John C. Reilly, Kristin Chenoweth | Commander In Kyiv

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Volodymyr Zelensky courageously revealed his location in a speech intended to rally the world to Ukraine’s aid, while the women in Ukraine are demonstrating their bravery by taking up arms, and, in one case, taking out a Russian drone with a jar of pickled tomatoes. Meanwhile, anyone with information about a missing box of human heads is encouraged to call the Denver Police Department right away. Next, John. C. Reilly grew out his hair during lockdown and used the extra length to pull off a truly epic combover hairstyle for his portrayal of Lakers boss Jerry Buss in the new HBO series, “Winning Time.” And Kristin Chenoweth returns to the show to wow Stephen and Jon with her impressive vocal chops. Kristin’s new book, “What Will I Do With My Love Today?” is available everywhere now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to my place. Have a seat. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much.
0:08.0	Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Up here, down there. Welcome.
0:12.0	Welcome, one and all, to the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.
0:16.0	Now...
0:22.0	Some of you may not have noticed, but I'm a comedian. And, uh,
0:26.0	it's right there on my taxes. And...
0:28.0	As such, I've got a lot of comedy idols, many of whom I've had the honor to meet thanks to this job right over there.
0:34.0	Steve Martin, uh, John Cleese, Elmo.
0:40.0	He just tickles me.
0:43.0	But I've got a new comedy idol. Thank you.
0:46.0	And my new comedy idol is Volotomir Zelenski.
0:50.0	Now, normally, he is a comedian.
0:52.0	Very successful comedian for many years.
0:57.0	Normally...
1:00.0	Normally, I'm against electing comedians to political office. And keep in mind, I ran for president twice.
1:06.0	But this guy is inspiring the world with his courage in the face of the Russian invasion.
1:11.0	And last night, he took his bravery to a brand new level of badassery.
1:15.0	In a speech to the Ukrainian people, he declared that despite numerous assassination attempts against him in just the last two weeks, he's not going anywhere.
1:25.0	Now, I will say one thing. I stay here. I stay in Kiev, on Vancouver Street. I'm not hiding. And I'm not afraid of anyone.
1:33.0	That is so brave. I am personally inspired by his example. I just want to see Vladimir Putin.
1:39.0	I'm not afraid of you, either. If you're looking for this comedian, I am at the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Broadway in Manhattan.
1:55.0	Five hours ago.
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