Judd Apatow

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

🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Writer, director and producer Judd Apatow, who admits to owning seven storage units full of showbiz memorabilia, compares notes with Stephen about the comics and performers who shaped their childhoods. Apatow’s new book, “Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures,” is available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.1	It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert.
0:39.3	My next guest is a writer, director, and producer
0:42.9	has been making us laugh for weeks.
0:45.1	He has just put together a scrapbook memoir,
0:47.9	comedy nerd, a lifelong obsession in stories and pictures.
0:51.7	Please welcome back to the late show, Mr. Judd Apatow. Nice to see you.
1:01.4	How are you, Judd Apatow? How are you doing? I'm going Jim Dandy. I have a good time with my
1:06.5	friends. I bought a new suit for the show. It looks fantastic on you.
1:12.2	Because I didn't know if this would be the last one, or maybe you'll squeeze me in one more time. I saw it. It's kind of a might-be-the-last-last-one. It's not our last one, but it might be your last one. You have another project coming up that we could have you on for? Because we're going to talk about the comedy nerd. Yes. Your new book, Comedy Nerd, in just a second, right there.
1:29.9	Well, I feel like... to talk about the comedy nerd. Yes. Your new book, Comedy Nerd, in just a second, right there.
1:29.9	Well, I feel like, you know, this is the best show ever.
1:35.1	Thank you.
1:37.2	I didn't want to say anything.
1:38.3	But I had nice to be to say it.
1:39.7	And I've had the best time on it for so many years, and I know that, you know, you're going to be available in June. And I just saw it. Yeah, I've been busy for the last 20 years. You might need a producer. I need a gig. I need a gig. Do you have a... Maybe we could do a 61-year-old virgin? Yeah, right? I mean, I feel like you've never been available.
2:02.5	You check avail?
2:03.6	Never available.
2:04.8	Never available.
2:05.4	So, like, what do we do?
2:06.4	Like, I feel like you could be a movie star.
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