Nathan Lane (Extended) | Crude Awakening

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Trump appears willing to walk away from the disaster he created in the Middle East, Pope Leo XIV rejected the idea that Jesus would support America’s war, and a judge ruled that Trump must cease work on his White House ballroom. Tony-winner Nathan Lane treats Stephen Colbert and the Ed Sullivan Theater audience to a special performance of “Laughing Matters,” accompanied by composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman.

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0:00.0	Welcome in here, out there, all around the world.
0:07.5	Ladies and gentlemen, to The Late Show.
0:08.7	I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:10.0	It was a beautiful day here in New York.
0:17.7	Perfect for a walk to the park, a walk to work, a walk to Pennsylvania. The point is,
0:24.5	point is no one can afford to drive because we all woke up to the banner headline,
0:29.5	Yikes. Gas prices soar. The most dignified headline since Zoinks, Titanic Sinks. There you go.
0:38.2	The reason we're all yikesing
0:40.1	is that for the first time
0:41.5	since 2022, gas prices
0:43.1	soared past an average of
0:44.8	$4 per gallon.
0:46.6	I mean, who could have
0:48.5	seen this coming?
0:49.7	Just two days ago,
0:53.3	gas was a reasonable $398.
0:57.0	Yesterday, it was $3.99.
0:59.7	I mean, suddenly out of nowhere, it's $4.
1:03.7	There's no knowing what the price could be tomorrow.
1:10.1	At $4 a gallon, gas is now officially more expensive than milk.
1:14.1	Yeah.
1:15.0	And everyone laughed when I bought my milk-powered car.
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