Anyone know why they stopped posting the monologue to facebook? December 12th was the last time

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Hi everyone, I'll be visiting NYC with a friend and we would love to see a late night show. The trouble is, it's a short trip, and we only have one evening free.

We want to maximize our chances on Iota to see a show (with a strong preference for Stephen Colbert).

My worry is that if we request tickets for multiple shows for that evening (e.g., stephen colbert, seth Myers, and drew barrymore), Iota will either (1) think we're bots and deny any tickets, or (2) limit ticket offers to one show.

What strategy would you recommend?

A) request only to see stephen colbert which is our preference

B) make multiple requests to shows, see what ticket offers I get, and select from there

Many thanks in advance!

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I’ve never laughed at those. I feel like someone wastes way too much time writing those ramblings for each episode. No one ever seems to find those amusing beyond a polite chuckle in the studio. Is it just to fill time? Or do people enjoy them?

Will we finally get to see the Strike Force/Conan crossover at Conan's Mark Twain Prize Ceremony? I hope so.

I've wondered since they sometimes show what he's doing during the commercial... Who does Steven talk to at his desk? And what are they talking about? Are they going after what's going to happen next on the show?

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This was during Trump's first 4 year term as president. The parody song is about trump's daily itinerary. Here are the first two lines:

Working from 11 to 2, what a way to run a nation

Just 3 things to do, then it's basically vacation

Here is the last line:

And pray they don't convict you of collusion

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I've been taking care of my dad after his knee surgery and he's an adamant Turner Classic Movie watcher. One night, a movie came on starring the actor Spencer Tracy and there was no doubt in my mind he's an ancestor of the Late Show's Brian Stack. Has this ever been addressed?

Spencer Tracy on the left, Brian Stack on the right

I'm trying to find the song that was played after the monologue on Thursday, January 23rd. I've tried googling it a few times but there's no results. Anyone have any ideas?

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NPR, 2012:

The idea of renaming that body of water the Gulf of America also came up in 2010, when Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert created a Gulf of America fund to help in the cleanup after the BP oil spill. As Colbert said: "I don't think we can call it the Gulf of Mexico anymore. We broke it, we bought it."

Looking to find as many clips of Stephen's impressions that include the pointing to the offscreen whale. I think it'd be a great meme template.

I am not trying to come across as a crazy fan, but I wanted to send a letter to Stephen. I cannot find an address to send it to. I don't see the point in just sending it to the building where it will be thrown away. So, I thought I would just post what I wanted to say here, in the hopes that the team checks in or something, and if not, I just had to get it into the universe, as it is weighing on me. I need to just hit send and forget about it. I am writing from a burner account for obvious reasons. Apologies if this is not allowed, or is off putting. I am OK with being deleted, down voted, or told I am out of line.

CW: CSA

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Dear Mr. Colbert,

I write to you today as a long time fan. I’ve enjoyed your comedy going back to Strangers With Candy. I followed you when you joined the Daily Show, then The Colbert Report, and in the past ten years to The Late Show. Your intelligence, wit, and gift for all things funny never failed to put a smile on my face, and make me feel less alone in my beliefs. But, I also write to you today as someone who can longer take pleasure in what you do.

I was seven years old when the priest entrusted to guide me through my first communion first molested me. We were practicing our readings for the mass and the priest asked me to chant my lines, rather than simply read them. I struggled to settle on the correct tone and rhythm. He got angry. At that point he took me aside and said he would have to teach me the prayer privately. So he instructed the other children to practice a hymn, and took me out into the hall, then into the bathroom. I won’t go deep into details, but he forced his touch on me, and coaxed me into touching him. He made up a story about why he needed to do this, then quickly returned to the church, leaving me alone in the hallway, where I burst into tears. I was too young to know why this was wrong, but I must have felt something bad had happened. The nuns who clearly saw the priest escort me alone into the bathroom, came over and tried to comfort me. I thought they were sympathizing with and consoling a crying a child, their vile complicity was lost on me at the time. Incidents like this repeated themselves a few times over the rest of my CCD that year. 

It took me many years to come to terms with what happened to me. The anger because I was hurt by someone I was supposed to trust, someone whom my family put faith in, took years to come to the surface. Perhaps my abuser knew I was sensitive and naive, that I wouldn’t question what was happening. Maybe he knew that I was the type of child who would take the church’s teachings to heart and fear god’s wrath. Later, I would have to confess my sins to the same man who violated me, and I truly felt if I didn’t come clean with all of my failings he would arrange for me to go to hell. In this way he had complete power over me.  I was, and still am, unable to have healthy, satisfying, intimate relationships. I go to therapy twice a week, hoping that I’ll someday heal, and move past this. But so far such mercy has not come.

It would be one thing if I could chalk this up to one evil man. One singularly abhorrent human being. But, given the preponderance of evidence, we all know that this behavior was hidden, and tolerated by the Catholic Church. They protected these abusers. They moved them around and let them continue to hurt innocent children. Just like the nuns who had knowledge of what my abuser had done to me, they all cooperated and enabled sinful behavior. I have come to the belief that the Catholic Church is a criminal, morally bankrupt organization. How else could you describe a group that acts in such a way?

Now I know none of this is news to you. I have always known you are Catholic, and I generally respect the right of others to stay with their faith, despite my personal animus. But a few things changed for me. First of all, I listened to you speak to Terry Gross, on the Fresh Air program, about your experience of visiting the Vatican, and meeting the pope. I have always presumed the best in followers of the church, that they may feel engaged and loyal to their faith in Jesus, but still be able to divorce themselves, and cast shame upon, the structure and dealings of the organization and the men who are in power. But you didn’t express any such line of thinking. You seemed genuinely touched to have been chosen to go to Rome and be feted by this organization that has caused so much hurt for so many people. This left me feeling uneasy and disappointed. 

Shortly after listening to the interview with Gross I tuned into The Late Show, to hear your humorous lambasting of Trump and his cronies, that I had always looked forward to. Laughing at this monster, and those who sanction his behavior, was the only way to get through his first administration, through COVID lockdowns, and I had hoped through the next four years. But I had a sad revelation about your hypocrisy. Here you were, so easily, and righteously, able to skewer and demonstrate scorn for the people, who despite Trump’s lawlessness and disdain for this country,  propped him up and excused him from responsibility. And like you, when presented with the opportunity to rebuke evil, and stand up for principles, they chose (though I doubt you actually went this far with the pope) to “kiss the ring”. Frauds like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell. People who clearly knew better, but whose allegiance to their party, rather than justice and truth, turned a blind eye, and continued to support the machine of this man, and his movement. Were you not doing the same as these politicians?

Perhaps it is unfair, but in your support for the church, you seem too similar to these people for me to ignore. I am not writing this to make you feel bad, or throw dung on you. I just want you to know that someone out there who admired you, who associated you with laughter and fun, can no longer look at you the same way. It causes me too much pain when I think of the double standard, and your ability to compartmentalize acts so heinous. 

I doubt you will ever read this. I may have been spiritually naive as a child, but I’m no idiot now. You are a celebrity. I doubt you have the time, nor inclination to read every letter fans throw at you. But, if you do somehow come across this, please search your heart. I would never ask you to leave the church. I’m sure it is something you grew up with, that continues to nourish you. But please, at least think about how you talk of the church and its mechanisms of power. I understand the desire to worship Jesus, and lean on his instructions, but that doesn’t mean you have to worship the men who have abused their control of those who trusted them. Who continue to ask believers for money, as they pay out large sums of money to those they damaged. I know you are an intelligent and thoughtful person. I hope that my words make sense, and don’t come across sanctimonious. I know no one is perfect, and life is full of contradictions, but I just wanted to put this out there in world for myself, and those affected by abuse.

Good luck in the next four years. Though I won’t be watching, I hope you continue to stick it to these goons, and bring relief to those of who worry everyday about what might happen next.

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Hi!

Sorry in advance if I am being dense. I have priority tickets to a recording on Friday. As far as I am aware, it is usually reruns on a Friday night and filming on a Friday is rare. Are Friday recordings typically reserved for something special or could it be logistics?

Is there anywhere to find out who will be a guest when the TV schedule says it's a rerun.

Thank you :)

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It sounds different to you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCIqdTsj6kM

At about 9:00, after talking about Tulsi Gabbard, Colbert says "another fragrant nominee"... and then he never talks about another nominee. But it kind of looks like the video just jumped to a different scene.

What was cut out of the YouTube video there?