He had to say something.
“Quick question, how was your weekend? Stephen Colbert said upstairs of his late show monologue on Monday. “Of course I had an interesting one because some of my employees had an unforgettable one”.
From there, Colbert proceeded to break down all of previously unknown details about seven late show employees who were arrested on capitol hill last week while filming a comedy about the January 6 committee hearing.
“That’s what happened,” he explained. “Last week I heard from my old colleague Triumph the Stroke Comic Dog. Triumph offered to go to DC and interview one of the congressmen. people to highlight the January 6 hearing. I said “Sure, if you can get anyone agree to talk to you because – and please don’t take this as an insult – you are a puppet.”
Colbert confirmed that both Democrats and Republicans of Congress agreed to speak in triumph, perennial comedy creation of writer Robert Smigel – both he and late show the crew spent two days filming footage in offices around the world. street from the Capitol building. “They passed security checks,” he said, and shot all Wednesday and all Thursday, invited to the offices. of Congress people they were interviewing.
It was at the end of them second day on On Thursday, when “Triumph and my people were detained by the Capitol police,” he continued. “Which is really not that surprising. The Capitol Police more careful than they were, say, 18 months ago, and for very good reason. if you not know what is this reason I have know what kind news network you look at.”
According to the host, everyone was just “did their job”, they were “very professional” and “very calm”. late show The crew was “detained, processed and released – very unpleasant experience for my staff, a lot of paper for Capitol police but very basic story”.
“Before next the night the couple of Television people began to claim that my puppet squad “staged a mutiny” in the USA building”, he said, referring to the absurd comments made Tucker Carlson and others.
“The first of everything, that?” Colbert said. “Second of all Yes? Thirdly of everything, they were not in Capitol building. Fourth of everything and I’m shocked, I have to explain the difference, but rebellion involves breaking the law of Congress and howl for blood of elected leaders, all to prevent peaceful transmission of power. It was the first puppet theater. those were jokes with intention to fool around. Misappropriation of Old conan a piece.”
Colbert said it was “predictable” that people like Carlson made such outrageous statements. “They are want talk about anything other than the January 6 hearings or the actual rebel riot that resulted in death of several people injury of over 140 police officers,” he said. “But if any comparison is to be made between the rioters storming our Capitol to prevent counting of selective ballots and a cigar chewing toy dog is a shameful and grotesque insult memory of each who died, and this obscenely vulgarizes the service and courage shown by the Capitol police. on on that terrible day.
“But who knows there may have been a vast conspiracy to overthrow government of United States with rubber rottweiler,” he joked. “We all know for a long time history of puppet chaos. Great puppet marque, fraggle riots of 1980s”.
“In this case, our puppet was just a puppet doing puppet business,” he assured the audience. And, unfortunately, so many changed in Washington that the Capitol police must be on high alert at all times because of in attack on January 6. And how the hearing prove more clear every day, wine for that the real uprising goes to Putin’s puppet.”
There hasn’t been a word yet on when the part that Triumph and the crew were filming last week will be air on in late showbut when it does, it’s sure to be one for age.
For more listen to Robert Smigel on Podcast “Last Laugh”.
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