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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Presents: The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

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

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Colbert himself says he might have "peaked as an improviser" with this fan-favorite holiday classic: The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line! Rock & Roll Thanksgiving on The Late Show Pod Show CONTINUES into the weekend with EXTENDED interviews from rock stars Pete Townshend and John Fogerty that you won't want to miss! 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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0:32.9

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1:05.0

Hey, everybody. It's Stephen Colbert with my podcast producer, Becca.

1:08.4

She does more things than that here, but right now that's the hat she's wearing. That's the hat I'm wearing. I'm here with Stephen. Thanks so much for being here, Becca. She does more things than that here, but right now, that's the hat

1:11.5

she's wearing. That's the hat I'm wearing. I'm here with Stephen. Thanks so much for being here,

1:14.6

Stephen. You know I love to do these intros. It's a pleasure for me too. I have a fun little last thing on our rock and roll Thanksgiving week that I want to do, and it's something we've never done before, but I'd like to record a quick intro to an old intro that we've already done.

1:29.2

This is the two-year anniversary of us doing Late Show Pod Show intros. Is it really? We've been doing this for two years. Wow. Thank you for listening if you've been listening the whole time. We have a fun time here. We really do. But one of the first ones we ever did was for the best Thanksgiving bit of all time, the butterball

1:45.3

turkey hotline. I, yeah. I think I may have peaked as an improviser with the butterball

1:52.9

turkey hotline. I remember really, honest God, I think it's the last thing that Liz Levin ever

1:57.5

did on the show. Last thing, she was one of my producers and just a dear heart.

2:02.4

And I think it's the last thing we did together.

2:04.1

And we laughed all day long at the expense of these poor people who just wanted to find out how to like not dive salmonella or like how long could they refrigerated.

2:15.7

How do they thaw a turkey or why won't the little thing pop out when it's done? And I was of no help whatsoever. I was actively hindering their ability to have a happy Thanksgiving. And I have no regrets. It's a family favorite. It's so fun. It's so lovely. There's two different editions that you, you know, it's two different acts. So please stick around and enjoy it all. And there's outtakes, too. Oh, cool. There's outtakes. There's two different editions that you, you know, it's two different acts, so please stick around and enjoy it all.

2:34.6

And there's outtakes, too.

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