January 8, 2016 - Matthew Broderick, Sarah Parcak, Kacey Musgraves [Live]

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Episode GuideEPISODE NUMBER: Season 1, Episode 67 (Friday, January 8, 2016)
GUESTS: Matthew Broderick | Sarah Parcak | Kacey Musgraves
SEGMENTS: Stephen is LIVE…Or He Was When We Recorded This | Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions III | Matthew Broderick | Stephen & Matthew Sing a Completely Impromptu Duet | Jeb’s Got Turtles & Kim’s Got Nukes (Maybe) | Sarah Parcak | Kacey Musgraves — “Late to the Party”
SUIT REPORT: Blue Suit | White Shirt | Maroon Tie

The first live show in the history of the Late Show and I was lucky enough to be a part of it. A separate taping report will be coming your way, until then it’s time for a good ol’ episode guide. Here we go!

Monologue

Live, yes live! Very, very live! So live that Stephen had a LIVE graphic and a copy of the New York Times to prove it.

  • What you’re seeing is happening right now, no matter when you watch it. If you’re watching this on your DVR at 3am next Monday that means they woke me up and made me do it all over again.
  • Most nights we do the show 5, 5.30, something like that. Then I go home and pop a fistful of Ambien and I’m out by 11.15 and when I wake up, I check the police blotter to see what I did.

Stephen Colbert’s Midnight Confessions III

Since U Been Gone will never be the same.

  • You know how Olive Garden offers unlimited breadsticks? Well, over the Christmas holidays I found their limit.
  • I did get your email.
  • I never joined the Mile High Club, but I am in the Greyhound Bus Terminal Utility Closet Guild.
  • When people get divorced, I do blame their kids.

Interview — Matthew Broderick

One of Broadway’s favorite sons stopped by to talk manspreading, people cheering him on in the street and what dream role is listed at the top of his bucket list. While delightful all around, the interview really hit all the right notes (ha!) towards the end. Wouldn’t it be loverly? Yes, it would be. Yes, it was.

Colbert: You’re like a young Audrey Hepburn.
Broderick: I’m a little bit like her.

Jeb’s Got Turtles & Kim’s Got Nukes (Maybe)

Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is a joyful tortoise and … wait, what?

  • Is that a toy turtle in your pocket or are you just really bad at running for president?
  • You’ve got the baby Jesus in your pocket? Are you using your pants as a nativity scene, sir? Are those the three wise turtles?
  • Supreme leader Kim Jong-un has been known to lie before- mostly to himself if he thinks he can pull off that haircut.
  • Yes, only a boosted nuclear weapon. They say that like it’s a better thing and since I don’t really know what that is I’m choosing to believe they took a regular nuke and packed it with mentos and diet coke.

Interview -Sarah Parcak

Space archaeologist and TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak had made it her mission to blow our (and Stephen’s) mind and she succeeded quite beautifully. This became one of my favorite Late Show interviews in a heartbeat - and “space archaeologist” my new favorite job title.

Colbert: Explain to people out there what a space archaeologist is. You don’t do archaeology in space, you use space for archaeology, right?
Parcak: Think about what would happen if Indiana Jones and Google Earth had a lovechild.

Kacey Musgraves — “Late To The Party”

Grammy nominee Kacey Musgraves and her band performed a song off her album Pageant Material. And yes, I stole one of those golden balloons after the show.

Great test run or greatest test run for the Super Bowl live show? Let us know in the comments!

  • https://twitter.com/RaradraF Mrc

    …and the first song in 2016 is ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly’ with Matthew Broderick: [Link]

    This episode was the best one so far. Midnight Confessions segment was hilarious and the interview with Sarah Parcak was fascinating. Now I’m really excited for the post-Super Bowl episode.

    • Gina

      Thanks Mrc for the first Jam of 2016! Put in your Jam Sack, as Stephen says. Isn’t that NSFW to say or something?

  • Rita

    I love it when he interviews people like Sarah Parcak. So grateful that they’re continuing to invite scientists that are articulate and passionate about their field. Stephen’s Indiana Jones dork out was adorable :) And the upside down photos! This whole episode was a joy.

    • Gina

      That was an impressive dork-out, and a live one, too. It should show folks that he really thinks like that - in soliloquies. 😉

  • Gina

    That was a fun romp through live television-land! I really enjoyed it! Funny moments: eating the frosting while singing Kelly Clarkson, wiping his mouth on the kitten (but ew), the kids deluging Stephen/Broderick during the duet. I also agree with Rita, that interview was Sarah Parcak was inspiring and informative. It’s absolutely wonderful that LSSC will have guests like this on the show, but again, it has be engaging content (having the visual examples helped) so it goes down easy.

    I think watching this people who may have never been to a live taping can appreciate how talented SC is. I hate to be all fawn-y, but to be able to execute all of those various bits in essentially one take makes you realize this isn’t Letterman anymore. He is his own, stand-alone talent.

  • Erika Bade

    Wouldn’t it be loverly? Yes it would. For a big chunk of my childhood “My Fair Lady” was my favorite movie, and I especially loved that song, so it was a pretty big “oh my god YES!” moment for me to see Stephen sing it. These cute little duets he’s been doing are pretty awesome.

    They did some pretty impressive things for a live show, things that could have gone wrong, but he did them great! The only problem I noticed was at the beginning with some strange cuts to the audience. Anybody else see that? Anyway, I loved the interview with Sarah Parcak, and agree with everyone else on all fronts. :)

    • Gina

      He sang that song with a guest at the test taping sept. 3. It’s in his “repertoire.” 😉

  • Roseha

    A lot of fun moments I agree. The only “flub” I caught was of course Stephen twice holding Sara Parcak’s reveal cards the wrong way, and that she took them and corrected them in his hands which they both seemed to be having a good laugh at. Her work sounds amazing and I’d love to read more about it. I also thought she was the best talker since Quentin Tarantino, no need to coax her to speak! Which was a good thing.
    It was no doubt smart to book an experienced stage actor like Matthew Broderick as their lead guest, and the “Wouldn’t it be Loverly” with the kids coming out at the end was charming as well.

    • DeeCee

      I really did enjoy this episode. I think having the show flow in real time turned out to be a big plus (ex. no awkward cuts in interviews etc). And the guests were happy to play along with Stephen- agree with Matthew Broderick, who has a ton of Broadway experience, as being a great choice (loved the duet) and. I thought that Sara Parcak turning the cards around the right way was adorable.