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Stephen Colbert is saying goodbye to late-night arsenic The Late Show ends its tally connected CBS.
The comedian will complete an 11-year tenure connected Thursday, May 21, and up of nan finale, he teased what audiences tin expect.
“With The Colbert Report, I knew really I wanted it to extremity because, well, I picked nan date,” Colbert said successful an question and reply pinch People astir ending his Comedy Central show.
He continued, “I retrieve I went to my adjunct Amy Cole and I said, ‘Amy, what’s nan past time of 2014 successful production?’ And she said, ‘Oh, it’s December 18.’ I said, ‘Oh, bully to know.’ I went down, and I sat astatine my desk, and I thought for a second, and I thought of nan full show. I was like, ‘Oh, okay. That’s what it’ll be.’ It benignant of each came successful one. We rewrote and noodled and everything, but I had nan idea.”
Colbert chose nan finale day for The Colbert Report. However, nan extremity day for The Late Show was not of his choosing, which made things different for nan comedian.
“This time, you know, wasn’t my choice, wasn’t my date. I deliberation that’s why it didn’t travel each astatine once,” he said. “One aliases 2 elements came to maine like, ‘What astir this? What astir that?’ And past we’ve had meetings complete nan past fewer months.”
Colbert said that precocious “it each conscionable gelled,” and though he had “not written” his past section erstwhile nan question and reply took spot and posted connected May 19, he knew what he wanted, adding, “And luckily, it looks for illustration it’s going to [happen].”
As nan extremity day neared, Colbert said, “It’s getting overmuch realer — each moment’s getting a small much precious. I tried ne'er to return for granted being successful nan Ed Sullivan [Theater], having a Broadway theater, having that tremendous audience, aliases having nan expertise to activity pinch nan funniest group I cognize each time and make jokes astir nan things that make maine astir anxious each day.”
“But astatine nan aforesaid time, you can’t really dwell connected that ending because you don’t person clip for it. Any much than you tin deliberation astir stepping and still walk, aliases swallowing and not choke connected your ain tongue. You conscionable person to do nan show.”
