Stephen Colbert returns to Monroe public‑access show with Jack White

Chris has perhaps been in the Twilight Zone too long236

not his first time hosting Only in Monroe

Geoffrey Hoytsman135

Remember when Conan lost his NBC show and ceased to exist? www.businessinsider.com/conan-obrien...

Juli Gittinger aka Dr G119

Haha something delightfully retro about late night public access tv.

robin~eldest daughter~father figure~I protect the family108

This is where I subscribed to Colbert's personal Youtube Channel.

Spicy Bonus Content85

the ONE time I miss "Only in Monroe"

Leah76

People forget he rolled with improv crews like Amy Sedaris. Now he has no leash and zero fucks so we're going to get some really wild good shit.

Just a gal in Aspen69

This was my first year in Aspen when I worked at the Wheeler. In a few weeks it will be the end of my 20th year in this lovely valley. The highlight is still...THIS night!!

Halfpint DJT IS MY NELLIE OLSEN!28

Never count Stephen out just because CBS bent over! Im POSITIVE he & his friends have already planned something that tRUMP CAN'T TOUCH & WILL SEND HIM TO THAT MUCH AWAITED MASSIVE STROKE!!

Alan19

Trump doesn’t realize, with other platforms he just made Colbert more popular

Arkaydian18

Thought to check out a couple of minutes. Watched the whole damn thing! Hilarious! 😂 😂

robinbeltane.bsky.social18

Why is the giggling in the background so comforting? 😄

Wordlass15

Im telling you: PBS needs to offer Stephen and Evie a cooking show! @pbs.org

Christopher Swartout15

I was moved by this moment when she was talking about her thyroid cancer.

Dr Seán Ketchem13

I love the whole "Fernwood Tonight" vibe. The comedy genius continues.

AmyP-no-bs11

OMG. Thank you so much for posting this. LOL. Colbert is a national treasure. The man is so fucking funny.

The Red Novelist’s lost eidolons11

This is the new punk

Muttsylvania10

I have too much to do today so I'm pausing it for later--but it's FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for sharing it, Dave. Stephen Colbert is a delight. And I'm now in possession of the knowledge that there must be at least 150 Sasquatch in existence to perpetuate the species, thanks to Jack White.

Jeannie Leverich9

It's so good. Loving the hyperlocal southeast Michigan stuff!

castawayfarm.bsky.social8

I'm a little disturbed that after one of the musical interludes Colbert asked Jack White 'who was that', White replied 'I don't know' when he knows exactly who's music it was, only the greatest band to come out of Detroit, and some would argue the reason the White Stripes ever existed, The Gories.

virgotex8

Impressed by Jack White's comedic timing.

Otto ⚛️8

Brings back happy memories of Martin Mull and Fernwood / America Tonight.

runner4fun.bsky.social8

Colbert and Jack White must be real buddies. I like that.

Turbulence Jones8

Man! He hasn't lost a step, since The Late Show!

Adam Auntie Em8

I feel like Stephen Colbert has enough money he could just spend the rest of his life humiliating CBS on every media platform available in the most passive aggressive way possible. Beating Tony D's ratings on a toothbrush that runs Doom would be the GOAT.

Erin McD8

Shout out to Genevieve Benson. A deadpan goddess who matches Colbert. (And of course the dumpster fire)

swingstatepsydoc.bsky.social7

Even now, he is spreading joy... from Michigan.

DrKPhD7

He could single-handedly revive PBS

Suzanne Winland7

Steve Buscemi did a great 'commercial' too!

Felinicat 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇦7

I love this man so much. I can't wait to see CBS tank in the weeks to come.

robthebarons.bsky.social7

I love this. So punk rock. I donated www.monroecommunitymedia.org

GP3336

Thanks for sharing this! 😎

kvconner.bsky.social5

BTW One of my favorite series staring Jeff Daniels' Newsroom 2012-2014 Extremely timely for our times. I watch it often - It's a show that never seeks to uplift me and help escape today Highly recommend watching it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New...

Hold My Beer ❌👑🐸🇲🇽🇨🇦5

Just finished it. So great!!!!! Quite the balm after I balled my eyes out at the end of The Late Show. CBS cut it off, can only watch the astonishingly touching 8+min ending on YouTube.

Morans Everywhere5

Monroe is the place to be! More dispensaries than churches!!!

Carrie Armstrong5

Excuse me as I run to the store for pita, Jif, Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce and Ruffles sour cream and onion chips 😋

PennyGrover5

We are all so lucky to experience Colbert’s unhinged era. It’s going to be glorious.

Jeannette Mullins4

“Michigan Public access is coming for you” needs to be a T-shirt

plasticneuron.bsky.social4

I have now watched more of Monroe Public Broadcasting this year than CBS and what a pleasant joy!

EJ4

I am not, repeat not stoned and I am laughing out loud! Please Stephen and Jack syndicate this show! I would watch regularly!!!! I am laughing so hard I am crying!

🍁 Christine 🍁4

That's the channel where Colbert started.

NeptunePirate4

Holy crap, the hotdog bit with Jack was hilarious. 😂

Ande4

So funny including Genevieve Benson, one of the public access TV employees. Thanks for posting.

CALI GIRL3

Just watched it. My favorite segment was him eating that awful sandwich with Jeff Daniels. They couldn't even talk it was so dry. I'll watch Stephen Colbert anytime anywhere. Thanks Monroe MI. And don't forget to #BoycottCBSParamount and everything Skydance and the Ellisons own.

Jeffrey Quackenbush3

This is fantastic. I hope Colbert spends the rest of his career guest hosting local access shows.

Full time insect, part time cynic3

This is the most Michigan lineup anyone could imagine. Was JD Simmons not available?

Spicoli's Dad3

Haha...epic "The nazis bought media up...so lets just take the eyes with us and rebuild media wherever we want" Brilliant

Boone Daniels3

Don’t know why this hit so hard, but it did

mscynthialou1992.bsky.social3

This was so funny. I hope this is the starting of many public access shows.

mary margaret3

My weekend is finally off to a good start. Laughing out loud, scaring my dog, driving my husband outside to "mow the lawn, or whatever he does out there when I am out of control.

Strugles3

That was fantastic!! Watched the whole thing and never laughed so much!

JenOLoughlin 🇺🇦3

This is fucking awesome 🤩

KatSL 🐈🦁3

OMG, I loved this. More Stephen please!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@Darwin3

This is Good. SoooOOOooo good.

Cyclones and Purdy 9ers3

Wondering if he will be back on #TheDailyShow with Jon Stewart on Monday nite...

oscarsmom.bsky.social3

I didn't mean to watch the whole show, but, it was so damn funny I couldn't turn it off.

PTullymaic3

Thank you for posting. Delightful and true to character.

Albert Kinng3

I gotta be honest. I can watch that show every day. It’s super funny and real. Refreshing when everything else feels preprogrammed.

knic78.bsky.social2

I love how he hits the can because there is no audience.

Hey Bruce 🇨🇦2

This is so hilarious my ribcage hurts

kebidoor.bsky.social2

He should barnstorm the country like this. It would be legendary.

Midatlantica2

I saw a Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping and what was evident was this is a guy with boundless energy, he was perfectly suited to be on TV five days a week. I don't think he could stop if wanted to, he needs to engage his muse constantly.

Karen Roze2

So weird to hear his jokes with no audience but the camera crew. No canned laughter either. All so quiet

Michael B2

Not a bad idea. Take the show on the road.

Drew2

You can see here how dependent night show comedy is on a laugh track.

What the Fox happening 🍉😥🙏2

I can't believe how much I'm loving Stephens whole personality becoming trolling trump. 😍🤣🤣🤣

World’s Most Intriguing Man™2

2028 Karma Prediction: Vengeance is best served with a humorous cold opening before going on your reality, the #SavageLateNight *Fuck Around with America and Find Out* what *We The People Vote* can do presidential campaign Stephen Colbert will run for President of the United States🇺🇸 in 2028 & #WIN

John Kohlstrand2

Oh, @agfab1968.bsky.social is going to love this.

Ti Gq2

I had just lit up, opened bluesky, ran over watched. Thank you for making my weekend, maybe my year!✌💜

Matt Pedroso2

This is as good as anything that was on his CBS show. It shows that good comedy doesn't require millions of dollars to produce. Would love to be able to support him directly, via Patreon?, to continue doing these a few times a month.

corriegt63.bsky.social2

OMG… This just solidifies the brilliance of Stephen Colbert. This was so funny!

gbutera2

Man I love him. Colbert stan for life.

stace2

Thank you for this public service announcement. 🫶

Observer2

Amazing how Stephen could bounce back from the emotionally overwhelming finale to making this video. Perhaps it was in the can already?

Gayer Than Thou 🏳️‍🌈2

That is a very long list of "thanks to" credits for local public access; are those his writers and crew from his other, recently canceled show?

Socialism for All (S4A) ☭ Intensify Class Struggle2

Much funnier concept that any content on the Late Show ever

Agent Malice™2

What a goddamn talent with such talented staff. Meanwhile... Trump is off in the corner pulling the wings off flies so those shit-stained 80 year old spiders that crawl out from his man-skin-suit can catch them without expending what feeble little energy they have left.

Ernesto38

“Authoritarians don’t like anybody who doesn’t give them undue dignity.” “Comedians are anti-authoritarian by nature. And authoritarians are never going to like anybody to laugh at them.” #Colbert “If he wasn’t so dumb it might be diabolical – but it isn’t, he’s dumb.” By @jimmykimmel.com

Dr. Dandelion37

Only in Monroe, now the highest rated.

Trevor Lloyd31

... musical director, Jack White. "Left your wax cylinders at home?"

Ringo Bunnyman24

Excellent! He interviewed Eminem during that first show. Michiganders were thrilled. Thanks for posting! ✌️🍻

Thank you for sharing this!

mjfrombuffalo14

It's the perfect coda/full-circle bonus ending.

OldJediMaster13

I watched the whole thing. Jeff Daniels!!? Awesome.

TrueTeller11

We need to boost independent media, and finish up the corporate monopoly: they reached the position they hold today because they were not on the Internet, and people wouldn't have had any tech skills either.

dub2739

So THAT'S how Milwaukee's Best gets made!

Michelle Flynn8

My hometown!! Born and rsised!

Feral cat lover7

Thank you for this hilarious!!!

Love7

That was fun! Only with Stephen Colbert could you find out so little about...Michigan? Seriously, love Stephen. This was good.❤️

lyn-lynette.bsky.social6

I typed Stephen Colbert in my YouTube search and this did not pull up. YT is suppressing Stephen. Only See BS came up. 😡

endofthecauseway.bsky.social6

Oh, my word - that was hysterical. (I've had family in the Monroe area - the muskrat dinner is for real!) Thanks for sharing this.

look-dogs-now.bsky.social6

Didn't Alex Jones start on public access? Perhaps Colbert could start 'Truthi-Wars'!

VanillaRage5

For America, the grand experiment of laughter, of free thought, of poking fun in the face of power, is witnessing the slow death of satire, and the executioner wears a long red tie...

gamescodefun.bsky.social5

Is UHF happening IRL right here!?!?!!?!?! Hey RJ!

Dubious Caesar5

An hilarious way to spend an hour. I hope Jack White gets a comedy acting career off the back of this.

Smee McGee 🇨🇦🌹🍉✊🧢🕊️5

"Still not sure how many people that is" cracked me right up.

Dan Davis5

If you didn’t watch through the end of the credits, you missed a great bonus moment.

TheRasmussen4

Watching it now. As expected, even his totally unpaid crew and unpaid ads, with unpaid celebrities, and unpaid guests, being guided in and out of unpaid uncommercial breaks by an unpaid celebrity house band. Colbert could open shop anywhere, and kill it.

Chrisptreats4

Jack and Genevieve — perfection!

rosietheriveter27.bsky.social4

That does it. I'm moving to Monroe.

nauticaldera4

Kudos to Jack White, too!!

Just Nancy4

Reminds me of Fernwood Tonight 🤣

cinnamongirl107.bsky.social3

Thank you for sharing this!! ❤😊

Dan Davis3

That’s one of the best things I’ve seen in a very long time.

The Global Shorelines project3

I am not American, but I have watched bits of Stephen and his show over the years. Great to see him straight back at it. Thanks for sharing.

Drew Evan Dobbs2

Yay for public access TV! I did my show for seven years straight in San Francisco. A lot of work!

Diana, NYC2

May the light shine on him.

he dead yet?2

As a German I learned so much about Monroe - thanks Stephen 🥹

KontinentalKitties2

BRILLIANT Stephen Colbert didn’t miss a beat! 🔥👏💪😹

Jerome van Passel2

CBS is the new FOX and Friends, sucking up to authoritarian leaders and billionaires. Stephen has proven that democracy is dead.

World’s Most Intriguing Man™2

2028 Karma Prediction: Vengeance is best served with a humorous cold opening before going on your reality, the #SavageLateNight *Fuck Around with America and Find Out* what *We The People Vote* can do presidential campaign Stephen Colbert will run for President of the United States🇺🇸 in 2028 & #WIN

Rachel Extremely Indy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️2

That was absolutely fantastic, hilarious. Loved it

peacehippie.bsky.social2

Wouldn’t it be great if Colbert’s pictures, interviews, videos were posted multiple times, daily so that America is seeing his face and hearing his voice instead of trumps?

david--p.bsky.social2

The New U62! Next up: Wheel of Fish!

Brena E Lathan2

I thought it started a little slow at first, but it ended very well and an hour well spent.

Chrisptreats2

This was well worth the watch! All the way to the end credits! Hilarious!

CGray2

This was great! As usual, Stephen is the best! Thanks for sharing! Love it!!!

Paola Cubillos2

LOL the cannabis references in movie titles

Not an American Idiot2

This whole thing was brilliant. It made me think of his Better Know A District series in The Colbert Report. So much fun stuff.

Cinders2

Thank you for your service Sir!

KUNA2

that's the kind of defiance we need more of

SBElcap2

So good - makes me certain that local public access TV will save us all.

The Real Readman 🔱52

He's in his Side quest era and I love that for him

Mike Baltar38

This is glorious. I would love to see him stalking community access TV stations everywhere.

Raincouver Millennial 19

The story as to why he did it is really cute latenighter.com/news/stephen...

Anton☮️✊🏼🌈12

This is genius, just genius. Jack White sitting while being musical director is just hilarious.

Vix Richardson10

It's also tagged his new yt channel, which bodes well. www.youtube.com/channel/UCGt...

tandigi9

The laughs and chuckles in the background when Colbert introduces himself is just perfect!🤣🤭😂

Scott Stein8

Stephen Colbert head-banging to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in a car.

Minnesota Strong7

It's amazing. Thank you Jack White!

Hamgravy7

Thanks for the public service. It’s even better without a studio audience and only the suppressed laughter of the crew.

Dan Davis7

be sure to stick around through the end of the credits

Ryan Cordell6

It would be amazing if he toured the country just doing a weekly local public access show from different stations and posting online.

Kelli Dianne Rule5

Raised on public access, this is exactly my style.

Jared Crookston5

Comics Unleashed doesn't stand a chance against Only In Monroe

Big Beautiful Blue Wall5

Because #Michigan is the coolest place to be!

nycitymouse.bsky.social4

Jeff Daniels' sandwich sounds like one of your burritos.

Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin3

Reminds me when he was doing shows from his house during the Covid shutdown. I kinda liked that format better. And he looked better with longer hair.

Querydash3

I am elated that this energy is reappearing in the world.

Anne3

I want to start every day with an hour of pure joy just like this. I laughed so hard and so often. Dang that felt good!

Brooks3

This was so good. Watch the whole hour. You'll keep being shocked at what comes next.

JetteDuffy3

Omg! It’s brilliant. There are zillions of community public access channels. We’re saved! 😂

tremes15.bsky.social2

Just watched. Amazing. Genius. Hilarious. The promise of more good things to come.

GDeWeese2

I'm halfway thru it and it is so much of a joy to watch! Stephen should make gigs like this a regular occurrence.

deehellcat2

wait, this actually did happen? I thought he said he was going to DC with his family for his brother's wedding this weekend, so when I saw somebody post this early this morning I went 'oh that's a cute satire piece that somebody wrote. Look at all the detail! nicely done'.

sandiego_cindy 👣🐾2

if he starts a you tube channel i may finally cave with a subscription

Blandsten2

“I don’t know why we invaded” 😂😂 “No spitting, please, on the floor, no.” Just a couple of great moments!

Madison Dan2

If anyone is wondering whether the existence of the show is the whole bit, rest assured that’s very funny all the way through.

WhippetRun2

I’m so happy I was able to see him lots of times at the Ed Sullivan Theatre duty his run. He is really genuine and his staff was always awesome. When it was hot outside they would pass out water, or raincoats in bad weather, they didn’t “have” to do anything

Purple Reign2

lol he referenced this on his last show

Springtime Cats2

Made my morning- thank you for sharing

Just Steve9

The review of chili dogs 30 minutes is some of the best cable access content ever produced in the history of cable access content.

Mary Shelley’s Fluoxetine7

so funny. 10/10 for the appearance by the regular hosts & Genevieve.

james6

my wife was saying he should just go around doing random public access forever

Bartvdpoel4

Let's get this to 10.000.000 subscribers. www.youtube.com/@colbert

JARED GOFF4

He’s having a blast doing this. Everything about it is perfect.

Fray2

I just watched this and it was 💯 an hour well spent.

Thorpesgirl 🇨🇦2

The segment with Jeff Daniels, the sandwich and the water bottle was incredible.

M.G. Harris2

Between Two Ferns energy ☺️

Andy Olsen7

It was great that his last show was joyful and not mournful. Well done.

IMPEACH & REMOVE3

I would watch this show nightly. Probably costs a fraction of the network late night shows. If they could pretend to move it around the country, have a famous person or two, local interviews, and some good writing, it would work. I don’t think it has to be expensive to be good.

nodietofworms.bsky.social3

48 hrs later and this guy looks happy - rested! and ready to go again. What a little gem this is.

MadGreek 🧿2

It's like watching SCTV, which I always loved. 🤪

Nizzo2

Byron Allen! Colbert doesn't need CBS.