Stephen Colbert Applied To Be A Writer At "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

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  • Опубліковано 12 тра 2021
  • (Original airdate: 06/27/03) Stephen Colbert talks about applying to work at "Late Night," his iconic deadpan delivery, and getting his chest waxed. Watch more classic clips @ conanclassic.com.
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  • @hildefons7155
    @hildefons7155 3 роки тому +806

    While Conan hasn’t changed a bit, Stephen‘s voice came down an octave.

    • @Raberuji
      @Raberuji 3 роки тому +18

      Balls drop, like in the carrell of the bell

    • @DammitDavis
      @DammitDavis 3 роки тому +44

      Which is interesting, because Stephen was 39 when this aired. Just looks & sounds so much younger!

    • @babarazamsucks
      @babarazamsucks 3 роки тому +8

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that.

    • @THECAR99
      @THECAR99 3 роки тому +2

      @Final Prophecy yes he's like swelling and shrinking and swelling

    • @ricmorales3406
      @ricmorales3406 3 роки тому +7

      @@THECAR99 just realized young Conan has that good lookin vibe to him. But now he turned into a total creep 😂

  • @ElEspectroDeLaMi
    @ElEspectroDeLaMi 2 роки тому +102

    Stephen had just turned 39 when this episode aired in 2003, but his voice at the beginning sounds like he barely hit puberty. He's 57 now (as of this comment), and I'm happy to say he sounds like a 22-year-old.

  • @LeLe-rf7ju
    @LeLe-rf7ju 3 роки тому +284

    I’m surprised that Stephen doesn’t have a farm on his show after he had that brilliant idea 😂

    • @bastiaan4129
      @bastiaan4129 3 роки тому +16

      Craig Ferguson had a dancing horse, a cussing rabbit, a talking rhino and a robot skeleton, that would've been pretty hard to top.

    • @noone3367
      @noone3367 3 роки тому +11

      He definitely have sheep for audience so i'm not sure about that

    • @Hgh38
      @Hgh38 3 роки тому +3

      @@noone3367 lmafo

    • @darthmon26
      @darthmon26 3 роки тому +2

      @@noone3367 this comment is underrated

    • @andylindsaytunes
      @andylindsaytunes 3 роки тому +2

      @@noone3367 But you watch his videos for some reason.

  • @zeeshanzaf6071
    @zeeshanzaf6071 3 роки тому +39

    Stephen has gone through adolescence since then .

  • @AlanaClarkLovesRWRB
    @AlanaClarkLovesRWRB 3 роки тому +104

    Colbert's voice has gotten deeper.

  • @salmanghani5972
    @salmanghani5972 3 роки тому +155

    This guy will have his own show some day

    • @WittyScoop
      @WittyScoop 3 роки тому +3

      And maybe he can invite Conan over

    • @kevinlin5323
      @kevinlin5323 3 роки тому +3

      And maybe they can switch from time to time.

    • @WittyScoop
      @WittyScoop 3 роки тому

      @@kevinlin5323 Not bad!

    • @brruuhhhhhh
      @brruuhhhhhh 3 роки тому

      i dnt think so

    • @toughslaut
      @toughslaut 3 роки тому

      He does now!

  • @boopsbucket
    @boopsbucket 3 місяці тому +4

    It’s fascinating to see Stephen being interviewed before the Colbert Report. After its conception, and before the Late Show, he was in character for nearly every single interview and public appearance. I remember it being to the point that when some backstage footage of him speaking to John Kerry out of character was “leaked” with his permission, everyone FREAKED.

  • @muraddiab6393
    @muraddiab6393 3 роки тому +55

    Conan applied to write for David Letterman right out of college but didn’t get the job. Less than a decade later he’d succeed him on late night

  • @DannyKlimt
    @DannyKlimt 3 роки тому +132

    For the chest hair removal he should have visited the real pro: Jordan.

    • @Rattenhoofd
      @Rattenhoofd 3 роки тому +9

      I feel like Jordan would've insisted on "various" ways of body preparation, and things would go off the rails quickly from there.

  • @losttribe3001
    @losttribe3001 3 роки тому +89

    Hopefully someday this Mr Colvert will become famous. Keep dreaming my friend!

    • @felipeangiolucci9870
      @felipeangiolucci9870 3 роки тому +8

      He looks too 'nerdy' for that. Never gonna work. I'm sure

    • @teslah6794
      @teslah6794 3 роки тому +7

      he won't, he didn't even got that late night job, he doesn't have a future on that industry

    • @Tclans
      @Tclans 3 роки тому +1

      Worthy of Colbert humor.

    • @Pou-inspace
      @Pou-inspace 3 роки тому

      @@felipeangiolucci9870 0

    • @Mojothreepwood
      @Mojothreepwood 3 роки тому +4

      Are you not up with current events??? He’s got a successful career as a correspondent on the daily show!!

  • @jessiethelittleartist3829
    @jessiethelittleartist3829 3 роки тому +154

    I like this cobert guy, he should have his own show.

  • @kadeewhaley4429
    @kadeewhaley4429 10 місяців тому +11

    Listening to the Strike Force 5 podcast. Stephen talked about his first time on Conan, and I had to check it out.

  • @williamsinger7496
    @williamsinger7496 10 місяців тому +11

    Who’s here after Strike Force Five Episode 8?

  • @DavidBagga
    @DavidBagga 3 роки тому +68

    A young Stephen Colbert kinda looks like bob saget

    • @wmp0074
      @wmp0074 3 роки тому +4

      I was looking for this comment. lol

  • @BigstickNick
    @BigstickNick 3 роки тому +67

    When Colbert said his chicken joke. I was hoping Conan would say, and thats why we didnt call you back.

    • @samd2865
      @samd2865 3 роки тому +16

      Conan never insults people even for jokes. UNLESS, you work for him.

    • @joyandpeacefullaughter5307
      @joyandpeacefullaughter5307 3 роки тому +3

      Colbert was still salty he didn't get that job. Maybe he overheard them making fun of him. The chicken joke made no sense in the context of him needing a job.

  • @cafeeineaddicted8123
    @cafeeineaddicted8123 10 місяців тому +12

    Heads up if y’all came here after listening to Strike Force Five.

  • @omarspost
    @omarspost 3 роки тому +57

    Stephen's voice is completely different now. How's that even possible?

    • @c_3593
      @c_3593 3 роки тому +8

      People age you know

    • @Ganiscol
      @Ganiscol 3 роки тому +9

      And he is lucky that his voice dropped instead of turning higher, as is the case with many men of age.

    • @mikemihalis8341
      @mikemihalis8341 3 роки тому +3

      Cloned

    • @A2Z83
      @A2Z83 3 роки тому

      @@mikemihalis8341 yes

    • @emaderaghi
      @emaderaghi 3 роки тому +1

      Age, cigarettes, alcohol

  • @juanairbag
    @juanairbag 3 роки тому +9

    He was so good on full house

  • @swasho2939
    @swasho2939 3 роки тому +61

    "I applied 10 years ago."
    * Looks at date of episode in description and sees it was in 2003 *
    😲

    • @waryaawariiri1812
      @waryaawariiri1812 3 роки тому +9

      Which means he applied in 1993, during his struggling days as he mentioned a few times.

  • @EmpyreanLightASMR
    @EmpyreanLightASMR 2 роки тому +6

    Colbert mentions Conan on his show once in a while. I always appreciate that. Didn't happen on the Tonight Show when Conan retired (the late night show).

  • @marks.3303
    @marks.3303 10 місяців тому +6

    "You had people that actually believe Bigfoot exists." Those were such innocent times.

  • @ryanzimmerman6433
    @ryanzimmerman6433 10 місяців тому +3

    I think Stephen Colbert's jacket looks baller. Rock that Stephen!

  • @Davy1288
    @Davy1288 3 роки тому +81

    Jon Stewart was watching and thought "Hmmmm I like this farm idea... maybe when I retire"

    • @DigiRangerScott
      @DigiRangerScott 3 роки тому +2

      He hasn’t retired. He’s been EPing Late Show and has an Apple show developing

  • @sayandeeppoddar7324
    @sayandeeppoddar7324 3 роки тому +48

    I feel weird seeing them so young

  • @rizope4281
    @rizope4281 3 роки тому +26

    his voice has changed a lot

  • @perineum6
    @perineum6 3 роки тому +6

    I'm going to put that on our website immediately...18 years from now.

  • @paprikaphd
    @paprikaphd 6 місяців тому +1

    Anybody else feel the need to find this clip after hearing Stephen talk about it on Strike Force Five podcast?

  • @ricmorales3406
    @ricmorales3406 3 роки тому +5

    He kinda sound like John Mulaney here. Two of my fave late night hosts here.

  • @adamarcadia701
    @adamarcadia701 3 роки тому +30

    Damn they look so young

  • @MarcusJCooper91
    @MarcusJCooper91 9 місяців тому +3

    Stephen recently mentioned this on Strike Force Five lol

  • @Felix-oy2jg
    @Felix-oy2jg 3 роки тому +4

    crazy how high-pitched colberts voice is :D

  • @gabrielvalencia1395
    @gabrielvalencia1395 3 роки тому +29

    Man the audience was dead that night. Colbert is hilarious.

    • @paeden5431
      @paeden5431 3 роки тому +4

      Was he? 🤭

    • @ryandoherty9696
      @ryandoherty9696 3 роки тому +6

      Colbert hasn’t been hilarious a day in his life

    • @tylerond
      @tylerond 3 роки тому +2

      @@ryandoherty9696 thank you for your opinion Ryan. We all really care about what you think.

    • @ryandoherty9696
      @ryandoherty9696 3 роки тому +3

      @@tylerond Yeah baby yeah, harder baby harder.

  • @Leandro-te9tu
    @Leandro-te9tu 3 роки тому +15

    So Conan is basically the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna to late night TV...

  • @sammyswanksmith4807
    @sammyswanksmith4807 3 роки тому +2

    Stephen looks about 80 years older now, and sounds like it too

  • @eileenw6002
    @eileenw6002 3 роки тому +1

    Loving these Coco Classics!!

  • @todddowning5820
    @todddowning5820 Місяць тому

    Stephen did a much better job than he remembers

  • @adriande1
    @adriande1 8 місяців тому +2

    Who here’s from the Strike Force 5 podcast? ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

  • @lonewolf36s
    @lonewolf36s 3 роки тому +1

    man dodged a bullet on that one.

  • @2kool4u403
    @2kool4u403 8 місяців тому +3

    Anybody here from Strike Force Five? hahaha

  • @redflamelcd
    @redflamelcd 3 роки тому +1

    Dear god that jacket

  • @phil-ys3cf
    @phil-ys3cf 3 роки тому +11

    Stephen's voice was a bit higher back then or am i hallucinating? lol

  • @djdannyd816
    @djdannyd816 3 роки тому +2

    Conan And Stephen Colbert 🔥

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY 2 роки тому +3

    Wow! His voice is soooo different. Do voices keep gettinf deeper and deeper? 🤔

    • @NuiYabuko
      @NuiYabuko 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, that's usually the case. Things like smoking or drinking can influence the voice as well.

  • @DinoMan_6
    @DinoMan_6 3 роки тому +33

    Two of my favorites. Conan never ages though because he’s a vampire hehehe jk. And then Colbert is a Druid.

  • @hawsrulebegin7768
    @hawsrulebegin7768 3 роки тому +73

    Strange seeing this. He doesn’t look like a guy who’d be a great chat show host, and yet here we are…

    • @hawsrulebegin7768
      @hawsrulebegin7768 3 роки тому +3

      @@JabbatheMatt yeah I’d have to agree at times.

    • @raveoreynolds6049
      @raveoreynolds6049 3 роки тому +6

      I mean, I wouldn't say he's great though. He kind of got lucky in that people started turning to late-night for their political info when he took over. All the other duties of being a chat show host, from doing monologues, bits, or doing interviews, he's all sub-par at.

    • @DoctorFurioso
      @DoctorFurioso 3 роки тому +8

      @@raveoreynolds6049 He was a political humorist for like 20 years before becoming a talk show host. And it's not like it was "luck": CBS knowingly chose him because he was already wildly popular.

    • @patreekotime4578
      @patreekotime4578 3 роки тому +1

      @@DoctorFurioso To be fair, the Colbert Report peaked early and then drug on for a long time before he left. And without the schtick of his Coalbear personality his talk show just never worked for me.

    • @bfun4615
      @bfun4615 3 роки тому +1

      Stephen Colbert sucks as a talk show host. Now that the Biden administration is in ...sigh....he doesn't have any material. I don't care for Stephen Colbert because of his left wing political polarization.

  • @andreamontgomery6313
    @andreamontgomery6313 Рік тому +2

    He kind looks like Bob saget

  • @Ceejay-gl9ld
    @Ceejay-gl9ld 3 роки тому +2

    This Colbert guy sounds a lot like Zeep Xanflorp.

  • @florianadolf2256
    @florianadolf2256 3 роки тому

    I want to see that hair duel, like RIGHT NOW!!!😂😂😂

  • @zoperxplex
    @zoperxplex 3 роки тому +1

    When Colbert was really into John Travolta and "Saturday Night Fever".

  • @Urlocallordandsavior
    @Urlocallordandsavior 2 роки тому

    Please upload the Conan Colbert 2009 dance-off.

  • @thomasen9771
    @thomasen9771 3 роки тому +4

    They look young

  • @awake1251
    @awake1251 3 роки тому +1

    His voice is so much higher haha

  • @Lilibetrose444
    @Lilibetrose444 10 місяців тому +4

    Just came to check out Colbert's hideous coat. Thanks SF5💥, it's even worse than I imagined

  • @jennifersloan4487
    @jennifersloan4487 10 місяців тому +8

    #strikeforcefive #lemonsherbert

    • @estefimedinaj
      @estefimedinaj 10 місяців тому

      lol that's where i'm coming from too

  • @JacktheDrummer1824
    @JacktheDrummer1824 2 місяці тому

    Stephen looks like Bob Saget

  • @luisewalber1145
    @luisewalber1145 3 роки тому +2

    "you can just ctrl + alt + delete the hair off" Yup, total expert! hahaha

  • @CaptainTedStryker
    @CaptainTedStryker 9 місяців тому +1

    What is that crazy book? How do you "play" a character in a book, and why are there photos? So many questions...

  • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
    @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns 3 роки тому +29

    So this is basically the late night equivalent of a certain Austrian being rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.

  • @kissofdeath4449
    @kissofdeath4449 3 роки тому +12

    Steven Colbert is up there with Conan level humour but without the iconic Conan crazy.

  • @tomcoolinmiami
    @tomcoolinmiami 3 роки тому +1

    Collision of the comedy planets. Colbert and Conan.

    • @Hgh38
      @Hgh38 3 роки тому

      Colbert Sucks or is getting worse

  • @mbanerjee5889
    @mbanerjee5889 3 роки тому +2

    They're so cute 😁

  • @BryantMitchell
    @BryantMitchell 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine that alternate reality

  • @danielwang2956
    @danielwang2956 Рік тому

    6:28 Ahh yes the Task Manager Photoshop, every Windows PC has one

  • @evildevil97
    @evildevil97 3 роки тому +10

    Look! It's both of Letterman's successors!

  • @TimeAndDateAndName
    @TimeAndDateAndName Рік тому

    wait, conan knows what ctrl+alt+del is?! This changes the way I'm gonna watching clueless gamer :O

  • @JackSlayter
    @JackSlayter 3 роки тому +3

    Stephen Colbert is a smart guy, he deserves his own show

  • @TheLovelylights
    @TheLovelylights 7 місяців тому

    Imagine when the craziest thing was when people thought there were too many Bigfoot. Sorry- bigfeet

  • @fidtgs6032
    @fidtgs6032 2 роки тому

    stephen reminds me a bit of young robert downey jr

  • @brianmorton9419
    @brianmorton9419 3 роки тому +2

    His voice is different that long ago and conan’s is the same

  • @vanillajack5925
    @vanillajack5925 3 роки тому +1

    Strangers With Candy was the best

  • @VattuLandia
    @VattuLandia 3 роки тому +1

    Wow stunning

  • @rosalinda-305
    @rosalinda-305 3 місяці тому

    The sheer curtain behind Conan went up because of 9/11. The towers were there and they put those up to obscure them on the first show back, and the curtains have stayed since.

  • @nonoo
    @nonoo 3 роки тому +3

    So they both were around 40 back then?

  • @evilishies
    @evilishies 3 роки тому

    3:05 really missed a chance to say "some of the biggest foot experts"

  • @themusicaljunkie37
    @themusicaljunkie37 3 роки тому +2

    This guy is good... He should get a show on a comedy channel then years later get another a late night show on another channel.

  • @finkretana
    @finkretana 3 роки тому +5

    i was just talking with my friends that if conan is off the air, colbert is the only good thing left... spooky

  • @raymonddagostino6118
    @raymonddagostino6118 3 роки тому

    Aww, look at those kids!

  • @FrankFergusonN
    @FrankFergusonN 3 роки тому +1

    Lol I thought that was Bob Saget while scrolling

  • @AhmedOnly1
    @AhmedOnly1 3 роки тому +1

    I miss Colbert Report.

  • @ARIGHETTI
    @ARIGHETTI 3 роки тому +3

    Colbert was funnier back in the day. Nobody can beat Conan and Graham Norton.

  • @J155P
    @J155P 3 роки тому +1

    Rachel Maddow is such a good guy.

  • @FrankieForward
    @FrankieForward 3 роки тому +1

    I remember looking up to them... as orange waste came spraying down at me from a skii lift

  • @grapesofwraith1066
    @grapesofwraith1066 3 роки тому +3

    And in just 16 years from this interview, these 2 would be spending time sticking their heads into a box together!

  • @joyandpeacefullaughter5307
    @joyandpeacefullaughter5307 3 роки тому +12

    People don't know Colbert hated Conan for years and was very passive-aggressive to him when Conan came on his show years after this one.
    Conan had to apologize on the podcast later.
    I suspect that chicken joke at the beginning is part of the insult cause it makes no sense. Remember no one knows what went down when he applied as a writer years ago.

    • @NHatemN
      @NHatemN Рік тому

      Apologize for what?

    • @NuiYabuko
      @NuiYabuko 9 місяців тому +3

      Are you another one of those body language believers? Because that's cringey.

  • @MrFeithLes
    @MrFeithLes 3 роки тому +2

    Why are there no comments here?

    • @dhruvyadav780
      @dhruvyadav780 3 роки тому +2

      Because you were first man.

    • @adamarcadia701
      @adamarcadia701 3 роки тому +2

      It’s literally just been posted

    • @MrFeithLes
      @MrFeithLes 3 роки тому

      @@adamarcadia701 i wrote it at 7 seconds lol😁

  • @silent.reaper.4429
    @silent.reaper.4429 3 роки тому +1

    The 🐐 GOATs

  • @Johnny-Cage
    @Johnny-Cage 3 роки тому

    Does this mean Stephen Colbert will be on the next episode of CNAF?!?!?

  • @jdxawe
    @jdxawe 3 роки тому +2

    It’s so weird when a host interviews another host

  • @johndanielson3777
    @johndanielson3777 3 роки тому +1

    Is this Colbert the character or the real Colbert?

  • @1r0nm4n4
    @1r0nm4n4 3 роки тому +1

    Guess what.. Stephen hit puberty

  • @mhmrules
    @mhmrules 3 роки тому +1

    Just as well.

  • @BA-rh5hy
    @BA-rh5hy 3 роки тому

    I sincerely thought it was bob saget

  • @alneri8327
    @alneri8327 3 роки тому

    I thought J J Abrams was a director not interviewer.

  • @AroxHonolulu
    @AroxHonolulu 3 роки тому +3

    They have half their energy now... and so do I.

  • @andrewokamoto
    @andrewokamoto 3 роки тому

    This was before Stephen Colbert became Stephen Colbert. He came into himself.

  • @edwardfranklin18
    @edwardfranklin18 3 роки тому +1

    It's 'Big-Feets' not "Big-Foots"

  • @wheelsongenius
    @wheelsongenius 3 роки тому +3

    Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell both have specific examples of getting chest hair removed.

  • @qrste81
    @qrste81 9 місяців тому

    Why does everyone talk crap about Stone Phillips? What did that guy ever do?

  • @fake_satan2600
    @fake_satan2600 3 роки тому

    3:18 that is true except it's not bigfoot, *IT'S US*

  • @KristianKumpula
    @KristianKumpula 3 роки тому

    It's adorable that Conan thought you can edit images via ctrl+alt+delete

    • @NHatemN
      @NHatemN Рік тому

      The guy loves typewriters, and he hates computers.