The last episode of “The Jon Stewart Show,” Stewart’s old syndicated talk show, in 1994, he had David Letterman, a longtime supporter and infrequent guest of other talkshows, on to cheer him up after he learned he was being canceled. Dave encourages him: “You’ve got a smart audience. Cancellation is not the same as failure.” Stewart seems less than encouraged, and he was right: He never did anything, ever again.

A few other notes:

1. Dave gets to smoke his cigar on set.

2. They play Matthew Sweet as they go into commercial. Awesome. I loved 1994.

3. Dave tells the same story about Paul Newman that he would after Newman’s death on his own show, 14 years later.

4. This video ends at the exact moment I’d want to watch it most. I hope it was this.