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Rhiannon12866

(205,321 posts)
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 04:03 AM Oct 2017

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/25/17

Our President Is An Old Man Yelling On His Lawn



The only way Donald Trump could have looked crazier at Tuesday's presser is if he was fielding questions from a cloud.



Kid Rock Says The New York Times Is 'Gay'



Stephen doesn't understand what it is about the NYT that Kid Rock finds LGBT.



Skeletons In The Cabinet: Scott Pruitt



Stephen does an in-depth dive into the recent actions of Donald Trump's Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.



Adam Savage And Michael Stevens Preview 'Brain Candy Live!'



Scientist-musicians Adam Savage and Michael Stevens have teamed up to feed your mind catchy, information-packed tunes in their new show 'Brain Candy Live!'




Climate Change Is Even Affecting The World Series



The 2017 World Series features the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros going to head-to-head . . . in the debate over climate change.
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Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/25/17 (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 OP
I like how they blurred Colbert's pinkie trusty elf Oct 2017 #1
It is a network show, after all, LOL Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #2
Thanks for posting these Colbert clips. trusty elf Oct 2017 #3
It's basically the whole monologue, that's the part I tune in for Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #4
I'm sure this is a too flattering rendition of Trump's legs: maddiemom Oct 2017 #6
I always try to get Batiste's musical asides nuxvomica Oct 2017 #5
Very cool find! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #7

Rhiannon12866

(205,321 posts)
2. It is a network show, after all, LOL
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 04:54 AM
Oct 2017

Though there are numerous times I'm surprised with what they manage to get away with! Nice pic!

Rhiannon12866

(205,321 posts)
4. It's basically the whole monologue, that's the part I tune in for
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 07:13 AM
Oct 2017

And a lot of the openings are just priceless. Besides being fearlessly funny, he must have some excellent writers, not that there's any shortage of material...

And that is one very clever pic! I recognize the cereal! Those are Froot Loops!

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
6. I'm sure this is a too flattering rendition of Trump's legs:
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 01:24 PM
Oct 2017

Can they possibly be that trim and firm?

nuxvomica

(12,424 posts)
5. I always try to get Batiste's musical asides
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 07:19 AM
Oct 2017

But it took me a while to ID the one after the proctologist joke. For anyone who had the same memory lapse, here it is:


Rhiannon12866

(205,321 posts)
7. Very cool find!
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 11:15 PM
Oct 2017

Jon Batiste and Stephen do have quite a rapport and he often punctuates the monologues with appropriate musical comments - and he's also very funny! Great catch and I'll have to pay closer attention!

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