'Hitchhiker' Jon Stewart's Lecture To Jimmy Kimmel's Kids On Aging Is A Keeper
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart hitched a ride with Jimmy Kimmel’s family on Monday and regaled Kimmel’s children with a wacky lecture about aging. (Watch the video below.)
Up to that point in the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” segment, 9-year-old Jane Kimmel and 7-year-old Billy Kimmel had no idea who Stewart was. Months ago the kids were joined by thumbing pop star Olivia Rodrigo on the drive to school ― and were thrilled from the get-go.
But this carpool interloper proved he could not sing and carried no weight with them whatsoever. He eventually tried to break the ice with an explanation of his current situation: a return to hosting “The Daily Show” one day a week after he left his full-time gig years ago.
“My name is Jon Stewart of ‘The Daily Show’ but he only works on Mondays cause he’s very old and, I don’t want to say brittle, but if he were to work as much as my mom and my dad work, he would turn into a bag of dust,” he explained. “As you get older, what happens is, a lot of the moisture from your body just evaporates so when you’re young, you’re a grape. And then you to get to be my age and you’re a raisin, and then you can only work Mondays.”
That cleared up a few things for us as well.
Thanks, Jon!
Fast forward to 3:40 for Stewart’s explanation or enjoy the whole crazy ride:
