As I was saying the other day, Bo and I found some tickets for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for Greta's 18th birthday. On the day of the taping, after we got into the studio, the woman who had ushered everyone in said that Jon Stewart likes to warm up by coming out and taking questions from the audience. She encouraged us to start thinking about what we wanted to ask ahead of time, and she cautioned us that if a question sounded stupid in our heads now, it would be even worse when asked in front of 200 people. When she finished talking, we put our heads together: 

Were we going to attempt to ask a question? 
Absolutely and let's not limit ourselves to non-stupid questions.

Who would be the one to ask it? Bo, Margot, Greta, or me? 
Margot, obviously. Like everyone, Margot has lots of fears. For instance, at art galleries, she is afraid she's going to lick the paintings. But she will stand up in front of large groups of people say stuff. 

What question should we ask? 
We went around and around on this. "What's your favorite....?" No, too boring. How about asking something about the show? We drew a blank, even though we watch every day. Wait, let's tell him that we bumped into Stephen Colbert at the American Museum of Natural History (this was true). We threw out a few more ideas. Ultimately, it was Greta who came up with the perfect question.

When Jon Stewart came out, he was adorable and natural and really funny with the audience. He answered a few questions before he saw Margot's hand go up, pointed to her and said, "How about you?"

"Well," she said, "we went to the American Museum of Natural History the other day."

"Really?" he answered, "Did you go after midnight? Because I hear that place really comes alive." People laughed. "Yeah, Teddy Roosevelt and Sackagawea really go at it. But what did you want to ask me?" he said to Margot.

"Okay. While we were there," she said, "we bumped into Stephen Colbert, and we were wondering -- did he say anything about that to you?"