24 hours after internet hosting the final ever Late Show on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to late evening… on Michigan public entry TV.
Colbert hosted Solely in Monroe in Monroe, Michigan at 11:30 Friday evening, bringing out shock company like Jack White and Jeff Daniels, and shock appearances from Steve Buscemi, Eminem and Byron Allen (by way of Facetime). He additionally hosted the present’s regular hosts Michelle Baumann and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson (a former Miss America!).
“Since I was last here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the primary host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, which came to an end last night,” Colbert stated on the high of this system. “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.”
The present, which was noticed by LateNighter, was structured like a traditional late evening present, albeit with a monologue targeted on points related to southern Michigan, and interviews. The present closed with Colbert, Baumann, Wilson, Daniels, and White destroying the Solely in Monroe set in a dumpster.
In actual fact, as Colbert alluded to, this was the second time he hosted Solely in Monroe, He additionally hosted an episode in the summertime of 2015, earlier than succeeding David Letterman atop The Late Present on CBS. Colbert even referenced the looks within the late evening present’s finale: “We were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, we can’t take this for granted,” he instructed the viewers. “Though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan for an audience of 12 people. Show business being what it is these days, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.”
Because it occurs, that’s precisely the place he went subsequent.
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It isn’t instantly clear when Colbert taped the Solely in Monroe look. He told The Hollywood Reporter in an exit interview that he shall be spending Memorial Day weekend in Washington D.C. for his brother’s marriage ceremony:
“My brother is getting married, so my whole family is going to be here on the 21st, and then we’re all going to get on the train and go to D.C. for the wedding. So, immediately after the show’s over, there’s something much more important going on. And there’s something much more important going on the Monday before, too. My son is graduating from college. Then there’s a little blip in the middle where my 20-year late night career comes to an end. The universe has conspired to give me the proper perspective.”
However he nonetheless discovered a while to return to Monroe, Michigan, a decade or so after the final time.
