The Late Show With Stephen Colbert at PaleyFest LA 2024

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  • Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
  • Stephen Colbert, host of CBS's "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," talks with moderator Ben Schwartz to celebrate his show. Topics include: why Colbert thinks of his career as "a series of happy accidents"; the way his approach to comedy has changed over the decades; his early goal to become a dramatic actor; how he developed his character on "The Colbert Report"; the reason he hesitated to become "The Late Show's" host; his relationship with "Late Show" predecessor David Letterman; the unique method used to test out comedy material; his "enjoyment" when dealing with guests that are "uncomfortable" on set; not sticking to pre-planned topics with celebrities; and why "famously difficult" guest Robert De Niro became his favorite interview of all time.

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  • @user-zb7uh2ob1r
    @user-zb7uh2ob1r 7 днів тому +9

    Sometimes the algorithm sends you a real treat. This is one of those times.

  • @Symphing12
    @Symphing12 15 днів тому +111

    Seth Meyers last week and Stephen Colbert this week! Great interviews, the both of them!

  • @RevCeleste
    @RevCeleste 15 днів тому +66

    I'm 72 and my sister and I have actually had a conversation about how there used to be the animosity between the late night hosts, and how much better it is now that all of them seem to get along and genuinely liked each other. It was so great to see the Seth Meyers interview last week and this one this week, thank you Paley center

    • @My-Pal-Hal
      @My-Pal-Hal 14 днів тому +10

      And Conan, and David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel, and...
      We Still have something to work with 😂✌️😏👍😂
      ... sorry, i asked jon stewart if he wanted to be added, and he doesn't recognize any of them, ... for legal purposes 🤣🤣🤣

    • @KarmaMilitia
      @KarmaMilitia 13 днів тому +5

      Colbert, Meyers, Kimmel, Fallon and Oliver recorded a podcast together during the writer’s strike, called Strike Force Five [⚡️]. Ryan Reynolds advertised on it in the most hilarious way.
      It takes them about two episodes to sorta get used to it, and it’s THE BEST podcast in so many ways!
      I think you’ll love it , especially ‘the wives episode’ :)

    • @MKPiatkowski
      @MKPiatkowski День тому

      I wish we had gotten this level of insight with the Myers interview. So well done.

  • @BenNgo
    @BenNgo 15 днів тому +63

    Almost 90min. of Colbert....I freaking loved it ❤

    • @J.M.-nb4gw
      @J.M.-nb4gw 10 днів тому +1

      I know right, it's so cool to hear him talk about his career and his process for his work. I think Colbert is hands down the master at this format format, even better than Jon Stewart 😊

    • @BenNgo
      @BenNgo 10 днів тому

      @@J.M.-nb4gw all the talkshow hosts have very different styles. But Colbert is the most intellectual one, and I love that.

    • @tytn9978
      @tytn9978 4 дні тому +1

      I didn't even realize it was 90 minutes long until it had ended and I looked at my clock! What an enjoyable AND informative conversation! I didn't think it was possible to like Stephen Colbert even more than I already do, but my admiration for Stephen has just increased exponentially!

  • @dianavictoria5982
    @dianavictoria5982 15 днів тому +77

    Thank you to the Paley Center for all the shows you put on youtube!!

  • @ST-yz2km
    @ST-yz2km 15 днів тому +30

    God, I love how deep Stephen's knowledge runs and how well he can use it. My Parks and Rec heart also appreciates Ben being there.

  • @amiemeacham2974
    @amiemeacham2974 10 днів тому +5

    Another enjoyable and intelligent conversation 🌟

  • @MaggieLawlor
    @MaggieLawlor 14 днів тому +16

    BRILLIANT interview with Colbert!

  • @terricameron7172
    @terricameron7172 9 днів тому +4

    What a great interview! Love Colbert so much. Just a wonderful human being! You're funny too Ben! ❤

  • @traceythompson1092
    @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому +34

    Stephen is the true example of a gentleman and a scholar.❤

  • @healingartsandstars
    @healingartsandstars 11 днів тому +9

    Thank you very very VERY much!!!! Wondrous interview. ..AND the ending story! I have been so deprived of an opportunity for a repeating snorting laugh fest complete with clenched stomach muscles and tears for so long! I want to testify that I AM HEALED❣❣❣

  • @whophd
    @whophd 12 днів тому +6

    The dynamic here was what I kept measuring. Battle of wits. Stephen kept winning, what a heavyweight.

  • @balto20002
    @balto20002 15 днів тому +34

    Schwartz is the perfect guy for Colbert. I could listen to these 2 guys forever.

    • @anamariaguadayol2335
      @anamariaguadayol2335 14 днів тому

      I thought it was kinda boring.

    • @J.M.-nb4gw
      @J.M.-nb4gw 10 днів тому

      Schwartz seems like I have a douchebag to me, don't really care for his schtick 🙄

    • @user-ff8vo1se8v
      @user-ff8vo1se8v 5 днів тому +2

      Schwartz is annoying 😢

  • @themorales6
    @themorales6 11 днів тому +8

    Awesome! I can listen to his stories for hours.

  • @LiamMack33
    @LiamMack33 15 днів тому +21

    This is Great!
    A clinic on "Yes and".
    Love it!

  • @DanielAngel
    @DanielAngel 15 днів тому +31

    "What about that bone density, right?" 💀

    • @ClairvoyantTruth
      @ClairvoyantTruth 14 днів тому

      What a sudden bullseye - piercing!

    • @MrAndyStenz
      @MrAndyStenz 13 днів тому +2

      The hug showed just how much Colbert respects Ben, too. What a duo.

    • @chrissiek8706
      @chrissiek8706 8 днів тому +1

      I am still in tears 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @misterderp4566
    @misterderp4566 15 днів тому +38

    Ben was a great choice for a host for this one.

  • @traceythompson1092
    @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому +9

    Nailed the entrance ❤❤❤!!!!!!

  • @s.t.martin7939
    @s.t.martin7939 15 днів тому +17

    Awesome interview!!
    Thanks Stephen & Ben!! 🙏🏽🤩😊

  • @decaf4me2
    @decaf4me2 15 днів тому +14

    That has to be the best thing I've watched on UA-cam....Sublime.

  • @katherinecompton6591
    @katherinecompton6591 13 днів тому +5

    That was WONDERFUL! Thanks, guys.

  • @a.j.ponder7029
    @a.j.ponder7029 14 днів тому +6

    Just love seeing these two masters of comedy talk about Stephen Colbert's career and the craft while having a ball.

    • @J.M.-nb4gw
      @J.M.-nb4gw 10 днів тому

      Schwartz is NOT any master of comedy, he's kind of a douchebag 🙄

  • @itsAndyWaldron
    @itsAndyWaldron 15 днів тому +14

    This was delightful AND informative!

  • @critterkarma
    @critterkarma 15 днів тому +11

    Loving this! 2 quick witted intelligent gentleman! 🫶👏👏👏🫶👏👏👏👏

  • @teresasmith360
    @teresasmith360 15 днів тому +19

    Stephen’s suit is gorgeous!!

    • @madge2114
      @madge2114 13 днів тому +3

      Aubergine on oxblood, wow!

  • @wanderlustworldschooling543
    @wanderlustworldschooling543 10 днів тому +2

    I loved hearing about Robert Deniro on Colbert after seeing him on Fallon this week. So spot on 😂

  • @DanSanguineti
    @DanSanguineti 15 днів тому +7

    This was a great interview of Stephen Colbert by Sonic the Hedgehog.

  • @dax9431
    @dax9431 10 годин тому

    As a fan, there could not be a more loving expanded view of "backstage" than learning what else there is to it all. Such a delight, but also SO important to understand and keep it all!

  • @FreeAmericanCats
    @FreeAmericanCats 13 днів тому +4

    Colbert is a BOSS! What an entrance!💋

  • @brenogilmour1492
    @brenogilmour1492 15 днів тому +13

    Hello Stephen, let's watch this from Brazil 🇧🇷

    • @brenogilmour1492
      @brenogilmour1492 15 днів тому +5

      BTW, please keep making great content, hopefully, reason is going to win the election again

  • @PoweroftheP00f
    @PoweroftheP00f 14 днів тому +4

    I haven't laughed as hard in my life as I did during that horse story. XD

  • @MarleneEllis1
    @MarleneEllis1 2 дні тому

    Absolutely hilarious. The chemistry between the two of you was magical.

  • @TheAccidentalViking
    @TheAccidentalViking 15 днів тому +27

    No interview of Colbert is complete without Evie. We needed Evie for several of these questions.

    • @misterderp4566
      @misterderp4566 15 днів тому +10

      More Evie is always the correct way. She is a treasure.

  • @heather54101
    @heather54101 8 днів тому +1

    I always appreciate what a great interview subject Ben Schwartz is--entertaining, empathetic, intelligent, always asking questions of the interviewer. This video proves he's also great as an interviewer.

  • @laardvarkzilllions7955
    @laardvarkzilllions7955 15 днів тому +7

    Amazing

  • @jamesmyers8971
    @jamesmyers8971 15 днів тому +7

    True Legend! ❤

  • @MorganaDarkgoddess
    @MorganaDarkgoddess 13 днів тому +2

    I loved this, it really shows a deep side of him that we don't get enough of on LSSC.

  • @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively
    @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively 15 днів тому +10

    Privilege and responsibility. Beautiful. Yes have a good show. 🌺🌺🌺

  • @derheadbanger9039
    @derheadbanger9039 11 днів тому +1

    What an amazing call back at the end! Ben is so good at this and would be a great late night host! 🤣

  • @christinemaney2294
    @christinemaney2294 4 дні тому

    I’d have given anything to be there for this interview.
    This is my kind of comedy and I absolutely love the behind the scene stories of how the comedy and shows we enjoy so much are actually created.

  • @johng.4711
    @johng.4711 14 днів тому +3

    Thank you for sharing these!

  • @louisrios5546
    @louisrios5546 14 днів тому +19

    Ben Schwartz would make an excellent late night host.

  • @alejorottenberg4758
    @alejorottenberg4758 15 днів тому +5

    And now we know who should follow Stephen if he ever retires ( in 40 years I hope)

  • @meganann3876
    @meganann3876 14 днів тому +5

    I need Stephen to take the Colbert Questionaire.
    Apples, fine we get it. Peanut Butter does just fine on a Spoon!
    Also, what number are you thinking of?!

    • @madge2114
      @madge2114 13 днів тому

      Barbara Streisand got him to admit it is between one and a hundred, and that it is an odd number. Plus, the only time he responded something other than "No," was when the answer was 3 (to which he responded, "Interesting.")
      A peanut butter and marmalade sandwich is normal. But peanut butter and apple butter sounds redundant, and perhaps even hazardous.

  • @rebaburn2677
    @rebaburn2677 4 години тому

    Awesome interview ❤

  • @robertk617
    @robertk617 8 днів тому +1

    This was such an entertaining show to watch!!

  • @MichaelHughes124
    @MichaelHughes124 14 днів тому +5

    Put two improv pros on stage together, you’re going to get good stuff.

  • @lindathalman3506
    @lindathalman3506 13 днів тому +1

    Pure gold! Loved it, too, as all the comments show! Wow. Steven unplugged.

  • @jenrosejenrose7417
    @jenrosejenrose7417 14 днів тому +1

    That last question had me laughing so hard my stomach hurt.

  • @flatpointhigh
    @flatpointhigh 14 днів тому +4

    I like that Jon and Evie are like the "break in case of emergency", of comedy advice. Stephen and Paul are probably in the same wavelength comedically so if one proposes chaos the other one is just going to agree inmediately, without thinking of the repercussions.

  • @patriciaberger5279
    @patriciaberger5279 15 днів тому +3

    That was amazing!

  • @ersylanellajoy452
    @ersylanellajoy452 13 днів тому +2

    22 minutes into this and I find that there's too much of them talking over each other. Though they seem to be enjoying themselves.

  • @davegrove795
    @davegrove795 15 днів тому +9

    True late night royalty. Ben, of course, also nailing it. 🎉

  • @user-of2xd4id1o
    @user-of2xd4id1o 4 дні тому

    You are right.I'm enjoying this tremendously

  • @traceythompson1092
    @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому +4

    And the shoes....so shiny!!!!!!!!

  • @tytn9978
    @tytn9978 4 дні тому

    Like Stephen, I re-read long-loved books, because it is like re-connecting with old friends. Robin Hood Retold; LotR; Sherlock Holmes mysteries; and so on! This is a wonderful conversation.

  • @davidkitchner
    @davidkitchner 15 днів тому +6

    $20 for a modern floppy drive with usb?? I just checked Amazon, that is nuts.

  • @suzannebigbee7596
    @suzannebigbee7596 14 днів тому +1

    Great interview.

  • @user-of2xd4id1o
    @user-of2xd4id1o 4 дні тому

    I haven't left that hard for a long one time.I needed that

  • @sharontaylor4148
    @sharontaylor4148 14 днів тому +1

    A man for Our Time.

  • @MissSing
    @MissSing 5 днів тому

    Howling at the end. Thank you. Awesome

  • @paulnolan4971
    @paulnolan4971 8 днів тому

    Thank you Paley Center

  • @evelina733
    @evelina733 2 дні тому

    This is so great!

  • @robbiel2005
    @robbiel2005 14 днів тому +6

    Shut up, Ben and let him talk..The interview is about him not you.

  • @bonnaewaldron2727
    @bonnaewaldron2727 6 днів тому

    Great way to send a Saturday afternoon ❤love both of these glorious clowns

  • @iMetaTV
    @iMetaTV 15 днів тому +5

    late show host all should be advisors to president they get pop culture

    • @traceythompson1092
      @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому

      Having late show host advising current presidents is better than when we had the evangelical right moral majority preachers "counseling" former presidents.

  • @marcellacantoni8128
    @marcellacantoni8128 15 днів тому +3

    stephen to me is the modern version of dick cavett. i discovered dick recently and am just totally in love. they’re both SO empathetic and completely not afraid of being vulnerable and showing emotion. in our time, no one in show business does this, unless it’s a set up. just world class guys ❤ jack paar is right up there with them.

  • @Brazil201
    @Brazil201 15 днів тому +4

    that suit is purple right, or am I going blind

  • @Hili24pur
    @Hili24pur 5 днів тому

    I LOVE THIS MAN . cant thank him enough for saving my sanity during these crazy times .

  • @tabbeyah5351
    @tabbeyah5351 14 днів тому +1

    Wish it had been that kind of more improvised atmosphere when Conan did Paley Centre

  • @bethlane1265
    @bethlane1265 5 днів тому

    Awesome interview love it
    What about that bone density

  • @lithium8813
    @lithium8813 14 днів тому +2

    Ben with the Angelfire reference

  • @annsanse2935
    @annsanse2935 11 днів тому

    the running on stage, i recently saw a phil silvers doc that said that on the sgt. bilko show every entrance was explosive. i'm old enough to remember when the show was around but too young to recall much more than a scene here and there. but i do remember steve allen talking about fink university and the fightin' ferns (schmock! schmock!). the only problem is i think i must be the only person alive who still does. the old tonight show with johnny carson started at 11:15 pm after the local news and went til 1:30 am. there was an ad for hawaiian fruit punch in the early shows that ran maybe 3 or 4 times a night. i can't find it on the internet but, boy, i would love to see it again. "got flavor cherry, pineapple, orange" is in my head forever, though.

  • @GhostOfJohnLennon
    @GhostOfJohnLennon 14 днів тому +1

    20:39
    You’re gonna hear electric music solid walls of sound

  • @kahazaba
    @kahazaba 15 днів тому +1

    Iron Man vibes at the entrance 😂

  • @MactasticChiTown
    @MactasticChiTown 5 днів тому +1

    Steven, I actually have a Mac guy who can solve this problem for you in Madison. Truly. Think of him as a level 16 Artificer.

  • @RevCeleste
    @RevCeleste 15 днів тому +1

    So funny, and I learned some stuff too! :-)

  • @palavergirl7450
    @palavergirl7450 9 днів тому

    Stephen Colbert is my American Treasure ❤❤. That’s all I’m gonna say.

  • @user-zb7uh2ob1r
    @user-zb7uh2ob1r 7 днів тому

    Used to love director's chairs. This is making me think I need to go get some.

  • @TrueNubinator
    @TrueNubinator 14 днів тому

    Wow that’s like 108,000 people at that crowd!

  • @thatguywillt
    @thatguywillt 14 днів тому

    This is an enormous clusterfuck and I absolutely love it.

  • @mjfan653
    @mjfan653 10 днів тому

    Ben Schwartz reminds me of John Mulaney, in a speech mannerism way, and sometimes also in humour style.
    Good stuff.

  • @Aeonshield
    @Aeonshield 15 днів тому +3

    Colbert Oliver 24!

    • @Pibealges
      @Pibealges День тому +1

      Oliver can't become he wasn't born here, but how about Colbert Stewart?

  • @MANZANOADRIAN
    @MANZANOADRIAN 14 днів тому +1

    i saw Ben at UCB

  • @AnnNunnally
    @AnnNunnally 14 днів тому +1

    So Stephen must have been about 6 when Let it Be came out?

  • @traceythompson1092
    @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому +3

    Stephen busting out the CO$ lingo... "out Ethics; use the tech...it works" lols😂

  • @JL11775
    @JL11775 14 днів тому +2

    This interviewer interrupts too much.

  • @zenhighwayman
    @zenhighwayman 5 днів тому

    the prodigal son story got my eyes misty, no idea why

  • @user-ie1tz5rm8x
    @user-ie1tz5rm8x 15 днів тому +2

    Slam dunk

  • @threewheelingwithgene4254
    @threewheelingwithgene4254 10 днів тому

    As you talk about you doing Colbert my mind suddenly goes to you or Donald Trump as a character before Donald Trump the suit the red tie the satirical attitude towards government and such. He just took it to a new extreme lol

  • @TheLettybird
    @TheLettybird 11 днів тому

    Does the Paley Center get its entire annual budget from the adverts in this one video? There must have been two ads every three minutes.

  • @anamicha
    @anamicha 15 днів тому +1

    Conan O'Brien Junior?!!

  • @CJ-uo5cl
    @CJ-uo5cl 14 днів тому

    Steven Colbert. Always making me laugh.Hey! Steven! Try The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Its everything you would expect from the name. Start with All Systems Red. Its so good Apple TV is about to destroy it by making a series. 😎

  • @geoffreythomas1452
    @geoffreythomas1452 12 днів тому

    It's weird to hear him talk about working with an audience, and actually seeing it in real time being a member of the audience. If anything, the experience felt less like a connection to the show or him or the material, and more just watching someone work for the camera with little regard for the people in the room with him. I was in an audience for Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show, and that was hilarious and fun and I felt immersed in the show, but being in Colbert's audience it was cold, strict, and detached.

  • @naalee1407
    @naalee1407 15 днів тому

    ❤❤

  • @dianehartung5954
    @dianehartung5954 9 днів тому

    Dick was the first SUPER HOST !!!!!!

  • @traceythompson1092
    @traceythompson1092 15 днів тому +2

    How's your bone density?

  • @KarthikHariharan1
    @KarthikHariharan1 15 днів тому +3

    Having watched both the Seth Meyers episode and this one, gotta say that Meyers and Samberg were a lot more chaotic and entertaining!

  • @kimlr-herring
    @kimlr-herring 15 днів тому +3

    💙☮️💚

  • @tomking2613
    @tomking2613 14 днів тому

    How do you know not to ask " What number I'm thinking of? "" you fool..