Jimmy Kimmel | Shutdown For What? (Extended)
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this special EXTENDED podcast cut of tonight's monologue, Republicans prepared to shut down the government while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threw out the rule book in his speech to a gathering of America’s military leadership. At that same event, top officials also heard from President Trump in a low-energy speech where he threatened to use the Armed Forces against U.S. citizens and lamented not being able to use the “n-word.” Next, Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo pop up with a bottle of tequila and join Stephen Colbert in a toast to their good luck as late night talk show hosts who love their jobs and the people they work with. Watch “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” weeknights on ABC.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome one and all to The Late Show. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. |
| 0:10.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, folks, you know this. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah, I'm sure you know this. |
| 0:16.0 | With Donald Trump as president, there are days that make you go, |
| 0:19.0 | whoa. And there are days that make you go, whoa. |
| 0:24.5 | And there are days that make you go, oh my God. |
| 0:28.3 | And then there are days that make you go, whoa, my God. |
| 0:31.4 | Today was one of those days. |
| 0:35.7 | In fact, the lighthearted story to start our monologue tonight is that it looks like the federal government, |
| 0:37.8 | which is entirely controlled by the Republican Party, is going to shut down in about 20 minutes. |
| 0:44.2 | Anything? Anything? Let me know. Let me know if anything changes. Okay. If so, it will cut a lot of |
| 0:50.9 | important services and put a lot of people out of work. But not everyone. |
| 0:54.8 | Air traffic controllers and most TSA employees are considered essential workers and have to stay on the job, |
| 1:01.7 | even if that means working without pay. |
| 1:04.4 | Which, of course. |
| 1:07.4 | Which is perfect for anyone who's ever said, |
| 1:09.7 | I just wish this TSA worker groping my drunk was also angry. |
| 1:17.7 | Like plucking an orange. |
| 1:23.8 | Now, the darker story this evening involves Defense Secretary Pete Hegzeth. |
| 1:31.0 | Today, Hegzest gathered our top generals. |
| 1:36.9 | That was a little late. |
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