How’re you doing?
If you watch this show regularly, I’m guessing you’re not doing great.
Yeah, me neither."
Stephen Colbert in 2023.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images
He explained, “Especially at times like this, what do we most want to be?
So thanks for being here.”
“There’ll be jokes, because that’s what we do,” he said.
Stephen Colbert.Getty Images/Frederick M. Brown
“And I’ll let you in on a little secret.
You guys ready?”
The Late Showisn’t a strictly political program, but Colbert has deep roots in political TV.
He was hired as a correspondent forThe Daily Showin 1997 when it was still hosted byCraig Kilborn.
The success of the Colbert character landed him his own political talk show in 2005.
He remained in character onThe Colbert Reportthroughout its nine-year run.
“I was determined to not do a monologue…
I thought, ‘Im not a stand-up.
Im an actor.’
And then I fell in love with the monologue.
Inanotheradvance video from tonight’sLate Showepisode, Colbert addressed the studio audience, rather than the camera, with ribaldry.
“Well, f—.
