Deadline has reported that the night before Stephen Colbert (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report) said goodbye to late-night television, some friends and titans of the industry made appearances to bid him farewell. The list of guests included Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride), Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder, the Secret Life Of Walter Mitty), Robert Dinero (The Irishman, Taxi Driver), Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus, Taxi Driver), and others. Colbert enlisted them to fulfill his segment ‘The Colbert Questionert’. 

The segment asks 15 questions to peek inside the lives of some of the world’s most famous celebrities. This time, the roles were reversed, and Colbert was at the center of the investigation. CBS Evening News anchor John Dickerson stepped in to fulfill annoying duties.

One of the most iconic scenes in romantic comedies is the Katz’s Deli scene. Billy Crystal used his expertise from the scene to prod Colbert about his sandwich of choice. “This is one of the toughest questions, and we start with this one. Billy, what time of year are we talking here? Because there’s a summer sandwich and then there’s every other part of the year sandwich, and if we’re talking summer, it’s a tomato sandwich on very thin white bread. With a lot of salt and pepper, maybe a little mayo, and you eat it over the sink. It’s called a sink sandwich because it just falls apart in your hand. … The rest of the year, wherever you are, the rest of the year is hot pastrami on rye with a little bit of mustard. And if the guy behind the counter is willing, a little coleslaw on there, and if it’s not kosher deli, I’ll take a little Munster on there. But Katz’s Deli’s hot pastrami sandwich, that’s the best sandwich,” via Deadline.

Some other answers consisted of: 

What is the first concert you attended? “The first concert I attended was at Gaillard Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina. I went with my mom. It was in 1977. It was. Chuck Mangione, the “Children of Sanchez,” via Deadline. 

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? “Oh yeah! I did a bit with Steve Martin years ago, the first time I ever had him on the old show. A huge fan of Steve Martin. Like he’s in my Mount Rushmore of comedy, and as part of it, we were talking about a painting and we added to the painting a little cutout of Steve’s head. It was from his headshot. And when the show was over, I said, ‘Hey, would you mind signing this?’ So he just signed across the top of his face, and I had it framed on a lovely little background and hung in my office. But I hung it, or whoever hung it, hung it where there used to be a clock in my office, and so we’re always on deadline here and that clock is just spinning around super fast, so I would just look up to see what time it was and there would be the picture. So I like to say in my office, ‘It’s always Steve Martin o’clock,’” via Deadline.

Favorite action movie?“This is a toughie. My favorite movie is horror, that’s the thing, so I don’t think that’s action. I think it’s more horror than action. Raiders of the Lost Ark,”via Deadline.

Calling back to his viral interview moment with Nicki Minaj, Colbert was asked, “I have the bladder of just a baby chipmunk, so I like the aisle because I don’t wanna have to say to the person next to me, ‘I need to get up,’ so I’m on the aisle at all times,” via Deadline.