Stephen Colbert answers his own ‘Questionert’ with the help of A-list stars

Stephen Colbert continued winding down his tally connected CBS’ “Late Show,” pinch his penultimate show connected Wednesday wherever he brought a viral conception to a adjacent pinch nan thief of galore A-list stars.

The 62-year-old comedian took complete for David Letterman successful September 2015, though 1 of his astir celebrated segments – nan “Colbert Questionert” – debuting successful January 2021.

The conception features 15 questions, pinch Meryl Streep answering them first successful that debut sequence, pinch viral responses from nan likes of Prince Harry, Keanu Reeves and galore much complete nan past 5 years.

Now that his clip successful late-night is drafting to an end, pinch Thursday’s secretive finale, Colbert yet answered each 15 questions himself, pinch a slew of talented folks asking them to him, each introduced by John Dickerson.

Comedy fable Billy Crystal came retired to inquire nan first question: “What is nan champion sandwich?”

Colbert’s reply was two-fold, insisting that successful nan summer, it’s a, “tomato sandwich connected very bladed achromatic bread,” though that was not nan lawsuit nan remainder of nan year.

“The remainder of nan year, wherever you are, basking pastrami connected rye pinch a small spot of mustard, and if nan feline down nan antagonistic is willing, small coleslaw. And if it’s not kosher deli, I’ll return a small muenster connected there.”

“Weird” Al Yankovic was up next, asking what Colbert’s first performance was. It was Chuck Mangione, during his Children of nan Sanchez tour.

Josh Brolin – who Colbert revealed is listed arsenic “Wolf Boy” successful his telephone – past asked nan big what nan scariest animal was.

“The scariest animal to maine is simply a trap doorway spider. Little sand, thing wrong. They travel out, and they propulsion you backmost in. Here’s nan portion that’s moreover scarier than that, Josh Brolin. A intelligence named a trapdoor spider aft me.”

A spider discovered connected nan seashore of California successful 2007 was named Aptostichus stephencolberti after nan comedian successful 2008.

Brolin besides gave him a vessel successful a vessel that he sewage from ebay. It says “May you ever glide done life’s sometimes tumultuous waters.”

Martha Stewart was next, asking nan elemental question: Apples aliases Oranges?

“Well, you can’t put peanut food connected an orange, truthful I’m gonna consequence nan wrath of nan seraphim and opportunity apple,” Colbert said.

Mark Hamil was adjacent and asked if he had ever asked personification other for an autograph, and Colbert said he did, asking Steve Martin to motion thing for him aft a show they did.

Perhaps nan astir profound reply of nan nighttime came erstwhile comedian Jim Gaffigan asked, “What do you deliberation happens erstwhile we die?”

“I deliberation of it’s much for illustration a feeling, I deliberation location is immoderate continuance of immoderate kind, but it’s for illustration a dispersion of ones aforesaid into immoderate different greater being, and I don’t person immoderate of feelings beyond that,” Colbert said.

Gaffigan past remarked, “What you’re saying is we go Febreze.”

Colbert besides told Jeff Daniels that his favourite action movie was Raiders of nan Lost Ark, and he revealed to Tiffany Haddish that he prefers aisle seats complete model seats connected planes because he has, “the bladder of a babe chipmunk.”

His woman Evie came retired to inquire his favourite smell, which he revealed was a “kai roseate scented lotion” she wears erstwhile she’s getting fresh to spell out, adding, “I cognize erstwhile I smell that you’re successful location wearing very little.”

His “Strangers With Candy” co-star Amy Sedaris asked what his slightest favourite smell was, and he revealed it was a scent he discovered astatine a neighbor’s location arsenic a boy: a jar of grease that leaked into a container of sugar, a scent he couldn’t describe, though he had, “never smelled thing that bad.”

Ben Stiller asked what his earliest representation was, which was a representation of his mother coating successful his room erstwhile he was perchance 3 of 4 years aged and he couldn’t speak yet.

“I retrieve what I was trying to show her, and I was trying to show her astir nan dream I had nan nighttime before,” astir an albino alligator astatine nan National Zoo successful Washington D.C.

Aubrey Plaza asked simply, “Cats aliases Dogs,” 2 which Colbert replied, “I person lived pinch some of them,” earlier adding aft a agelong pause, “Dogs.”

Robert De Niro asked nan now-infamous mobility “What number are you reasoning of?” which Colbert revealed nan existent reply to: three.

“Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke guessed correctly. Three. That’s nan number I was reasoning of,” though De Niro added he though it would beryllium 2.5 million, nan number of Epstein Files trump hasn’t released.

Dickerson asks nan past 1 – “How would you picture nan remainder of your life successful 5 words?”

Colbert thoughtfully responded, “My family, my friends, fun.”

Colbert’s tally connected “The Late Show” ends Thursday nighttime connected CBS pinch an extended section afloat of yet-to-be-announced guests.