Carol Burnett

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

While Stephen takes a few questions from the audience, he nearly gets on the bad side of one of comedy's greatest living legends, Carol Burnett (Originally aired 9/16/2015). Next, while on The Late Show celebrating the 50th anniversary of her iconic variety show, Carol Burnett told Stephen the origin of her signature ear tug and how she used to make a few extra bucks working coat check at a bar (Originally aired 12/1/2017). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If the late show's hot show wins, do you call them?
0:09.0	Before we get started,
0:10.0	we want to try something a little different,
0:11.0	a little special tonight.
0:12.0	Every night before the show tapes,
0:13.0	these guys know this,
0:14.0	and I didn't do it tonight.
0:15.0	I come out here before the show,
0:17.0	usually to answer questions from the studio audience
0:19.0	to humanize me.
0:20.0	It's important to maintain the illusion that I am a human.
0:24.0	Anyway, no one at home ever gets to see that,
0:27.0	so let's give it a shot right now.
0:29.0	Jimmy, let's bump up the lights.
0:31.0	And...
0:32.0	All right.
0:33.0	This is nice.
0:37.0	Hey!
0:40.0	That's nice.
0:41.0	Does anybody...
0:43.0	Does anybody start over here?
0:45.0	Yes, over in the corner.
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