Comedian Josh Johnson (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Josh Johnson is one of the hosts of "The Daily Show," where he takes great care not to break anything during his weeks behind the desk. His new comedy special, "Symphony," is out May 22nd on HBO.

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0:00.0	It's the Late Show Potshow with Steven Colbert.
0:05.0	Hey everybody, welcome back.
0:10.0	Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest tonight is a comedian,
0:16.0	you know from his stand-up specials and as one of the hosts of The Daily Show.
0:20.0	Please welcome back to the late show.
0:22.6	Josh Johnson.
0:28.6	Hello.
0:29.3	How you doing?
0:29.8	Nice to see you again.
0:30.6	It's good to see you again.
0:31.7	Now, first time I saw you perform was right over here in 2022.
0:35.6	Yes.
0:36.3	You've had, listen.
0:36.6	Thanks for that, by the way.
0:37.4	What? You let me. So thank you. No, thank you because you were funny. Oh, thanks.
0:41.8	Okay. Back here in 2020, doing stand-up. Since then, you've put out your second comedy special,
0:46.5	went on a multi-city tour, releases hours of stand-up on your wildly popular YouTube page,
0:52.0	which I catch over there. You went from being a writer to a correspondent
0:56.0	on the Daily Show and became one of the hosts
0:59.0	of the show just last year.
1:01.0	I'm just curious.
1:06.0	There's a lot of talk that 2026 is the year of Van Hathaway.
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