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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Bono Takes The Colbert Questionert | May The Fetterman Win

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

While the former president is taking heat for backing losing candidates in the midterms, he prefers to blame his wife. In Georgia, neither Senate candidate got 50% of the vote so Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock will battle each other again in a runoff. And if you don’t know his favorite action movie, or what he thinks happens when we die, do you really know rock legend Bono? Find out in this edition of The Colbert Questionert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome. Welcome, one and all. In here, out there,

0:08.3

everybody watching from around the world,

0:09.9

I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

0:11.7

It is day one. Welcome to the late show.

0:16.1

It is day one following the 2022 midterm elections,

0:20.7

and we are not live. We're not live.

0:24.5

In fact, I am barely awake.

0:29.5

Bit of a late night and an early morning.

0:32.5

Leading up to last night, we all here at the show.

0:35.5

We love doing the live shows, you know?

0:37.5

It's like a tightrope walk is what it is.

0:40.5

We've been looking forward to the show for weeks.

0:42.5

Working hard, getting excited, making the scripts.

0:45.5

Of course, building up to the big moment last night,

0:47.5

I personally had a lot of anxiety

0:49.5

about what was going to have to come out of my mouth

0:53.5

as jokes about the results.

0:58.5

Because as a performer, there are three things you don't want to follow.

1:02.5

Animals, children, or a fascist takeover of your country.

1:06.5

It's just not cabaret aside.

1:11.5

Cabaret aside.

1:13.5

But as she turns out, it wasn't as bad as the people

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