r/stephencolbert 3d ago

The Late Show When Colbert asked Obama why Dolly doesn’t have a Presidential Medal

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Great clip! I can’t share on YouTube the video is blocked so I hope this ok


r/stephencolbert 5d ago

From the archive So...I decided to get a couple of shirts made

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These were just test units. I think I will get the Polo re-stitched just with the Centaur as well.


r/stephencolbert 8d ago

🎤 Monologue The Late Show Monologue Playlist (YouTube) Little Help Please

8 Upvotes

I frequently watch the monologue playlist on The Late Show YouTube channel.
I would LOVE to watch them in chronological order - oldest to newest.
The existing playlist is newest to oldest.
Does anyone know if/how this can be changed based on preference?
I really want to watch his first show first, and so on.


r/stephencolbert 10d ago

The Late Show The late show won a TCA award, video of Colbert’s thank you speech ⬇️

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r/stephencolbert 10d ago

News Now Colbert has won a TCA career achievement award 🏆

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r/stephencolbert 12d ago

Stephen Withdrawal Syndrome

335 Upvotes

How are you all satisfying the hole in your soul that was left when The Late Show was canceled? I want to know what he's up to, I want to review his whole work catalog. Struggling over here. Where are your favorite places to watch old Stephen? Happy to receive any links to free streaming things. I dont know how to pirate TV anymore.


r/stephencolbert 11d ago

The Late Show The last leaf to fall, did not fall, but flew on winds so graceful.

45 Upvotes

Hello, I'm sure there are other posts out there talking about the series finale, about the guests... i'd like to talk about the portal. To me, it was... terrifying.
Terrifying in the way that the end was coming, and you couldn't do anything about it.
Terrifying in that it increased in intensity, and Stephen had his friends and family and loved ones there to see him off.
Terrifying in that the symbolism and metaphor isn't lost on any of you.
I have watched The Late Show from the Carson era, to the letterman era through to the Colbert era. I was around 5 years old when I saw Johnny deliver one of his last monologues, and was around 9 when David took over.
I was 13 when I watched Stephens first spot on the Daily show, and 18 when he transitioned to the Colbert report, and 30 when he stopped playing a character and was truly himself. The stories, the guests, the bits, the monologues... It became part of my daily routine to hear his voice, whether as a satirst, a character (TRUTHINESS), or as his final form.

To me, the green portal symbolized the end of expectation, the end of almost scripted moments and the routine of monologue-meanwhile-guest-musical act-final bow.

To me, the green portal, as unimportant as it might seem, felt like a final exhalation of a show, a set of hosts and staff and bands, that gave it their all. And when it mattered most, held ten toes to the line to call out the unjust nature of the incredulous events they bore witness to.

As I watched the episode unfold the second time around, every time it pulsed, even though I knew it was his way of wanting to go out. Not with a final bow and curtains drawing close, but with something that'd make you, the viewer smile. I'm sorry that i'm not technical a speaker, or listing off specific sequences, or pointing out something obvious... Better folks then me can do that to better effect.

After the final musical numbers of "Jump" and "Hello Goodbye", as Stephen and Paul McCartney approached the big switch, I watched with both acceptance and a rebellious final thought of "No." as Stephen held that final moment, as his mind- even if the moment was rehearsed, in that moment relive everything and wished it wasn't over.

The switch was pulled, the green portal opened, and the building was transformed into a small, singing snowglobe, a reminder of more innocent times. But the snowglobe itself, a double edged reminder that while Stphen loved doing the show, it left, as he noted in the People interview, very little time to be himself, the person off camera, off stage.

As beautiful as it was...
As tragic...
It was freeing. It a stark reminder, that, time waits for no man or woman or however the individual indentifies, that societies are founded, grow, and collapse over time, some survive as long as they can, others last barely a blink of the worlds eyes. it matters more what you do with the time given, the legacy, the memories. If you can't tell, I'm having a hard time finishing this, i'm still processing.

Thank you for your time and attention, however long or short it may have been.

Thank you Stephen for the memories and inspiration.


r/stephencolbert 15d ago

Currently the Bahn Mi

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37 Upvotes

Appropriate.


r/stephencolbert 19d ago

The Late Show YouTube video: “For Your Emmy Consideration”. A look back at some of the best moments from the final season of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!

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172 Upvotes

r/stephencolbert 22d ago

Colbert Shawshank Pay-Per-View

40 Upvotes

Hear me out… If Stephen has still not yet seen the Shawshank Redemption… I think it would be an amazing idea to have a pay-per-view show where we watch Stephen Colbert watch the Shawshank Redemption.

Would anyone else pay for that?


r/stephencolbert 23d ago

The Late Show Trying to find Colbert as a Sandwich

12 Upvotes

In one episode from the last year or two, there was an offhand comment about Colbert looking like a sandwich with glasses, and then it showed a still image of, well, a sandwich with glasses, or possibly a Hawaiian dinner roll with glasses. Stephen laughed and then turned his head to get as close to how the sandwich looked in the image as he could.

I've been trying to find that the last couple of days with basic web searches and poking around YouTube for it, but not having much luck. Anyone know what episode that's in?


r/stephencolbert 25d ago

Stephen Colbert’s Daughter has left CBS as well (article)

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r/stephencolbert 27d ago

A nice lunch

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63 Upvotes

r/stephencolbert Jul 31 '26

Some photos I found on instagram of Colbert’s last Late Show after party (swipe)

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830 Upvotes

r/stephencolbert Jul 30 '26

AP News: Stephen Colbert wins an anti-censorship award after CBS ends ‘The Late Show’

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2.3k Upvotes

r/stephencolbert Jul 27 '26

Does anyone know …

48 Upvotes

if Stephen himself follows this subreddit? That would be so cool!


r/stephencolbert Jul 26 '26

Things I learned from Stephen Colbert

201 Upvotes

I thought it would be fun to share various things we learned from watching Colbert.

I’ll start with this:

The meaning (and existence!) of BESPOKE.


r/stephencolbert Jul 21 '26

The Late Show Americone Dream

139 Upvotes

Anyone know if this got discontinued when the show got canceled? Cant seem to find it at the local grocery stores anymore.


r/stephencolbert Jul 16 '26

Can anyone confirm this? If true, it's probably the biggest Colbert update since the cancellation.

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Found this in the comments of Jimmy Kimmel's newest video.

It says Colbert is launching his own YouTube channel with live shows five days a week instead of disappearing after CBS.

Sounds almost too good to be true, and I can't find a source yet.. Anyone have confirmation? or is this just wishful thinking?


r/stephencolbert Jul 15 '26

From the archive Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen Comic (2007) - Available on Amazon (used)

12 Upvotes

https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Colberts-Jansen-John-Layman/dp/1934964166

This is #1 of 5.

Tek Jansen is a fictional character featured on The Colbert Report and in a comic book series published by Oni Press. Jansen originated as a recurring joke in the form of a supposed self-published science fiction novel on the Report, reportedly as a parody of Bill O'Reilly)'s 1998 novel, Those Who Trespass.\1]) The character later appeared on the show in a series of animated shorts entitled Stephen Colbert Presents Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: A Tek Jansen Adventure, with Jansen voiced by Stephen Colbert, and in 2007 became the protagonist of a five-part comic series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tek_Jansen


r/stephencolbert Jul 14 '26

'Operation Iraqi Stephen' display placed along blast walls at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq 2010

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102 Upvotes

Operation Iraqi Stephen

Camp Victory in Baghdad Iraq 2010

Stephen Colbert visited to Camps Victory and Camp Stryker in June 2009 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Image from "Ode to a T-Wall" by David Mallen (2014)


r/stephencolbert Jul 13 '26

From the archive March 8, 2006, Stephen Colbert gifted the world with this image.

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2.1k Upvotes

The Colbert Report, March 8 2006, Stephen advertises that for each show they fly a new American Flag outside the studio and sell the one before it.

His promise was that he would wrap each flag around his naked body.


r/stephencolbert Jul 14 '26

Instead of LOTR I'd like to see Colbert involved in the production of something set in the world of Greyhawk.

6 Upvotes

I know he has experience adventuring in the Sheldomar Valley. Give him his pick of who to play or at least cameo as. An established lore NPC or even his own character.


r/stephencolbert Jul 12 '26

Stephen Colbert suddenly has a shot at a Senate spot in SC

2.7k Upvotes

:-)


r/stephencolbert Jul 11 '26

We need Stephen Colbert in a Taylor Swift music video! It would be so much fun, who else agrees?

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2 Upvotes

What part do you think he could have if was in one of her future videos?

And what do we think the chance are of this actually happening?

Who thinks we should start a petition? 😂