“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to The Late Show, I’m Stephen Colbert.” Those are words that the comedian and broadcaster hasn’t said for well over year.
Colbert was back in the Ed Sullivan Theater with around 400 fully vaccinated audience members and it was pretty raucous.
After a cold open gag about wearing pants and a big hug with his band leader Jon Batiste, Colbert said “it’s great to be back”. “We never really left but we weren’t really here,” he added, highlighting that he’s spent 460 days out of the studio.
“I don’t even know how to pander to the most beautiful crowd in the world. It feels like the first day back at school. I’m excited, nervous and CBS sent me a Paramount+ trapper keeper.”
He pointed out that The Late Show was the first show back on Broadway. “Suck it Lion King.”
“It...
Colbert was back in the Ed Sullivan Theater with around 400 fully vaccinated audience members and it was pretty raucous.
After a cold open gag about wearing pants and a big hug with his band leader Jon Batiste, Colbert said “it’s great to be back”. “We never really left but we weren’t really here,” he added, highlighting that he’s spent 460 days out of the studio.
“I don’t even know how to pander to the most beautiful crowd in the world. It feels like the first day back at school. I’m excited, nervous and CBS sent me a Paramount+ trapper keeper.”
He pointed out that The Late Show was the first show back on Broadway. “Suck it Lion King.”
“It...
- 6/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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