Stephen Colbert Follows CBS Finale 24 Hours Later With Hilarious Hour of Michigan Public Access TV, Featuring Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Steve Buscemi and Byron Allen

20 hours later, now 6k subscribers! But why isn't Colbert's episode posted there yet?

Only result I get is @TheDeskDotNet

Highlights that made me 🤣:

23:00 The helium balloon thyroid cancer interview

29:52 The Steve Buschemi pizza public service announcement

38:39 Double-ended dildo hot dog taste review

41:24 Flag comedy

42:43 Jeff Daniels interview

58:10 Fire Marshall Mathers cameo

That's probably more about him being used to that pacing than anything else 🤷‍♂️ he's been doing it in front of an audience and has been required to pause like that for years

I felt the complete opposite. The late night shows almost seem like a laugh track because they're told when to laugh. If they don't feel like laughing they clap. I like the quiet of this. I really hope they continue to do this, it's perfect. I immediately thought they should go around to different public access places and do similar things. It would be fun to watch.

I appreciate not being told when to laugh, but to laugh when I think something is funny. I'm 10 minutes into the show and I have only chuckled, but this is a genius ploy, well written and perfectly executed. All things considered, no notes.

As with all comedy, it exists within context. So far, this is solid.

Edit: now that they are huffing helium, I am genuinely laughing.

I think that was deliberate. He has been doing comedy since forever and knows his timing.

Come back and watch the whole thing. Give it a chance. There comes a moment when one of the camera guys keeps stifling his laughter and Stephen calls him out on it and says it's okay to laugh! And things start to loosen up after that. https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/26216986

It can be pretty funny when done intentionally by somebody who is good at it.

In addition to this, check out Norm MacDonald's last special "nothing special."

I loved Last Week Tonight during the pandemic because the lack of an audience let the jokes have time to land.

It makes it feel more natural to me.

when they got warmed up he had the crew rolling.

Yup. Hilarious is a big stretch

Honestly, yeah. A lot more room for improv, writing was on point, great chemistry with the community channel folk. It was closer to playing a host "character" than it was to him just being the host and he is the likely the GOAT at the former as we haven't seen anything like the Colbert report since.

I remember there being a lot of skepticism / some sense of loss towards him going from so effectively delivering satire deadpan to the Late Show and I honestly did not watch much of it since it inevitably had to be more generic and bland, being network television. I hope he gets more opportunities to do things like this since he's still got it.

The closest he got to getting to do this on the Late Show was the segment "Meanwhile" which is just not long enough for him to get into it.

Last I saw he was more Jack Blue than Jack White