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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

David Sedaris Answered 175 Fan Letters While Stuck At Home With Covid

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

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

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The hilarious David Sedaris stops by to introduce his latest book and share what he did to pass the time while recovering from his recent bout with Covid. David’s new book, “Happy-Go-Lucky,” is available everywhere now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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0:10.8

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0:15.1

Caution

0:15.7

The ultimate spicy meatball from Domino's is hot. Just not stupid hot. It won't earn you

0:20.5

mythical status or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath. It's hot, good hot.

0:26.0

The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else. The ultimate spicy meatball with

0:29.9

Siracha Drizzle from Domino's it will get you fired up. Subject to availability.

0:45.1

Folks, my next guest tonight is a writer with best-selling books that include

0:51.9

Meat Talk, Pretty One Day. Let's explore diabetes with owls, barrel fever, and calypso.

0:57.8

His new book is Happy Go Lucky. Please welcome back to the late show, David Siddharis.

1:09.2

You know, when you have a clown on the cover of your book, you can dress however you want to.

1:13.6

That's what I can do. Is that a plaid shirt tied around your waist?

1:16.4

No, you know what? It looks like it's tied around the waist. It's soed to the jacket,

1:20.8

so it's almost like a kind of a bustle. Oh, wow. Wow. I love it.

1:26.2

Well, very lovely. And by the way, this is what you meant. The name of the book is Happy

1:30.7

Go Lucky and there is the endearing photograph on the cover. Not creepy at all.

1:38.2

Whenever I see a clown, I always think he looks good. Always. I wear that. He's happy. Look at that smile.

1:46.4

You know, I'm glad to see you because you're supposed to be here a month ago,

1:49.9

and at the last minute, like so many people, you tested positive for COVID. You're doing okay?

1:55.2

Yeah, it was shocked. I mean, I was a little bit tired, I guess, but I'd just finished going

1:59.6

to 44 cities, but I'm happy to say I got COVID. I went right home. I gave it to my boyfriend,

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