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Jon, please, I&amp;#039;m ending my show. I have to. Jon, don&amp;#039;t beg me to stay. You see, there is no mountain left to climb. It&amp;#039;s become clear to me I&amp;#039;ve won television. At this point, I&amp;#039;m just running up the score.&amp;quot; Stewart interrupted to suggest that late-night comedy is &amp;quot;not really a contest&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Not anymore, Jon, &amp;#039;cause you see, Jon, almost nine years ago, I promised to change the world, and together - I did it,&amp;quot; Colbert replied. Colbert also made light of Letterman&amp;#039;s retirement by quipping that &amp;quot;some fat guy&amp;quot; had been chosen to replace the late-night legend. The comedian was interviewed on the Late Show earlier in the week in a segment where he took a selfie with Letterman. Catch The Daily Show on Comedy Central Extra. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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