colbert hasephen done interviews, samantha be as well, that the actual process, of the making of thew that was not something that was kept secret, but was kept close because john and everyone else was so focused on those four days a week. on getting it on, which is a the actual job, that process, they making an evolution of the show, internally and externally, was a story asked told by the people who lived it. >> so you go to john, and everyone else and asked them if they would do this and cooperate and instantly they said yes? >> yes, i have known him for a long time. i have always enjoyed his reporting, and i always thought it was never, he always came at things from a really server and fair -- when you are reading his new york magazine and other places, it always felt invested but not purposefully pejorative. it was just really well done. and i thought we were so involved over the 16 years, people have always said, what was it like? what was your favorite part? and i would say, i do not know -- >> you learn something about it -- >> absolutely. >> about the people you were with me