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== [[Stephen Colbert]] killed and ate Jon Stewart, replacing him with a robot. == This happened some time before the launch of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', as Jon's ghost appears in the Colbert Report studio (the old Daily Show studio) during a seance in a very early episode. It's the reason for the Toss in late 2005 which revolves entirely around 'cranberry sauce' (see 'Paul Is Dead'). Assuming it happened some time in early 2005, this also explains Stephen's claims to have eaten a panda in the mid-2005 "Bloggers" sketch: attempts to throw the bloggers off the scent. Also note the voicemails left by Stephen for Anthony Pellicano in 1999, revealed on the Report, in which he repeatedly arranges and cancels Jon's assassination.
The need for the robot replacement is explained in the episode where he eats Bobby the stage manager: "[Colbert], you can't eat another co-worker! They're still looking for [previous host of TDS] Craig Kilborn." Also note that Jon (the robot) never appears on the Colbert Report without being tricked or otherwise coerced - until the feud with Conan O'Brien in early 2008, during which the ghost of the real Jon possessed the robot in order to [https://web.archive.org/web/20080508030011/http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=148613 save Stephen]. This is why Stephen was so shocked to see him.
This explanation also accounts for various strange comments made by Stephen in interviews, most notably when he told Bill O'Reilly that he and Jon "don't talk". They don't. ''Jon's dead''.
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